The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-02-14
DISSATISFIED ENGINEER 9.
Continuation of the Strike ON the Boston
M Maine RaiIrOad-R0th Parties Sill
Firm and Determined TO Stand Fast
Delay of Trains.

The condition Of affairs on the Boston &
Maine relative to the strike of the engineers is
virtually unchanged. The company claim abil.
ty to run the road without them and the men
claim that they cannot. Their hope is that
the new and inexperienced men will so inter,
fere with the passenger traffic that the public
will find fault and the company will be obliged
to snccomb. The company say they shall not
| yield and there is general impression that
other railroad corporations running trains into
this city will assist the Boston & Maine now
in their hour of trouble This is considered
policy for as stated 10 the issue of yester-
day, if this road is beaten other roads will fall
an easy prey. As an offset to this last state
ment comes the news from Boston that Mr..
Arthur threatens to stop every train out of
Boston if the several corporations do not stop
lending aid to the Boston & Maine
After the arrival of the train at LIS yester-
day morning from Boston after the delay at
Kennebunk, train was made up and run to
that depot to be in readiness to return later in
the morning The train was due here at about
s o'clock, but was two hours late. The first
train to leave this city yesterday porning for
Boston should have left at Is, but the engi-
neer engaged to run failed to put in an appear
ance and the train did not leave until an hour
later. 1t was then in charge of brakeman
| with baggage-master as fireman. Mr. Bon
ney, an engineer formerly on the Osdensburg,
got the engine ready but refused t run it.
| The train ran very slow, as the brakeman ID
charge of the engine did cot know the road
very well and arrived in Boston late
The next train due to leave at o'clock was
little late in starting and was run by Mr..
| Roberts, former fireman on the road. This
train had freight conductor in the cab of the
| engine to direct the new engineer. The shift
| ing engines were run into the yard in this city
by new men. A large force of police are still
stationed at the round house to protect the
property OF the company. A very large crowd
| of people were at the depots in the morning on
the departure Of the trains and the new eng-
neers were guarded by three or four policemen
who rode in the cab of the engine.
The morning train from Boston due here at
| 1910 did not arrive until O'Clock and was in
| charge of Mr. A. G. Burnham, former eng-
| neer on the Boston & Albany road. The fire.
mau was one formerly employed on this road
but discharged On the arrival Of the train at
| the transfer station three policemen mounted
the cab TO prevent the engineer from molesta
| ton. They rode to the depot where large
crowd gathered about the engine, but no acts of
violence were attempted. When the train pre-
pared to leave at o'clock the officers were in
the cab, the same engineer having charge of
the train. Deputy Chase also had a dozen pc
licemen scattered through the depot which was
thronged with.people to prevent any such de-
pctr tior ,noIo
the engineer, Mr.. Emery, was assaulted with
brick-bats and suow-balls and the cab windows
and gauges Of the engine broken. Riotous de-
monstrations were also made at Prison Point,
Charlestown, but in the main, the proceedings
have been orderly and peaceable.
The train was not very well patronized, there
being not more than so passengers. 1t was re-
ported that a committee went out on the train
to attempt to buy the engineer and get him to
leave the train. These reports, which were
flying thick aud fast, frightened many persons
who would otherwise have patronized the road
The train due here at o'clock was cancelled
and the s o'clock took the passengers that
would have come on that. This train did not
get away from Boston until nearly o'clock
| and having a new man wholly unacquainted
with the road they made slow time. The con-
ductor was obliged to assist in plotting the cd
| CINE. They did not arrive here until after II
o'clock and the engine was running very slow
| when it entered the depot, the steam evidently
| beng at low ebb. The trip was not pleas
ant QUE either to the train hands or to the pas
| sengers. On arriving at Salmon Falls the new
| engineer was bought off, and feigning sickness
was allowed to leave the cab. Another man
was obtained, but he only reached Exeter,
when he too became demoralized aud the town
was transacted for an engineer. One was at
last found, who although a very old man was
perfectly safe and succeeded in reaching the
city by running very slow. All sorts of reports
as to the condition of the train were circulated
| and it was reported that the train would not
| arrive. Accordingly dispatch was sent to
an office on.the line and the following signifi-
can't answer was received:
Can't seem to find out much about the train
One station says: Don't know anything about
the id tt aims on this road" Heard another
say there was no certainty of getting to Port
land be fore morning. Don't think can tell
anything about them. Asked ---; be
said he didn't know where it was.
1t was afterwards explained that the train
was running so slow that the operators lost it.
But few passengers came through on the train,
although there were number of way passen-
gers.
No train will leave Portland at 6.15 this
morning or hereafter until further notice, The
| train leaving Boston at noon will not run east
of Haverhill.
a despatch from Lawrence. received yester-
| day noon, says: The Boston & Maine man.
agement have sent out all the morning passe n
ger trains from this city to Boston to-day on
| time, except the $40 a. m. The Portland
| morning express due at that time, had not ar
| rived at 11.30 a. m. To accommodate Boston
| & Maine passengers. the Lowell road ran
| special at 10 a. m. Boston & Maine tickets of
| all kinds are received at the Lowell road, but
| the engineers of the latter road will not have
| Boston & Maine cars. Two shifting engines
| are at work in the Boston & Maine freight yard
and the mill corporations are having their
| freghts cared for as usual
| A Lowell despatch has the following: The
| IL 30 a. m. trains on the Boston & Maine road
from this city left very nearly according to the
time tables this forenoon. Those to here were
| late. That due hete at $50 got here at 9; that
| due at 1923 had not arrived at 11.3O o'clock.
nor had any telegraph despatch as to its where
| abouts been received.
| The Associated Press telegraphs from Great
| Falls that the Great Falls branch trains on the
| Boston & Maine has not moved. The locomo-
tive was fred up but no order came to start it,
Smart's train, which went out as usual in the
| morning, is the only train that has passed over
the branch to-day. Conductor Stevens has
horse and sleigh running between here and
Rollingsford to carry passengers and mails.
From all that can be learned it seems
about certain that if the company had
discharged the train dispatcher and done
away with the bounty there would have
been no strike and even now if these
requirements could be complied with the
strike would end at once. The company, how
| ever, claim that the engineers have no right to
dictate as to who the higher officials shall be
as this is not in their province. They also
say that they have perfect right to keep back
a mans pay if the man has injured their
property carelessly. If the injury is not done