St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-25
WHAT OF The NIGHT ?
The Supreme Council Not Yet
Ready to Make an An
nouncement.
Nothing Definite as to the
Result Will Be Known
Until To-Day.
President Sargent Indicates
That a General Strike
Will Be Ordered.
Mr.. Webb Will Investigate
the Charges Made by the
Discharged Men.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind, Aug. 24.-Noth-
ing authoritative will be given out as to
the deliberations of the supreme coun-
eli until tomorrow at the earliest. 1t is
among the probabilities that the decis
ion of the council may not be reached
for several days. To-day saw no con-
vening of the council proper. This
does not mean that the agencies were
not at work. The council last night
put into the hands of Eugene Y. Debs,
grand secretary of the Brotherhood of
Firemen, P, FL. Morrissey, vice. grand
master of the Brotherhood of Train
men. and John Downey, vice grand
master of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid
association. the deliberations of the
council, and they will prepare certain
propositions to be presented to the
council, which will define the ac-
tion of the supreme body. This
committee has been in session
since s O'Clock last evening. The
members separate only to take what
nay be strictly named as lunches. SO
do not ask of the 'chef" of the hotel
whether their steak is rare or well:done.
While the committee is in session the
other members of the council are taking
things as easily as they can. Mr.. Sar-
gent was so sleepy last night that can
non exploded in front of house would
not have awakened him.
His Sleep Was Refreshing,
and to-day he isat his office overhaling
books and papers which not only bear
on the threatening general strike Oh the
Vanderbilt system. but he is compelled
to look over his work as regards the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
The Associated Press correspondent
called at NJ. Sargen5S heuse to-day.
President Sargent had just finished a
home meal, which ne evidently appre-
ciated after taking his meals at Eastern
hotels. Mr. Sargent was as frank as
usual. He had carefully read the letter
of Mr.. Powderly to Mr.. Webb sent out
last night. While President Sargent
would not express any opinion as to the
action the council would take on the
report of the committee, yet he freely
expressed himself about Mr.. POWderly's
missive. He said: 81 admire Mr..
Powderly's stand. Powderly puts Webb
in the position in which heIbelongs, and
understand, will convince it that Mr..
Webb is wrong. Mr.. Webb's position
is directly opposite to that taken by Mr..
Depew, his superior officer. Mr.. De-
pew has always advocated the organi-
zatiOn of labor" To sustain this state
ment Mr.. Sargent gave to the Assocl-
ated Press representative the following
extracts FROM an address delivered by
MIR. DepeW alta meeting of the fremen'S
brotherhood held in Tammany hall,
May Is, 1887. Said Mr.. Depew: ~ be-
lieve in organizations just like yours
For Protection,
for charity, sobriety and industry. tits
proper in these days that there should
be organization for the simple reason
that the business of this world cannot
be carried on in any other way; that
railroad people oughtto be able to intel
ligently discuss the questions of the
day, and should tell the government
that they did not want imported labor"
"These expressions of MI. .Depew," said
Mr.. Sargent, "show concluslvelv that
he was in favor at that time of organized
labor, that he believed in the right of
the wOrkingmen to go to the polls and
exercise their right of franchise" Said
Mr.. Sargent: 1.-The Knights of Labor
have taken an active part in legislative
affairs in the state of New York during
the past year. much of this legislation
being directly in the interest of the
railway employee; and, the New York
Central being one of the largest
corporations that would naturally be
affected by such legislation, and many
OT itc hnf fha
bly, in behalf of the bills presented, and
the fact that some of the men discharged
by the New York Central company
were participants in the effort to bring
about the passage of these labor bills
before the New York legislature, shows
plainly that the company is
AntagOnizing the knights
of Labor in its present action; for had
the men been discharged for drunken
ness, breach of discipline and such
causes as are now claimed by Mr.. Webb,
he would not hesitate one moment to
have an investigation. l am surprised
that the men should have been in the
employ of the New York Central from
fifteen to twenty years and now dis
missed on account of character. 1t is
a sad commentary on the manage
of an address delivered by MIR. Depew
Sunday, May %. 1889 Shortly before the
doctor sailed for Europe), he said to a
meeting Of the Brotherhood of Engin-
eers at New Haven: There are few
things about the relation of the presi-
dent to the employees of the road which
would like to say. We both draw our
salaries from the same treasury. The
president OF the company has his duty
to perform to the stockholders of the
road, but it is not, as many of you sup
pose, his only duty. While he must see
to it that proper economy is main
tained, and an earning power de-
veloped, he must see that the public at
all times get the best possible service.
and that the men in the employ of the
company are treated well. 1t is his
duty to march out and
Take by the Throat
and throttle any man who in his brief
authority treads on the toes of some one
of the men under him. The railroad
goes OH forever, and the men in its en-
ploy realize the security Of their en-
ployment and it gives to the men the
independence which is their right" To
any one who reads these utterances of
MI Depew understandiDgly he cannot
help but believe that Mr. Depew, as
president of the New York Central
road, believed in the recognition of his
employees whenever they desired to con-
fer with him, and if any of his subor-
dinates practiced any injustice, in his
own words, he said, Il would take them
by the throat and throttle them.' The
employees who were discharged by the
Central were denied the right to give
their side of the story to the man