The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-20
RiiLRolD srRIKERs sENYEscAD.
What Judge Dnirymbic said to tho Nine
Yomng Men ~ ho Ntopped u TrnIn.

Ninc railroad employees who participated
in the strikes OF last summer. and who on tho
26th and 2Sth Of July disartanrcd tho switches.
and stopped train Of cars at Port Morris. y j..
were urrnigncd before Judge Durymplc IN tho
Court OF Oyer and Tcrmincr. at Morrstown. ~
j.. yesterday They pleaded guilty to the
charge. but said in cNtonuation. that they Ind
not stopped the train for tho purpose Of doing
any harm, but only to get tho news and asccr-
tain whether any Of the other strikers along
the line OF the Morris and Essex Railroad had
gone to work. They were respectable looking
young men. Of from twenty-onc to twenty five
years " age. and their clean appearance. neat
clothing. and hands hardened by labor. gave
evidence that thoy do not belong to the idle aud
vicious classes.
Judge Dalrymple spoke kindly 10 them. said
he did not believe they wcrc naturally bad. hut
were the tools and cni'a paws Of wicked and de-
signing men. who stood behind and urged them
to commit the dccds for which they werc mr.
rested. but who now. in their time Of trouble.
refused to come forward 10 give them either ls-
sistancc or support. He pointed out 10 thrm
ing the railroad company only. hut doing scrl
nns harm a 80 tQ the whole community;
The offence. ho said. is n serious one, md
for il tho statute allows sentence # irpr-on-
ment in the state prison FOR term of ton years
ni hHri lnn9r a. qnd a hns 81 - Wr' bm. re-
before been charged arainsi thom. aud thni
they had boon made FOOLS Of lv other ana
shr'wlrr men. thn Court was Inclined 90 l0ok
us l"nicutly 49, y s-i Die upon their oili nr's and
would mhnt light punishment Some ot th"m
up. and This riea had boon urged uuon the
Court, but II could not hr entertained. Tn" men
Themselves should have thought of their wives
and little children when they committed the Of
fences. They might not have known how scri
ou-ly they wore offending, nor how severe the
punishment they wcro liable TO- Int they know
they were doing wrong They had all lost their
-tuit' ms, som" had ulfptN Dcrn ln lni i'r
nourly two months nnd an these facts the Court
had taken into constitution.
B.numIn Lott. u irrwun. John Dprenlus, ia
cob Van Alter, Richard Robinson. and william
Shnngcr. hrakemcu. who st the signal that
stopped the train. Wrr" sentenced to ten days
each in the county iail NJ hard lnnor. tu pny
nue of $50 and the COSTS. To- furnish bonds Oi
to stand committed unit the fine and costs wore
pad and the bonds ili"d.
William SngCr. who diverted n swt IN md
who has already heen in lnil iiity-siN days, was
sentenced to hard labor I'm the county lHil for
tn days. ~ pay m" of ;2O and costs and To
furnish u bond for iln0. Ms above.
William EnWlsNY who got under the cnrS tO
d sonnet TIA" steam breaks hut there changed
his mind and lcit them undsiurbrd. was. ne-
cause he had rcpcnted in time. and h"ior" bee
had done hn IN. given an cusirr sent 'nr". 80
fine, ton days at hard labor. ana sluo bail, Ms
above.
Arthur Force who turned switch. received
the Same srnt"nes; and George Ainm. who
pulled the bell rope inside the cars that stopped
the train. ana who. like Sugnr. has glrcady h'-nu
nrv--lN days in gail. WIS nnrd slO given ten
dhy-' JIM ri-onmrnt. hut without hard labor.
and required tn furnish bond Of tlUO under
the same conditions s- the others.