New-York tribune., 1874-01-16
A RAILROAD STRlhE'
THE TROUBLEs OF THE NEW-IERShi
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

80, ,,.NspoRTATIoN BIoC6ED-rHf SiRi"E"7
DETERMINED.
Iny TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiRuNEI
N,scupsTpR. n, j., Jan. 15-Ihe siiho "
,h.N.wIersey southern Il Rlroad employees "ne" y,
xan ON Monday night, continues In or'eI' -" Co. tho
tho str,ke IA this: The employees were no. i,os ~
les, threo and in some cases four mon'' Sc " ~ nc
@ '' ,,.,,, onnlicants at the headquarters ,ho"S
S.on ofsce, received the uniform repV '"'' -,
-. 20 ,s7a were settled thus repuaisH"s "
.cns.s IN employ6s OF about s9WV ~, ar ~
90, Mr. Clayton OF Eatontown' r"'''"'' %, ,,
io,Ss Waited the trustees In Nc" ~ i''N ~ ' -
P,'o ~ navment or q strike. Nothing satsiac'
,o,x WAS ELECTED further thah 'ha' "''oi '
'oi' 80, osvn,ent for services would be
- so,,i ,nonthly Upon this the engineers me
han,cs train men and section or repair men ueciueu
70 susnend work and at once began one ol No h'o''
osac,nal strikes known to railway ORGANIZATIONS
,e,.ated notice being first given to tho railway com
many that unless the menawerc paid strHe "ou'u
49,.
After the engineers had finished Mondays worA' ''o'
brought their engines to this place. and there are 10"
n locomotives here either housed or on tne ua'hs
Everything by preconcerted arrangement was uo"0
quickly aud quietly. and to-day the village Is "s S "
on a SUNDAY No damage has been done toau! pioP0''
bnt trains cannot pass over the road aslt Is
here snd At Writings. five miles south ras haV"E poo,
,snoyed aud danger signals posted From interviews
.,,r1s - ,s learned that there will be no com
,,ou,,.. The money or positive guarantee must DO
,,,oo,,,ns ,before the locomotives can Dc
,n,sad Snperintendent Serat ana m's'o'
rran.por atiOn Wilson arrived mere ii'' 60. -
M or,v,te conveyance yesterday AFTERNOON i"'
r,rt themseiyes powerless TO aid IN the md''o' - ~
uent aud say the affairs OF the 'o'"P""y e.;iori :,
,ro,,ed states District Court, and, uhu uo'E'
'" - ,si,o iaea of the result can be bad MI
-, .,..s.. himself TO the men "a IN iuIi sSmpap
il, ,,eo Meetings OF employees we're heiu laN' o''"
,, At the station here and speeches were h'"' =,
nn,er Of them. Each expressed hIed ueIern''n""o"
ot IN Weld until the salaries are pald ihe'o 10 NV
-, made ~ conceal facts On the contrary, the en-
noye. desire that true state OF affairs Shai De know"
~ the pnbic They claim to be masters OF The situauon
IN hold il indefinitely. Twenty five post-otlices
hva been three days without mails, but most people
a.ce,t IN. situation gOOd-naturedy, and UNIFORM sym
p.tby is eS pressed for the railroad men, Ihefe l.
limited travel by water conveyance
IArIr-Wild reports have been scattered throughout
the state OF violence done by the strikers hee' OF great
length, Of track up OF turntable destroyed et
house burned and rule of terror generally sucn
.tories are false. The men are peaceable and goou'
bumored, but fu of determination TO gain Their END.
Tho President OF the Freehold and Jamesburg Railroad
.stad leave of the strikers to train to Long
Branch but was refused The officers of the Iuckertoh
Railroad applied 10 Superintendent oefa o
The New-Jersey southern for the use OF
Pemberton 10 avoid collision with the strikers nut
mi, request was also denied Sections Of strikers are
nosted Al Wbiting's BridgetOn. and Fdrmingdale. 10
prevent connection with the Tuckcron, Freehold and
Jsnesburg and West Jersey roads The telegraph has
been oastrcted only once, and for short time. The
wire TO the north cut here against tho will of ma
jory strikers and repaired by them Tuesday
About men in all have joined the strike Nearly all
we're here Tuesday, but half are gone to their
i'm OF ne
pears no probability of settling the strike unless the
Company raises money and pays the wages demanded.
This evening the strikers held meeting at
the railway station, where they control the
telegraph Once and all dispatches. Speeches
were made. advising all 20 be moderate but
sheir determination plain to hold ont 10 the bitter
end. One walked sixteen miles in the snow 10 be
prsent several citizens Of this section made addresses
sirikers Dispatches were to the Chancellor, TO
state Senator Hayens and Assemhlymsn Ionan decar-
ing the strikers peaceabe, ana asking effort an Their
Oehsf
reduce expenses and paw wages and tat every
cent teScyeh moi m PeS d%s Ei tSa ubgr of men have
been haTged without payment Of the wages due for
tte months for which the Company still owes but
denies chat ne aud other officers told ap-
tlosed thus repudatlng the wages due.
The men assert that the Company was given ample
notice that II the wages were paid strike would
follow mt the superintendent says that not word OF
notice wa. given lie declares res the company nrery un,
payment all wages due Dee. l, proper guar
sntce for tbe remainder within 30 OF 60 days they
will immediately return 10 work.
HOW uIh EDAD BECAME SHORT or TI-NDs-SIGNIFI-
CANT DISPATCHES
FEoN A. p.tAsIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF rHL TRIBUSE.l
PtHBEGTON, y. j., Jan. 15.-lt is understood
int igont employees OF the New-Jersey Southern
Railroad here that the road does pay anything like
expenses during the Winter and the usual plan TO
make earnings Of the Summer keep the line running
during the rest Of the year, but last Summer the
my pretty thoroughly Idranedby the operations Of
Jay Goold Consequently when he resigned in
september last, and put NJ W. Serat 10 as
superintendent and also President pro teD. there
money to conduct the Winter business
understood here that last Friday delegation OF
three OF the employees representing the engineers and
maohnss of whom there about 30 the Is or 30 sec
tion men or track members and the S2.train who
lett after the discharge of October un
paid, waited Messrs Stockton aud Painter directors
In New-York. and that they made arrangement TO
pay the from the lst Of January on every tenth
day. but would not be responsible for back-pay. On
Monday night last after taking all their trains to their
destinations st WsretOwn Baysde Atoo, Pemberton
Junction. sandy Hook and Port Monmouth, all the eng-
neers carried their engines back to Manchester and
housed them Since then run on the road
At all
The strikers rejected the offer Tuesday OF Mr. Mar
rowmore. superintendent OF the Tuckerton Railroad
connecting with the NewJersey Southern at Writings
run tram from the latter point to Manchester and
.neuce 70 Pemberton A shakespearesn reader from
SeW-fork. having engagement 10 lecture in Barne-
sas night had to be sent from Pemberton day to
"hengs by private conveyance. The following i'm
pof'snt dispatch IRON Gen Stockton tends TO p1ye an
lnsght into the plans Of the direction:
~ nv o. a., TRENTON, y. j.. Jan. Is, 1874.
Ter on nI; ndnehes'er; expect to be iu Manches
70, on oa.uruay with definite Instructions II you
tlouDle before that let me know Do not let
X r. STOCKTON, Director.
The following dispatch to d Mansfield. Manchester
nom WnI. A. ssyage Brlgelon. hnth encin.ers shnuus