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Show A SEA OF TROUBLES. Yr strnlaj- m, a Day or Preparation lor The .Vpiroacliin; IUil- roid Ilatllc. POWDCRLY TAKES OP THE CUDGELS, Ani .VpiK-aU to the Pnlilic Tur Fundi lo Carrr on the AVar. HE GIVES WE8B A SIOE THRUST. AIo Mrdnlr llnionuctM the Kn- plin; of 1'mVf rlon an J IIU .Men. It Tctecraph t the . cwa.1 I'OWKCRLY'S AI'I'niL. Ilr l'nbllfthr n Itnc .Irrwnnt ol the Ilallroad Tronblr. Jiv Yoiac, Aug. 21. Tills day has Lven to the labor leaden like a lu-e In a let tic. They ay It has been to Uicm a day of prraratlon. NkmtT before baa I'onderly been to iisoually in thu heat of a contest liku Uie oue believed L be coming. Heneeryetorderel a tlrikv, and feeb tnrue iride in the recorJ of lice which lie feels is hit. There Is little duubt, lion ever, about lib dHertninatlon in tlii.i tac Hb men y he i here to tay, and the executive board eays its hraJquart-era hraJquart-era during tliu strike, if one is ordered, or-dered, will be in thb city. It U clear that I'on derly and lib cabinit intend, if the fclnke in madepeneral, that the rewnIbllity shall Iv brought jii'5. as ckxe as ttvllilo to the rant: of tile. This )iroe un-derliea un-derliea theoniere of the tward to the nii-Ur workman to nn vrne lib district dis-trict .-lniWy. AIo, the order vihkli !ia gwieuittho river to AI-Imiy AI-Imiy to rouvcuo their district at reintily Monday. At thee meetings meet-ings the local aemblies will olce Uieir ili-wition as to a genera! trike, ami the teyult will be that u fair concensus of the opinions of the men may lie had. Thu federation'? -upR-me body will not meet till ilunlay. It will prolnbly communicate com-municate its determination to the IviiighU here that night or on Hun-l.y. Hun-l.y. The Albany district nm. Mv. wlK-e aciion will be influential in the i-bn Lii.l out by l'owderly to make the roeu tllem-elves declare the strike general, does not meet tilt Monday. A fair conclusion from thews farts and circuni.-tatirt-" w that the grand Mrike, if it is to come, will nut fall before next ick. r.lay IMU'DEKI.Y HAS Vr.ES MtBl'AItl.NU Uie following, which was made public pub-lic tonight: "For rome tim the management of the New York & Hudson I'iver Railroad hai Iweu di-charging em pi iyes w Iki had lieeu active in labor airalr. It haiens that all of thoe who have been dimi'rd are members mem-bers of the order ot Knights ot Jia-t.jr. Jia-t.jr. and have, at one time or another, an-other, been ofllcers of the onler, or liave served on committees w hich waited on otTleials with a view to tiresmtliii; cricvances. The-e discharges dis-charges Iwcame so frcijuenl, and were clear e ldence ol a settl-tl IKirjxx1 on the tart of the cumpany to dicrui tand destroy the nrgauizi-tion nrgauizi-tion of the Knights uf lklnr ujon tlie Central system, that the executive execu-tive hoard of di-trlita-mbly 21J, In hUh the KlltfliUsof I.ltior ii)un the sisttra are enrolled, found it iKtt-ssry to call a iiial meeting to comidcrthe situatiou. In the meantime the general tx rrutive board, having lirraapprieI f the condition i-f strains sent one if lis mvniher?, J. J. HolLind, to New York, wtth Instructions to u-e all tosible etrorU to tiring aiit an amicable ailjuHment of tlie ditllcul- ty. "On his arrival In New York, Holland, alter a conference with a iei.cutalive of llio District As sembly, in tlie course of which he obt lined full knowledge of the trouble from the siand-olnt of the men, waited utwn Vice-President Webb. Holland stated to Webb that he had called upon hint to en ieavor V) adjust the unjileaaiit-neM unjileaaiit-neM existing lietu eeu Uiecouiiany an J its KnlghU of Ui'ior employes. .VM denleil tliat there was any trouble existing lietren Uie com-any com-any and iUi employee. Holland told'lum that he. s a member cf the general eu-cutive board, Knights of Iatair. had come at the request of the men, ma le through the organization to whkh thty belonged, IlISTItlCT ASSEMBLY "i . "We'.b