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Show WEDD ASD POWDERLY Hold a Cormpotidencp Touching tht ClrcumttufM of the liml lUllnajr Mrlle. THE SUBJECT DISCUSSED IN ALL ITS BEARINGS. The I'inVrrlon I'orre at Wet Al- hanf Inerranl to Six HutiJreJ 31 ro, AND A FURTHER DISTRIBUTION OF RIFLES. The IkUcicurr Hill Com up la the .Senate. rrueredln?. in the Houe. nrTeiesnrbtatheXETra.1 " riir.iti.i-s piitT. IIU ( vrreHuilrne- Mllli ee-I'rralUrnt ee-I'rralUrnt HfkU.f Ibe .. Y. Central. .Xkw Yoiuj. Aug. IS. Tliccor-r"jiiiJeiiceliitwtn Tliccor-r"jiiiJeiiceliitwtn Virol'nMJent Webb of the Xew Vork Ccntratauil Grantl Matter Workmiu 1'umlerly as maUei public tonight. On Au. Ibtli l'owilirly ajiln-jxil a letter to WilJi taj lui; Uiat lie liaj U.tii iu-rtigalliiS iu-rtigalliiS the caUM; of the Cmtrjl i-tnke, ami a-Uni; for xm Intrrvlew un Mmiilay to iI1m.-uk tlie question of ail.nra'lns tlie tliUVrvnrrs vrhlrli cxii-lrd ltivn the New Vorl Central an J ilx ICuigliUof libor eijiloi-i. Webb, In rvpljr.srauted the iutervlew-, tiutatthe tame time wMied that the matter could be le4'iilttl to him In wntlns. 1'ow-tlerly 1'ow-tlerly replietl the uet tiny, favinir ttiat he lilU leeii callcil auay from the city, auil that he rai ublfceJ to cominit to lajt-r what he would ratiier dbcu lu jierron. HetajF: If I nm rurrectly informed, olJ and fiitlini) employ ea ol tlie Xew York Central liave been umniaril Iinii.-xl from service by the com iiiy lecaue they went active members of the Knightaof Iabor. It U reprccenteil to rue that up to the time of their dicliarge they wert' faithful to the inU rvt of the company and not one word ofdls-iredit ofdls-iredit Ktanda agalntt tho Industrial record of any of thot-eulio uereUi charged prior to AuutStli. Tliat, iu brkf, U the statement cf the men. The frequency of thodisoua t-ab left but little room for doubt in the minda of the men that they were all iu danger of discharge at a momml's notice. lll-NCKTIli: STIUKE. TliewlioleurtIon hlngut Uon the dl-hargeof Knights of I.ibortxv cauM; thty are Mich. If It can be shown tliat tlitsr men u en. trnrlltx. Iijury to tlieir employer, tight minded men wIllKty that they were treated as the- deserve. If they wtredlschtrged foracaue.tlic rail-nnd rail-nnd coiiipiuy lias ever tiling to gain and nothing to l-e from an invotigatiou. If they deserved db-mNtI db-mNtI fiom the service of the coin-ouy. coin-ouy. I will not ask for their reinstatement. rein-statement. If, however, they were iii-iUeed lanauae of their connection connec-tion with the KnlghUofliuor, it slioukl lw known, fir if thai lie the lolicy of the New York Central, that no Knight of Labor are to be employed, thtu a statt im ut tu that tlltctwill clear up all iloubU and thtrccaii lie no further mbuuder standing. There will lie notliliig tiien to arbitrate, so long as ou liukl tu that uidinou. TheinUresUof the Illldic, the interestn of the e-e.iniin ou n-pn-seiitaud the right of the ieuple to organize for s- If-prutecllon are all involved III Una contest. Tlie vlicy of the order of the Knights of l.abor is to w ork peacefully ill the line of educati'.iu-tl and legislature reform; it h rn.1 the policy of the institution, uu matter what iu en end , may nay, tu enter hastily uion a strike. T.ie t resent strike nuv lar uiutttl to ill refutation of Hut ItU assertion, but until investigation investiga-tion into the cau-e or cau--8 is iiad, tliat must remain a dbputeil question, uhtle hundreds of cases that have been tvacerully and quietly adjusted through the Icter-eutiuiiof Icter-eutiuiiof the Knights of Ijtior, altliough not heralded broadcast, as they would hive been had they i:M)i:i in stuikis, prove tint our nim Is tu nvcid striken rather tliati prtv'ipitatetheni. "The interesls of the wlilic re-iilre re-iilre thatfreight and usseii:er traf-tlcsliould traf-tlcsliould run smoothly; the interests of tlie co iqany reijuire t-xai lly the same thifg. and, m nlditiun, tint such trallic prove reiuuneralive. rnelulert-ttof working xij.e are tlie same as others liut their right tii organize and selett the organization organiza-tion they w isli to tieloiig to U fu 11 aj dear to them as Iheir teetiuiar iuteiests can sitly lie. litre is an organization tlie aim of w liich is to work for educational and legislative legis-lative advantages, tailed u,u to defend de-fend its memlicrs who, up to the time of their dismissal, had worked only In an educational and legislative legisla-tive direction. Surely we have a right to q Jestlon hy they were discharged. dis-charged. -l-icli man, no matter how humble, hum-ble, is as much a jart of tile public as any other man. True, the Xew York Central is tributary to tlie comfort and well-being of the community, com-munity, tiut the community gives U tlie eororation in question its strength and wealth. Of tliat community com-munity at least 3.1 jt-r cent, are working s.tple and belong to that same eli men t of Kxlety that dare not organize for their own welfare. ''Some ono has said since tills Iks gau: 'Money is not everything in this world.' lie was a railrrud director, I believe. He sjuke truly, for liberty