Show mm OF LA boll the supreme council of federated fede abed labor report their THEY tae TUE lod led commend row derlys course and pet put on a acord their unanimous rain imoni and balili sod approval Ipp of if the be mi FRO TEARS cosuck or railway still bend coin com to TERRE HAUTE aug 25 at 0 this evening the following message was sent out by the council oil of railway employed emp loyes signed b by P president real sargent bad and secretary S jhb to powderly row derly at albany the BU on preme council adjourned adjo arned this afternoon after ca carefully considering abe strike in all it ita cotil jo details til you will note the result of our deliberations in to nights dispatches which it is in h ped will meet with your approval the council was unanimous in considering si ai your position and the grand executive board mort most earnestly hopes hope that the right which you are cham dioning tio ning in in the groat great conflict anthe on the new york central may finally and prevail I 1 tha the council it at terre haute send forth in an to I 1 III labor TERRE HAUTE aug 25 an official statement of the council given to the associated press representative is as follows to all labor organizations MEN aid AND on the night of august 7 the strike begin on the new york central dentral and hudson river railroad involving about eight hundred men in the employ of the same road who were members of the great labor organization known as the knights of labor trie toe reasons set forth by powderly the chief executive of the order may bo summarized as follows the peremptory discharge of between fifty and sixty men emp employee loyes of the road and members ci of the knights of labor without giving them any teason reason whatever tor for heir their discharge prior to the strike the men involved ought through representatives senta tives of their order to have reer their air grel adjusted but their appeals being disregarded 1 the strike was inaugurated augu rated and at this juncture powderly general master workman of the knights of labor entered upon the task of adjusting t the he difficulty and making such arrangements as would result in an honorable honor ible peace between the employed emp loyes and the officials of the road doai but efforts was unavailing Ponde pondlily Pon daily dr compre comprehending bending the pur apse p beof of U waller walter webb the t third puri hir vice ep e P president e ent of A the company aa as being ang to make its war upon the knights of 1 labor and alm ultimately ilm upon all labor laher organizations represented on an hia his road sought conference with tb the supreme council of the united to dorder order of railway employees the request of powderly was granted to the extent that four members of the council chief executives of the federated orders met him film in the city of buffalo viz F P sargent grand master of the of locomotive firemen and president of the supreme council george IV howard grand chief of the brotherhood of railway conductors and vice president of the supreme council S E wilkinson grand master of the brotherhood of railway c conductors and vice president of the supreme council and frank sweeney grand master of the switch mens mutual aid association at the conference with powderly row derly at buffaloe Bul Buff lalo Alot the members of the supreme council became satisfied that the officials ct the road by every considers consideration of fairness and honorable treatment of the labor organizations should meet Pod erIv and adopt some juet just alar tor for an adjustment of the grievance of the striking employees this conclusion having been n reach reached edthe the members member of the supreme council in rem rea ponso co to the request of powderly extended their journey to new york to afford such aid aa as wai in their power to brenir about a settlement between president webb the official having full authority on all matters pertaining r to the strike and powderly r having authority to negotiate to buch such arrangements tor for the knights as might inight end the dir dispute an interview having been secured row powderly derly sou man ht bt to have the men dial discharged heard in I 1 heir own defense in the tho p presence e sence of webb and himself this fair r and honorable prop proposition altion v n as refused powderly proposed arbitration bit ration which was also refused there were other propositions made by powderly Pow deily having tor for their object an honorable settlement of the existing trouble all which was re refused fd on the part of webb the member a of the supreme while in buffalo and new york had ample opportunities to thoroughly inform themselves upon all ali matters concerning the strike they saw and heard both sides they appreciated the gravity of the situation and comprehending the impending consequence cone con quence to the labor organizations deemed it advisable to convene a supreme council for beliber de liber aaion and such conclusions as the facto facts might justify in making their report to the council counell the members who went to new york to confer with bowde powderly ly found aim artl e arts made by him fully corroborated by facts in an interview with webb he refaced to entertain any at Y proposition propos iton W it on looking to a settlement of prore the t a adith d 1111 cutty colty he would not riot arbitrate any question nor mke any explanation or concession whatever with retard to the discharged employees he ile claimed the right to di senaTRO employees at will without making any explanation or giving to the victims victir oB of his power any reasons tor hla his despotic action he lie would manage his road to suit himself without any reference to any righted rights limed by its employees or any rights claimed by labor or daniza t eions siny on s to interfere in the matter to protect their members the rhe council having beard heard the statement of ita its mm berg bers who had visited new york for the purpose of ascertaining the true condition of affair affairs exhaustively dia die cassed every important im proposition and arrived at the conclusions aa as fol load iowa fint first that the position of the knights of labor fl As bet set forth by powderly dorly general master workman and the general executive board of of the knights of labor meeta meets with our unqualified approval second The course pursued by webb towards powderly po derly and knights of labor hia his declarations to the contrary evinces the puri ose to disrupt arid destroy the labor organizations on the new now york cc central nor hudson river railroad as I 1 I 1 1 1 done b by y austin corbin on the phila d delphia lp h I 1 an Readi heading rg third the policy 0 f webb ia is despotic to an extent that outrages out raea every principle plo of Americana bip and it generady genera ly adopted would if it successful reduce american workmen to a degraded condition of affairs affa rs fourth webb bythe by the employment of the pinkerton Pin