New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-13

The New-York Central Railroad yesterday made
satisfactory progress in the extension of its freight
traffic The revived passenger service worked
smoothly, and trains were neither interrupted nor
delayed TO any extent. The officers Of the road
spoke of the strike as thing of the past The
officers of the Knights of Labor persisted in try
ing to convince their followers that the New-fork
Central could not get along without them. But
while many of the rank and file of the Knights
listened TO the voices of their charmers. and
hoped, Miclwber-liSe, that something would turn
up, the more intelligent not inapprecative
of the force of the demonstration made by the
Central road that it could get along without
them The more prudent returned to the ser.
vice of the company or tried TO. because no new
men were dismissed to make room for the prod
igals, who reinstated the discretion of the
superintendents when there was a place for them
and when they could plead intimidation make
other fair excuse for their error.
At the Grand Central Station the routine Of
work accompanying normal condition of affairs
went on The waiting rooms were not more
crowded than usual, and the departure and ar
rival Of trains at or about schedule time could
be depended on. II has been declared that the
commuters who steadily travel to and from the
Grand Central Station sympathized with the
strikers. This is not true. The hour at which
,
have been chosen for the cOmmctcrs. and few Of
them were angelic CROUCH to bear with tranquil
iity the trouble, expense, delay and veXaton to
which they were put by the Knights of Labor
H. Walter Webb, the third ce-president Of
the New-YorS Central Railroad Company,
able TO leave his Office and &C home last evening
az a reasonable hour for tile first time since Fri
day night He said il was his first strike en-
pcrience and he hoped il would be his last. Mr..
Webb asked yesterday afternoon to describe
the situation. He said that II was all right so far
as the train service was concerned. I'VE
may expect for the next two weeks
soasmodic outbreaks and 'goings-on' at different
points That is what they all tell me. lot
of disgrunted men will be around who will he
out Of the service ] suppose they will make
ltle trouble here and there AT isolated points, and
we have got TO be prepared for it. We will keep
ND the Pinkerton guards as long as it is thought
necessary
" Have yOu received any more ovcrtures on the
subject OF arbitration tO-day?'
No: not today
Some of the strikers are being taken back?'
Yes"
But you insist THAT ne new man shall he
displaced 70 make room for a returning striker :!
Most decidedly ! do If men come and show
and SO IN. will leave their unemployment to the
discretion of the supcrintendents. All ask is the
enforcement of the rule about the new men, Not
one new man will be displaced. These new
men are good men. They are not green men,
| There are from $50 70 200 of them. and we got
them from Chicago, ST. Louis. Pittsburg and
all around. They were men who have been IN
the service there and who were laid on for dif'
fercnt causes, and pay better prices than any
Of these Western roads
PREPARED FOR THE STRIKE.
is il true that your company advertised fol
hands in Chicago before The strike took place.
Il am not fool, replied Mr.. Webb. "and il
Won look at the newspapers you will see that the
strike was talked about five days before II came
We maze preparations. 80 as not to he caught
mapping had men at different points on Sstnr-
day morning | had made arrangements for men
from four different points, PittSburg. ST Louis
Chicago and Boston. though do not beheVe we
got many from BostOn-I think some twenty OF
twenty-five | was also prepared with the Pink
prton men in case Of any trouble cautioned all
the superntendents and went over the line and
conferred with them all did everything that
could suggest itself to my mind to prepare for
the strike
Could Won give q definite idea as 10 the actual
number of men who went out on strkc?'
No. and | don't think anybody could. Tho
only way to find ont was TO have tried 10 sfart
I'D on Saturday morning as usual. Bnt we started
up by degrees and lots of men who went out IN
the morning came back in the afternoon and lots
who were ordered TO report for duty dld so.
should think the number of new men who nave
gone to work the road Is 300 or 400, ana
that the number of men who came out was from
800 to 2,00O But il is pure guess-worK Oh
my part TO IA very large extent.
An evening paper says that you have estimated
the companys loss at not over S2o'ooo ID 0hAs
a correct statement?
Il never said such thing. twenty-five thou
sand dollars is n rdculousIy large estimate ac-
cordina 10 my idea Why. this road has not beer
completely shut up.
HELP FROM THE WEST SHORE.
"Th, West Shore helped our freight tranic, and
the DAYS when we worst blocked here were
,hc Two lightes, business days On Sunday we
nally do little work at ali on the Nanderbilt
roads. and Saturday is the second lightest day
Il am perfectly satisfied i'll my mind that
what broke the strike was the action we took on
Friday night, when / came down here and found
thc ward all blocked up and the tunnel niled
with trains. We opened up the yard and cleared
the tunnel. That largely due 70 the per;
s"nal efforts of Messrs. Voorhees,, Phyie and
Buchanan: and we all went in 10 make clean
up before daylight We telegraphcd all over the
line that trains were running. | think II Satur-
day morning had come and il was known along the
line that there were no trains, the strikers would
have been joined by many Others
HOW TRAINS RAN.
Mr. Webb gave the reporter the following state
ment about the running of trains:
GOING NORTH
No. 2l-On time at Port Byron.
No. 23-Twenty four minutes late at Amsterdam'
No. l-Sevcntccn minutes late at Little Faus
No. l7-Seventecn minutes late at Fonda.
No. 3-On time.
No. 2J-On time. .-, ma
All Hudson River way and local trains running VI
schedule time.
COMING SOUTH.