The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-01-27

Commander in -Chtei. or from nus u,puly n"t.'I
absence, aud no such official authority pau
Rochester % miles from ne. and then went
hack That night we saw the lurid lignt IN tlc
SKY Of the burning round house IN Pittsburgh
hut we held no communication WIN tnt SUI ~ ~
the river our guards permitted NO one 10
rose Tho bridges aud the mob were kept away
from us. On Sunday. ed. received thrOo tolo-
grams. as tollows'
r. A AvvcS The mob are trying to night t,eiT way to
,rvoS cur freight anil engines to place Of
safety II freight cannot he saved save cnshes aiNuW
RA AsSos save aud P engines and Fort Wa,nc
tNOuc u H. hA'N"'
Mr.. LAYING Is General Manager from Pitts
bmrgh To- Fort Wayne. and these dispatches
certainly virtually put me in charge of the com;
panys property, though he has since avcrred
that he was u, the time so excited he did not
know what he sent to- me. and has prosecuted
me for doing what he himself authorized me b.
do. ordered the engines out on the track MS
ift.en miles west To- drop the rcd block on ali
passenger trains and hold them until further
notice from me. ! gave the ynrd master written
instructions how desired the sixteen switches
in the yard thrown 20 Ms to place all the freight
on the north main track and in two hours and
ten minutes. under my personal superyision
/ ana engines was moved from Ancghany To
Icctsdalr, out of the way " possible harn.,
also loaded up md scnt away all the oil in the
warehouses and dcpots Of the company, nm
/ enormous quantity us measure OF Ticty. FOR
nll witch when tclcsIaphed 10 Mr; ,h hnyns
| wires from tho manager of the Chicago aud
! Pittsburgh Railroad tp Manager Laying. effect
ing IL combination among he different railway
manar r. e. discontinue all mail and passen.
us ON one hand. and 10 hiring MS in conflict with
! the Federal Government on the other. Remcm-
/ hrr that We stopped nothing Int freight. | saw
what thcir 3 ncmc would result in il could
! not chcckmate II Mt once. II had become nee.
cssarv that W. should take entire possession of
| the road and sec that AN unbrukcn communi-
cation for mails and civilian passengers was
afforded between Pittsburgh and Chicago. |
necessity and chose me General Manager. 20.
sition ] hold Successfully i9r three Jay ana
/ passengers on singh" track road bringing
them IN on schedule time. Ny trains had 10
make fIightful time. hut thcy did IT, | put only
| the best and most thoroughly reliable men on
| them men who had the sand" to run fifty.
sixty. or even seventy miles an hour " told to dc
80. and the sense to obey orders implicitly and
unqu"stioningly. During all that time | did
nj have q single accident
HsrtrHnft was coming on. was at Chicago. and
WAS asked whether he should be allowed TO
come on or MT. | rrplicd nnrmntiycly. and
! brought him through on n train nj the rate of
any miles an hour. including stoppagcs |
made II n practice. whenever u train was going
afraid of n collision. running at such n rate.
under my directions. Oh a single truck ! would
| send pilot engine i've or ten minutes ahead of
their train. but ncyor once did they weaken.
My men had confidence in mo and the public
n"a MsnHsr nnT SSrEsa sGe pS1i1 sags
| Piled the Post once authorities with coach =.
and the scrvicc. went right along. But II was
terrible work. | had to see to everything my !;
self day and night. except between 4. NJ. and
GA. NJ. when my trusty, friend the telegraph
| operator took charge and gave me chance Tor
a little rest ! ran % trains over the road in
every "a hours. nude time. and had n9 acct
dents and even if say it for myself. | think
that was pretty god Tor an ex-brakcmun ut
sl.2j day. turned General Manager aud doing
what Manager Laying assured Tom sr.tt could
the noble Self-sacriil ing cooperation OF the
men. They knew that strict obedience was
necessary and accorded II. recognizing no Or-
dors hut mine and never Questioning iheui.
