New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-14
THRILLING STRIKE AT ALBANY.
FEW DELAWARE AND HUDSON MEN QUIT WORK
BUT CAUSE LITTLE TROUBLE.

but CAUSE LITTLE TROUBLE
Albany. Aug 10 tspeciaD. There was small strike
today ON the Delaware and Hudson Railroad III
was limited 70 Albany. and was uhqucs'lohaoS io
mented by the strikers OF the Ne"-'orA 'ch'i'i
Railroad. Only about one hundred Iheh "oio ooif
cerned in it. No passengertralns were hep' noht
running It's only effect was to dctain for few
hos coma freicbttrain In view Of the collapse OF
the strike on the New-York Central Railroad
the officials Of the Delaware and HUDSON hali
way were greatly astonished wheh at nom
they were told that some OF 'ier NC,
had gone on strike Upon investigation o'eS E"'"ou
that a one-armed Knight of Labor had walked do"h
be tracks from the north end Of the city and had IN
formed all the swtchmen freightmen and baGSageheh
that District Assembly No. GAG, knlehts Oh LaOor'
ordered them to strike. Within han ar hour 'i' LIE
ware and Hudson freiGhthouse was deSer'"u. ino
switchmen had abandoned their posts /" "'o He'S''D
ward and all along the road, ana nan lho o"ee'e
who had been at work putting trunks aooaru lic l. ~
O'Clock Montreal express train which s'oou 81 O''
plaform of the station had gone. The staonmasoer'
WEIGH standing at the southern end OF the stauoh'
WAS asked by the baggagemaster to send Dasgaeemei
to bring down truck 49,,
But YOU have no men up there said Mr.. Weich'
blandly.
The officials OF the Delaware and Hudson began TO
make inquiries as to the why and wherefore oil tie
strike secretary Price of the Knights Of Labor sa'd
that General superintendent Hammond had promised
not to handle Central freight but that the ROAD had
brolcn it, pledge.
General Superintendent Hammond therefore, sent
word the strikers that he would Ike to learn tiie
nature Of the grievances which had led them 10 SlAe
lie vas willing he said to receive committee lhlS
conference held tonight at oc"oA' Aiion
tho committee, after long consultation "l'h
the strikers OK the New-lorl Central re-
turned to General superintendent Hammond anu
had another conference with him. Al Ito clo9o
Vico-Plesld dent Youns Of The Delaware ana Hudh"n
who had been informed of what took place Said ~
The Tribune correspondents The commute S ~
certain matter, explained TO them ana , appeSStb ey
he satisfied with thOs3 explanations. @ ,bat II
,aid they were Finally we informed thei1 Ihal "a
they desired to continue in the service Oh ''e ciocl
and Hudson they must DC az theiT pose a.. o,ne.r
tomorrow morning. other"l9G 'V33id oG superin-
80 o'clock tomorrow To % Pd. otc p vard ot
endent Hammond Will be al the irfisnt fa' 80 a.
o'c3c tomorrow morning to START ly l Hare and
II Is the general opinion here NAV llc nrninr
Hudson men will return 10 work to-mofI0" hut ii
al O'Clock. 1t IS evident tonight that ICre S S NC
total collapse Of the Central strike tJnoinO"
ntcndent BisscH that he has made arransetGInb
10 movo early tomorrow morning nan OF "'e Hois"'
HE drencn OF the various railroads centr!ng here
held Il meeting tonight and resolved not 10 euiA''
brief disnoicb was sent out yesterday afternoon
nv Herman, News Agency. 1t read like this " Al
bany Specialize D. and H. IS tied up below Albany
switchmen and freight hands have gone out Inc
effect on the stock market was trivial Inc sVoch oi
Delaware and Hudson broke sharply on insignificant
sales and rallied as sharply without effort The resi-
Of the list improved fractonally, indicating that wal!
street Wa, sccptca Of any further attempt OF inc
Knights If Labor to invite the failure which attended
IN, experiment on the New-York Central. The first
contradiction Of the sensational features OF the Us
patch was issued by Dow. Jones d Co., who gave
statement from the Office Of the company here 10 inc
effect that the strike small one.
President ELEPHANT and Nice-President lie Grand b.
Cannon are Oa- ol the CITY, The chief executive orcer
ler i'm the city Is Jane, G. Hartt, treasurer OF the
company. \ dispatch came from the telegraph oper-
ator AT Albany saying briefly that the sWtchmen ana
yartmen at Albany had gone on strike, but that the
affair was Insignificant and had not nterfered with
the runnln. Of trains. brief dispatch came rom
Wee President and General Manager Horace Young
fw minute, later saying that only the s"ltchHeh ana
K,rdfuou at Albany were Talking with IT'D
uue REPORTER HART said do not anticipate any
troube serOus enough half hours delay 10
train. on ans part OF road.
"a 4:I5 y. m. the following message from MI
Young came over the line:
our hmen AID freight handlers failed q report for
duty at o'clock to-day and presume they have gone
out on q strike. We do not anticipate any serious
trouble aud think viii have all strikers places filed
a., &. morrow nj ,ht. We moving all PASSENGER ami
rlQht train. NJ present hope be- able u continue
with perhaps slight interruption % freight