brusuely ilecbr-nl that he uoull nut dicuss the mitter ith anyone not an emidoje of the company, ami clo-ed the iuterview. "Finding all eilorts to ellect a ieactable settlement of their grievances griev-ances Impossible, and leing con-vincfd con-vincfd that it was only niucstlouof time and con veidc-ncw of thu coni-Iny coni-Iny when tiny wmijoue and all be discharged un"es they forfeited tlieir manhood and abandoned the privilege as citizens of a free country hi n-iimmiing their right to join tht Ir fellows in on organization calculated cal-culated to protect tlieir Just rights without Intruding on th oeof others, the Dl'trlct Executive ISoardhwl no alternative but to onler a strike, which they did. The labile Is already aciuilntetl with thu detail de-tail of the affair and a rei.Ution is scarctly necessary. "The must earnest and sincere eilorts of the general officers to secure se-cure a hearing fur the discharged mcu were unavailing. The corres-Kndence corres-Kndence w hldi parsed betwtvn the General Jtasler Wotkman and WeLb has la.T.-n published. Wednesday morning, August 3ltli, John Devlin, of thu Ueneral Kxecutive Ituanl, au-l myself, waited on Toucey, General !surinteudciit, and en-deavorul en-deavorul to ha e the matter arbitrated arbi-trated or investigated- Toucey was emphatic In his refusal, "On the afternoon of that day YVU was vt'Ited by the same gentleman, gen-tleman, and he reiterated what Toucey had said in the morning. It was uggtted to him that disinterested dis-interested I art Its hear aud determine deter-mine tlie question. It was alo suggested sug-gested that during the Investlgatkin the strike be declared off and the investigation proceeded with. that was it-csrn. 'Then tlie following proos!Uon was made by me: 'Webb, could you not sit down with me in the presence pres-ence of the men who were discharged, dis-charged, and allow me to question them in your presence, so that I might know the farts of the case and be better able to arrive at a decision?' de-cision?' Thb Webb emphatically refused. "Devlin then said: D.i I understand under-stand you to assume that the public and the employers have no rights U,atyouarelund toconslder, and do you look upon the matter simply a, though the railroads "-four Swnpropeltj? Ilecare, ifyoutake that view of it, there ,," need of ou-ieivinganjthlngfurther.' "Webb hesitated and took refuge I In silence. - ,-7.i ii j-r- - ' ' i :1rm "The public may have formed er-roneous er-roneous imprewlons of the Knights or Ibor In the controversy. We do not pretend to dictate to the com-any com-any that It ahall not discharge employee, em-ployee, but, la all fairness, the dU-charged dU-charged man should be told why he Is dismissed. During the session of the Un State legislature theKulghts or .Labor of New Yrk were active in the (v r t 'u.e weekly oy bill. A coj..,, w .Knight, representing represent-ing the employes of the Xew York Central, were faced in tlie legislature committee room at Albany by the attorney of thu railroad, aud browbeaten, brow-beaten, questioned and terrorized. "Some of tlie members of that committee, w ho weru at Uie time employed by the New York Central, were discharged without cause, or, rather, without any given cause. There exists NOT THE SHADOW OK A DOUUT in the mind of that committee Uiat these men were singled out for endeavoring en-deavoring to secure the losaage of the above-mentioned law. Aftir thoroughly Investigating the causes w hldi led to the strike and making every effort In their power to induce the coniany to arbitrate or submit loan Investigation of the question at Usue, namely, whether Uie men w ere discharged because they were Knights of Labor ami fur the ijr-lo ijr-lo of destroying Uielrorgaclzation as Uiey believe or maintain, or for just cause aud projier reasons, as the utllclab of Uie company allege. "The General Kxecutive Hoard have, by unanimous vote, determined deter-mined to stand by Uie men who, whether their strike