New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
THE KNIGHTS ARE CONFIDENT.
A PARADE AND A LIVELY MEETING.
WITH A COMMITTEE FROM THE
WEST sHORE-IN THE FREIGHT YARDS
DEMANDS OF THE MEN.

WEST suORE-IN THE FREIGHT YARDS
DEMANDS OF THE MEN
Over 900 members of Local Assembly No. TO-
200 Of the KNIGHTS of Labor met at seventy
fourth-st. and the Boulevard yesterday morning
aud naraded down the Boulevard and Ienth-aVe,
n Fcrtv-fourth St. where they hcld n meeting in
Werd,Ps Assembly Rooms. The greatest enthuSi-
asn and confdenc, in the success OF the strike were
manifested Master Workman Mcclure presided
and after reports had been given respecting the
Situation along the line ard in the freight YARDS
AZ Sixty-sixth-st, Thirty-third-st, ana ~ Johh
Park committees were appointed TO N9N uc
,.o,iors wards of the Pennsylvania, Erie and
Xev-Jersey General railroads 20 confer with the
onccrs of the local assemblies 10 which the
non i, all departments working on these
roods belong and TO make ARRANGEMENTS WIN
,loeo local rcnnizatons not to handle any freight
r.botc,er which has arrived is 70 be shipped
b,. +bo Ncw-Yoyl Central and Hudson River foad
, largs force of picket men was also appointed
and not a chr can be moved in any yard without
y report being at once made OF II al the he'"-
quarters of the local union. Az noon ana Whle
the enthusiasm was at its height, committee o.
men from the local of the west Shore KhHo'"
was announced and at once admitted. Inc COM
rittee reported that the tralnmen employed Oh
this line were ready al a moments notice 10 gun
work. and asked for a committee to return WIN
il and TO decide as TO the advisaol4lty oil uelue
up this line.
When the report Of this committee was heard
the men present could hardly contaln themselves
and cheer after cheer rang through tne htI'
committee was at once appointed Win -"S'c4
Workman McGuire as chairman, ana between !
ond ! - m the committees started for tie West
cad finfn N ~ "a
t,1rr m the road if It was found that any freight
had been or was being shipped by TINS Inc from
the overstocked yards Of the New-York Central
Two importaut meetings were afterward held
by Local Assembly No. 1855 and Local As
so,nbI, M so25. the former in Wenders AS
srmbly Rooms and the latter in Ledwith's Hall
Fortv.duh-st. and Third-ave. AT the meeting OF
Va 70 $50 over 900 men present. Inc
meeting was lively one, and the reports OF Vhe
nick.ts were greeted with cheers when u WIS
said that in al three OF the freight yards no COM
retent men had returned 10 work. \ resolution
introduced and passed unanimously rccited Una,
tho NpW-York Central and Hudson RIVER NalIo"N
Company had declared that they should diSch"ipc
some of the most competent oil Their ehpIoSes '"i
no other reason than that they had been orgaHi|eu
in a labor union, and that those present resolved
not 70 work or return 70 their various ouVeS "'''
their fellow employees Were rclnsta'cd IN thei VI"
nlocos TIE resolutions also expressed the OPINION
that such action by the railroad company was
TYRANNY. and an infringement on TUG
riubts Of the strikers as citizens 70 "
erpy their time in their own way elu'e'
by education or organization, OUTSIDE Oh 'n'''
hours Of labor. Those present also decIaIeu ''''
H. WAS their honest conviction that II WIS mol
because they were Knights OF LABOR t-'S were
asssilcd BY the railroad company, hut 'h'o "c'
would be assailcd even If organized uhNct soilc
other name, and that the real reason why t'S
were attacked was because they were ORGANIZED
and that organization would induce them 10 A'he
demands which were just and reasonable.
The resohtion and preamble, continuing an
ronrced Tint the New-York Central Company
4,,ood the men into the struggle. II was, there
fore. for the last time, resolved that the t"hme'.
-, stril.e call on all organized and unor9anlzed
labor md political and public opinion 10 ASSIST
| ,bo,, in this struggle against monopoly ~ eAef
| iso ,boir own time in any lawful way which ueH
! cboose outside of their hours OF labor, as pro
| tdod for in The Constitution Of the United states
In the Yards themselves little was being done.
,,,e fire. ,ht trains arrived from Albany at Ninety
| t,,st tor.cen 3 80 and 6 10 Il. IN, but here
,hav were all deserted by their crews, including
| fremen and engineers, and the cars were lcI'
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| blocking the track
| John J. L. Lotus. general train dis
| hatcher in the Sixty -siAth-st yard assisted pS
| the assistant yaIdmaster, Mr Mitchell, managci
Let,vecn them TO sdetrack the cars aud run the
| ,noines INTO the round house. Both Mr.. Lotus
| and Mr. Mitchell deserve great credit for the
| energy and laithfulbcss which they nave SHOWN
Neither of them slept wink on frlday Ils"''
and continued working all day yesterday 10 orihl
order out of chaos.
Although the Sixty -siXth-st yards are 'ne main
oo.s of rbe New-York Central Road Mr.. Lotus
and Mr. Mitchell are the only men III II cap
| able of handling trains, and IS thcrc are o'ci
| / 600 cars blocking tie tracks III all dIreo'IoH'
| they could do little. Not one competent man "'
ucared FOR work yesterday IN any OF the yar'S ai'
| tho men say that there IS exceedingly SINAI
chance of any men doing The yardS are al
heavily picketed
A,uonq the many trains in the SAty-siNUh-sI
Yards are several filled with ice, others loade'
,,ith fresh beef and more loaded with groceries
All thcse cars amounting t. over 600, nave 'h
notice corspicuously displayed: " This ear ihus
rat Inc DELAYED Perishablc matter. Two Ions
trains which ere sdetraclled near the stock
yards were yesterday dripping all over from th
neltioe Of The ice with which they are loaded
There are also 500 head Of cattle bound for Eng
land. which cannot be forwarded because OF I'M
strike Of over 200 boatmen III the hghterase Dc
pertinent Of the Central Road.
Two dead" engines, Nos. so and 10, with thel
, headlights burning. were left 70 rust on si1
track. mixed up Win some cattle cars The iol
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