kerUm thieves flings and murderers lile vile wretches from tho rho llama alums and brothels brot bola of new now york and other cities to kill workingmen because they dared protest against his rule and strike for heir their tights rights is 19 a crime of such enormity enormity as a will as the name of J webb ebb forever with those who draesel in to a little brief authority have their moril money to secure the power to degraca degrace I 1 fellow 1 I T wa menith men F fifth 1 that the resorts now being put forth by debt to de Is stray the knights of labor would were the circumstances changed change in like manner be made t to a destro destroy the he organization organ of engineers firemen con conductors d actors trainmen and switchmen month men it if successful it Is le only a question ol 01 time when a aim similar i lar effort will be made to seal the fate of other labor organizations sixth webb by the course he be has pursued toward the knights of labor libor and the representatives of labor organizations izat ions has shown a total di disregard lir egird of those principles of citizen bayor bover dignity eign ity desired by every american worthy the name and considering only of at his money power and corpor ate power of the company he cepro acts speak louder than words baying ing in the language of W II 11 vanderbilt debilt der bilt once the autocrat of the new york central the public be damned S seventh webb seeks to support this hi arrogant attitude itu deto wards towards the workingmen guerand and labor organizations by assuming that tho the new york central hudson river railroad is private property and that his s acts ctr in the treat treatment metA of bis his employees is in DO no tense a mutter matter of public concern and that be he can with impunity discharge men and remand them to idleness and poverty and render them homeless hom elees without giving any reason or explanation whatever for bis his conduct in view of tho the forego log facts the 8 supreme u p r e e council puts upon record its n unanimous n a nim m ous and unqualified approval 0 of I 1 the strike on the new york central ceno hudson kiver river railway ailway li for the cause met forth by powderly Po derly as also the efforts made by Powder powderly ty to bring the strike to an honorable termination in this general expression of a approval of the action of the knights 0 of f labor libor the course of webb is un condemned Tha power atthe of the supreme council 11 has as b been een exerted to aid the knights 0 of f labor through their representatives em to secure seo 0 the recognition of their r order by the officials of a rich and power powerful I 1 cor corporation po ration to secure for the workingmen the secure vi victims me of au autocrat socrat power a be he ring and ad a to perform such much other kindly offices as were prop proper er under the circumstances demonstrating their sympathy and good will wid and thereby aiding the knights ot of lab ir to brin bring the strike to a closi close no in the principles ot of right and justice in this the council met with a failure owing to the autocratic attitude of ol webb it now becomes necessary tor for the supreme council to eay say that owing to this fact the order of knights of labor is not a member of the federate orders of railway employees the laws 0 of I 1 the supreme council do not permit its doing more than it has his done to aid the knights of labor and ita its inability to participate otherwise in the strike is now known and appreciated P procia ted bv lov powderly Refer referring to th the laws c of f the supreme council belting to tr ikea the matter is concisely presented as follows in to the first place if the members of either organizations on any railroad roa d have a grievance it submitted is to the proper officer of the road by a ibcal grievance committee I 1 in n the event evento of a failure to obtain sa satisfaction t I 1 tto n the chi chief el e executive xe e u t i u e 0 edicer tl ic e r 0 of I 1 the ord order or avi having g th the 0 g grievance r i e v a n c e i is s called upon and in connection with the committee s a eks amicably to adust adjust just the difficulty if failure still attends their efforts to a adjust the trouble then the supreme council Is to convened at the h headquarters ead quarters of the railroad officials w with ith whom a conference is re requested quested and ita its influence is is exerted to obtain a a settlement ett lement alike just to all parties if a failure still follows the efforts to remove the cause of complaint and the council by a unanimous vote de do aidea the grievance to be of such buell gravity grav ityl as to justify a strike it is is promptly pt Y ordered in which event ail all 0 of grom the h members of the various organizations employed on the road where the grievance exists viz firemen conductors conduct ore brakemen and switchmen abandon their work io conclusion the supreme council places upon record its high appreciation of the manliness of the knights of labor employed on the new Is ew york central in in straggling struggling to maintain the principle sacred to every workingman on the continent and to all who love justice and hopa for triumph of right over wrong aa am flagrant as ever stained the pages page 01 of history P 11 president MOTHER STRIKE Lalor laborers ers of f the idest shirt shore aid and swell the beinli of f the D matIsE cd ALBANY aug ang 25 A prominent leader in the central strike and an officer of one of the local asse assemblies e abir el who is in position to ku know whereof be be speaks tonight to night eaid said A tie up in the yards ards of the west est bhore shore and fitchburg Fitch bug roads at rotterdam junction has been deter determine mineI the fitchburg burgaas has been lending leading assistance to tio central between barners and schenectady the road has made rem remarkable reable progress gr e to in raising the blockade le which I 1 ia a almost an event ecat of tho the pat past on that one portion of the road the executive board of assembly 46 held a secret elion to it was decided that if it the D A 11 II road persisted in handling any tranee r from the central a it general strike would be ordered and tho the same action will wili bo be taken in in rarer derence re rence euce to tho the boston and albiny and fitchburg in case they continuo coutin ue bandl lg this transfer freight 41 lie stock lards strike CHICAGO aug 25 nothing des deil nite ha has developed in the stock yarda yard 1 strike this morning the receipts of cattle sheep and hoes bogs are very heavy ii a it ift and N elson morris have hut shut down their houses and 6 5 men are forced to remain idle as there is nothing tor for them to do it is expected that some ot the roads will ill attempt aitt ampt to landle landis a portion of the fresh meat t that hat ii Is 1 in n danger of spoiling it if they ao do it will probably precipitate trouble 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