Is far dean r tu the laborer, labor-er, and that is what he strugglesfor; tliat is what is denied him when he Is discharged for being a Knight of Labor. If liberty was valued so highly that men offered up 1.1 1 R AND TKEASURi: aad paired honor to gain It, surely their childn n would not lie bLitred for striking for it. Whither they struck wist 1 in this case is to Is? determined. Who Is to determine? You may feel that ou are right, Itothan'artlz.tns.aiil Ifaulniior-tial Ifaulniior-tial verdict is to be reached, impartial impar-tial men must anive at it by hearing hear-ing both sUca and then Judging. The men are willing to submit the case to such arbitration and will not be unreasonable. Will you consent to dothcsaine? If you will agree to submit the matter to arbitration we can meet, arrange details and agree as to how tlie pirtles may selected. select-ed. The tiiidrer reinrttliatyou nra refusing to admit arbitration ami cannot enter into a settlement of the trouble, but your letter leads me to believe that you were mbjquoted, and I still hoj for a s (wedy tei ml-nation ml-nation of the strike through arbitration." arbitra-tion." 1IEBK IS WEBB'S IXEl'LV. To this communication from row-duly, row-duly, Vice-President Webb replied as follow tl ' Replying, I have to say that no prison u!hargru" from this company prior to August Stb, and rvf. rred to In yojr csmmuhlcition, Wis dltcbatsxd tss.u he, vrna B nietnlrerofjDUJtr.Jrr. TUB lmtm tii4!vjriPrtnfr-ct! pf i.u rtp sons retorted to the division superintendent super-intendent or superintendent of motive- lower that they investigates! each case prior to discharge and the facts of such discharge having been reported to the management of the company, they weru further Investigated, Investi-gated, and the action of the division superintendent nr riinerintendent of motive row- r 'illy approved. The miujjiinc.il m this company does not derm It consistent with IU continued con-tinued pro lrity In butiuess, and the discharge of the duties it owes to the lople, to submit to the propriety of its action in the discharge of any of Its employes to arbitration. "I have read yaur communication with care and I think tlie foregoing answers tlie joints prescribed by you and defines the inition of tills company." ebb said to a reporter to-night that the freight service w as complete and everything working smoothly between here and lluOalo. All freight received yesterday had been clenred up and left for IU destination. destina-tion. The places of all Mrik.re had been tilled and there was not a single-vacancy on the road. TRAINMASTER, 3IALONEV w as working hard at the J last Buffalo Buf-falo yards all day to raise the freight blockade. He succeeded In Setting out twtlve trains of the ntsed beef cars crowded un the Kat Hufrklo siding, and some of the meat must be sjoiled by the delay. de-lay. The stockmen suffer bitterly, because thoruands of dollars worth of stock mu't be sold because It cannot beshlpied. Grand Master Sweeney of tlieSa-itchmen'i) Aid Association, Chief Conductor Howard ol tlie Ilrotherlioud of Ilallroad Conductors, Grand Master Wilkesou and Grand Vice-President Murris-ey of the Itrollierhoodof Ilalluay Trainmen, Frank Sergeant. Chief of the llrotlierhood of Kin-men, constituting constitut-ing tlie executive committee of the supremo council, federation of railway rail-way brotherhoods. left for New York tonight. They will lay tlie matter liefore Webb tomorrow. One of two things will result-either result-either Webb will uphold Division Superintendent Hurruws in the case of tlie discharged switchmen, or he will arbitrate with the committee. If the Litter, all well and good; if the former, word will be returned to Ilutfalo, and John Devllne,wbo trill be on from tlie west iu time to taie charge of the strike tomorrow, will order out all n"n lielonging to the brollit rhood. iX-legates today canvassed can-vassed the local assembly aud found them favorable to assistance If needed. In other words the J.ake firemen and grain shovelers will strike at the drop of tlie hit if tlie Central mcu are all called out. THE I'lNKElrrONS. Aliunv, Aug. IS. There waiuo trouble In tills vicinity today of any nature, altliough the crowds tonight at the several crossings between this city and West Albauy were as large as usual. The I'inkertou force at West Allianv was increased tn A1 ni-u today, and an additional number num-ber of riilrsdistributeJ am ing tntm. Tlie officials tonight said the boy Dwyer, w ho was shot by a I'inkertou I'inker-tou guard yesterday, was In a critical criti-cal condition. Tlie executive board District Assembly As-sembly No. -ti lasted a bulletin tonight, to-night, saying that at a union meeting meet-ing held at list Albany this evening, even-ing, consisting of 101 engineers nnd firemen on the Hudson anil Mohawk Mo-hawk divisions of tlie Contrail road, it was unanimously it-solved tliat they stand by tlieJCnlghUuf Labor In their struggle fur maintenance of their organization, and they pledged them-elves to do all In their uer to prevail ujaiu tho-e working work-ing Uon their engines tj come out ith them. |