The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-09-04

be taaci1 OF ttRki8tke are bafalf p6b
le d tee Hplsau nEcr raad bui the
. ttr bAs been ,aaea up by The state
"a Of Arbi s,ioa some OF tho dis
.fged men i,siiaei thai they bad per.
{ ael their d1iy faithfully ard The only
re,saa they tnew 81 ior their being dis
cuuged was iha, ,lsey belonged TO the
Heights 81 Labor.
Mr. Webb was cslle1. lie ssii he was
third vice president Of The New York Cen
tai 1 Hudson River railroad aud had
charge - the operaiiol Of the road. The
c5mpspy hai 10 controversy With its EN-
ployes Ga tue eyeaing Of Aug 5a large
nanber u employees left aud their places
hsd baen allied The al ged cause WA
thai ~ members ont Of 10000 had been
discharged. Tbey we're discharged for
goad cause, bat ouly seven OF those men
spp led to the company for iaiormation as
TO they we're discharged Subsequent
/ | ge ,ilemsp from euother ate e He'd
"a sReiel TO know why the men were
di,eLu Wnuess declined % ii, any
reasoas. This geulemsn was NJ. Ho aud.
Upon eioss examination bp logger A.
Pcyor. Mr.. Webb said he had nothing to
do with the road outside Of the traaspo'
ta.ioa anj operation departments. MI.
Depew was abroad. Witness had dis
charged the men on reports from members
Of the secret seryicaof sbe company. Those
repof are not 10 existence. They con
yeyed 20 him the charges and evidence,
Tbe charge itself was unsatisfactory SER
vice. An engineer named Lee was dis
charged for unsa,isfAcio = seryice. The
mal Lee was very errvt.aa 81 d insolent
aud said lie would tie up every wheel be
tween here aud .Buililo il he didn't get
some OF the Vanderbilt money. Several OF
he men knew the canse for which they
were discharged. Their relations with the
Heights o. Labor bad nothing to do with
their discharge. Mr.. Lees prominence in
the order was no reason fer his dischaae.
Mr. Pryor endeayorsd to find out il the
knight OF Labor question had b en- discus
sed by the board Of directors. bat the
board declined to admit the cues ion.
That shuts US of, remarked Mr.. Pryor,
turning around to the Knights OF Labor
executive committee
Mr.. Webb said he had arranged for The
services OF Piokerinn men some time be
fore the strike. When asked about the de
tails Of the arrangement, Mr.. Webb decin
ed to answcr. Mr.. Webb did not seek the
protection OF the police authorities prior
to employ Piukeron's men. This conciud
ed M. Webbs testimony.
william A. Valentine Of New York, d
knight of Labor, wa5 81 rn. He had beeu
passenger traiuman for tie New York
,ntral. He was dIscharge1. The notice
vas in wiring lie was never told why he
vas discharged. He never had been drunk
while in the service OF the company. Mr.
s evens aske him as far back as fou,
months ago il he belonged to the Knights
Of Labor, aud told him il he was it would
interfere with bis promotion, Witness
had never been arrogant or insoent.
Dennis McCsrty, Height OF Labor. tes
tilted that he had been discharged from
the Central's service, although be had been
in its EN- ploy for 20ye aes His place was
Fl He'd five minutes afteiward' He had
never neglected his wois, and be had nev
er been drunk or iusolent. He had asked
General Manager Toucey about the couae
of b. discharg, He was told by that
gentleman ,hat he would have to leave the
the Knights Of Labor or the company and
that lie had been creating trouble with
Leo.
T.. ]. Lee wssa X light OF Lab r and
District Master Wori uan Of A SEN y GAG
He ties D that the BOARD to .bic be be
longed ordered the strike. 1t wa for q
violation an OF agreement between the road
and tie employees and because they were
Knights OF Labor. He had never neglected
his work, but was discharged. He had q
conversation with Mr.. Toucey July 81
about the adlus meut OF eyisting grievan
ces in an anicable manner. He could get
M satisfaction. BE told Mr.. Voorhees, there
was TOO much wa'sr 10 the stock of the
road, and he had r.,er said be wanted
any money from The read. Mr., Toucey
old bin he Yves Jettiment to the inter
.ssoi tie company an sgitator' bul
'hlt he would recommend him to some
utb.f road.