is opportune or not, had no alternative consistent with their manhoou. I hae no doubt but it Is thu determination of the management to destroy tho or-ganiziUon or-ganiziUon of labor along the line of the New York Central uultrsUieor-ganlzatiou uultrsUieor-ganlzatiou subservlcuUy bends the knee to the will cf the Yaude rbllts. "During the controversy, Toucey aud Webli slated, aud reitt-d thu statement, tuat the men weru not discharged Ksrau-c they were KuighU, aud that they exvcted Uie iibllc to liellevc them simply because they say to. lloth these getitleuicu deny certain thing in relation to their conversation w ith me, which both Devlin and my seir are prepared to make affidavit to. "Everything that could in honor be done to terminate the strike on an honorable bab for these men was done and the alternative of unconditional uncon-ditional and n'rmhite surrender on the iart of tho meti, or a irotesl against the tyranny of Uie railroad otllciab was presented to us. Under the clrcumsUnres such a surrender would be unmanly. It would be cowardly aud unworthy of the scores ot men who, on two lamb (ihcre-s struggled and died for tub nun its oi iiuuamty. "We did not seek the quarrel. The General Executive Koard Mien nothing of It unlilltwas thrust uan Uu.ni. Now that we liave to face it we ask the entire order of Knights of 1-abortocome to our assistance w Ith means to w in the strike. We have to fight a ower which owts its lofty bearing to the wealth whkh it has'plled up from the labor of the employes of the road. I'll told mil lions are at its command and we want money to carry on the struggle. strug-gle. We not only ask the Knights of I-ator to come to our aid, but w e ask it or all the member nonorganized labor. We not only a.-k or the lalor organizations but we ask or the Ktuit i.ul.lu-u-ay hevondournrran-Izatloii hevondournrran-Izatloii or labor to couie to our mU. "WeareflshUiignjlnst a uwer far more dargenms than Uiat whkh laid do u Its arms at Yorklown one hundred year aso. Tlieir flht was against ui.e king. Today it ! agalnsta hundred, one ot whom, In an afler-diui-er sia-ech not ling ago, Kit-': "Tiiero are fifty men in this count who liave it In their jowtr to control con-trol Uie currency of the United cUtes, control her commerce, and t a day's notice stop every whtil in Uie whole territory of Uie United ritate". The struggle Is far more momentous tl.au it was during the American revolution. Theu our lathers fought for liberty; now we are fighting to maintain H; Uieu the enemy wasSUOM in I It a awai; today he Is intrenched lu our own uo-miuions. uo-miuions. He has lib llcgtrs around our legislature; he stands al the doors or C"oiigres to bar out legislation in Uie Interests or the mass; lie pre-.uuics) pre-.uuics) u 'dkhtte to the Executive or the nallou; he attiui Is to strangle aud corrupt Uie judiciary, and he dots all these things by no shadow or divine right, but by the power or money, wrung from the betidiug tacks of Uie railway lilwrer; w rung from Uie mortgages of the farmers of the land; wrung fmm Uie Iki1-nc-s iiitirests or America; wrung from the heart ir the b.st and uuu2 oi- jvatiuss. "It la against Euih a iwtr as this a io air tliat cares rur no right bullU own, that we struggle, and whether we wlu or lose, Uie present battle will go ou until Uiat juwt r is weakened lorever or the ublic is damnetl.' The real animus or thb strike lies In Uie fact that our order has belli struggling with questions which concern thu control or trusts, coriieraUuiSsaud syndicates by the goernnictit of UiejopIe. The al-lied al-lied forces r the KnlghU or llur and the Eanutrs' Allianco are mirchiug ou to Washington, lo secure legislation favorable to the hole people. They are going there to secure Uie repeal of certain unjust laws which stanJ in the way of progress and which antagonizejus-lice. antagonizejus-lice. It Is with the hope of turning our att-nUon away from these matters mat-ters that this warfare