The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-25
PARALYzING LOCOM0T10N.
All TRAINS STOPPED on THE GEN.
TELL or yEW JERSEY
How Locomotive Engineers and Firrmeu Re-
| sisted n Reduction of Wages -Evcryt hing
Fixed and rrayeI to be Resumed.


sisted n Reduction of Wages -Evcryt hing
Fixed and Travel to be Resumed.
The depot OF the Central Railroad of
New Jersey In Jersey City was deserted yester-
day I've by the EMPLOYEES who were idling with
their hands in their pockets. and few persons
who had not read the newspapers and bad gone
over to take the train. The locomotives stood
on the tracks without steam. A most persistent
strike was begun at midnight ON Monday. The
engineers and aremen on the entire length OF
the road at that hour pulled their fires, IN ac-
| cordance with a resolution passed some days
ago, leaving their engines standing wherever
they CHANGED to be. The strike was conducted
with the greatest precision and good order, as
arranged by the United Brotherhood Of Bngi-
neers, but with great Inconvenience and loss to
the many passengers who were compelled to
walk long distances from the place where the
| trains were stopped or were prevented from
teaching their place Of busines s yesterday m orn-
ing. The road has 800 commuters from Eliza
beth and probably i,SOo from Newark, the latter
passing over the Newark and New York Rail-
| road, that belongs 10 the Central. rhe manage
ment Of the Central. however, made arrange
ments with the Pennsylvania Railroad during
the forenoon. and Central Railway tickets were
honored on that road. beyond EliElLeth, at
hoselIe. Westheld Jane-vile. and Boand Brook,
the passengers did not fare so well, but had To
feash the town on foot or In private convey
bnces. The greatest Inconvenience was causs I'D
| by tho trains that we're stopped at midnight. A
train going east with about two hundred ras-
senRsrs was run on a side track at Centerv,ile.
while on the Newark branch atrain was stopped
ht hast Newark. tho conductor kindly sending
20 Newark for carriages. The Train from New
YORK at twelve o'clock was run as far AS Com
munil aw and there stOpped.
The trouble between the men aud the COM
pany dates back some weeks. when a reduction
OF 10 Der cent WIS proposed, but aret,irn TO the
original figures was promised by Col. Kicker,
made e. reduce their wages. and th st ample no.
tice would be given OF the oompany's intention.
On "Wednesday. however,, when tue men received
their pay, the reduction was made, hence the
strike.
at the cornpanv's main once. Ils Liberty
street, Mr.. James A. Falknsr. secretary TO tine
President. said Yesterday " was astoDished to
md despatch received here M SOL O'Clock tins
morning. saying that the engineers had struck.
There has been no re duct lion ~ their wages, and
we had promised to give them Que MONTHS no
tiee should such a measure be adopted by the
new superintendent who comes In on the 1st OF
November. a conference 10 being held In Phil
pspurT between the officers OF the BROTHER
received applications this morning from which
we could take enough good men TO run the
tr ins should II be impossible to make arrange
ments with the old hands TO-DAY. At any rate,
the trains will run an usual Tomorrow. and we
have .eps trains over the road to-day att A. NJ,
and nj 1880, $50, s, and $50"
The acting chief OF the brotherhood said:
" The foreman OF the Committee Of Grievance.
now IN session AZ Pbillipsourg. had d, spatch
from Col. X. H. Kicker. the SUPERINTENDENT OF
the Central. saving that he had received notice
last night, At 2 o'clock, OF the strike. The Com
mittee OF Grievance has been irving to get an
Interview with the President for the last two
weeks, hut he has refused to he seen. saying
that he did not recognize the Brotherhood. Gu
the LIST Of August there was notice given OF
= reduction OF ten per cent. The Committee Of
VINO told them that IL would not be
done. and that before any such reduction
took place due notice would he given. He mas,
however, failed TO do so, and without the
slightest iutimation the men, having been paid
"a on last SATURDAY., found th tie ten per cent.
hid been deducted. TINS reduction we can, OF
course. collect. IS we had no notice. The trains
were stoupcd at precisely II o'clock on tho On
tire length of the road from New York to Scran.
ton. but there were onlY two passenger tr.ins
stopped. one from Elizabeth rnd one from New
arN Tue rest were all coal and treen t trains rhe
Eizi train md only two passengers for New
Jrk. and the Newark train stopped at Ferry
siTset 40 ne p%,,en1ers could ,kg g., Tue Penn.
l. ta1 a month for geo miles, and. " we make
over that, pro rata pay; Iwenty-six hundred
II we make 40 miles d,y. we W mt Fay FOR the
extra nfty miles We have not had uniform
from SIS 70 $3.50, the last mined being Ell ' the
hixDesl paid by the comp ny. The men reeeiv-
Knight. the new PRESIDENT mt Of the road. is
stranger among Is. and we know nothing about
him. but the fact that he refused to see the
committee aud settle the dispute by arbi-
trstioR does not speak well for him. We are
satisfied that the difficulties Will he settled,
for it Is Impossible for them to run the road
TIC two engineers running TODAY are Mr. r. W.
PEBBLES, the Master Mechanic. and Mr. C. }.
W Williams, Assistant Master Mechanic. the are-
men want $50 month for one hundred miles a
day. ana the extra pay for tho extra miles rum
the same a We. They have been in perfect
union With US in this action"
Another engineer said; There are several
persons who say that Col Kicker has done all
this To get the men dissatisfied. He goes out Of
ONCE In few days, ana the bosses are all his
friends. and some Of them have resigned"
At bl5 yesterday afternoon a telegraph dss-
| patch was received at the central Once OF the
road ia Liberty street, saying that the trouble
| with the fremen had been satisfactorily ar
| RAGGED. AMI al $50 o'clock mesa ge tioke d
! frou thr wires, from President L. &. Knight at
| Phillipsburg. as follVws:
Have arranged with all PARTIES. WIN 20 into opera.
| ton at once.