Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-22
NOBODY KNOWS WHAT
The Situation on the New York Gen.
tral Wrapped in Wrangles.
POWDERLY WANTS A BIG STRIKE
The Railroad People Are Making
Grim and Ugly Fight.
THE coMPANY's SHOPS SHUT DOWN.
A DAY OF EXPECTANCY.
A Difference Of Opinion Among the La
Dor Leaders.
POWDERLY WANTS A BIG STRIKE
THE coMPANrs SHOPS SHUT DOWN.
A DAY OF EXPECTANCY.
A Difference Of Opinion Among the La
Dor Leaders.

NE" Aohk, august ZZ--lnls 10 a DAY OF ex-
pectancy in the railroad situation. No one
knows what tomorrow will bring forth. whether
the great strike which it is now believed must
come will be declared on or whether il will be
postponed till Monday. There were plenty of
rumors ahoat this morning in the corridors
OF the st. Cloud Hotel, which is
now the headquarters of the five big
knights. The difference between the
statements OF Mr.. Sargent of the
fremen and Mr.. Sweeney of the switchmen
was commented upon freely. Mr.. Sargent
said yesterday that he and his three col
leagues-the chiefs OF the orders which COM
prise the federation-were unanimously in
favor Of Mr. Powderlys declaration in favor OF
a strike, and that they would advocate his
views before the meeting OF the supreme
council which will take place in
Terre Haute tomorrow. When Mr.. sar-
gent and two other chiefs Of the
observation-disclosures. Howard and wilkeson-
had left the hotel yesterday. Mr.. Sweeney told
reporter that the position of the supreme
council on the matter was the same as il was
before the leading members of il conferred
with Powderly, and that the four chiefs were
not unanimously in favor Of strike. Messrs.
Hayes, Wright and Devlin criticised Mr..
Sweeney's statements rather unfavorsbly this
morning.
SARGENT IS BOSS.
Mr.. Hayes said: "Mr. Sargent was the only
one OF the four who was authorized to speak
on the subject. What he said was not only
correct but, SO far as the four chiefs we're con-
cerned, was official. He voiced the sentiments
OF Messrs Wilkeson and Howard when he
made the statement, and Mr.. Sweeney, who
was present at the time, did not dissent IL
Mr A.
as has been attributed to him, he has certainly
changed front"
1T is immaterial what Mr.. Sweeney now
says" said MIR. Wright this morning His in
huence IN the supreme council does not carry
as much weight as Mr.. Sargent's, who is the
chairman. / believe the council will indorse
Sargents views. They see there is nothing
else for all of us to do but TO strike. The
principle-the fOundation-of the right of
workingmen to organize would be abolished
by monied organization, and We have got to
fight"
Mr. Powderly did not make his appearance
with the other knights in the st. Cloud this
morning. He had busy day yesterday, they
said. between the writing of letters and the
composing Of his manifesto, and he kept his
room till a late hour today. Chief Arthur has
not been heard from on Mr. Powderly's peril
nent queries as to which side Of the fence he is
going to encamp, and it is not expected he
will until he finds out what the action of the
supreme council Of the United Orders of Rail-
way Employees is going to do.
MR.. WEBB INTERVIEWER.
A report was prevalent this morning that
possibly before long the mechanics along the
line Of the New York Central and Hudson River
railroad would be ordered out. Upon this
point MIR. Webb was questioned and he said
anticipating some ten days ago that by allow
ing the men employed in our various shops to
remain l was furnishing ammunition to
the knights at once ordered
the shops to be closed. and directed that only
enough help be retained to perform the actual
necessary repairs that required each day.
At the present time we have fully 5000 cars in
course OF construction at West Albany and
400 men we're laid off. III the mechanics are
ordered to stop work by the federation we are
fully prepared to meet the emergency, and az
the number of men that would be affected is
comparatively small, their places would be
rapidly filed"
Is DEPEw COMING HOME?
dispatch in the New York World today
from Mr.. Depew. who is at Homburg. saw:
1T is impossible for me to say more TO the
World about the strike than have said While
am on this side of the ocean can only reiter-
ate unlimited confidence in my associates TO
deal with the difficulty, and repeat that to be
successful corporation must retain the man.
agement Of its affairs strictly in its own hands.
L leave mere tOHlOrrOW morning.
The World says Of this dispatch that leaving
Homburg at this time, when the Prince of
Wales is there and the social seasion in full
blast, will entirely disarrange Mr.. Depews
plans and ii is certain he would not leave until
September unless the circumstances were ex-
ceedingly urgent There is no special place
for him to go at this time of the year except to
the United States. The probability is that he
intends to get home soon as possible and 10
take hand in the fight.
A gentleman who talked with Mr. Depew in
Homburg last week and who returned TO Lon
don says that the Central's president told him
that it seemed as though the railroads of the
United States had followed the Knights of
Labor about as Tar as they could afford to do,
and that the time had come TO draw the line.
THE CAUSE OF II.
ALBANY, MY, August 22-Telegrams re-
ceived in this city today locate the cause of
Mr.. Powderly's letter to Chief Arthur as oc-
curing in this section. The charge is that
the striking Knights of Labor iremen's places
in this city were taken by the relief forces of
engineers, thus giving practical aid to the road
In filling vacancies The inference drawn
was that the firemen are hostile to the strikers.
Investigation shows that on the Sat-
urday following the FIRST day of the strike
about thirty fremen between this city and
Syracuse left their engines. The blockade not
yet being raised has precluded the need of fill
ing all Of these places, but such engines as
we're needed have been supplied by other engi-
neers taking the places of the strikers and
working as fremen. Itis safe to say that in
and about the city are at least ten locomotive
engineers doing the work of the strikers The
Knights of Labor here claim that Chief Arthur
knows nothing Of this, and that it will now be
stopped or division 46, Locomotive
Engineers, Of this city, Patrick Haley and
Thomas Judge are both firing on freight trains:
of division SO Of East Albany, Louis Wright is
firing on freight engine and Charles Fenton
bridge The strikers are very jubilant over
the situation today and say they will yet win
The Central has moved some freight this morn
ing and the passenger trains are running on
better time than last night At West Albany
the tracks are being cleared and the machine
shops opened this morning with about third
Of the complement Of men.
In the police court this morning the four
Pinkerton men charged with creating disturb
ance on Sunday last were admitted TO bail in
the sum of e500 each, except in one instance,
where man was charged with firing on the
crowd and his bail was hxed at 81 600. Two
members Of the firm Of Weed, Parsons q Co.
went on the honda
Al. u. c. A. STRIKE AT BUFFALO.
buffalo, N. Y, August % 2-secretary Edwin
Kettle and all the nurses and walters at the
railroad branch Of the Y. NJ @. A. quit last
night The branch consists of dining room,
reading room and hospital The reason given
for quitting was that Superintendent Chamber
lain Of the Central car shops insisted upon 1T
ting up the branch - . lodging house for men