The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-09
ABSENCE OFHARM0Ny
Reasons Why a Strike in This
City Is Considered Unlikely.
Bitter Fight Between the Debs and
Arthur Followers.
Secretary Evans Says General
strike Would Settle Matters.

!, is not likely that New York will see
sympathetic strike just now, as the
members of the railroad organizations
If the State are opposed to the Amcri-
,.an 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. i5
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-
road, all very loyal TO the Nanderbilts
and Mr.. Depew.
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. Arthurs 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.
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 barrier to the new
II 4:
r Union.
There are about 10000 engineers, fire.
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. it may
be said with safety that their members
are not In condition nor in = mood
to join a general strike movement. So
many men are out of employment that
the others fear they would be replaced
at once If u general strike were decided
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 ad at present. Their unions are
very conservative, and the leaders even
oppose political action, and, as many
trades are lighting among themselves, it
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 1t 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.
OF course, the men all sympat hize
with any strike, and they pass resolu-
tons 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 sympathzins 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, hut
as yet there are no plans as to what ac-
ton should be taken, and no general plan
will be agreed upon for some time.
The Central Labor Union is not yet
ready to join general strike, as, after
adopting several resolutions yesterday
indorsing the Western railroad strike
and condemnng President Cleveland for
sending troops against the strikers, a
resolution ordering a general strike In
case President Debs should be arrested
vas referred TO special committee.
District Assembly 40 yesterday adopted
res solutions indorsing the action of Gen.
eral Master Workman Sovereign in
promising the aid of the knights OF
Labor to the striking railroad men.
Resolutions were also offered by the
delegates of Local Assembly 1878. larry,
town. condemning the sending of United
States troops TO Chicago, and denouncing
Attorney-General Oney. The resolu
lions conclude with an appeal to al
to vote down the, present system Of
vapitalistic anarchy" and establish sys
lem under which all means of produc'
tion and distribution will be owned by
the whole people. The resolutions Were
adopted unanimously.
The Central Labor Federation yester
aay Endorsed the railroad strikers by
adopting resolutions declaring that tn,
English language has not terms to sufii
Gently express the contempt and indig
nation of the Federation at the action %
PRESIDENT Cleveland in interfering will
the rights of organized labor in the inter
est of a few capitalists. The resolutions
also call upon the wOrkingmen of New
OK and all other cities to sever thei
connection with the political parties o
The capitalists and organize under tn,
banner of the Socialist Labor party
with view to abolishing the system %
wage slavery and to replace ii with tn
cooperative Commonwealth"
4 The Executive Committee of the New
York Section of the Socialist Labor
party held a special meeting yesterday
and resolved to hold IA joint mectinl
with District Assembly 80 to protes
against the sending Of United State'
troops to Chicago to interfere with tn,
railroad strike. The Central Labor Fed
Grafton was also invited to take part
II win probably be an open-air meeting
In Union Square.
The Socialists of Kings County hay,
called mass meeting at the Brooklyn
Labor Lyceum for tomorrow evening
70 protest against Federal Intervention
IN the great railroad strike. Among tn
spe kers will be Prof Daniel De Leon
i:ucicn Sanial, Alexander Jonas, Hug
hogt, Frank Schubert and Theodore i
tunO,
The Brooklyn Central Labor Fedora
nm adopted resolutions yesterday de
caring that the action of the Americas
hallway Union deserves the Sympath