New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-24


road. me Of the morally respon'
sibe for their these points and should eeoe.
nze that they have rg4 In the premises the least
Of which l. 70 be heard IA their own defence NO one
heard Of constituting himself judge jury and
witnesses aud that attitude before the
world in the expectation Of winning it, approval VI
your knowledge cannot that VI the men
discharged for the assigned have only The
word OF undeng depend take tha: word and
on 10 condemn Of the Oldest employees the road You
have discharged whose right, In the localities where
they reside co-euua with citizen. and
the management :he n. Y c. aud III. Il. r. II. were To
dismiss you without assigning reason Won
would not submit.
Men whose words l have had TO doubt
make the statement 10 that they were called up before
their oicrien snpentcldnts and asked Il they we've
Knights u Labor and when they frankly admitted chat
they were they discharged Your forcnen tell you
that these discharged for drunkenness IN
capacity. etc, ana you accept such statements true.
You do than that You smirch the characters OF
all Of them in sweeping charge and VIII not allow them
to be heard at ALL IL Is not arbaton alone that you
have refused you have r,fsed-nrst abltrate second
To investigate third TO face these my presence
aud satisfy yourself whether your you the
truth fourth, you have ceed the state In
Ignoring the Board OF Mediation and Arbitration fifth
sou have refused listen the voice public which
asks for simple justice and nothing for the personality
Of either party the controversy sixth and last you
have shown that humlnity has claims you what
In removing incompetence, and INSTRUMENTATION should not
be tolerated in any welmanaged business You do wrong
though when you discharge man for want OF place
TO keep him employed H. and then assert that he was
thrown out for being drunk Incapable nsubodnate ~
have done In your public statement
have not, Of my associates have asked you tn
the monstrous absurdy Of satisfying by some
arbitration investigation persons other than the
duly constituted authorities Of the company that those
existed" you have refused to satisfy the whom
you have discharged and that net Will always stand to
protest claim 10 manlincss Had you satisfied
the mn, there would De nothing for 70 ask You are
rs much IN duty bound TO satisfy them In
YOU the legally constituted authority Of tho company
There were two mass meetings held by tie strikers
yesterday, at both Of which bulletins and PROCLAIM
lions issued. The following proclamation was
issued by Local Assembly No. OJ69 yesterday to the
press and public:
Mr. webb stated in this mornings papers that the fifty
or sixty who dismissed from the company ;
service were discharged for drunkenness nsubordnaton
lack Of ability and lack OF work The knights OF Labor
upheld who vas discharged for these r'S
sons never Will This goes show that Mr.. WebGs
a Misrepresentation 0f the arts III the
men wcrc discharged a. Mr.. webb claims, why does be
submit the natter 70 investigation and II he can
-ub-tautac his assertions he has everything 10 gain and
nothing lose but his repeated rcfusals u nave tn"
matter Investigated would lead any rRhminded man to
believe that particle OF truth IA his state
u.cnt.. Docs Mir webb think that the public ha, no
conception all does he think he tara the tide Of
| public opinion by such shadow dcYicese
We therefor can upon the pubc .or impartial judg
mont ia To. mattf since the organization
stas,shd on Wand rblt have always been
careful ~ to the material admitted order. Com
nHtt.,, appoint "a look after and report TIA,
estc, nal disposition Of ho-e odrdt'ed 70 our
fold Tho men who discharged cd aud faithful
emnoy,.. and discharged for other than
| fos being prominent In IN" knights q Labor.
The following lat OF Brotherhood engineers who
ar lons than their own IL i said. throwing
switches doing bostlcs' Arthur A'n. Charles
Williams A. Hop,on. Clarence Ifopton. T. j. Elliot and
A. Johnston all Of Division No. sj Of the brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers and NJ Munger o, Division No. 90.
| MANY striking knights Of Labor were seen By a
Tribune reporter yesterday and about score 0f them
were talked with about the strike and 20 what their
! IDEAS wcr, relative TO their prospect Of winning In
all cases the men refused 10 give their names. and IN
some cases when the idea occurred . them mat tho
reporter might be Pnkcrt1n detective. DUMB nai
! could not have said less
The General Executive Board OF the knights 0
ahor cent a telegram yesterday 30 the state Board OF
ordered an investigation ~ the Central Railroad strkr
| Late last night Mr. Powderly received telegram
from Albany, saving that several accidents lan Jus
happened in the freight yard there, and That seVerl
trains wrecked.
| SAYS HE HASN'T HEARD FROM POWDERLY
Cleveland. Aug. 81 tSpccian.-P. NJ Arthur. chic
| az The brotherhood 81 Locomotive Engineers. t0da'
most cmphatlcaIly declared that he had received M
| commnnicaiion-lcttcr or tclcgTm-from Mr.. PowdcrN
| lie saws h. knows nothing about the strike. eNCep
| what Il" r,yds IN The paper. aud does not SyiplhlN
| with either side as vet