The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-27
EVIDENTLY BEATEN,
SO THE STRIKE ON THE NEW
YORK CENTRAL is REGARDED.
Receives Its Death-Blow when the
Supreme Council of Federated Railroad
Employees Refused to Join ,It-Latest
Reports of the Situation.

Employees Refused to Join ,It-Latest
Reports of the Situation.
NEW YORK, Aug. Special The
strike on the New York Central is evidently
beaten. Its death blow was the merely
moral support offered to the knights by the
Supreme Council the United order OF Rail-
way Employees at Terre IIaute last night.
The Knights expected or pretended to
expect sympathetic strike that would
tie up the Vanderbilt roads in the
West. What they got was a column
address extolling Mr.. Powderly and
yituperating Mr. Webb and leaving the
strike Just where it stood before that-a
beaten and discredited e1ort. The big
chiefs among the knights have been 20 de-
moralized by the blow that nobody knows
inst what they will do; and, worse
than that. nobody outside their own
ranks seems to care. The roads
will run Just the same, whether they
call their strike OIL or call out their men on
the Western Vanderbilt lines. Everybody
around the Grand Central depot to-day are
iubilant according. If the knights had
men enough Of their own on the western
Vanderbilt lines tO cripple those roads, they
would have called them out long ago. Az
ter the failure on the Central, it would be a
moral impossibility to get any considerable
number Of men to join the strike now.
NAss-MEETING OF sYNPATHIzERs.
About 5000 persons assembled in Union
Square tonight in response to the call for a
meeting of sympathZers with the New
York Central strikers. Speeches protesting
against the action Of the Pinkerton men nj
Albany and elsewhere the action oil the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, ana
of the officers of the New York Central III
particular. were made by Mr.. L. ). Pow
derly Robert Blissert, Mr. Margant Moore.
and others, and resolutions Of like purport
were adopted.
Nr. Blissert and Mr.. Moore recited the
wrongs inflicted upon the workers by capt
talists, and urged working men not to vote
for the party that supported capitalists. II
was Chauncey VI. Depew's highest ambl-
ton. Mr.. Blissert said, to be at table viii
the Prince Of Wales at his castle. The
country did not want that man for Presl-
dent.
Mr.. Powdcrly said it was announced
from Terre Haute, last night that the
supreme Council Of Federation OF Rail
way Employees had endorsed the
action of the Knights Of Labor
other Organizations who were waiting for a
popular movement. lie did not care. lie
would 20 on and fight until the capitalists
of the country were OyerihrOwn.
The Central claimed they were m0dng
freight. They were not. If that monopoly
cannot move its freight, the state must pe
called upon to compel it to surrender It's
charter to those who will move freight
or to the state. There is, h. SAID
that organization Of labor with us
Headquarters in Cleveland. lis chlel j.
+. VI. Arthur (hisses.) II contains men
who will stOop 10 take the place Oi a brother
man. This is what the brotherhood ol 10
comOtiye Engineers has done with the con-
sent Of Arthur. The Brotherhood i
GOOD. but it has a bad chlel. IL
was all arranged for Arthur 10 be hidden
i'm Cleveland while Depew was IN Europe.
No one can yet at this. The battle Is
strike of the people and must DE i0ught al
the polls. He was always opposed 10
strikes. he said, but they would not give IN
until they had gained aylctorN IN TINS case.
4 letter from samuel Gompers, president
Of the Federation of Labor, endo' sing the
strike was read. 1t was generally re-
pOrted tonight that District Assembly 100
had called ont every knight Of Labor on
the Vanderbilt connecting lines' Dut the
report could not be confirmed.
Mr.. Powderly said he was not aware oil
any such action, though it might have been
taken. II 50, it had occurred after ms de-
parture from Albany this morning. lie was
fold i'm Albany that $50 car loads 0l Deei
had been buried there, having become
spoiled by delay.
POwDERLY STILL HOPEFUL.
Albany. y. Y. Aug. 2G.-Members of
District Assembly 2iG. OF this city, who are
unite intimate with Mr.. POwderly, stated
this morning that the chief had said that
the action Of the Federation was merely
conservative course they were compelled
10 take by reason of their charter.
The work of sympathy. however, was
merely word OF caution to the
members of the Federation to look out LOT
any encrOachments upon their rights, ana
Mr.. POwdery believes they VIII seile lhe
first opportunity offered TO strike. That op-
portunity. he said will occur before three
laws are cone by. I'm fact. Mr. pOwderly
almost assured members OF District As
,embly 2lG at their secret meeting last night
that "A General strike will soon occur.
GENERAL ORDERING OUT PREDICTED.
Dennis Feehan, editor of the Independent
Citizen. and member of the executive
board of District Assembly 2i6 is authority
for the statement that a general order Tor q
strike OF all knights OF Labor on the Cen.
trail road will be given tonight, and on all
other connecting roads begging the central
10 move freight on Thursday. The Central
road this morning obtained some forty new
men to work i'm the shops at West Albany,
and a few men 10 attend 10 switches. lhey
are moving freight in larger qualities thah
anv DAY since the strike began.
VICE-PREsIDENr WEBB SATISFIED.
NEW YORK. Aug. 26-Nice-President
webb was at his office in the Grand Central
depot early this morning. He said every
thing along the entire line Of the road was
i'm good condition and that freight was
moving briskly.
ANOTHER sWITC CHMEN's STRIkE.r
CucAGo. Aug. 26.-AbOut eighty switch
men. i'm the employ of the Chicago and
Alton railroad, IN this city, went out on
strike this morning. At present the pas
seneer traffic is not being interiered with,
hut freight traffic in the yards mas been en-,
tirely suspended. the company has called
upon superintendent Marshall for poilce
protection for its property. some mohihs
ago foreman in the employ IN the chicago
and Atoms yards lett the company's EN-
plov and went to work for another road.
| To-day the company re-emplOyed MN, ana
ATTEMPTED 10 install him in his old position.
The men in the mean time had become
attached to the new foreman who succeeded
him. and struck this morning against any
change.
INCREASED WAGES ASKED.