The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-10
THE NEW YORK CENTRAL CONDUCTORS.
spEcuLATIoSs AS TO THE DISMISSAL OF CON-
DUCToRs-wHAT TIE DISCHARGED MEN

spEcuLATIoSs AS TO THE DISMISSAL OF CON-
SAT-.
The conductors the New York Central and Hud-
son River railroads In state Of anxiety tho
late Wholesale dismissal OF conductors ON the Now
York Central division. Tho number thus far dis
charged reached thirteen, and tnere fears that
The epidemic win spread Notable among those dis.
missed IL "Jm Dunbar" tho oldest conductor ON the
New York Central, having been in the employ OF tho
read thirty years, and he Is sixty years OF
He does not know what he discharged tor. When
asked what he thought about this matter he re-
piled, IL guess l can't tell; perhaps they think
am getting TOO DID, George s. Miner, anothor ono
Of The discharged conductors, says:-"l don's know
what It is for Why dout tney give us q chan CO to
say something if they want anything explaneds" Mr.
Miner conductor OF twenty years. standing. and
no is as poor to-day whom he commenced. ~ am
getting TOO DID, But that does not explain ali the
dismissals, for many young men have been sent
away, and at tho Albany depot two or
three door tenders have been added 10
..ihose who havo gone before" Not
man around that depot knows the cause
OF the raid. Tho FIRST onslaught occurred on Monday
and there was another attack Tuesday. with Dun
bar, 10 Dow, Green and another on tho Albany and
Syracuse division aud nnc from divisions west OF
Syracuse. As q general thing, when the men put in
an appearance at their respective dcpots Monday ana
Tuesday mornings they were each handed letter,
the purpor; OF which was:-''By order OF the nrst
vice president (Cornelius Wonderfully your services
no longer required, and tho letters wore signed
by Superintendent Tilliughast Thcrc werc no rea-
sons given. light thrown upon tho cause OF the
rcmoynls-s!mply short, curt, unexplained DIS
charge; and mon were IN waiting TO take tho dis.
missed employees trains
ALLEGsp CAUSES OF THE DIsMrssALs.
Ono the cause has since the
Vanderbilts went into power on the Now York Gen.
trail ito old employees under Corning .have repeatedly
shown signs OF characterization. and when trcghters
others met with any delays or Inconvenience,
Vanderbilt rule, and their talk reported tho
general Office Grand Central depot, whom tho CONVEX
sa.on and the names OF the men INDUCING IN u were
noted BOOK tor future reference and thus the day OF
reckoning came. Another report is that new rule ms
tructDg conductors to collect five cents exrn from pas
sepgers who inlod 10 purchase tickets before entcnng
the mas been repeatedly and openly violated,
which led 10 the dismissal&
with conductors toget cbcap fare without purchasing
tickets For instance, party OF hve or six drovsrs
and MAKE up purse to give TO the conductor pass
thcm through some saying they had forgotten or lost
OF two growers who tried play that him One Of
them resides In Duchess county. lie got in the rear
car and whom the conductor came along told him he
had careiessy left pass al homo and offered me
conductor 81 to pass him through. He had to Jay
his fare Tnose VINO know Dunbar, Dow. Green and
others will not believe that either OF them ever
gagged IN such = surrcpsltious transaction.
fourth report tells OF pig specalations ticke.s,
and although mono OF the conductors discharged may
hnve specuated In tickets IL 10 claimed that Of
the employees havo boon making money in that :ne OF
business
A TICKET CONVERSATION.
Ono man employed at tho Albany depot was caught
the c0mpany's detectIves and discharged, aad
facts wtlch turned against him show there has
been perfect combination in tho ticket selling bust
ness. People bought tickets in tho West to Bts
ton and desiring TO stop of here would sell their pas
sage Boston for nominal sum to this man. and no
IN turn would soil the ticket Ut large advauce
TO parties going East, and with people TO-
ing TO Now York and coming mp ON the night bosts
gong West One morning . party Of i've cane
off the night boat direct to tho Union Depot and one
Of them had piece OF paper which were written
directions how md this man. This occurred nner
his discharge They showed the paper to or two
railroad officials saying they desired ind him,
they could purchase their tickets much cheaper OF
HIM than they could at the ticket Office. They
directed to the ticket Office, where the whole thing
explained, and they Information as 10 whre
and how they procured tho mans address.
Since then two doorkeepers At the Unpn
Depot, Albany, have been discharged All these
facts have bad look, and yet Ia the face OF oil Of them
Of the old time men railroad believe that tho tis.
charged conductors know anything abour them. All
OF them have borne excclient regulations the road
aud on and thar friends say there must be something
other than what ana rumorB audc 70 that has
caused their abrupt dscharge. IL is not thought that
amy removals will occur on the New YORK Cen
trial, but II Is believed that by another week tho dis
mssai wave will reach tho Hudson River road.