Telegram-herald., 1890-08-26
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Raslwav Employes. after reu2-ning In
session antil le-S3 P "a saturday. re-
fsrgea ths entire matter OF The setlon
20 bs takea regarding The strike 70 >
81 b-sse-umirtss % tbsee mem heEs, n no
ara 20 Investigate ana report 70 the fcll
council Tbs sub-comn ittee vas ia
session al day sunday, and the
council convened again az $50 this
morning u IS utterly impossible 20
discover any thing regarding tae delib-
erations of eitaeg ths su8-com4ittee or
the council. bus II IS quite probable
that she pab.ic Nli bs informed within
a few hours II me result Of tie con-
fereRces
The present status of the ease IS that
the council Informally in6orses Mr..
Powderiy ard hat the action OF the
strikers one ana al. knights Of Labor
and brotherhood men. condemns Air.
Webb aud is desiFOus Of assist
ing the strikers even 70 the ex-
tent % ordering general tie
up oi the Vanderbilt system. but
can no. do so without clearly breaking
the laws Of the federation or stretching
them 50 as 20 take cOynizance Of grley-
Gnces which. according 10 the strict
construction OF the laws, are not before
the supreme council AZ Al The special
committee Is endeayoring 10 overcome
this legal difficulty. The sentiment of
/ the council is in favor of a systematic
/ strike, but questions It's advisabllity ct
the present time.
! Ii is certain the federation does not
I propose 70 turn a deaf ear 10 its brother
/ organization. II the council finds that
I IL can not order out its men without
overriding the constitution it will with
/ out question come TO the relief Of the
/ KIfgbts in some other way.
! There is a rumor on the streets that
no general strike on the Vanderbilt
/ system viii be ordered by the supreme
/ council. hut it viii be voted 10 give as
/ sistence TO the strikers already out.
/ Business men here are much elated. but
/ the railroad men are greatly diSap-
| pointed at the rumor of this attempted
/ settlement OF the trou bic.
When President Sargent vas seen he
was as frank as usual lie had carefully
read the letter of Mr.. POwderly to Dir.
Webb sent out Saturday night While
he would not express any opinion as to
the action the council would take on
the report of the committee he freely
expressed himself about Mr.. Powder
ly's missive. he said:
'T admire Mr.. Powderly's stand.
Powderly puts Webb in the position be
] ha1c fl s..
thoroughly understands it, viii convince
il that Mr.. Webb is wrong Mr. Webb's
position is directly opposite 10 that
taken by Mr.. Depew, his superior Off
Ger. MIR. Depew has always advocated
the organization OF laboi" To sustain
this statement Mr.. Sargent read ex-
tracts from addresses delivered By Mr.
Depew at various times. Said Mr.. Sar-
geant
The Knights Of Labor have taken az active
| part in legislative affairs IN the State c;
/ New York during the LAST year, much Of this
( legislation being directly in the interest
/ of tho railway employees TIE .sew YORK
! Central is one OF the largest corpora
/ ti0ns that would naturally be GIcCted
By such legislation, and many of It's
employees went before the Assembly IN behalf OF
the buls presented. The fact that some OF the
. men dischar' "a by the New York Central Com
! pany were participating in thi3 effort 10 bring
about the passage Of these labor bills before
T the Kew York Legislature shows plainly that
the company IL aatagouizing the Knights Of
Labor ia its present action. for had the men
been discharged for drunkenness. breach OF
discipline. aud such causes as are now claimed
by Mg. Webb a, would not hesitate one mo-
mont TO have al Investigation. ] am surprised
that the men Should have been in the employ
! OF the New York Central for fifteen or twenty
/ years and now be dismissed on account of char
acter. II is . sad commentary CT the manage
r7eat Of the road"
New YORK, Aug. 25.-The people
about the Grand Central depot are
awaiting with a good deal Of expect
sncy the developments which the con
vention of the supreme council of the
United Order of Railway Brotherhood
now in session in Terre Haute. might
bring forth. The railroad officials assert
that nothing viii come Of the conven
tion and that no general strike will be
declared.
WILL THEY STRIKE?
NEw YORK, Aug. 25.-Mastcr Work
man Powderly Saturday night gave oui
another manifesto in the shape cf ar
''open lester to II. Walter Webb. Esq
This is the document:
L sec that you have at last ventured to h7sal
the long silence that sealed vcur l'ps 10 rels
tiOn 10 TIC causes which LED 90 the discharge o
the fifty or sixty employees O. th'
New York Central railway. Your arege'
eEpia1aiicn t= even fes7 c-ocit7 7hli
70 you than the silence 81 has broken. and doo
not IN eng waT excuse the stand you haT'
taken Your statement is ami0cuflT worthy q