The evening world., 1894-07-09
ABSENCE OF HARMONY
Reasons Why a Strike in This
City Is Considered Unlikely.
Bitter Fight Between the 0ebs ard
Arthur Followers.
or 10000 Railroad Men Here but
1000 Arc Organized.

II is not likely that New York will see
q sympathetic strike just now, rs the
members of the railroad organizations
Of the State are opposed to the Ameri-
can Railw ay 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. 1S
being the only one located in New York,
the others having their headquarters
In Brooklyn. Jersey city and Hoboken.
Lodge No. 1S Is composed Of men EN-
ployed on the New York Central Rail-
road. all very loyal to the Nanderbilts
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 so 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 VS. no
fear that they will leave their engines at
the order of Debs OF 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
Mon.
There are about 10000 engineers. fire.
men, conductors, trainnen and cleaners
m 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
thst the o. 900 others not belonging to any
labor organization will join in sympa-
tletic strike
As to the other trades unions. 1t may
b. said with safety that their members
nre not In a condition nor In mood
10 ioin a general strike movement. 80
many men are out Of employment that
the others fear they would be replaced
at once If a general strike were decided
upon by the different central bodies.
The building trades workmen are bet
Ter organized than any others, ana they
are only too glad to get the few JOBS
10 be lad at present. Their unions are
very conservative, and the leaders even
oppose political action, and, as many
trades are fighting among themselves 1t
ia 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-meetinRs some turbulent scenes
may be enacted. This. at least, Is the
opinion of all men who are intimately
acquainted with the strength and dispo-
Jition Of the men organized In LABOR
unions in this city.
OF course, the men all sympathize
with any strike, and they pass resolu-
t!ons and, II necessary, collect 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 sympathiz!ng 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 ac-
will be agreed upon for some time.
The Central Labor Union 10 not YET
ready to join a general strike. as, after
Endorsing the Western railroad strike
and condemning President Cleveland for
sending troops against the strikers, a
case President Debs should be arrested
was referred to a special committee.
=. District Assembly 70 yesterday adopted sni
sral Masterx workman Sovereign In
promising ! aid OF the knights OF
assstss As sis1 SSf s X ar ~:
States troops !Sfhissgo, and asnOansi'nF
lions Conclude with a an appeal to ali
xefe down The present sy5tem sv o.
tenn under which all means of produc'
ton and distribution will be owned by
ahe whole people. The resolutions were
The Central Labor Federation yester
Gay Endorsed the railroad strikers by
E H1H,ishs resolutions declaring that n e
nation OF the Federation at the action o
th ses silent Cleveland in Interfering wiz
sst OF few CAPITALISTS. The resolution
Slso call upon the workingmen OF New
c rUrN and all other cities TO sever thei
the capitalists and organize u:.der tn,
pa.n banner or the Socialist Labor party
VIII view TO abolishing the system o
wage slavery and to replace Il with III
cooperative Common wealth.
me executive Committce of the New
10TH section of the Socialist Id Dol
pa ~ heid Special meeting yesterday
snu resolved to hold joint meetlns
Msn District Assembly 40 to rrotes
saonps 70 Chicago 10 interfere with th'
Istiroaa strike. The Central Labo Fed
I,uuion was also invited to lake MARI
in Union Square,
The Socialists OF Kings County nav'
Ialel Y mass-ineeting at the Brooklyn
tSlpO~ 4yceum for lo-morroW eYeninl