The Portland daily press., 1873-12-30
ENGINEERS STRIKE.
Their Strike Against Reduction.
Meeting nj Pltisburx, PA.

Weetin. nj PuisburR, Pa.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 29.-The striking engi-
neers at IA meeting resolved to hold out at all
hazards. Trains are running on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne, aud Chicago aud Cleveland and
Pittsburg roads as usual.
The Situation in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Iud., Dec 29-Ra,lroad mat
tiers are improving Several trains are running.
a train with troops which left here Saturday
afternoon for Losansport was ditched at Wal
burn, five miles east of Logansport by a switch
being turned. The soldiers marched into Lo-
gansport, arriving there at o'clock yesterday
morning. Everything is quiet there to-day.
NO efforts are being made by the strikers to
prevent the moving of trains. The regular
mail and passenger trains left Logansport for
Chicago to-day.
An Outrageous Attempt to Wreck
CINCINNATI, o., Dec. 29-The New York
night express train from Pittsburg to Cincnna-
Il, onsthe Pittsburg, Cincinnati & st. Louis
Railroad, due here at 81 yesterday morning
arrived at IL o'clock last night. At Cadiz, o.,
between and o'clock Saturday night. the
train ran into a misplaced SWITCH but fortu-
natey escaped serious damage. Soap had been
placed in a tank at Columbus from which the
locomotive took water, rendering the water un-
Mt for making steam, exposing the locomotive
10 the danger of explosion, and causing delay
at London, where the steam was blown off and
the water in the boiler and tender renewed
The strike of railroad engineers continues
without much change. Rumors are current of
general strike on all the roads but cannot be
traced to any reliable authority.
Last night party of men went into the
round house of the Jacksonville & Indianapo-
IFS Railroad and broke the guages of all the en-
glnes in the house. Only two engines were re-
paired and ready for service this morning.
A large crowd gathered in the Pan Handle
yards to-day, but the shops were closed and a
guard Of men armed with Spencer rifles paced
in the yard. a, .s,
Bush, who Shot engineer Vance night before
last, waived examination this morning and
was committed in default of $4,000 bail
There are no new developments in the rail-
road strike to-day. All passenger trains GU the
Plttsburg. Cincinnati and St. Lewis Railroads
went out to-day except one accommodation and
the New York night express. All officers cana
biz of running locomotives are doing so. It is
hoped trains will run regularly tomorrow. The
hotels and other branches of business feel the
effects of'the interruption of railroad commune
cation.
There is little change in railroad matters to-
On the Columbus division one train each way
passed over the road. On the Jeffersonv lie
line one freight and one passenger train each
way went through.
Nearly all the trains on the VInceunes line
are running through.
A rumor was current to night of general
strike on all the roads, but it is not believed in
railroad circles
The President of the Mechanics and Black.
smiths Union arrived here to- night from Cleve-
land. 1t is supposed that his visit is come cted
with the engineers strike. He fayors compro
mise and deprecates violence.
Judge How land has reduced the hail Of En-
gineer Buch. who sholEngineer Vance while
on an engine to $4,000. .,-
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.-The members of the
brotherhood of Engineers in this CITY have
passed resolutions that they are not dispose to
submit to any reduction of the wages that they
were receiving prior to the LIST. as that .te was
low enough, al though it gave general satIsfac-
tIou. They also rendered their sympathy aud
promised their support to all engineers now op-
posing OF who may hereafter oppose any re-
duction of wages. These resolutions are pub
lished and sigued by committees from the H.
linois Central, Chicago and Alton, Rock Island.
Chicago, Blu linaton and Quincy, Milwau kee
and st. Paul, and the Michigan Central rail
roads. nF'
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 29-The railroad au-
thoritles here say that the strike must break
before many days. On the other hand. a visit
to-day to the rooms of the Brotberbo ID of En-
gineers shows them to be as determined as they
were last week. They say that Chief Engi-
neer Wilson's order has no effect on them
The worst feature of the trouble here was the
discovery of distractions on the track of the
Little Miami Railroad in three places within
the city limits. An engine about to leave with
train tonight was found to be soaped The
railroad authorities are attempting to run all
their day trains and have got more away to-day
than any day since the strike commenced.