Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-14
BRAKEMEN ON A STRIKE.
REDUCING THE FREIGHT TRAIN
FORCE THE CAUSE.

Only Two Men on Thirty Cars-A ttemptp
to Send Out Trains Faiiure-rha
Conductors Join in the Demand-~Over-l
production I'm the Print Oloth AxilEs--i
The Pittsburg Conferences Failure.
NEWARK, o, June lathe brakerneRF
Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad arc
out on a general strike. The trouble is
not on account OF wages, but simply the
result OF a reduction Of the force on
freight trains. a general reduction was
made last night by removing the front
brakeman Of every freight train drawn
by Mogul engines, and efforts were made /
to send out trains vita two brakemen
The brakemen claim that the State law
requires one man for every ten cars. The
Mogul engines usually draw thirty cars.
When they saw two men would be re-
quired to manage train refusal was
made to 60 out, and the trains were kept
at a standstill.
a train resulted in the brakemen cougre.
gated pulling the pins and cutting thei
train In ten or twelve parts, and threat~l
ening injury 10 persons. One OF the 0liis}
cials drew a revolver and threatened tOi
shoot, and for a time it looked as though
. riot was imminent. Two leaders Of the
strike were arrested and placed in prison.,
cOmpany's attorney, for fear that thetri
confinement would lead TO greater excite~s
ment and further trouble.
Tne conductors refused 10 go out with
out their regular crews, and thus anothers
obstacle was met, and a number OF
regular trains were held Late In the
night small train was sent Out4
There are about 300 brakemen here
and they are all determined.
THE PRINT CLOTH TROUBLES.
FALL RIVER, MASS, June 18.-A ma~l
jority Of the mills have stopped the rs'-l
quired month, vet there is more priE G.
cloth on the market to-day than there was
when the stoppage begun, although theI
deliveries were $4,000 pieces more than
the production last week. The reversed
has been often the case. The stoppage Or
one month has curtailed the Production
GS0, 600 pieces and has been a LOSS 70 theI
operatives Of $25o.0O0. 10 Is now certain
that the mills viii shut down two weeks
in July and two in August. The follows
ing is last weeks statement: Production
lO5,000 pieces; deliveries 10000; sales,
15l COO; stock on hand, $685. 600
CONFERBING WITH THE MANUFACTURES
ERs.
PIrTsBURG, PA, June 13.-The confer
ence between the iron manufacturers and
a committee OF the amalgamated assOcia-l
ton commenced at ] o'clock this AFTER
noon. The utmost secrecy ia being mains
tanned. The iron workers Say that tho
recOnvening Of the conference means the
surrender of the manufacturers.
The conference Of the iron workers and
manufacturers was adjourned without
result. The manufacturers offered "a c0iG-I
prOmlse the nature Of which is not
known, and, alter discussion Of nearly
10 hours over IL, the workmen rejected It,.
The manufacturers then asked iOr an-i
other conference on Tuesday.
TRAINATEN ON A STRIKE.
PrrTsBURG, PA, June IA Dispatch
from StOuebOrO. Pa. says: The train-
men OF the Buffalo, New York and Phila-.i
delphla Railroad struck to-day for back
pay and against reduction in wages Of
2j per cent. Conductor Ryan attempted
to move train this evening, but was
prevented from doing 80 by the strikers,
who stopped the engine and attacked
Ryan, quite seriously injuTing him.
Nearly 100 cars Of freight are sidetracked
here. No further trouble is apprehel ldeds