The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-19
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.
be coERcED-THgY STAND BIZ THEIR UNION
AT ALL HAZARDS. A4

BE coERcED-rHEy STAND Bx THEIR UNION
AT ALL HAZARDS.
PHILADELPHIA. April 1s, 1871
The men who have lcft the employ or the Philadel
phia and Reading Railroad COM any in preference TO
complying with tho demandsof that powerful corpora
ton that It's engineers should renounce membership
in the sBrotherhood with Its promised benefits the
way Of lilo insurance. &C. are still firmly holding out
They state that they are receiving largo acccssions
their ranks and the number Of men ut the Merchants
Hotel where they meet. increases daily. To-day over
one hundred gathered there, discussing the
situation IN quiet and orderly way. They state that
thirteen engines thus far been .'burnt" by mex
perencod hands. causing great loss to the company.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAINS posirlox
Tho managers OF the striking engineers exceed
ingly careful what company they keep Mr.. George
Francis Train having cndcavorcd to mako capital out
OF the strike and advertise his s!cc;urc" hero this
evening BY championng the cause OF the engineers,
the Grievance Committee OF tho Brotherhood this
afternoon passed the following resolution
Whereas ticorgc Train has issncd handful stnting
tina, 'he he notified the brotherhood that he had
Rssosea s ah" we deem only jas, irm the public
thai We did not pm g nse ~ our cause aud the
PRESIDENT GowEy ANSWERED.
The committee OIL the engineers this afternoon pre-
pared tho following statement N answer TO the voum-
nous attack on tho Brotherhood prepared by Mr..
Gowen, the president Of the railroad company, and
punished in iull in the Philadelphia papcrs:--
Mr. Gowen stated the brotherhood for many years WAS
ase,sn. u Mr. Wilson i. had the respect esteem
nearly all the railroad companies Ia the country. he
.a'd sniortnasly 4 m. into ',ads uaian
trad. t,day than IT day Il founded bur
We. oconotye engncers consider that we have some
wherever committees nave been met aud fair
arrived =. ps;ases ., se as w.ys
owen further that Mr. Wilson was displaced Mr.
Asnt IN KS wilson
10 the ns him. and ~ s a rsa to
states that the society mas become oahbonnd Another
Its oathbound to-day than II was the day Il
into existence IL Detroit Mich TO be sars We have
Knights OF ps,hias or any other beneficial nss"ciaton
another also the welfare fthe willows and
Mr. o%sn further States that Mr. Arthur stated that
simply BY waving his h"nd he espd sp every Iosd aans
sertion Whenever any trouble arises on ,oad the COM
from ss RID w e S Se s,.r as
honorable to effect Mr. Arthur Is sent
and Mr. Arthur fai to effect settlement he returns hume
The S, 70 the In Of s o ND are mot saa s a
teen Mr. Arthur being OF them and having but
then allowed to strike il we see IT. or leave i alone we
choose Mr. r or 70 Other man or ss men living
Mr. owsn r,nsr states hs; as had confidential but
next victim. Another Misrepresentation
rHE ATTACK ON Tix nRN.
The issuance this circular has been
Of this trouble The engineers running on the Reading
Iss iS Fss n a.. s;hsf ss"s
engineer received 81 u day, while the Penn
svana Central ney received $3 Goa difference Of VI o.
quite Freight engineers received from 81 VI
S. o. while the Pennsyyanin Railroad they received
think ~ 20 But with all this difference In pay
interest by watching brothers and II Of them
doing anything dishonorable they punished and
ported the officials prominent Official told the writr
that had need OF watching his did It
Tor him. .lN ..
know that this is power .anxn,on and that
no one man can, by u single Of his hand stop tile
railroad traffic Of the country OF single rail-
road in IL.
THE OTHER siDE.
The c0mpauy's officials claim that everything ID
working smoothly and show the following dcspatchI
IN proof Of IT.
READING. April IL, 1877
Mr.. +. II. G0wES:- f~
got through very well yesterday with all schedule
aud down coal trains and twenty
trains No accidents at kind. Nil coal and
freight train conductors and bakemen line between
Harrisburg and Allentown have stopped work. nd desber
being made to bring stand but they
II successful In this respect troubles will be
j. f. W.
Following this another from the Division Super
intcndcnt OF the ShamoKtn Branch, Ms ioll0ws.-
MAHASoY PLASx April Is. 1877.
The engineers put to work Monday doing the
work assigned them ike vetcrans far have not had
u nents detention OF part OF division Mnlia-
nuy Gordon Shamokin all work and all de-
clare that they will continue ut work number of ennis
sares from main line are here trying 10 get
strike in hopes that they won't succecd Coal trade
Is brisk 34i2 loaded ears out OF territory yesterday
J. II. .. CIIAUsER.