Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-08-23
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Gatherd From the World Wide Sweep
of the Wires.
THE STRIKE SITUATION.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Yesterday
ended the second week of the great
strike. The men who left their
places two weeks ago with conf
dence of reinstatement upon their
own terms, held local assemblies last
night to consider the situation.
They are joined in council by mem
hers of the executive board. The
leaders Of the labor men have been
considering their immediate inter-
est, aud the men are pleased. They
feel reinforced and more hopeful.
WEBB DECLINES TO ARBITRATE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-The state
board of arbitration once more pre-
sented itself perfunctorily in aid of
settlement. Powderly hastened
to accede, but the railroad has de-
clined.
There is a growing belief among
persons who follow the course of
events closely that there will be no
further strike. State Arbitration
Commissioner Donovan last night
sent u letter to Vice-President Webb,
stating that it having come to the
knowledge of the state board of
mediation and arbitration that an
other strike was seriously threaten
ed on the line of roads Of your COM
pany he is instructed by the board
to again communicate with you,
and invite n joint conference in the
office of your company between you
and the representatives of your en-
ployes, with view of devising some
means whereby the threatened
strike may be averted.
A similar letter was sent to Pow
derly. Powderly In his reply stated
that the general executive board Of
the Knights of Labor is willing to
comply with the request and holds
itself in readiness to respond at a
moments notice.
Webb came toward last night in
response to the speech of Pow derly,
with a prepared statement. He
started out with the assertion that
no man had been discharged by the
company because be was a Knight
OF Labor or member of any other
organization. Then, for the first
time since the beginning of the
trouble. Webb names list OF
offences among which are those be-
cause of which the Knights of Labor
are said to have been discharged.
Webb continues: "The company
discharges the men irrespective Of
their membership of the order of
Knights of Lobor for drunkenness,
incapacity, breach of duty, in
and for lack of suf1i-
cient work to employ them, and it
will continue to do so whenever
proper occasion, arise. 1t would br
moral and probably criminal neglect
Of duty for me to omit to discharge
a switch-tender man for drunken
ness, upon whose sobriety and
fidelity to duty depends the safety
of life and limb of some millions of
passengers transported annually by
this company. The foregoing gives
without setting forth the name or
place of employment, the causes
which called for the discharge of the
men referred to in Powderly's
appeal. For these discharges, and
to avert n threatened strike, l have
been called upon by Powderly and
his associates to consent to the mons
trous absurdity of satisfying by some
kind of arbitration or investigation
persons other than the constituted
authorities of the company that
these causes existed, a demand,
which so long as l occupy the po-
sition with which | am intrusted, |
feel it is my duty to firmly decline" "
CALIFORNIA HOPS.
WHEATLAND, Cal, Aug. o.
Contracts for hops were made here
last week for Bear river hops at %
cents. Buyers are now willing to
offer so cents. Hops are in fine
condition, and the yield heavy.
The first car load of hops was
shipped to New York the 10 inst,
and will arrive there Tuesday.
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS.
SAN JOSE, Cal, Aug. 23.-At the
session of tlle state democratic con
vention last night Walter G. Graves
of San Francisco, was nominated
for attorney general; John +. Dunn
re-nomina ed for comptroller; Adam
Herold, for treasurer; w. +. Hen
bricks, renominated for secretary; 5
c, Boone, of Humboldt was nomin
ated for surveyor generals for super
intendcnt of schools, He ury Z. Hall