The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-03-15
COLOSSAL WRECK.
Two Trains Crash Together a Few
Miles East of Altoona.
An Engineer and Two Brakemen Re-
ported Killed.
Several Passengers Injured but None
Fatal y.
New York Elevated Trains Col ide at
Station.
The Heaviest Snow Storm of the Sea-
aon in Tho Easf
The Heaviest Snow Storm of the Sea-
son in The East.


on the Pennsylvania road this morning
"a teE miles east of Altoona. Two en-
gineers, two firemen and brakeman
are reported killed. Five or six
passengers were injured, but none
fatally.
A later dispatch says the express
which was coming west was behind
time and was running at the rate of
forty-five Miles an hour. The collision
was terrific. Three Pullman cars were
wrecked and three passengers were in
jurea but their names could not be
learned. Gardner the dead engineer
resided at Harrisburg, and Mowroy,
his fireman lived at Altoona. The &C
cident occurred at ''Niggers Gap" a
rough part of the road about forty
miles east of Altoona.
The brakeman on the express, Ern-
est V. Meyer of Harrisburg, is the
third death reported from the wreck.
The injured will be brought to Altoona.
| The wreck is simply colossal. All
trains east and west are now ten hours
late and none can get through before
evening. There are siXty-three passen-
| gers on the western train and the
tracks are lined with detained trains.
The wreck crews from Mifflin, Hunt
! Ingdon, Tyrone and Altoona are at the
scene of the disaster.
| The western mail express train
reached Altoona at one O'Clock. Pas
| sengerS report the complete wreck of
the first sleeper and second partly, but
everybody is safe, beyond three in the
first coach who were seriously injured.
| The wreck involves an estimate loss of
$75 900. The engineer of the rear
train was killed and number of pas
sengers were injured.
ELEVATED TRAINS TELESCOPE.
| New YORK, March 12.-At 7:10 this
morning two trains on the Third aven
ne elevated road collided at Seventy
sixth street station. One train was at
the station unloading and taking on
passengers, with which it was already
| overcrowded. Owing to the snow on
/ the snow on the track the train was I'M
able to start After it had been stand
ing about twenty minutes, to the hor-
ror of all, a train came rushing down
| the incline from Seventy-fourth street
and dashed into the rear car. The
scene that followed was indescribable.
The engine reared upon the end of the
last car and steam escaped in great
volumes but fortunately rushed up
wards, thus saving he hemmed-in
crowd on the forward train as we'll as
those on the end of the platform.
TUE SNOW STORM OF THE SEASON.
| NEW YORK, March 12.-The hardest
snow storm of the year by far is raging
in New York. It began early this
morning and at 3 o'clock was a foot
OF over on the ground.
| CUT OFF.
New YORK, Mar. 12.-Embargo on
Geographic communication is almost
complete, the south being entirely cut
off. The stock exchange just unani-
mously adopted the following: Re
solved, that it is the sense of the mem
bers present that all dealings so far as
possible be suspended and deliveries go
over until tomorrow. March ID.
Judge Greshan's Decision
CHICAGO, March 14.-After formal
statement of the case, Judge Gresham
delivered the following opinion in the
; Wabash case this morning:
Although the property of the Wa
bash company is in custody of the
court it is operated by receiver as a
common carrier. His rights and du-
ties are those of Il carrier. He is
bound to afford to all railway cOmpan-
! les whose lines connect with his
equal facilities for exchange of traffic
Lt Is his duty to receive from and de;
liver to connecting roads both loaded
= and empty cars. He cannot discrimi-
nate against oDe road by maintaining
, the policy of non-intercourse. More
need not be said on this question, as
/. the receiver has wisely rescinded his in.
structiOnS which Disseminated against
the petitioner who has no purpose OF
2 desire to deny to the petitioner any OF
it's local rights. Although the
! petitioner has accomplished its chief
purpose in invoking the aid of the
court, it is urged by its council that
q persons belonging to the Brotherhood
, of Locomotive Engineers and es
: pecially 2. NJ. Arthur who is the CHIEF
{ officer of that organization, has inter
ferred with the receiver and his sub
ordinates in the management of the
Wabash property and that they should
be punished for the illega
: and contumacious conduct the
! receiver and his council make
no such complaints. On the contrary
! the receiver declares that there ha,
4 been no interference with him. While
: the affidavits submitted in sup
: port of the petition show that Mr.. Ar
thur, in Geographic message to tn,
4 engineers of the Union Pacific Rail
! read company at Omaha. directed then
: to haul no cars of the petitioner, it doe
not fairly appear from the evidence
that the engineers in the service of thu
:: receiver received such orders by tele
!: graph or otherwise. For the present i
' is sufficient to say that the court VIII
:; protect the property of the Wabash il
i its custody. but the employs
n of the receiver cannot be obligeC
= to remain in his service agains
r thar wishes, but neither they or other
; will be permitted to interfere with o.
:, disturb the receiver or his subordinate
l. in the possession and operation of the
4 property in his custody. LaWless inter
r ference with the receiver and his EN-
/, plOyes in the discharge of thei
4 ated. 1t is proper to state, however
r. in justice to the Wabash engineer
t that they do not desire to maintain al
r. attitude of defiance to the law ant
4 that they are now willing to aid the re
i ceiver in the lawful and successful ad
ministration of his trust. The receiv
er's answer renders it Unnecessary 70
the court to do more than direct tina
= the petition remain on file for futur
: action should there be occasion for it
Is use.
1t DoDGING DUNDY's DECISION.
10 COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa. March A.
- All of the switch engines of tn
Union Pacific doing work at the CouI
s. ell Bluffs yards were quietly taken t
:. the round house last night and thi
N morning. The engineers when aske
E. their reason for quitting work sal
ID they were sick or tired of work. It
X understood that they gave these req
Id sons on account of Judge Dundy's d.
he eision, but Il was very noticeable ho'
suddenly an engineer became sick c
tired when he saw a q. car coupled O
-, behind his engine. al passenger an
10 dummy trains are running as usual.
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