Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-08-22
Powderly Says the Fight Against the
New York Central Will be
to the Bitter End.
Vice-Presikent Webb Says in Spite
Of All That, Trains Will be
Running us Usual.
The Republicans of Wisconsin Nomi-
nate a State Ticket Con-
densed kilograms.
Cannot Arbitrate,

New York, Aug. 2O.-Powderly stated
that the strike had ceased to be one of
the local assembly and has become one
of the whole organization, and it will use
every means in its power to continue the
fight. He intimates that the federation
of railroad employees will support the
movement. The situation is serious.
Later information makes possible and
true the statement that Powderly will
tomorrow (Thursday) issue an appeal to
all knights of Labor in the employ of
the Central Hudson railroad and upon
the Vanderbilt connecting lines. In the
document he will state the causes for the
strike and the efforts made to obtain a
peaceable settlement of the difficulty, and
notify each and every member Of the in
tention of the executive board of the
knights Of Labor to prosecute the fight
against the Central Hudson railroad
company to the bitter end. At the same
time it is made known that Grand Master
Sargent has called a meeting of supreme
council of the federation of railroad en-
ployes for Saturday, August 81, at 8 a. m,
in the city of Terre Haute. Ind. In con-
nection with the stirring events above
outlined, Powderly tonight, at st. Cloud
hotel in this city, gave out a statement Of
the interview this afternoon with Vice
President Webb and Superintendent
Toucey. "The executive board said
Powderly, tonight. ''says to the Knights
of Labor and the public that the posi-
ton finally assumed by the company,
makes it necessary for them to vindicate
the right of labor TO organize, ry prose-
cutting the strike to the bitter end"
When the ominous condition of affairs
became plain late tonight that a strike
of all the employees Of the New York Con-
trail would, without doubt, be ordered
either tonight or in the morning, a re-
porter went to the Grand Central depot
to interview the railroad officials, Webb
and Voorhees,, who for the present sleep
there. Both had retired to their inpro-
vised cots aud were clad in their night
cloth s. After rubbing their eyes to get
sleep out of them-it was II o'clock
they received the reporter cordially.
Webb said that he considered that the
strike was declared in the belief that
the Central management were opposed
to the Knights of Labor. He wished to
reiterate his statements that this was not
the truth. When told that a strike over
the whole road would be declared to-
night or tomorrow, Webb said that in
spite of all that the road would run all
trains in the morning as usual. Neither
he or Voorhees, appeared much depressed.
He wished the public to know that he
had had no official notice from Powderly
of the strike, and said that all this time
the company had not been lying idle.
When told the strike meant ali employees
but the engineers he appeared somewhat
any comment thereon.
A MEETING OF THE FIREMEN ORDERED.
New YORK, Aug. 20.-Grand Master
Sargent, president of the council and
chief of the firemen's organization, has
ordered a meeting Of supreme council on
Saturday morning at Terre Hauto, Ind,
for the consideration Of the question of
the New York Central strike. Whether
this move means that the council must
go through certain formalities before a
general strike can be declared, or whether
no strike will be declared at all, remains
to be Q
DON'T WANT THE PINKERToNs.
ALBANY, Aug. 20.-At a meeting of the
chamber of commerce at Albany, held
this morning a letter was sent to the
mayor regarding the protection Of the
property of the Central railroad by the
city. It said in part: "It becomes i'm
portant that the utmost efforts be made
by our local government to prevent loss
or damage to both life and property with
in our bounds. We believe that by ex-
traordinary measures. if necessary, our
city government, at whatever cost, should
secure these results, and that the rail-
road company, IN view Of the assurance
Of such protection by our city govern
ment, should withdraw the Pinker-
tons stationed here. We are confident
that our citizens are disposed to be law
abiding and to preserve, rather than de-