Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-11
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.
Tie-Up on All Roads Into New York
Threatened.

RIOT BEGUN AT SYRACUSE VICE President
WEBB SAYS HE WILL NOT ARBIrRATE-FREIoH1
TRAFFIC PARALYzED-PAssENaEB TRAINS RUN.
MING, But BADLY DELAYED.
threat to tie-up every railroad running out
Of New York was the salutation Of the knights
Of Labor leaders to the community yesterday
| afternoon. Later it was announced that this
measure had not been definitely determined on
| that the knights in Jersey City were favorably
inclined to it, and that the tie-up might come
| today. At O'Clock in the evening ii was made
known that the knights had ordered the fire.
men on the New York Central to leave their
cabs at O'Clock this morning. The probable
effect Of this order is not easy to estimate. The
knights profess to believe that all wheels will
stop. The knights OF Labor leaders justify
their resort to extreme measures by the refusal
| Of Vice President Webb to accept PROPOSE
ton made by John j. Hayes of the general
executive board last night to submit the mat
tiers in dispute to arbitration. Mr.. Webb told
Mr. hayes there was nothing to arbitrate.
MORE TROUBLE TO COME.
| The railroad officials regard the situation al
Albany and Syracuse as much more serious than
it is in New York city. mob took possession
OF the cOmpanys yards at Syracuse yesterday
4
| OF the weakened efforts Of two companies of
militia to dislodge them. Two companies OF
relnforcemgnts arrived in the evening and the
| combined forces drove out the rioters. At Al
bany 1t lis feared there will be violence and at
tempts to destroy property. Five hundred
Pinkerton men will be massed there today and
the militia will be relied on for further support
The railroad has notified the mayors Of all cities
| on Its line that it expects them to protect it's
property. The strike on the West Shore is a fail.
N a Tha a,11l. ,.I1 20
| tracks yesterday and the full passenger and
| freight service has been resumed. The New
| York Central will begin moving freight today
| In all Its yards in New York city. Fifteen hun
dred policemen Will guard employees and prop
erty.
THE RIoTINo AT SYRACUSE.
Only three out of twenty passenger trains
were allowed to pass through the yards at East
| Syracuse yesterday. There were about 500
strikers assembled at East Syracuse one Of the
most important points on the road, many coming
from rs far east as Albany. The two companies
of militia sent there Saturday night were
| wholly incapable of coping with the strikers,
and there was considerable rioting Six pas
senger trains from the east were held nearly ali
day at Manlius, the first station east of East
| Syracuse. The yards were filed with pas
| senger trains from the west, and at one time
four trains were held at the point OF operations
OF the strikers.
At noon an effort was made to move the four
trains, with the aid of the military and deputy
sheriffs. Two trains we're sent on east. but the
strikers interfered with the moving of tho
third. The strikers defied both the military
men and sheriffs at the point Of bayonets and
revolvers. The command to fire was not given
and the strikers remained masters of the situa-
ton for the rest Of the afternoon. No effort
was made to move trains for the rest of the day.
At pm. Major Auer received orders to have
his entire battery under orders, and was mott
fed that ten of the separate companies of the
state militia would report at Syracuse at the
earliest hour.
GRAND ARMY MEN BLoCKADED.
The officers of the military companies have
orders to clear the East Syracuse yards at all
hazards as soon as the companies can be
massed. If necessary they will turn the bat
terry guns on the strikers. The dissatisfied
railroad men say that no trains will be moved
If they can prevent it, even if bloodshed fol-
lows. 1t is hardly probable that the military
will advance on the strikers until today ON &C
count of the advantage the striking men would
have In the darkness among the thousands of
freight cars. The strikers do not allow the
lights to be lighted in the night.
Thousands of laboring men were at East
Syracuse all day. Their sympathes are with
the strikers and they have lent all the encour-
agement possible. More than one thousand
Grand Army men are detained there on their
way to the encampment at Boston. They held
an indignation meeting yesterday afternoon
and passed resolutions condemning the action
of the strikers.
Passenger trains and excursion trains Of
Grand Army men from the west have been
going over the West Shore road every half hour
during the afternoon? Mixed with the West
Shore and Western road cars are many New
York Central cars put on at Buffalo. West
say that this will lead to an extended strike on
that road, for they are bound to stand by the
New York Central men.
THE EFFECT IN NEW YORK CITY.
The complete paralysis of all traffic on the
New York Central railroad caused by the first
blow Friday night, led the Knights Of Labor
to believe that they could maintain the stop
page of business on the roads of the company
This they have not succeeded in doing, and it
is evident that general feeling of disappoint-
ment prevails among the strikers, though
they will not admit this. They placed strong
reliance upon the assistance Of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, who, according to
many of the knights, were to have taken a
hand in the fight last night. Mr.. Holland him
self told a reporter Saturday afternoon that
there was an understanding to that effec.. but
yesterday he said he had heard nothing further
about the matter and could not tell what the
brotherhood would do.
prominent member Of the brotherhood
said that the locomotive engineers were not to
be In this strike. 1t was not their fight but of
course. he added, should they be ordered out
| they would go. He did not think such an order
would be given. 1.-The brotherhood" said sew
eral others, remembers the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy strike, in which their places
were taken by Knights of Labor, and are not
over-an1ious 10 help the knights now"
THE CoMrANY's ULTIM ALUM.
During yesterday afternoon General Man
| ager Toucey, Assistant Manager Theodore
Voorhees, John II. Fife, B. A. LOOMS, j. j.
| LOTUS, Henry Douglass and John S. Green,
| the latter of whom are prominent freight Of
| ficials of the New York Central road, held a
| conference in the Office of Third Vice President
| Webb. Late i'll the afternoon the following
| circular was issued by Third Vice President
| Webb, and was the result of the long delibera-
ton Of the conference held by the roads Of
| fcials.
! The position of the company is this: We
| shall select our own men, and We do not pro-
! pose that they will be designated by the
| knights of Labor or its committees When men
are dismissed we shall get rid of the inefficient
| the most vicious and those least in accord with
our interests.
When promotions are to be made we will no,
| be bound by the seniority rules promulgated
| by the knights Of Labor. A due consideration
will always be given to length of service but the
| FIRST and most important rule will be the quail
| ticat.ons OF the mali for the place. IL our men
| have grievances the proper officers will be will.
ing TO grant hearings and see that sidera tiou
| IS given. but We will not allow outsiders to in.
| teryene or TO interfere between the employer
| and employe. For this reason alone refused