b made upon the allied forces. It is to w eakcu us when we can do them the wont lir.rm and the country Uie greatest amount of good that Uicse attaiks are visited ujjii us. "Tlie order and law-abiding conduct con-duct of thu men on Uie strike has won the admiration uf the public, and J et the beat feelings of Uie community com-munity have lieeu destroyed by the introduction or an armed force, under Ilolirt Pinkerton, the man who boldly holds no commission from the rilate or naUou to recruit or ami men fur military duty. Had Uie interests of the htale of New Yotk rtquired It, there are many thousauCs of old veterau soldiers within her borders who faced death a quarter of a century ago. Itwa not necessary to call ujn thtni, andyitahlnllngmobul th,. worst characters In tlie laud has been quartered uin the wide uf New York, TO TWaWJBIZK II 131 citizens, to provoke thrill lo anger and wrath, to shoot down those who asked for thu right to be beard in Uieir own behalf. The unchristian attitude or Uie New York Central officials is best Illustrated by Uie manner In which they violate Uie laws of the land. During this strike Robert Pinkerton ban agent or that railroad company. He advertises for men; they respond and are hired without regard to the qualifications or manhood. ApparenUy the brute alone b sought for, and such creatures crea-tures will do any deed of despera-Uon. despera-Uon. "Adolph PoIIeshck came to New York Augut 16th, and mtde affidavit affida-vit Uiat he was hired in New York by the New York Central Company as a watchman and sent to Albany, and upon arrival there was handed acommbsion apiinting him a deputy dep-uty sheriff, without expense to lh county, and given a club and pbtol and told to use them. Polleshek could scarcely speak the English language. It will be well to ask why blank commissions with tho sheriff's name attached are placed at the disposal of Robert Pinkerton to be placed In the hands of ignorant men, who believe that Under this authority Uiey have Uie right to shoot citizens to death. "In order lo test thb case'stlU fur. titer to learn if all citizens would receive the same treatment, I teli-cra teli-cra Jied to Sheriff Tappon of Itenes-selaer Itenes-selaer County, asking him If ho would swear In two hundred deputies depu-ties to protect the lives or our mem-liers. mem-liers. He replied that be did not think Uie present situation would warrant the appointments. "W. Walter Webb applauds.tho action or Pinkerton in shooting, aud says Uiey dU right: W. Walter Webb never did one stroke of work TO ACviCIKE: THE WEALTH ' he now abuses. It came to him by luhirltance. and ho does not fully appreciate It, but regards It as something some-thing to be used for himself alone. The elder Vanderbllt was a workman work-man and. knew something about Uie feelings of the man who lolls. It was during lib days that the record rec-ord or the New York Central for its gentrous treatment or workmen was made, and not under the present management. i "The conduct or Uie men since Uie strike began has been moat orderly or-derly aud commendable, aud until it closes no Knight or Labor will Iw lound lu au unlawful act or any kiud. We are pledged lo maintain the law. We will obey Uie legal commands or the .State, but not those or a corporation which defits public opliiiou aud has no regard for Ju-tlce when dealing wiUi Its em-ploesi. em-ploesi. Conciliation and arj'ltr-tiou arj'ltr-tiou can deal wiUi Uicruostlntrlcatc question or dispute." In conclusion, Pow derly says: "The Knights or Jabur hold themselves hi readluesa now, and will continue to hold themselvis ready to j ield to the will ol the jiec-pleln jiec-pleln thb matter. The company, on theotl.trhaad.holJslt-tlf alove and suiierior to the -ut.llc opinion. I would here ask Uie men still In the employ of the New Yurk Central A Hudson River Iliilruad, whether It be not lo their interest to stand by aud supii:t those men who are striking to vindicate the common right lo organize? The general executive ex-ecutive Ward w III conduct thb contest con-test with all U.eir nUMj, within tlie law, and without kIciicr. To do thb u enquire funds and Hiatal olrt-e. iu in s.iriu-l citizens, who Iicliete lu fair pUt arvasktd In con-tribute con-tribute to a liberty fund in aid of the stiikine iuikyis uf the Ntw Yotk tttdril A lIsi..soii River Rail-nad. Rail-nad. Seiul. all ii-iriUiIiuii4 tu John W. H.