Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-04-23

companies have at last employed a sufli-
cient number of men to man all their en-
gines and switches, and they now an
nounce their readiness to do all the trans
ferrng across the river and between the
various railroad yards in East st. Louis
which may he required. Their inability
hitherto to engage full crews has been the
only impediment to a full resumption OF
operations by the different roads, and now
that this is removed the freight business
on the east side of the river has assumed
its normal condition. The railroads yes
terday took advantage of the Sunday
quiet and succeeded in transferring all the
blockaded freight which had accumulated
since the commencement of the strike,
and to-day the officials announce clear
tracks and their ability to perform their
whole duty as common carriers.
Men on All New York's Surface Railroads
But Two Quit work.
NEW YORK, April 19.-All night last
night the executive board of the Empire
Protective association was secretly de-
batting the expedency of tying up all the
surface roads of the city, and it was not
until after o'clock this morning that a
determination was reached. An order
was then prepared and sent to the officials
of the local assemblies calling out the
men on all the street. car lines save those
ON Eighth and Ninth avenues. Four
o'clock this morning was the hour fixed
for the tie-up, and the order was obeyed
The Fourth avenue line employees said
afterward to a reporter that they had no
ground of complaint against the com
pany. They had five or six non union
men, but they were with the employees
and would be initiated into the union
l,.x zinc
off now solely because of the general or
der to do so. The superintendent of the
road said he knew his men were entirely
satisfied, but he had heard there was a
belief that the roads had combined.
There was, he believed, no truth in any
statement to that effect. He had no one
to consult in this matter as Mr.. Wander
bilt was on the ocean; he was the one
director who would be likely to act in
such a case. He did not care whether his
men were members of the union or not, so
long as the cars were running. They
would make no attempt to run any cars.
The tie-up would cost the road in losses
at least 5000 per day. The doors of the
stables were closed to day and the horses
were cared for by the men.
Cars on the Sixth Avenue road, on the
Dry Dock, Grand street and East Broad
way lines, on the Fortysecond street
Boulevard and ST. Nicholas avenue rail
third street lines, the Broadway and
Seventh avenue lines, the Barclay street
line, the Forty second street and Grand
street ferry line, and the cars on the Belt
line railroad also were all tied up to-day,
causing extraordinary delay and incon
venience in the transaction of business.
In some cases the men struck because
they were ordered to, in others because
they wanted higher pay, and in still other
instances because they wanted the com
panieS to employ no non-union hands and
discharge several offensive clerks or Of
ficals.
Mobbing the Cars.
NEW YORK, April 19.-Late this after
noon the Third avenue railroad company
made an attempt to start out car ovel
their road, but after having gone half &
dozen blocks it was surrounded by a moi
who smashed the windows, wrecked the
car and badly beat the driver. The police
charged the mob, composed Of about 2000
a large number being roughs. 1t took IL
policemen TO scatter them.