Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-24
1T WILL BE ORDERED.
The Greatest Strike the United States
Has Ever Experienced.
This 10 the Determination OF the Labor
Leaders, but the Date Not Fixed.
Yesterdays Interviews.

what opinion do you return from New
| York concerning the merit of the
strikers?" Asked a reporter of Mr..
Sargent, grand master of the brother
hood of locomotive fremen
81 can say that so far as the actions OF
Mr.. Powderly are concerned during this
whole matter l most heartily indorse
them, said Chief Sargent with decided
emphasis. 81 am confident M.
! Powderly did not invite this condition OF
affairs, and that he did his best to avoid
1t. never met Mr.. Powderly personally
till last Monday, aud / can say that !
believe he Is an honest and fair mind I'D
man, with the interests of the laborirg
masses at heart
''ThIs is fight onthe part Of the
Knights of Labor for recognition from
tbs New York Central officials, is 1t not +,
and a sympathetic movement on the
part of the Federation?''
"Mr. Webb took the stand IN the in
terview with Mr.. Powderly that the off,
Gals of the Central road were alone re-
sponsible for the removals made on their
line, and declines to he questioned BY
labor officials regarding them. Now
had no quarrel with Mr.. Webb, and had
no occasion TO seek personal interview
with him. l went to New York ut the
solicitation OF Mr.. Powdrrly. Mr.. Webb
sent an invitation to Grand Master
Sweeney and myself to call upon him,
and we did SO. 1 put the question
TO Webb in this way: Sup
your firemen who is member of
our organization was discharged by your
master of transportation, aud that he
"a 20
branches; suppose come to New York
to you, would you allow me to question
you concerning it?' He evaded my ques-
ton, and did not get positive answer
from him, but gained an opinion, and
u very positive one. that the tiremen
would be treated just as the knights OF
Labor have BEEN
COUNCIL OF LEADERS.
TERRE HAUTE, IND, Aug. 23.-
Frank Sargent, president OF the Council
of the United Order OF Railway EN-
ployes. and Eugene Debbs, secretary OF
the order, were buSily at work in their
Office at o'clock this morning. They
were getting things in shape for n meet
ing of the COUNCIL, which was set for 10
O'Clock this morning. At the same hour
the other ten members of the council
Hauahan, Howard, Lovejoy, Wilkin-
son, Shahln Morrisy, Sweeney Downey,
Neeson and Hall-were partaking of
breakfast ut the hotel. Interviews with
Messrs. Hanahan, Morrisy and Sweeney
show very clearly that each of them
recognize that the eyes of the country are
on them. They and their associates
are TO decide the question, if possible,
whether the greatest strike the United
States has ever seen will be iuaugurated.
Each expressed that nothing should he
done partially, that every phase of the
situation should be discussed by them
with the utmost elaboration. Mr.. Sar-
gent and Mr.. Debbs are anxious that peo-
pie of the country should understand
thoroughly just what the power of this
council is, and how the momentous ques-
ton of a great strike on the Vanderbilt
was brought before it and settled. To
put 1t clearly, nothing is better than to
give verbatim the sections Oh the consti-
tuition of the supreme council bearing di-
rectly on the subject:
Section 15.-All grievances for con-
sideration of the supreme council
shall be presented in writing and signed
by the chief executive, who shall certify
Ia addition thereto the name of the rail-
way company, number of men involved,
and any other information as may be
pertinent 10 the subject.
Section ia grievance presented
under tn provisions of the foregoing sec
ton shall be read by the secretary,
whereupou the council shall proceed TO
discuss the same, making such inquiry
and Investigation as may be required to
develop true and complete statement
of all facts in the case; after due aud
diligent investigation 1.-THE council shall
proceed TO ballot for approval or disap-
prevail of the grievance. The three
representatives of each organization
shall convene separately and cast their
votes az separate bodies. When this is
done the council shall convene and the
secretary shall call roll, ana each or
ganizatiOu shall be entitled to one vote,
predicated upon the majority vote of its
representatives, whatever they may be,
which shall be announced as the decision
of the supreme council.
Section 1.-THE supreme council may
upon II two-thirds vote of the representa-
1yes in the meeting assembled modify or
amend a grievance or strike out any
condition therein.
Thus il will be seen that the president
of the council has only advisory powers,
and his vote is not supreme.
The opinion in Terre Haute among the
citizens Is that there will be great
strike, but this is only an opinion, and
nothing positive can be learned until the
elaboration OF the council is ended.
When conclusion will be reached Is
something that cannot be speculated
upon now. Ii may be day or three
days before the matter is decided.
DEPEw NOT EXPECTED.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Mr. Webb
most positively denied this morning that
there was any truth in the report that
Mr.. Depew would sail to-day from South
America for home. al have heard
nothing from him, and don't expect
him until the latter part of September,
the time he arranged TO return
AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
Superintendent Voorhees, made the
following important announcement this
forenoon: ave have notified all con-
Meeting lines that on and after Monday
next We will receive and deliver all
freight we may be required to move.''a
ENCOURAGING REPORTS TO PowDERLr.
Speaking of the situation, Powderly
said every telegram he had received last
night and this morning was encouraging.
There would be strike, he said, but
just when 1t would be declared or what
territory IL would cover hs did not know,
DELAWARE AND HUDSON YARDMEN GO OUT.
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