-..M-, 8U North llnad sStnit, Phllflehliia. ia. T. V. l"OWlllIKLY, G. l. W. K. of I,. TOWUMtLY HAS WKITTS.N the followlu' letter lo GHud Chiif Engineer Arthur: There Is at .reci.t - r kt- In progress on the New Ytrk t e,.i-i. In thbsllikearelHlvoi ..in.-q Ks which you cannot alfoid t i,n re aud the pnucilile b that "' f " ,i'n . Many of the nun on strike are firemen and liehnig not oidj to the Knlglil uf Ll, tail lo the lirotlierhiHSl of iicoiiKillve Firemen. Fire-men. They are nunfully conttud-ing conttud-ing for the right lo maintain tlieir organlatitm. They are now at a riss.-i.tiit, -i ". riV. 'y."""?" their jibwi-i are being filled by Uie nnlherhood of laicomotlve l.ti-g l.ti-g n err, w ho have stepj eil from tin luvllwaids to plik up the shovrk whlcli w eredrviqasd by the firemen. Are you willing Uiai tliw -h xild ountiuut? Aru we to utideistaud that this action Is lo rereitu the sairttiou ofUieonniilzat n jmi represent? re-present? Thu lCniKiits if I.alr desire bi know w here i i u tand n thb question, lor jotiare eutlicrlei! tnoi.-etheseiilliiieiitofitajruiiIr. The uit uilwrsuf the variiu Brotherhoods Brother-hoods ,,f r.allnu.l eniduyn are de-sinmsot de-sinmsot know lug whirejousland, foron your answer (ami wetiwire Uiat It Iw a public oni ) depends Uie future of your association. "If yourineiiibernoiifiiui- to lo the work f firemen, w i -h-ill know that it Is w IUi jour n.tiseiit and the future will be lain Ufureu. We do not ak for jouriffirial saiittkin or Uie strike. We only ask r.irfulr treatment at your haiHi. Tlie man w!k takes Uie pbec or another in thb contest is untrue to the cause ororsT"'' labor. The organizi-tionwhichnpl organizi-tionwhichnpl roves or Mich cuiidutl must lie regarded in thesame light, aud we want to know from your own 1I(H whtru to xssigu the Uroth-erliood Uroth-erliood of Ixicoaiotlve Engineer), in the tester or organizations. We havuasktnl other org-uilzillons ol railroad enidoycs to lake sides with u. Ti ey are rsiiidiiis nobly, i n I In the future thb rectus to hull eat thatlietwciti us all there will be a far better understanding than ever Ufore, but jour will mut l heard, tlthir on the side of the rail-mad rail-mad or the men. Which will it be? "1 remain, very respeclTully, "T. V. Puwunntv." A iniI0 NEXT MONDAY. The txecullve taxinl announced thw afternoon that on Monday next at Allany a nutting of District Assembly -I'i would bu held, at wlilch thu txecullve I word would liepnseut for the ireof eon-sultatlon. eon-sultatlon. At this meitlngeaebuf the local n-enihlics will send from thtceto live delegate, and tlure will be present fromOOX) to 700 meni-liers meni-liers from Uiat section of tho State ljingadjac-iitto thi Central roail fmm New York to Kufltlu. " Wrbtt late In the afternoon said, relative to the cliarge nude by Pow -derly, that he ami the executive board since Uieir arrival here had been shadowed by ditectlvea. that unless be had taken every lawful means to protect the interests or hb road and ket himseir Informed as to what the members or Uie board were dolug.he would l wholly unfit un-fit to remain one-half hour In lib present 0ltion. ltUMNISS ISTEIU EKED ITH. IViirr 1'min, N. Y., Aug. 1. The strike on Uie Central is having a serious ctfect iiion business In the Mohawk alley and Johnstown aud Glovers vilte. In the latter places the manufacturers and merchants exiTlenco great delay In getting good-, shipped. Home glove factor les will have to shut down noon if Uie strike continue. 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