=, On FRIDAY. july q tn Sommitler OF Public
me and said the city was staryirg. and asked me
T. let coal and provision tram run, saying
hair Of my head should ever be harmed for my
action in the strike II even million dollars
Were required for my defence. told them |
or not, and that they were to he considered
before me-. The committee then PROPOSED that
IL We would agfec they would insure US the
restoration of our ten per cent. W 10 sept. |.
and would bring such pressur" to bear on IN"
railroad officials that they would not dare to ~
back On that restoration InSsod for written
ARE, ment 10 that ELECT They hc-ita rl, and
went 10 consult with Mr.. Laying and Mr.. lIqw,
" would ~ to work quietly lie would see abonr
it but that would not do for Us. He was toe
IN inv Wrt naH With ira inmcn' WGen Gov. Hart
rant arrived ! rode oyer with him 70 Pitts
sin'e the strike began. IL thanked me- very
Kindly for the efforts | had mad" 10 save prop
.rty and put down mob Violence and said that
! he WAS proud WAS citizen OF Pennsylvania
Whenl got over To- Pittsburgh ana saw how
/ quiet everything was drt"rmlned t. resign. a.
the regular AUTHORITIES could then resume run
niu. the road. WAS really worn out. AMI the
men on whom | in great measure depended u
| perform the most intricate aud Responsible
duties were also exhausted. | turned every
thing over to the railroad officials. The trains
were on schedule time, the property WIS ali
road. AZ soon ns got out thev ct about
I4L fl4Hk
/ did not dare 10 arrest me- there. On
Monday july 81 they caught, me- over II
compairs 4 regular soldiers, had tn
courage 70 take ~, IN. ! made no resist
t. merit arrest. But when ! was taken heior'
the judge, the company : attorney had dozen
charges against 'q,4dth. nail relgired on then
. Th,n h. SAID he had dozen more charges. M
I bail ~ which would be, ~, much more. aske9
amount' lie said no that Ie had stll anothe
dozen ready for me. preferred to refuse t
o. anxious 10 get me. Six times the Grand Jurl
. i sed To- bring mo out Tor n hearing Of my cas-
before Judge. | refused that and demandc,
. \ trial 10y jury. The Grand jury finally foun'
an iaditmcnt aFSSinsii %o Tor misIgMs9n2r
5 800. and after IA cohiinr mcnt altogether %
eleven weeks and two days. was once more a
, they are disgusted with their disappointment
I ! or afraid T. comm"nre rIosefutlun, 40 ~
q know nut they have mol y.l SHOWN any ulSiosl
4 ton 10 bring me 10 trial. Perhaps they think
know too much. have l7s kilograms many O
t them important which went over the wires dur
ing the strike.
. know very we'll that the militia were brough
, t. Pittsburgh, not by the orders OF the prope
. authorities. but by Tom Scott. He brought 81
y tie Black Hu-surs and stat" Fenciblc, by
= promise that If they would come h. ,uld Civ
I them free transportation 10 tls Paris tXposi
, ton and back this year. and the Fen'.b ar
. getting ready for their trip now. Ii must b
I said for the soldiers. however, that he did n
Y TIL them they wcrc expected IL shoot q Iwn un
5 Offending felloW-ciiiXcn-. and butcher wOmc
! and children in the streets. He simply to
r them he wished their assistance in getting on
T me 'ars. Vice President CIssatt. a. the Penn
ID sylNHnin Central Railroad, was al Pittsburgh
t during the strike, dire tiug Tia" movements q
4 the troops and had much more 10 do with thei
disposition than the state authorities had An
speaking of the troOIs when Con Pi"rson de
10 MES giving them the order 10 fire, he does no
= t,ll the truth. know If one man. M aouuaint
i anoe Of his 10 whom l sail just before giyin
= that ord n. that hr had b. tier ct away iron
y there or he would g-t shot ~ AMI know a MAJ
who served under the General H. the army, WA
4 well acquainted with him. and who saw hin
t heard him, and recognized his voice as lie gay
r that order To fire.
: After the strike was over, tried TO get rail
i rond employment. | got successfully on tn
= Lake Shore and Michigan southern Railroad
y the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad
nj 1 al uls finn