The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-08-23
THEY WILL FIGHT. TO A FINISH
So Says POwderly. the Grand
Master Of the Knights
0f Labor.
SARGENT TAXES A HAND As WELL.
Powtlerly and Sargent Have Long
Talk With TO,,cy Of the
N. Y. Central.
The House Refuses to Amend the
Alien Land Law

NEW iOHk August SU.-lAH latest In
formation makes 1t possible and true
statement that powderly will tomorrow,
Thursday, issue an appeal to all the
Knights of Labor in the employ of the
New York Central railroad and upon the
Vanderbilt connecting lines. In the doc
ument he will state the cause for the
strike and the efforts made to obtain a
peaceable settlement of the difficulties,
and he will notify each and every men,
Der of the intention of the executive
board of the Kni hts OF Labor to prose
cute the fight against the Vanderbilt lines
to the bitter end.
At the same time 1t is made known that
Grand Master Sargent has called meet
ing Of the superior council of the fedora
tion Of railway employees for Saturday,
August %, at Q a. m. in the city OF Terre
Haute, Ind, in connection with the stir
ring events above outlined.
Powderly tonight at the st. Cloud hotel
in this city gave out statement of an in
teryiew this afternoon with vice-Presi-
dent Webb and Superintendent Toucy.
This morning Powderly, accompanied
by John Devlin, arrived in town. They
left the labor consultation room in the
st. Cloud hotel and went to the office of
General Manager Toucy and renamed IN
conference with HIM till noon. When
Powderly and Devlin left the office they
seemed pleased with the result and Pow
derly said he could tell nothing for pub:
lication until he had conferred with bis
colleagues and Toucy said that his call
ers had come with the object of arbitrat-
ing, and he told them there was nothing
to arbitrate, but lie talked the matter Of
strikes over with them fully. The inter.
view was the source of satisfaction to
both sides. The probability is that some
thing definite will be settled by the
knights today as it is understood that
Powderly is anxious to leave town rs
soon as possible.
PowDERIY TALKS.
"The executive board" said PowderIy
tonight, "says to the Knights of Labor
and public that the position finally as
sumed by the company makes it neces-
sary for them to vindicate the rights of
labor to organize by prosecuting the
strike to the bitter end"
When the ominous condition of affairs
made it plain late tonight that strike of
all the employees of the New York Cen
tral would without doubt be ordered
either tonight or in the morning, re-
porter went to the Grand Central depot
to interview railroad officials Webb and
Voorhees,, who, tor the present, sleep
there. Both had retired to their impro-
vised cots and were clad IN their night
clothes. After rubbing their eyes to get
the sleep out of them-lt was II o'clock
they received the reporter cordially. Webt
said he considered that the strike was
declared in the belief that the Central
management were opposed to the knights
of Labor. He wished to reiterate his
statements that this was not the truth
When told the strike over the whole line
would be declared tonight or tomorrow
Webb said that IN spite of all that the
road would run all trains in the morning
as usual. Neither he or Voorhees, ap
peared much depressed. He wished thu
public to know that he had no officia
notice from Powderly OF the strike, ane
said that all this time the company hat
not been lying idle. When told ths
strike meant all the employees. but en-
gineers, he appeared somewhat startled
Neither he nor Voorhees, made any com
ment.
In Albany, Master Mechanic Packard
said tonight that the West Albany shop
would be opened up tomorrow morning
with full complement of men at work
In all the departments.