St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-15
Vice President Webb Van
gu1shes the Knights Who
Went on a Strike.
He and His Subordinates
Raise the Freight 81 oek-
ade on the Central.
Each Train Manned by Pink
ertons, the Strikers Offer
ing No Resistance.
Powderly and the Executive
Board Go to Gotham to
Suggest Arbitration.

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 1.-THE Cen
trail railroad has broken the blockade,
and this evening four freight trains
moved west and three south. Each
tain was protected by about twenty
Pinkertons. No opposition was made
by the strikers. The men on the
Delaware 81 Hudson road went back
to work tonight without any conces-
sions being made by the roads. The
strike so far as the roads are con-
cerned seems to be over, although the
men are as strong in numbers and as
confident as ever. There was a fracas
at East Albany this evening between
Pinkerton men and strikers, in which
the latter were worsted. No blood was
spilled, but two prisoners were rescued.
The passenger service on the Central
road was to-day beyond criticism. There
was no freight moved tonight. The
yardmaster at West Albany said he
had cleared two tracks through the
blockade of cars and that through
freights to-day came over those tracks,
where formerly the passenger tracks
were used. The usual daily number of
East and West freight trains in and
out of the West Albany yards reach
seventy, while thirty-five north and
south trains represent the freight
traffic lon the Hudson River
division. Sheriff Tappan. of Rennsel-
aer county, this afternoon telegraphed
AdjU. Gen. Porter that he thought he
Would Need State Troops
at the East Albany yards of the Central
road. as he feared trouble. Col. Nc
Evan sent over the river and found
everything quiet, without prospects of
any disturbance. In conversation with
several of the strikers there. they told
him they would not modest the road i'll
any way, and if it was necessary they
themselves would act in protecting its
property. When the colonel had come
back to Albany he was met by Master
Mechanic backward, of West Albany,
who told him that the strikers had con-
gregated on the bridges over the yard
there and were making trouble. He
made a request for troops, when
Col. McEwan, jumping in cab
standing near said he would investigate
the matter himself He was driven to
West Albany, accompanied by Master
Workman Dulin, but when they arrived
at the yards everything was as quiet as
graveyard. Only few spectators
we've standing on the bridge, and not a
freight car was moving. The colonel
said everything was quiet in this
vicinity, and there was no cause for
anxiety on the part of the railroad OIL
Gals. Master Workman Lee returned
from New York this morning. He
claimed to be satisfied with the cOndi-
=; - -, or,6 thic
vicinity, and is going on to Buffalo to-
night in response to the urgent request
of the strikers there. He said the Cen
trail road was
Having a Hard Time
in their endeavor to raise the freight
blockade at West Albany. The strikers
got hold of the men who came on from
Chicago and Boston yesterday, with the
result that this morning forty-two of the
experienced Western railroad men who
were to be put at West Albany
refused to 60 to work and are now
in consultation with the Central
strikers. Twenty of the men who
came from Boston and have been
working at Karnars, eight miles from
here, also quit work to-day. To add to
these discouragementS to the efforts of
the roads officials to move freight a
green sWitchman from the Fitchburg
road neglected to set switch properly
in the West Albany yards to-day, re-
Sulting in the derailment of an engine
with six cabooseS. In conversation
with a half-dozen of the men who
came on from Chicago, it was learned
that many of the men bad
been under contract with the Central
for weeks before this strike was de-
clared, and when they were asked Fri
day to come on here and fulfill their
contract they refused. The men on
Saturday were then told that the Cen
trail strike had been settled and they
were wanted to fill the places of the
few men the company would not take
back, so they came on. 1t was also said
that a large number of Western en-
gineers aud firemen
Had Been Under Contract
with the Central for month past to
come on here to work which these
men thought was an indication that the
Central also feared trouble from the en-
gineers and firemen. A party of nine
Western railroad men came ur
on the boat from New York
this morning, but were met by 9
committee of the strikers who persuad
| ed them not to apply for work. The
first freight train since Friday left the
West Albany freight yard, bound west
! at 2:55 this afternOc.. There was nc
| disturbance whatever. The conditions
| in the Delaware d Hudson strike have
not materially changed. Ne freight
has been moved out of Albany
to-day on that road. Already the strike
has cost the company and the men much
money. The company's officers assert
! that the railroad has lost moth
ing so far as its passenger
traffic was concerned, and say
that at the present time it is
impossible for them to estimate ever
approximately the amount of money
lost in the freight department. The
nearest estimate that could be obtained
was that the company had lost ovel
$500, 1000. According to Master Work
man Lees statement. there are abou
10000 men who struck work. Thell
average wages were at least S1.50 day
Figuring on This Basis,
! the knights lost by not working S15,00(
day, and as they we're paid out of thu
general strike fund their regular wage:
while they have been on strike, thi.
adds $4,000 more loss day, making
| according to MI. Lee, total loss DAY
of $4,000. They have been on strike sly
DAYS, and as Mr.. Lee says, there
| have been no assertions from the
ranks, the grand total los.
| up to date is $4,000. From the out
| look at present the greater number O.
these men will not be able to secure
work again on the Central road. The!
may be out of work indefinitely. II
the meantime those men who are work
ing members of the order in all branche
of trade, will be assessed every weel
to keep these men from starving
These assessments may tend to break VI
the order in the East. Mr.. Webb made
a statement this afternoon that NJ
freight would be received at st. john
Park until the vast number of cars a
| West Albany were Strengthened out
All this would take time TO do, and. il
his opinion, would require two or three
DAYS. Supt. Voorhees, received dis
patch from Troy, which said:
All quiet here, Places with three exceI
| tions filled. Have men already selected: Al
| trouble here was occasioned by toughs, an
| not by our men who went out.
At s o'clock the following statement
relative to the reinstatement of the oil
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