The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-11
NO STRIKE IN NEW YORK.
Local Leaders Very COol-Trains
Coming In on Time.

Local Leaders Very CooI-Trafns
Coming In on Time.
New YORK, July II, 1s94.---The following
despatch was received this morning at the
headquarters of the National Garment Cut
ters on Lafayette placer
sCHICAGo, ILL.,, July TO- 1894.
"Wire us official orders for Local Assem-
bly, 81, clothing cutters, to strike;
~. A. TAYLOR, Secretary
The reply was:--
Eyes, If two-thirds of your members SC
decide.
"REIcHERs, Secretary,
''WHITE, General Auditor" !"
This will undoubtedly affect 5000 men.
There are only 700 cutters in the Chicago
Union, but Others will be involved.
MAYOR FEARS NO TROUBLE.
When Mayor Gilroy reached his office this
morning, he found Gen. Horace Porter wait
ing to see him. As Gen. Porter is the Vice
President of tina Pullman Car Company, it
was inferred by almost everyone who saw
him in consultation with the Mayor
that his visit had something to do
with the strike. He had hardly
left the Mayors desk when Superin-
tendent Byrnes walked into the Office and
also talked with the Mayor. Afterwards
Mayor Gilroy said to the reporters :-"Gen-
eral Porter and did not exchange word
about the strike. He came to see me about
the appropriations authorized by the Legis-
lature to defray the expenses of the Colum-
bian celebration"
General Porter afterwards said he had no
more information in regard to the strike
than what he read in the newspapers.
When asked if he mad decided upon
measures to be taken in the event of trouble,
Mayor Gilroy said, Il do not anticipate any
trouble. / am confident that the people
of New York are law abiding and that,
come what may, drastic measures will not
be necessary TO preserve the peace.
Superintendent Byrnes does not anticipate
that there will be trouble in this city ''At
the same timen said he, II believe that pub
lie officials would be prepared to meet any
emergency. l do not believe in making
preparations after the emergency arises. So
far, however, the outlook is peaceful"
NO WORD FROM SOVEREIGN.
At ten O'Clock this morning, the manifesto
issued by General Master Workman Sove-
reign, of the Knight of Labor, had not been
received by the officials of District Assembly
40, New York.
The officials were waiting for it anxieusly
and District Master Workman George w.
McCaddin had issued orders to have the
local master workmen and the Board Of
Delegates ready to convene Immediately
upon receipt Of the manifesto.
The enthusiasm IN favor of strike had
VlSiDly cooieu aiming 1lie local leAueiS
this morning. They said though that
if District Assembly SO decided to
comply with Sovereign's request they would
remain loyal and would go out. Much doubt
was expressed about the manifesto having
been officially issued by Sovereign vet.
they thought he had written it and was
waiting for the Knights to be prepared for
it, so that when the order comes they will
all be ready to strike at once.
1t is certain that there is no prospect of a
strike today of the knights of Labor in New
York In spite of the talk which
some of the officials indulge in, it
remains a fact that no strike can be
meeting of the Board of Delegates to the
District Assembly and they have formally
decided in favor Of complying with the re-
quest of their General Master Workman.
There can be no doubt, however, but that
many Of the local assemblies would instruct
their delegates to vote in favor of strike.
District Assembly 253 of the Knights of
Labor, which has its headquarters III West
Thirty-second street, is said to be ready
to go out whenever the order is received.
This assembly is composed of the building
trades of New York and claims to
control nearly every branch of industry
connected with building. Although it
makes less uoiss than District Assembly 40,
this assembly is said to be really the stronger
one of the two. It claims membership of
nearly 20, 600, and claims also that if they all
went on strike at least $4,000 men, whose
trades are dependent upon the building
trades, would be thrown out of work.
NO STRIKE.
District Secretary Patrick Murphy OF
District Assembly 49, after much hesitation
said - My candid opinion Is that there will
not be d strike In New York. However, if.
the allied Trades go out in
Chicago thab will change the
complexion Of Affairs considerably.