New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-07-31
IN AND 1BOUT NEW-TORK.
DONAHUE'S STORY OF THE STRIKE.
row HE TALKS n HIS CELL AT LUDLOW STREET


HOW HE TALKS n HIS CELL AT LtDLOW STREET
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4 TRIBUNE reporter visited Donalue. the
Eric Railway s.rke. Ia evening in his cell Ludlow
street jain and found him reading the daily papers ard
putting cheap cigar Ifr seemed he Indifferent TO MS
DO un before Courts except that he evidently
p.casid with the notoriev which 10 las brought him.
80 casua! observer would select MIN the head of
railroad STRIFE. Everything about him bctchening fol-
lower rather than leader This view was supported by
the Deputy Warden OF In How street Jtl, who stated
that when DDnahuc brought Ill., De Thought Detective
Brown wa, the striker because Brown over six feet
in height and rather Notwithstanding, ard he could
scarcely realize that small fellow like Donahuc could
create go much disturbance TO great RAILWAY corpora
tion Donahuc Is y man about five feet seven
inches IN height, with sandy nOus,ache and hair.
Ills eyes aie sharp. restless. and clearly Observant lie
is fluent ialztr and inc received fair common school
eaucaiiou right hand crippled. and hs lcl les is
shorter than thc night, which gives him very pcrccP
tjlc limp These inpcriccUous Donahuc states. ere the
result OF nearly twenty-five years service on tnc Erie
Road as q brakeman II4 leg was fractured in an
cdent Oh the Susquehaaua Division. and his band wa
crushed in " smasnup" ON the Northern Central
Division near Cmandaieua last Winter; iHilinatory
rheumatism setI IN, and further crippled him. He
placed on the cxtra-bfakeman list ana managed 10 per-
form service enough each month 10 pay his board
Concerning the strike Domaine said to the reporter
that Thursday, july l9tn while IN Horncsvc, here
lc lived Ec received several letters rom nrahtntn ana
fremcn employed OIL The Eastern divisions OF the Eric
road complaining that the committeeman who had pre-
scented grievances to Receiver Jcwett had been dis
charged ana giving notice That they desired the matter
10 be taken up and acted upon by the general body at
HorneiSyile He compiled with their request, ana N
the evening a meeting ri the BTOtierhoodS 81 Fire
men Engineers. aud Bfakemen was held, IL was
10 make formal demand FOR Tie restoration OF the
committeeman and in OF refusal on the past Of the
Company all employees were 10 quit work. 81 was
selected a. Chairman Of the Committee Of General Ar
rugemenis without any solicitation on my part added
Donahue aud 40 one was surprised al It tEan
was accepted the trust, decrm ned 10 perform my
fu duty by the boys. and don't think any Of them will
charge me with deserving them. The matter was
wen matured and ALI plans laid for
strike that would leave the road without
any help The engineers iEdorsed our action, ana
pledged themselves 10 JOIN Us as soon as 1t was
definitely known that the Company refused 70 reinstate
the committeeman. At the supreme moment they failed
u.s. and while many Of them stood ready 10 leave their
engines the majority broke through the resolution aud
royal the road, though In full sympathy with
u.s."
When inquiry made as to payment for his services