The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-08-28
STRIKERs MEET.
ABouT FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS 40
eEMaLE IN UNION SQUARE,

speschea Protesting Against the Action
of tho Pinkerion Men, the nrother'
hood ~ Locomotive Engineers, aud
the Officers Of tho New York oeptrai
Ia Peltioular We're Made by r. "
Powd 'ly, Robert niissert AID 0thsr'
sympathy tor tho Men,
New YonK, Aug e7--About 5000
persons assembled Ia Union square last
night IN reaponse TO the call for a meet
ing Of sympnthy with the New York
Central slrikers, Speeches protesting
against the action Of the Plnkerton men
NJ Albany aud elsewhere, the action OF
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive hna'
neeis and of the officers Of tho New
Ycri, Central IN Particular were made
by Mr. 7, V, PowdtEy, Robert Iiimert,
Mi AIgaut Moore and Others and
resolutions Of a Ike pur ort were
adoN 4, Mr., Blissert pru Mr. Moore
reeiied the wrougo inA.oted upon tho
wo. .ofi w capitalists, and urged work.
ingApn NOT 10 vote for the purity that
supported capitalists, II was Chauncey
NJ Depew'a higheat ambition, Mr. Bits
sort said, TO be ~ tho table with the
Prince OF Walua at tho haad, The o0un-
try did not want that sort OF man for
president, Mr., POwderly said II was
announced from Terre Haute that tho
supreme council OF tho Federation OF
Railroad Employees had
Endorsed tho Action Of tho knights
IN the present strike. There were men
IN other organizations who were wait,
ing for popular movement He did
not oarei he would 90 on and fight until
the capitalists OF the country were over.
thrown. Though the Central claimed
they were moving freight, they were
not, II that monopoly cannot move
freight the state must DO called upon 10
compel II 10 surrender its charter 10
those who will move freight, or 10 tho
state. He had met twenty men who
had been discharged. OF that number
only one had been charged with any
oifenae, and that was inaubordination In
refusing 10 work overtime, Not one
was charged with inc0mpetency. There
H. ho said, an organization OF labor
with ita headquarters In Cleveland. lm
chief IL p, M, Arthur Kisses, II
contains men who will stoop
To Take tho Place OF u brother Man.
This " what the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers have done with
the consent Of Arthur, The brother
hood Nv good, but II has u bad chief II
was arranged FOR Arthur 10 DO hidden
In Cleveland while Depaw was In
Europe. No one can get NJ them. The
people Of this land don't want u coward
for president, u man who runs away
whon there n u fight ahead, The bat
fought NJ the polls, Tho state board OF
arbitration are fishing In the Adiron'
dacks instead OF attending 10 their busi'
ness, and they must be made 10 do their
duty, We have an army Of hired assaa.
sins, They should DO shut down. Ho
was always opposed 10 strikes, he said,
but they would not give In until they
had gained victory IN this case.
Resolutions Wore Adopted
That, whereas, the New York Central
had discharged scores Of employees be-
cause they were Knights Of Labor that
large number of the Knights om-
ployod by the company had gone on
strike with the object Of vindicating
the rights Of wordngnen TO organize;
that the company had peisstently re-
fused TO have the causes Of the trouble
investigated or arbitrated, even 10 the
extont Of mubbing the state bonrd Of
arbitration and hiring band Of cut
throats TO shoot down strikers; that
number OF inoiiendve citizens have been
shot down by the hired 0ssassins Of the
road; be II
Resolved, That we express our full
sympathy with the men ON strike and
viii do all in our power 10 mako them
succeed In their struggle, and that
committee of twenty-five be appointed
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