The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-26

trail q Hudson River railroad is private
property, and that his acts in the treatment
OF MS employees are in no sense
matter of public concern; that he can
with impunity discharge men and remand
them to ldleness and poverty and render
them homeless wanderers without giving
any reason or explanation whatever for his
conduct, disregarding the fact that the cor
poratlon for which he plays the autocrat is
thing created by the laws. in the making
OF Which the men he seeks to degrade have
voice which, if united, will bring his COR
poration to the bar of Justice where his
millions and the millions which he repre-
sents will cease to be potential in deciding
questions of this kind.
IN view of the foregoing facts
tue supreme cCuncil puts upon record it's
unanimous and unqualified approvals of
the strike on the New York Central ~
Hudson River railway for the cause set
forth by Powderiy. as also the efforts made
by PoWderly to bring the strike to an hon
ora0le termination. In this general eX-
preston OF the approval of the action of
the knights Of Labor, the course of Webb
| is as unequlvccally condemned The
power of the supreme council in the mat
ter OF the strike has been exerted to aid the
knights of Labor through their repre-
sentatlveS to secure recognition of their
order by the officials of this rich and pow
erful corporation, to secure for the
worklngmen, victims of an autocraJlc
power hearing, and to perform such other
kindly offices as were proper under the cir
cumstances demonstrating their sympathy
and goodwill, thereb aiding the knights
OF Labor TO bring the strike TO a close upon
| principles of right and justice. In this the
| council has met with failure owing to the
autocratic attitude of Webb. 1t now be
comes necessary for the supreme council to
! say that owing to the fact that the order of
| the Knights of Labor is not a member of
the Federated Order of Railway Employees,
! the laws OF the supreme council do not
| permit its doing more than it has done to
aid the Knights of Labor, and its inability
to participate lie the present strike is now
known and appreciated by PowGerly.
referring to the laws of the supreme
coupcil relating to strikes the matter is
conclsely presented as follows:
I'm the first place, If the members of
either organizations on any railroad have
a grievance it is submitted to the public
| officers of the road by the local grievance
committee. In the event of failure to
obtain satisfaction the chief executive
officer of the order having the grievance
is called upon, and in connection with a
comm tee seeks amicably to adjust the diff
fficulty. If failure still attends their efforts
To adjust the trouble then the supreme
council is convened at the headquarters of
the railroad offices with whom the confer
ence is requested and it's influence is ex-
pected to obtain a settlement alike just to
all parties. If failure still follows their
EFFORTS to remove the cause of complaint
and the council by a unanimous vote de-
cides the grievance to be of such gravity as
to justify a strike, it is promptly ordered.
in which event all of the members of the
various organizations employed on the road
where the grievance exists, viz. firemen,
conductors, trainmen and switchmen,
abandon their work
In conclusion, the supreme council places
upon record its high appreciation of the
manliness of the Knights of Labor en-
ployed on the New York Central in
struggling to maintain q principle sacred
to every working man on the continent
and to all who love justice, and hope for
the triumph of right over wrong as flag
rant as ever stained the pages of history
FRANK P. SARGENT, President.
Attest:
w. A. SHEEHAN, Secretary.