Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-20
GREATRIOTON THEERIE RAILROAD

We nave tull reports oil a great strike now IN =
progress on the New York 6 Erie Railroad
From them we learnfthat the laberers at the
tunnel at Bergen, ~ j., stopped work on
Thursday afternoon, the second pay day of the
month falling on that day, aud the money not
being ready. Friday morning last about ten
o'clock. they rallied on the track of the road,
short distance from the point where the north
ernroad DIVORCES, to the number of about four
hundred men, aud set TO work to obstruct the
track.
Dirt cars were overturned, stones and earth
were piled up, and thus an etfectual obstruction
raised in few minutes. The early train from
Paterson, and the one o'clock Cincinnati express
came up, but the men on board were not per-
United to clear the way. AT a o'clock q train
arrived from Jersey City, with Mayor ColIard,
Of Hudson City, AIR. Marsh, the recently APP
pointed Receiver; Mr.. Burnett, Constable Dunn,
of Jersey City, and a number of the employees
of the road, and several citizens, but when they
commenced clearing the track, about two hum
dred men interposed to prevent them, and de-
clared that no train should pass until they res
ceived their money. 1t was presently discov-
cred that the strikers were blocking up the road
in the rear of the train to prevent its return,
but they finally desisted from this, and allowed
| it to go back to Jersey City, where it arrived
about 6 O'clock without having effected any>
thing.
All the trains which were to have left Jersey
City were, of course, detained, including the
Middletown way tain aud Cincinnati express.
About o'clock in the evening, Colonel Greg
DRY called out tho Second regiment, but all eff
forts to find the Sheriff, on whose orders only
they could act, were fruitless, and at II o'clock
the regiment was dismissed.
Further particulars of the Riot-IHe posture of
affairs to-day-Ihe Road still in possession Of
the n0b-P Postmaster Fo,oler called upon the
! United States tr0op8-An Ohio Minister de-
nouncing the COmpany-R Passengers an the
cars all night, etc., etc.
The contractor for building the Bergen tun~
mel is Immediately responsible to the lahorers
for their wages, but the impression among them
is that the company does not pay the contrac-
tor, hence their demonstration against it.
When our reporter left Jersey City this after
noon the mob was still in full possession of the
track. The work of barricadng was carried on
with great vigor to late hour last night, and
would have been resumed this morning but for
the heavy rain. Great pieces of rock were en-.
ployed during the latter pnrt Of the day, and
the road was effectually INSTRUCTED for several
miles. Should the mob dispense Immediately,
the distractions could not be moved for several
hours.
This forenoon one of the officers of the COM
pany proceeded to New York, and laid the facts
officially before the first assistant Postmaster
CIR. Fowler being absen). He told him that a
! New Jersey mob had prevented the delivery of
the New York mails and called upon him to
procure the immediate presence of the United
States troops to disperse the rotous assembly.
The Assistant Postmaster replied that tho de-
partment here had no authority for calling out
the troops to prevent an obstruction Of the
mails. The law provided for the punishment of
persons committing such an offence, but went
/ no further.
The mails will be sent by the Hudson River
TS1 OV1V AZ
Capt RynderS was last night sent for, and
vas offered thousand dollars to dispense the
| mob; but he declined for the same reason that
the Postmaster did-he had no authority.
As is stated above, the Second Regiment was
called out by Colonel Gregory, and held in readi-
ness for service on the requisiton of the Sheriff.
But the Sheriff was not to be found. There
was, naturally, much fault-fnding and i'll hu-
mored comment on his course, but the reason
of it, VIC are informed, is the fact that during
the last riot at the Bergen tunnel he called out
the military, and was compelled, with the off.
milton.
lie was "bled" to the amount of 5000 person.
ally, and the county refused to paw him. on
grounds which were satisfactory to lawyers, but
which did not convince the Sheriff that it was
his business to dispcrse mobs at his own ex~
pense; and his zeal on the present occasion was,
1t seems ettectually dampened by the memory
of his last military expedition.
Gen Hatfield, of Hoboken waited upon the
Mayor of Hudson City, and told him his bril-
gadc was at his service, if he wished it; that the
riot was within the limits of Hudson City, and,
consequently, the Mayor had the authority to
suppress il; that he could call out all the mill
tnry Of his own city, and for his part, he would
take the responsibility of placing his entire br-
gade at his service, II he would but express the
wish. The Mayor, however, did not express
the wish, and it is believed that his reasons
were as satisfactory US those of the Sheriff, and
of similar nature. Military men complain Of
popular. prejudice in the county against their
organizations, and say but for this their services
would have been paid for
Many passengers were compelled to remain in
the cars all night, The hotels of Jersey Citv
were crowded, and the proprietors seem 10 bein
no M hurry to have the mob broken up.
tinued, and the passenger rooms of the depot
are crowded with weary and anxious company
of men, womsn and children
| The sale of tickets is matter of SURPRISE to
outsiders, and occasions severe comment,
Among the discontented was an Ohio clergy.
man, who, we understood, was the Rev. Dr.
Smith, pastor of Presbyterian Churci, in Pa.