The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-08-15
NORTH VERNON, IND, J.,


Your correspondent left Cincinnati on
the Louisville Express at 2:5O P. NJ. TO-
day, and arrived at this point in Jcn-
nings County, seventy.three miles
west OF Cincinnati, at 6 p. NJ. AS usual,
since the railroad trouble began, this
sleepy little town was alive with a crowd
otidlers at the depot, but the majority
of them were citizens and the strikers
friends.
There was no excitement whatever,
but gathered In different places were
knots of sun-burned workmen discussing
the situation. SO far there has been no
violence whatever, and the disatfected
still cling to the opinion that there Will
he none unless it is first inaugurated by
the Railroad Company. Five freight
trains and ten engines are side-tracked
fiere-all West bound. At midnight last
night train thundered through here
leaving a line OF fire In Its wake, 80 tre-
mendous was the speed, and half hour
later it was followed by another at
break.neck speed, The engineers OF the
trains had put on full head Of steam
and .tpulled her wide open," In order
that the strikers could not board them
and take possession.
Tbey PASSED here all right, but at
Hardenburgh, six miles west OF here,
thew were sIde-tracked and are stu
living there. At half past and at 3
o'clock this morning, two more trains
came whirling through, and they got be-
yond the town, as the switch could not
be opened, but soon after sWltch Key
was found, and as Conductor ApSers
train whizHed up at the rate OF sixty
miles an our, instead Of keeping on the
main line. it ran on the branch road
towards Louisville. AS soon as the
enoineer saw that he was cornered he
whistled tlor brakes, and succeeded in
getting out Of the way just as the east
ward bound Louisville mail hove in
A trai n on the Jeffersonville & Indian.
apolis Jload had but just cleared out as
Apger'j train came ON, running at a
most fearful speed. He had been tele-
graph'sd to from Seymour by E. Q. Cole
VINO, j n order to send the dispatch safe
|ly past North Vernon to Nebraska,
where Apger was, cut on communioa.'
tion at this point. The telegram read,
"1u u Oh bu6 ulSuOns "psoAhouA0 pPooN
and stop for no signal" The orders
we Re carried out to the letter, and away
he dashed, with the dust nearly obscur-
in 4 the lightning cars-but he was
cf Iught.
To add to his modification, after he
tlad surrendered his charge to the strik.
isrs who side-tracked his train, the Town
Marshal arrested him and Jas. Mayhew,
the engineer, and fined them SO each for
\ yiol ating an ordinance In running at q
high rate OF speed through the village.
The fines and costs were paid.
A talk with the leader of the strikers
at this point disclosed the fact that they
lare determined to hold out; at least
that's how 1t sounds.
| The leader alluded to demanded this
He wants his two months back pay and
the promise of steady employment in
| the future. He says, however, that he
and the rest Of the men would have sub
mitted to the reduction without MUIR
mur had the Company paid them up and
then talked about the ''cut," but to keep
them without cent for sixty days or
more and then reduce their wages, with
out a word Of warning. was a little
too much for human nature to en-
dure. Their expenses while on a
| trip averages 70 cents day for "grub,"
leaving the TemdlHu6I loi nOusC t0ut,
clothes, food for family, and other house
hold incidentals. AS at Seymour, the
strikers are orderly, peaceable and busi-
nesslike, and they say they intend to
keep within the law. They declare to-
day that it has been the policy of
the railroad company (and this
of course is given for what it is worth
to rush trains in here, thereby blocking
up all the side tracks and switches, and
bY this means so blockade the road that
passenger traffic will be interrupted.
This being done, then, say the strikers,
"the railroad company will have hold
on US, ana will at once invoke Govern
meut aid."
To prevent this, the men take charge
of each train as IL arrives here, and with
as much speed as possible place it out OF
the way. At o'clock this afternoon the
Yardmaster at this point asked fer aid
OF Mayor John G. Cope, and the Mar
shal. he was informed that they could
give him no help. This being reported
to Superintendent Cole at Seymour, he
sent Instructions for the Yardmaster,
Oliver, to turn everything over to the
strikers, and the city OF North Vernon
would be held responsible for any dam
AGE that might accrue tN Company prop