The Portland daily press., 1877-02-15

The strike on the Boston & Maine road has
now lasted three days, and shows no signs of 6
sudden termination of the troubles. The eE
glneers claim to have made point on the com
pany by keeping train in the depot in this
city for four hours waiting for an engineer
The company do not yet claim to have
| gained anything. The excitement yesterday
about the depot in this city drew large crowd
of people. but nothing which looked like acts Of
was attempted. AS the hour of O'Clock an
preached when the morning train was due tc
leave for Boston, a large number of engineers
from the several roads gathered on the plat
| form and when the engine which was TO hauI
| the train put in an appearance all eyes were
| turned to the cab to see who the engineer was
The old man who had brought the train in the
night before at such measured pace appeared
| at the Throttle. Wnen the engiLe had been at
| tackled to the train a number of the Brother
hood approached the cab and asked in no I'M
| cestain langu sge what he would take to step
down. The old man had never run an engine
much, and did not like the position, but was
forced into it by some officials of the road, but
now he saw chance for relief and protection,
| and he jumped at it like drowning man at a
straw After few words with the strikers he
was hand. I'd roll Of bills, and sticking then
into his pocket he left the cab aud was taken
into carriage and driven off. Then the delay
of the train was certain and the passengers
We're taken across the street aud went to Bos-
ton via the Eastern road. A number of regis
tered letters which were in the mail on the train
were withdra wn by the Post Office Department
and sent by the Eastern road also. After some
time an engineer named Merrill Of Deering, was
found and engaged to run the train. AS he
was stepping up to ths engine a striker spoke
to him and commenced a conversation. AT this
point Mr.. Stevens seeing what was going on
cried out, eff you are going on this train get
into the cab" But the man had heard some.
thing evidently to his advantage, and he replied
that he guessed che wouldn't 60" This caus-
ed great howl from the crowd, and the train
was again delayed.
A man named Hartshorn got up on the en-
CINE, which was unshackled from the train, and
moved out of the station. cry arose. "What
are you about, after your promises last nigkt?'
To which Hartshorn replied that he was only
going to carry the locomotive to the round
house. 1t appears that the engine, the Mercu
ry, had been badly damaged by incompetent
hands, and it was not thought safe to run to
Boston with her. The next thing for the COM
pauy to do was to try to persuade Mr. Bonney,
the engineer who attempted to run the day be-
fore, to take the tram out Mr.. Bonney back
ed bis engine down to the train, and the Broth
erhood commenced on him. They began by in
sulting him for taking the engine when be had
promised the day before not to. He replied
that the Argus had insulted him at the instance
of the strikers, and now he was determined to
get even with them by running the train. See
ing that this plan would not work they tried to
buy him; $3.50 was offered him to leave the
cab, but he stoutly refused saying that the road
was to look out for him. After working on
him upwards Of an hour they gave up the fight
1t is said on authority that Mr.. Furber has pre-
sented him pension Of $3.50 per day at good
work during his life if he would run the train
The train went out at 1.15 p. m. Mr.. Bonney in
the cab. The train from Boston due at 2 10 was
an hour late. IL was brought here by engineer
William Howard, formerly an engineer on the
Maine Central. He also took the O. clock
train out. When this train left the station was
crowded with people, and just before leaving
member OF the Brotherhood approached the cab
but the police would not allow him to enter
He asked Howard to speak with him. How
ard said he hadn't time to leave, but added, ''if
you wanted to talk why didn't you come up to
the round-house." With this significant re-
mark he started out. The Brotherhood saw
they can buy him the next time he comes down.
The train was very light, there no: being twen-
ty passengers in all. The passengers to aud
from Dover, Manchester and Rochester are now
going over the Rochester road This road also
makes connection at Lawrence for Boston.
The train due here at s. 10 o'clock last even
ing arrived nearly on time in charge of a new
engineer The train made very good time aud
the engineer evidently knew his business.
Two extra men were brought here on the
noon train yesterday to take the place of those
bought off. They were both ''scabs" as the
Brotherhood term them. What they mean by
scabS are men who have been discharged from
roads for drunkenness and incapacty. One of
these men were bought up on his arrival and
the other was got tight, as it is said, and the
company was at WORK on him last evening to
sober him off sufficiently TO run train to-day.
They say that all of the new men are scabs
and that when the public ind it out they will
refuse to ride after them; also when the COM
pany find out that these scabs are njuring their,
engines they will yield to the demands of the
strikers. A baggage master said to a telegraph
operator yesterday, in speaking of the small
number of passengers, 'peope don't like to
ride after State Prison convicts and drunkards
whom other roads will not employ"
The company contend however that great
caution is exercised to prevent accidents, and
that incompetent men are not employed. They
show no disposition to yield and apparently are
as determined as ever to fight 1t out.
Mr.. Arthur telegraphed several times to the
men here yesterday, and is still hopeful of
final victory. In one despatch he says: ''Sev-
en- engines burned stand firm; matters looking
nicely"
1t was reported by telegraph to Mr. Stevens
yesterday morning that the compauy's wire had
been cut between Salmon Falls and Old Orch
ard, thus preventing direct communication be-
tween Mr.. Furber and Mr. Stevens. The
Western Union sent up man to go out on the
morning train to repair the damage. This ru-
mOr proved untrue.
A Great Falls despatch, received last even
ing, says: G. E. Snow, an engineer from the
Boston & Albany road, came in on Smart's
train last night and took the Great Falls branch
engine. This morning he ran two trips when
striker bought him of, carrying him to Dover
in sleigh. Conductor Stevens Immediately
put on his sleigh again to carry passengers and
mails. Snow said that the strikers threatened
his life unless he left before night.
Mr. Boyd, the brakeman who run the train
to Boston Tuesday morning, denies the state
ment that his engine the Wm. Merritt, was
burned. On the other hand, the engineer who
brought the engine down at night says it was
burned.
A despatch from Boston says: Passenger
trains on the Boston & Maine this forenoon be.
tween Boston and Lawrence, have arrived and
departed nearly on time. The engineer of the
$40 a. m. train found his boiler working badly
at Reading. aud an examination showed that
four bars of soap had been placed in the water
tank of the tender. The locomotive was aban-
doned and the cars were drawn into Boston by
another train.