New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-24
MR.. WEBB BACK FROM BUFFALO
TIE THINKS THE TROUBLE NEARLY OVER

TIE MEN on THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ENllhELi
SATISFIED. HE SAYS.
n Malta, wcbb after his difficult but successful
.,,h =, puro,o in handling the strike In the Interest
~ IN. New. York Central Railroad Company, re'nrne"
IN Ncw.York Yesterday. lie rcachcd the Guy hDo'.
A. M and was at his Office In The "fnhd Nch'f"'
station early In the Nay. Mr.. Weoo Is 'hoiVus",
satisfied with the present situation ana inc out'ooA a.
ouGalo 80 far rs his road Is concerned ana says nc
does not believe there will be any extension Vi ''e
strike In fact he believes It will soon be declared
ended and then the who are now out Oh e"''
n,ovrcnt will have chance to secure work on soIile
n the roads where union men arc employed Tic
aid $500, 80
",rho only way. In my opinion, In which an eN'
,cnsou OF the strike can be brought about IL ny
strike among the swichmen OF tue roads "esV VI
DufYalo have not the rcmotcst Idea that '''e c"'
,in.crs and nrcrnen will go out, but Mr. sweeney
,,,ht call ont the svi;chmcn west OF Buffalo. The
upotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers and the Fire
mems brotherhood arc two OF the most coh'er'hO''
labor ORGANIZATIONS In the country ana VIC never hae
had any tronbs with them. We have fary coh9iuercu
all their demands and the best OF feeling EXISTS Do"ee
then, and the New-YOrl Central Company. Eiano
Ma ster wilkinson, OF the tnnmeh; Grand Master
SARGENT Of the frcmcn and Chief Arthur. OF the
ENGINEERS orr nil level headed men, and II conference
* called b-twccn tie chiefs OF the labor unions
feel certain that order will 60 out for genera.
strike II anything Is dcnc ut the conference II VIII
be 10 end the strike"
ali the strike Is declared ended VIII 'hc'c oo a'S
work for the strikers ~
- No, on the Central r,plied MIR. Webb. But II
tho strike is called on the men can find employment
"a IN. unon roads where there ARE vacancies Inc
Central now has from sixty to eighty Switchmeh as
a rcscrv- force. We have these men on hhhd III ease
If emergency
Mr. Wcbb SAWS that the report that trouble was
,h..t hn ~.
Of BROOKLYN hnd received orders to start Tor 'h"'
min, vas entirely without foundation. There l.
M trouble at Rochester and none Is expected ga"
Mr Webb 81 and | do not believe the state OF anhfS
at Buffalo will LAST much longer. When ieit buhal"
last evening. 1t looked II the strike wonid emu IN
two ,r thrc. days The uDrLlc. anyhow mas pr"c'
rcaly ended on tho Ncw-York Central. for We ARE
moving freight Just a. We were two weeks ago. o"'
men VIII, le their post, did not have any grievances
,,,v werc perspadca intimidacd aud driven out
by the men iron. tic other yards.
Rat the strike viii ut spread beyond The Swi''h
men, Mr. sargent has positively s,ld that ne Will ho'
order the ont unless tho engineers ana o'no'
employees arc also ordered out. Ana fcl lniI col-
yneed that IL such order will be made aad, therefore,
thcro will be no general strike. tn" ony Wia
necessary a. pufa, now i the presence OF tTooS 4"
insure .ss;is, The loss 81 he ana DESTRUCTION OF prop
er,y The violence the men rc-Sored to IN inc h'e'
place Injured th,r cause. do h1t neon l" "'y
ha, the s,rlxc,s directly responsible Tor 'he
awesSt,s ft ar. cCr,ii ccd thai most OF II winch
has taken place n, Dnlialo be laid at The doors
Of the rufrans and iders OF the city. IL has be'h
common talk FOR the last year that the mcn la inc
employ II the Erie and Lehsh Valley roads were
orzanl,ing for strike and do not know that any
thing could have prevented IT,
Mr Webb was asked concerning Governor Flowers
opinion about testing the case In the beginning Dy
causing tho arrest oi the president OF the NewioA
central for alleged violation OF the t"n-hour law
pnssed by the Legislature last winter. lie SAID
When the law VAS paced We hted under TAO
ndv5ce Of counsel to meet II. and at tho beginning
u the stnk. shouh have been satisfied to nave
, tcs, casc made Of II. Whom the Legislature pass'd
tls law We made changes 10 meet It's prov,i)nS' ana
AS our counsel understand II. We have lived up 10 IT,
| think Governor Flower must have been iaborIhg
under n mi>apprchcnsion II hc has advised tIat the
or,-,,dent OF the Now York Central be arrested Tor
tho Central as we understand tho law, has not
violated II. explained Ito whole matter to Governor
Flower n few days ago
General Manager John NJ Tcuccy said that all the pas
senrrr and freight trains the Central were running
a, i,nr YESTERDAY. Neither was there tronoic III r
Wos, sho.p yards. md Mr.. Laying me general mana
rnr said that more business, II anything was DchS
transacted than usual