, 1877-01-01
FIGHTING ENGINEERS.
They Stop tho Working Of tho 0rnnd Trunk
Tniiway, 4iwe the NIllftIn, and Dtsn1ay
tho Government.

HALLWAY, Awe the N1llitIn, and DIsn,ay
tho Government. -...
Sptcto, Ntpaich to The Tribune.
DE1LEviL1E, Ont. Dec. 3l-2 p. m.-Matters
have taken very serious turn, and the atrkcrs
are for the tsnc being in tho ascendant. Last
night twcnty-eiglt Of tho Forty-Ninsh
Battalion were ordered out. anl proceeded
to tho station to secure tho passage
OF the Montreal Express, which waited at Napa~
nee until the necessary preparations Ind been
made. Tho strikers had pulled the snow.ptows
off the truck, one at eacl, end Of the gard, AMI,
after one Ind been replaced under tho aupcr-
Vision Of the military, they proceeded to Put
meantime ngAln pulled of tho rails the of,o
Wh had heen tpas Under nssG e5 n
ehanuony1l!o until this morning, when Mr.
Davis, Mechanical Superintendent, wcnt down
With I'M engine, md brought 1t here. Ihe
owing to Their threats, It was several hours he'
one was rot, and an engine brought out and
eettaehc,l to the tra!n' but, ',, as tho rla1t,
Wesa ,"9, on M aaty ali night Wers unaSie
to prevent tho rioters from severely beating
the engineer. Tho volunteers were not ordered
oa or to fS s eayss a 9c 'naa sHcr as
III attempting to wrest bayonct from y0llln-
tccr, received wound In tho neck. sotnu
ots5 1tiss got fgt a,gs 1nares, and rss;s scyS
aseros Ms1' ut ou thoue oaa MAN
was said to be wn,nded. After this
the engine, which tho rioters hutl succeeded in
partally disabling, was returned to the shed.
and tie train remalus u tho station. The
authorities are for the timc bcatcn but four
companies Of tho Fifteenth have been ort1csed
out. The men see'n uns!liinE to turn
out, only forty being, under ar, arms Ut
| try arc expected. Tho civil and military
authorities hlunlc cach other, but certainly
nclther actcd With the ytgur which WIS expect,
bo made to start . traln tron, here thI* ufter-
noon, when sufficient military force will nrob-
ably have been completed. III tllc meantime,
thu men Of tho FuTty.nnth have been returned
clnrd to injure the CUmpany's property, hut
arc determined to prevent tho operation Of the
ltuc.
LATER p. m.-Tho Company had intended
tn make another attempt to move tho train as (
o'clock, but abandoned their intention. Thirty
four men of the Fifteenth Battnl!on and several
officers went to tho station ut .:20 y. nl., and
T ssn" saas Ii liz "y Gogs as'p 's psops5iy nss:
measures Viii ho taken to,l'iorrow
orniug tq % ssy'1rs ,ht tls T.; :, .p,srattoa p, r ot
this afternoon to allow tho maI)-ear to proceed,
here. i io Offer wins .!rclnrl.
| 6ptctQ{ Utfp1tCa 10 1He 1F1QEH$,
To4os7o. Dsr ~, yl-l!s H., Grand ln Trunk '' s,ar, t
seay',sd ''1ts coeeass ' ti' ii rishtF at
o'clock tonight, hut is belng held tlert
owing to the blockade at Dcilcvilr. No ut
tempt was mntle IT, .iispattll IL trs.!n west. Ey
crythIng Is quiet here, n bU!y Ut police being or
| duty Mt the r0unA-llUtlse Anl Union Statlut
guarding the property of the Company. II Il
understood the atuIlroaI Company arc nego
tlattng with the Government for full protection
| Of thu Cotpalsy's property, md that the Com
1any will mt attempt to RESUME work until th
safety of thrlr property IL guaranteed.
Sptcfdf Ntpafch to 1hs 1fa4nE
) DETnotT, Dec. 3l.-'Ihr tirand Trunk hsougll
! In . 1nail.tratn from Rtdgcway Inst night, an'
will send ont another to-tnprr1w. Tho aEcn
here statcs Ills belief that pa*srnEer-tratns vii
lJu running usain III u.uple of ttays, but aoe
t | not give Teasuna for such belief.
I 10 fh6 Hfs&tFa AssaCf1!td lrta&.
= ST, ALBANB Vt, Drc. Jl.-Thu Grund Trun
4 Railroad applied tu tho Central Vermont lsall
road to ruiz t!lrIr truths from IT. Joilnsbury t.
@ Montreal, which was donu to-day.
Il ToRoNro, Der. 3i.-A termination OF til
= Btrtke secns n8 distant rs ever. Thu CoMpail
arp conldeut Of thelr ability to provide driver
II for their passenger and most of their fretel
truIns, and res1sllu business cnrly tile civ
an,i military authorities can guarantee the sht
- ty OF these substitutes and thu Cutnpany's prol
efty, Thu strikers, on the ether hanl. .hiyB mud
desperate resolve tl.nt train tra;lle shall l,u
4 he resulucd until their delnuilds arc sntisae.
r Thu heavy snow drifts OF Friday night stl
cover tho track over tho wiE,lc line west
Tnronto, the strikers being SO numerous nt
the intimidation 80 great that no attempt III
10 been n,alle to run an engine. Matters nrt
" must Us bud betwccn Toronto md Montreal