Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-13
THE STRIKE.
Passenger Trains Running with the Usual
Regularity.

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Regularity.
New YORK, August 12th.-At the Grand
Central depot this morning there no longer
existed even the substance of a strike. Pas.
senger trains we're coming and going with
all appearance of usual regularity.
A telegram to the General Manager from
Syracuse says order has been fully restored
there and trains are running without in
terruption. This. he said, ended the strike
Vice-President Webb says arrangements
are being completed to run freight trains.
He saiu also that the road had all the men il
NE led now.
The making up and sending out OF
freight trains are progressing without dis
turbance.
Reports from along the New York Gen.
tral Railroad indicate that the strike is
practically at an end. Passenger trains are
running on time between here and ALBANY
this morning, and the delay west of there
is unimportant. ALI trains are now leaving
the Grand Central depot exactly on time,
and the incoming trains are only slightly
delayed. Freight traffic has been partially
resumed and the blockade of cars is be-
ing rapidly raised.
The leaders of the strike are still defiant,
and talk mysteriously about some import
ant move to be made which will allow
them to retire from the fight with flying
cclors upon the basis of compromise with
the railroad officials
THE STRIKERS SIDE.
PHILADELPHIA, August 12th.-The fol-
lowing will appear in this weeks Journal
of the Knights of Labor: ION account of
the misleading reports made public con-
cerning the New York Central and its en-
ployes, District Assembly No. 246 presents
the following explanation of the situation:
Last November the men employed in the
train service oD the New York Central,
presented petition TO the Company, re-
questing pay for all time in excess of u
hours per day at the rate of wages they
were receiving at that time. The men
were willing to perform u hours for one
day, which any air-minded person will
concede is more hours than laboring men
or craftsmen should be required to per-
form.
The company, in response to the demand,
entered into an agreement to pay the men
for all over time IN excess of twelve hours
at slight reduction on the rate of wages
paid by the day, which agreement was
signed by the President of the road,
Chauncey Depew, and lived up to for two
months, and then broken by the company.
When committee of the employees waited
on the officers of the corporation at that
time to enquire as to why the agreement
was not lived up to, they were coolly in
formed that the agreement was obnoxious
to the company, inasmuch as they (the
officers) did not realize at the time of max
ing it the large amount of money it was
going to cost.
Another agreement was made by the
corporation with its employees, and also
ruthlessly broken. The company, through
its officers, agreed to give preference in line
of work or promotion to the employees on
the principle of seniority, when the senior
in the service was competent to perform
the duties required. Not satisfied with the
breaking of these two agreements, the COM
pany has gone further and now dismissed
from its service many of its Oldest and most
experienced men. The real reason for
the discharge seems to lie in the fact that
the men are union men.
The article concludes with charges of
collusion between Depew and Webb to
clear out the Knights of Labor, the charge
being based upon the fact that Depew went
abroad this summer.
THE STRIKE DECLARED NOT ovER.
CHICAGO, August 12th.-Notwithstanding
the statements of the officials of the New
strike was broken, and the apparent belief
of the public in the assertion, the strikers
themselves are confident that the crisis has
not yet been reached and before the week
is over the road will be tied up as tight as
drum. This belief is strengthened by
the speeches made at meeting of over 600
strikers this afternoon.
When Master Workman Lewis asked
this afternoon the reason, he told the re-
porter that fremen would go out. At last,
said he We have every reason to believe
that the 6remen on the Grand Central will
go out. We are on very friendly terms
with the engineers, and l still believe,
said he, that they will strike.
Reports read at the meeting showed only
two desertions from the ranks of the strik-
ers had taken place SO far. Reports from
all along the line stated that the strikers
were as hopeful as they were Tuesday
night This running of trains on schedule
time" said one, sis all bosh. l tell you,
not train has been switched yet. They
are sent out as they come in, without re-
gard TO ordern