The New York herald., 1870-01-14

Of the Erie company. TWO gentlemen alighted bear
ing vailse, and were quickly lost sight OF. sho ty
after tnat they ont oJ the building again, the
valisc empty entered the carriage and drove back
to this city. The men on strike had committee
gentlemen were officials from the Eighth avenue
Erie office, ana that Ia the valse was contained the
money necessary 10 pay them.
PAYMENT AND DISCHARGE or THE sTRIKERs.
shortly before noon, near the 0fice door OF the
repair shop. notice, signed by Mr. IL. J.. Brown,
master IDechanic, was c0nspiea0asiy posted, an
nouncing That the men should call at thar oice on
The second floor, at TWO O'Clock, and they would
be pad Their m dues sar ey & were IRE AL pmasaal w n
Doremus ana Mr.. Larerty, the principal
clerk OF the master mechanic with a num-
ber OF pay rolls before them aud with a hinge
mound OF Gfeenbacks and fractional currency piled
up on the desk against the wall amounting to about
BY ganga," taking nrst the blacksInltns. The nrst
man paid was Mr. george Keasiy, the president OF
the association OF the Jersey Uity branch. There
were Two pay rolls, one for the month Of December,
1869, and one for nine days OF January, the pay
being calculated up to about four O'Clock or Wediles-
day last. this, according and also according
10 the announcement 20 the men early in the morn-
MR, amounted 10 u discharge, and hence all these
three hundred and sixty mcchanics, heretofore EN-
ployed by the Erie Railway Company, were from
that moment out OF employment.
Mr.. Brown was III his ONCE. ana was called upon
Dy the HEKALD representative In order TO ascertain
the true condtlon OF affairs, To the inquiry whether
the company had actually discharged the men ON
strike nc replied, NO. slr the men left OF their own
accord and without reason; they discharged them
selves" TO further question whether any Of them
would be taken back he replied with enegry, "No
snail n their places with Others as soon al We can get
item. We have already made ARRANGEMENTS, but 1t
may be some time before we obtain flll compile
menL The rngleaiers who got the men into this
nave a heavy responsibility ON their shoulders"
As the men received their pay they came down
stairs ana, alter nllgng few moments with their
comrades still waiting their turn. they slowly dis
persed. BY five O'Clock the crowd IN front Of the
repair shop, which was large at two, had almost en-
trey disappeared.
In the course Of the afternoon news was received
that the mechanics engaged IN "Joins0n's turning
room," near the Bergen tunnel. had followed the
example OF the men IN the Jersey City shops and
had lett OF work the number OF forty-iive.
HOW THE SHOPS LOOKED.
stroll through The shops OF the Erie depot re-
veaied somewhab remarkable scene. In the ma
chime room OF all the numerous machinery but three
turning lathes were at work, attended BY appreh
tces ana some fOremeil, and one llue-cutttng ma
chine. All the rOrges in the blacksmith shop, over
hundred were cold and deserted, except twO and
not much work Was done these latter. The mighty
steam engine was revolving its immense nying
no workin9men being there TO utilize It, A lOcom0-
tive No. 2S0, which was expected to he ready for
use ON tue road by yesterday afternoon, rested irs
huge frame quietly on the ralls. and not q finger
was raised TO give 1t the last few finishing
But men, workingmep, employees oi the company
no longer were there, picking up and packing up
spike, hero for chfsel and there for other thing;
talking III subdued tones 70 each other; some laying
plans for ENGRAVING West, others for opening
business on tneir own account while many were In
favor OF stringent measures known to workingmen's
ass0claflOnS and trade unions, In order TO prevent
the company from replacing their discharged me-
chaDlcs Dy Others. A case ia point occurred Seve-
raj Dlacksmltns had come over from New York who
had applied Tor employment the comDany's works
When they heard OF the strike nom their fellow
wOrklngmen tney declined to enter the company's d
service. Other efforts made by the company to OBJ
tam res supply 0 boiler makers, the men assert,
have also Jailed. whether this was true or not
could not be ascertained with any degree OF GER
tainty. Further Developments are looked for to-