Telegram-herald., 1886-04-23
=" FOR GODS SAKE /"
" Run That Engine Back for
Us LabOring Men
THE APPEAL HARD At CHlcls0
A. Exciting Scene al the LaSs shore
Company Yards sssterdaf
Ar srsooa- The Switch
men Triumphant

tHEeAa0. April - A ne8 phase As p0t
on the sSitehuiens strike by discovering
this morning thai the Lake Shore company
bad obtained a writ Of injunction %
restrain james q + eefe aud Ehe re,t of the
striking sWitchmSn from Interference in
sny nay Nlth the business Of the Company
and from cCming upon the lmplainaDrs
premises and from assualtiug Or ia any
wise iuterfert ing wiJh the company's em-
pl0ves. etc. Ira pursuance of the writ
spec.al traia ~ made up Al the Lake
Shore depot 70 take deputy sheriffs % the
scene Of the trouble 90 order to serve the
writ on The strikers. The deputies march
Ell into the depot aud up 70 the tram in
military style Then came eighty men
whO bad applied for work as ssitch.nea
and had been accepted. They were under
charge Of Col Jenke, of Mooney and
BOlands detective agency aud had been
swOrn ia a. deputies. Next came squad
of PinkertOn meu, WHO had been sworn
and special officers. A majority of them
were armed with clubs bat wore no stars
and carried no hre arms that We're visible.
Other small detachmenIs came
IN from time % time until there
were about two hundred men at the train
A,big bundle OF hickory clubs came last. They
were intended for the deputy sherilis and
were carried on board the train. At 1911
Division Superintendent Amesden gave the
signal 10 move To the engineer and the train
pulled out The total force on the train
was 22t men including the 80 sitchmen.
At the yards there was great excitement
when il was known that special train was
coming from the cLy with officers aud
Il ha 81
Thirty -nlnthst. aud was followed by
large crowd 20 RoOt-st. 4 committee of
striking switchmen waited on Superinten
dent Amsden and asked him TO ALLOW one
OF the men To go into the rear
car and address the men who had
been secured 10 take their places.
In accordance with the request John Col
lns got on the car and made five minutes
speech He explained the situation and
begged them on their honor As men not 20
go 70 work He was not lnterierred with
by any Of the officers. Collins then left the
car followed by three imported switchmen
and the cars weIe surrounded by strikers
and their friends who used every argument
they could 10 persuade the switchmen to
leave the ears. A deputy marshal served
twelve OF the writs OF injunction out of
seventy which they had with them.
A critical moment came al 2.30 p. IN. when
.
came ont of the round house. The sheriffs
guarded It in front. sides and
rear Before the engine reached the
main track, the deputies were almost in
mass of excited men who crowded the
tricks Collins mounted the engine and
began talking To the engineer The wheels
soon stopped when Collins was heard 10
say. BE kind enough not 20 do this; yOu
are no capitalist For Gods sake run that
/ ..f- iab II.
viii your The engineer reached for his
| lever, and the engine started back to the
round house amid deafening cheers from
| the switchmen and their friends. When
| opposite the tank General superintendent
/ Wright got on the engine and talked with
tile engineer while the engine stood still
and there was silence over the great crowd.
/ Mike Crowley shook his head aud ran the
| engine into It's stall. Superintendent Wright
! was asked If he could not get the man 10 run
| the engine out and he said: Il will
/ Try again. | think ] can" Fully 1900
people filed the yards and crowded the
/ tracks at this time. Superintendents
| Wright and Amesden, General Freight
| Agent Ncko and Iardmaster Jones had
| repeated conferences with individual mem
bers and with the committee Of strikers. but
no arrangement was arrived at. At 4
| o'clock the crowd had swollen 70 at least
|
women in carriages who waved their hand
kerchiefs when the engines backed into the
| round house. The committee of strikers
| kept at work az the imported switchmen.
| They argued with them, begged them TO
| show themselves men aud get out of the
car. They told them. The castle you are
| in now will tumble down, and rail-
road magnates will be buried with you in
the ruins Have you got a family -
have We. Here's > for you to come out
and here $40 more. and the terms were
put up before the window. d. F. Webster,
one Of the objection able switchmen, has not
taken bis time or put in his resignation.
He with about twenty-five others. remained
ready for duty After Crowley had backed
the engine ints It's stall no more attempt:
were made 20 run one out. Out of the
eighty imported swiichmen the strikers in
duced fiftv-fve To- desert the company and
the remaining twenty-five were brought
back 70 this city. The programme
a. laid out for today by the railroad officials
was t. get ont thirteen cars of perisbable
freighr an engine was 70 proceed from
| Thirty -Ninth-st 20 One Hundred anc
Twenty Eighth-st. get cars and pass Eighty
! Third 81 where the striker we're c)ngregsted
at fall force. The plan miscarried. OWNS
% the inability II the company 20 get an
engineer who wouldstake the risk. one O
/ officials OF the road SAID this evening fna
the euxinee-s were not afraid 0f the strikers
but at the same time we've disincIine3 q
do anything that would cause them 70 q
forth a. marked men. One II thl
engineers said 10 a reporter TODAY tha
there was no uss If attempting % get on
an engine while 80 MANY men were con
zregated about the yards insf,,a ,,as scon as Al
engine is brought ouf said he the mes
T commence - climb f ike squirrels
striker po8rs the burden Of his fsppeal int
one ear while an outsider whose face re 3
: nos recugnira. hangs oafo the other sife q
ls and in a grim d>fer mined manner tell
gs it vii 81 hard wifh Hs If ne don ru'
the engine bark We 30nt care - he
: / mark fcs thesr hoolinus AMI oatsiiers =
hack TIE engine Eue@
Nothing definite "a knawn tanfzht ss 6
whsf ccursa Ni3 ~ pursued tarnorrap
al the ierHtes. Plakerfon men snd sritcF
/ rsen have beer ordered e. reperf Al f6
, / ard swait orders Ar ~0nth Cnicazo sr
F other tttenpt Tss msie ~ frsaSfs~ ssn'
cars ~ soke fr0ua The naain track 70 re re-
/, anu mills AT engine vas hrenzht fros
: Elshart baf waeu if arrived naf = sing
+ eaanifng-rin c8ai6 - fonns n fse rar3
Ii lte Vicialtr. Tee eoke vzs rir reeves
( Tie 70 ing mtl however + abfs 2. q
nlensv ~ efke over the Rsifincrs & ~
e sr8 fennsF irtrsa reasfs
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