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 and
Arthur Followers.
s.cretary Evans Says General
strike Would Settle Matters.

.,ar,herS OF the rallroau OrBdHizatiohs
- the state are opposed to the Ameri'
an railway Union. and the other trades
80 snlit up into several central bodies
ornnsing each others every action.
There are only eight lodges Of the
protherhood of Locomotive Engineers
q, this city and vicinity, Lodge No. IA
beIng the only one located in New York
the Others having their headquarters
IN brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken.
Iodge No. 145 is composed Of men en-
Moved on the New York Central Rail-
road, all very loyal to the Vanderbilts
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 or
the Vanderbilt system. Arthur's mer
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 1t 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
movement of the American Railway
Union. s1
There are about 10000 engineers, fire.
men. conductors, trainmen and cleaners
1T 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 so out, 1t Is not likely
that the 1900 others not belonging to any
labor organizatio will join in sympa-
thetic strike.
As to the other trades unions, It may
be said with safety that their members
are not in a condition nor in a 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 a 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 sympathlze
with any strike. and they pass resolu-
tons and, II necessary, collect n 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
y
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 n 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
VAS referred to 4 special committee.
District Assembly 40 yesterday adopted
/ resolutions indorsing the action of Gen
eral Master Workman Sovereign in
| promising the aid of the knights of
Labor to the striking railroad men.
tssoiigio91f n Were also offered ed b. the
town condenning the sending Of United
States troops to Chicago, and denouncing
4ttoTney-General Olney. the resolu.
wyage-worhers to unite IL the ballot-boA
u vote down the present system OF
capitahsuc anarchy and establish a sys-
I'm under, which all means OF produc-
we whole people. The resolutions were
Adopted unanimously.
me Central Labor Federation yester'
udy Endorsed the railroad strikers by
adopting resolutions declaring that tn,
English language has not terms to sutii
rrtlly express the contempt and indig
''Hl VI the II tueTdtlOn AT lHe AcllOn 81
- resident Cleveland in interfering will
we rights Of organized labor in toe inter,
90 OF n few capitalists. The resolutions
SiSo call upon the workingmen Of New
iorF and all other cities to sever then
connection with the political parties OF
.he 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 the
Il Cooperative Commonwealth"
Il The Executive Committee of the New
YORK Section of the Socialist Labor
party held "A special meeting yesterday
and resolved to hold joint meeting
WYNN District Assembly ~ to protest
troops TO Chicago TO interfere with the
railroad strike. The Central Labor Fed
grafton was also invited to take part
a. WI probably be an open-air meeting
IN Union Square.
The socialists OF Kings County have
SaIed a mass-meeting at the Brool;lyI
.abvF Lyceum for tomorrow evening
,o protest against Federal intervention
l the great railroad strike. Among tn,
Pei kels will be Prof, Daniel De Leon
rucleh Sanial, Alexander Jonas, Hugo
cost' FRANK Schubert and Theodore +
The Brooklyn Central Labor Fedora
uon adopted resolutions yesterday de
Saailhg that the action of the American
nMSsllWay Union. deserves the sympathy
III, aH American workmen, who should
tite IN overthrowing the present sys
Mn OF capitalism, and that Presiden
di,S land has trampied under foot th'
ph,Ntutional rights OF the State Of III
nus and Its people In order TO protec
Nr interests of the railway capitalists.