Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-28
NO FINANCIAL AID
To BE Given the Central Strikers
by the Federation.
Its Mombers May Contribute as
Individuals.

individuals.
Interview with MIR. Debs, Grand secrc-
tary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Fircmcn The Central Stri.crs Still
Confident That They VIII Win the
Fight--Oth.sr. Labor Troubles.
TERBE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 28.-The
attention OF Grand Secretary Eugene V.
Debs OF the brotherhood OF Lucomo-
tive Eiremcn, and the reputed writer OF
the manifesto emanating from the SUI
preme council of the United Order of
Railway Employees, refusing to declare u
Federation strike upon the New York
Central system on the appeal of Mr.
POwderlY was called to two paragraphs
that appear in newspapers rs press dis
patches. One was from Albany, N. Y.
and represented Mr.. Devlin, Of the gem
eral executive board of the Knights Of
Labor, as making the following state
mcnt:
"Ih, supreme council have extended
to lis not only moral support, but tiuan-
cial assistance, the latter being more
than we expected. and they have, III
fac;, determined to support the fight us
their own"
Ihc o,her dispatch WIS also from AL
bany, and General Secretary Hayes, Of
the knights, was quoted as saying: Ii
the dispatch is True about no strike be-
ing Crdcred), it means 4 single handed
fight, with the knights doing the fight
ig ald the other org gnizations III ling
them financially
MI. Deb5 said:
81 have stel statements Published
since the council adjourned to the effect
tl;t the Federation would vote imam
ciul Ass istanCe to the strikers. sup
pofe these originated because there was
Il great dell Of talk about the council
taking such action, when il became
known that u suiEe had not been or
dcred by the Federation and also per-
haps Of the very strong stand the co M
Gil took in indOrsing the cause OF the
stiiking knights. But rs in the case of
strike on the Central system by the
Federation there is also something III
the way in the matter of financial aid.
Under the rules OF the Federation there
can lie 10 appropriation for strike
mado unless the Federation directly en-
cages in the st.ike, and that does not
exist in llle present case. To call up N
our emergency funds or to levy assess
mc1ts for strike, it would hc neces-
sa Y, first, tn It one or more Of the or
dcT5 represented in the Federation
ehouid be engaged III strike, and sec
Ond, that th5 supreme council should
sustain the trikc by the holding Of just
Fuch mectiag as you have Just seen
held here; SO you viii see that 1t is i'm
possible for the Fe2e.ation as a body to
vote financial aid, ~ the ca q stands.
This does not prohibit the III m1ers of
the different o.dors from giving individ-
ually, If they 50 desire, AID no doubt
many Of them will. | understand the
knights Of Labor arc well equipped in a
nucial way for the present struggle
with the New York Central. We are
thoroughly in sympathy with Mr.. Pow
derly and his mal | think they have
Justice on thci. side in the fight. We
have given them as strong an indorsC-
ment as lay in out power, and have
gone rs far in every putcular as rnc
laws Of our Federation will permit.
The T.rcmcn', Protective Fund.
what is the aggregate Of the FRO
tcctivc fund Of tho locomotive tireman
at The pre- sent time n asked the CORE
spondeIt.
Something over %l00,0O0,7 replied
MIR. Dcbs This sum lies in the hands
If the subldinatc lcdge7 subject to the
order OF tic grand lodge. and is only
used in such an emergency as u strike.
] DO not now recall the protection fuId5
Cf the othc, orders III tho Federation,
bat there Is ne thing certain, and that
is not a cent could be appropriated for
strike that had not been indorsed by tho
supreme council