The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-09
ABSENCE OF HARMONY
Reasons Why a Strike in This
City Is Considered Unlikely.
Bitter Fight Between the Debs aid
Arthur Followers.
Secretary Evans Says a General
Strike Would Settle Matters.


members of the railroad organizations
OF the State are opposed to the Ameri-
can Railway Union. and the other trades
are split UP into several central bodies,
| opposing each others every action.
There are only eight lodges OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
in this city and vicinity, Lodge No. lo
being the only one located in New York,
the others having their headquarters
in Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken.
Lodge No. 145 Is composed of men en-
ployed on the New York Central Rail-
and Mr.. Dcpew.
The knights OF Labor have been al
most entirely rooted out from the New
York Central ever since the great strike
in 1891. and Chief Arthur is supreme on
the Vanderbilt system. Arthur's men
will not go out in sympathy with the
followers OF Debs, whose principal am
bition is to overthrow Arthur, Sargent
and the leaders of the other brother
hoods.
The locomotive engineers in Brooklyn.
Jersey City and Hoboken are Arthur
men, every one of them, and there is no
fear that they will leave their engines at
the order Of Debs or Sovereign.
So it Is with the lodges of the switch
men. carmen. conductors, trackmen, fire.
men and car-cleaners, located in Jersey
City, Communipaw and West Hoboken.
They all belong to the old brotherhoods
whose existence is a barrier to the new
movement OF the American Railway
Union.
There are about 10000 engineers, hre-
men. conductors. trainmen and cleaners
IN this city employed on surface and
elevated roads. OF this number less
than one thousand belong to the brother
hoods and none to the Knights Of Labor.
As they will not go out. 1t is not likely
that the 5000 others not belonging to any
labor organization will Join in sympa-
thetic strike.
As to the other trades unions, 1t may
be said with safety that their members
nre not in a condition nor In . mood
to Join a general strike movement. Sc
many men are out of employment that
the others fear they would be replaced
at once If a general strike were uecided
upon by the different central bodies.
The building trades workmen are bet.
ter organized than any others, and they
are only too glad to get the few Jobs
} to be lad at pre- sent. Their unions are
very conservative, and the leaders even
, oppose political action, and, as many
. trades are fighting among themselves, II
is declared to be an impossibility to
bring these elements together in SYM
pathy with Western railroad strikers.
The only result Of the present agita-
ton will probably be large mass-meet-
ings. and it is not unlikely that at these
mass-meetings some turbulent scenes
may be enacted. This, at least. Is the
opinion OF all men who are intimately
acquainted with the strength and dispo-
sition of the men organized in labor
unions in this city.
or course, the men all sympathize
with any strike, and they pass rcsolu-
tons and, If necessary, collect a few
hundred dollars for strikers, but that is
about all they have ever done.
There is not a labor organization In
New York and vicinity that has not
passed resolutions sympathizing with the
present strike of railroad employees In
the Western States The feeling among
organized workingmen is In favor OF
united action all over the country, but
as yet there are no plans as to what &C.
|
will be agreed upon for some time.
The Central Labor Union is not yet
ready to join 4 general strike, as, after
adopting several resolutions yesterday
> indorsing the Western railroad strike
and condemning President Cleveland for
sending troops against the strikers, a
resolution ordering general strike In
case President Debs should be arrested
was referred to special committee.
resolutions indorsing the action Of Gen
eral Master Workman Sovereign in
promising the aid OF the knights OF
Labor to the striking railr ,.lo men; -,
delegates Of Local Assembly $3.50, Tsrry:
town, condemning the sending OF United
States troops to Chicago, and denouneins
lions conclude with an appeal to all
wage-workers TO unite at the ballot box
to vote down The present b syIs,em Of
tenn under which all means OF produc-
ton and distribution viii be owned by
The son Whole people; The resolutions were
The. Contra Labor Federation yester
day indorsed the railroad strikers by
adopting resolutions declaring that ths
English language has not terms to sum
GENTLY express the contempt and indig
nation of the Federation at the action OF
President Cleveland in interfering with
the rights Of organized labor In the inter.
est OF few capitalists The resolutions
also call upon the workingmen of New
York and all other cities to sever theii
connection with the political parties OF
the capitalists and organize under The
banner OF the Socialist Labor party
with view TO abolishing the system OF
wage slavery and to replace II with thu
, "Co-operativs Commonwealth"
The Executive Committee OF the New
York Section of the Socialist La Dor
party held a special meeting yesterday
and resolved TO hold joint meeting
:. with District Assembly ~ to protest
against the sending OF United States
= troops to Chicago to interfere with the
. railroad strike. The Central Labor Fed
-, Grafton was also invited to take part
= 1t will probably be an open-air meeting
A | in Union Square.
j The SOCIALISTS of Kings County have
called a mass-meeting at the Brooklyn
Labor Lyceum for tomorrow evening
TO protest against Federal intervention
6 In the great railroad strike. Among the
+ speakers will be Prof. Daniel DC Leon
IMcIen Sanial Alexander Jonas, Hugo
Vogt. Frank Schubert and Theodore F
Cuno.
Q The Brooklyn Central Labor Fedora
s ton adopted resolutions yesterday de