Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-08-14
r.o New York Central and Wander
bilt Railroad Lines Are
Tied Up.
Tho Cause of the Strike is the Dis
charge of Knights Of Labor
Men.
croat Excitement Prevails Among
tbe Men-Scabs Are Expected
togo to Work.

strike or Dne tuipioyoS VI oho No" III
Central and Hudson River railroad begun
ar 7,30 tonight. No train left the depot
A. Forty-second street since that hour.
NEW YORK, Aug. 8.-The rumblings of
the expected storm among the thousands
ofamnloyes of the New York Central and
tbe Vanderbilt lines, owing to the dis
charge of the Knights of Labor and Broth
srhood men, broke like flash from the
clear sky tonight. All the length of the
Central was tied up. Trains were left by
tbe crews where they stood when the or
der came. Two passenger trains were
left at the S0th street tunnel. The latest
ronort is that the West Shore road is tied
nm throughout its length, as well as the
New York & New Haven road Great
tbrongs of people crowded the Grand Cen
tral depot trying to have tickets changed.
No one seemed to know how it was,
or who ordered The strike. Even ]. j. Hol-
land the labor leader, denied that he
knew who ordered it, or even that it was
ordered. Representatives of the railroad
company called upon acting superintendent
of police Byrnes, for protection, and all the
reserves on the east side, above And street
IN Yonkers, and Oh the west side, from st.
Johns park to Yonkers, were placed on
duty. guarding the tracks and property.
The depot at And street was under the
protection of full force of police, assisted
by the members of the boat patrol. In
spector Byrnes detectives guarded the
switches and the signal stations along the
road 10 Yonkers. After these arrangements
had been made, word reached the police
headquarters that some of the strikers in
tended to take possession of the switch
house on 9TH street and 4th avenue. In
spector Byrnes Immediately detailed two
detectives tie watch that point, the in
.pector himself decided to remain at
headquarters all night. Vice President
Webb, of the New York Central on be-
ing Interviewed by reporter, said the
strike extended west only to Albany.
all of the men who went out from
the employ of the road tonight
Webb said, would be promptly discharg-
ed in the morning. Those men who re-
NAMED would be taken care of and amply
protected, as well as the men who came to
work for the road. The road would take
on all the good men who applied for work
in the morning as far as they were needed
to Eli the places of the deserters. With
great emphasis TIE vice president an
nounced that he would fight the strikers
to the bitter end. He said the new set
Of demands he had never seen and knew
nothing about--in effect these de-
mands are for a minimum
day wage, of 81 50; the station agents to
receive an increase OF s. month; the men
in the yards at Troy and Green Island shall
receive the same compensation as at
Schenectady and East Albany; all of the
iremen on The six wheel connected engines
'ball receive 2ls cents per mile; all engi-
neers on the same cents; four wheel
engineers SO cents per mile; the tiremen
2cents per mile, for all over time double
pay, Mr.. Webb announced that the
fast mail had pulled out of the
depot at nine o'clock with four mai
cars but no passengers were
attached to the train. The vice president
further announced no attempt would be
made to run any trains tonight. There
are no means to get to Albany or New
England tonight but the opening up of the
great avenues of trade would be begun to-
morrow.
ALBANY, Aug. 6.-The Central Hudson
road Is tied up from Buffalo to New York
All the switchmen deserted their posts.
The trains are allowed to proceed to the
terminal divisions and then the switch
service is refused.
he strike was ordered on account Of
The discharge of certain employees. Under
Tie orders every train was to be abandoned
no matter where it might be. Travel was
not only blocked on the Central railroad
nut also on the New York e. New Eng
and and the New York & Harlem roads
which use the tracks of the Central as ia,
a. Aerose. There is great excitement al
'he depots, where great crowds Of people
F9 gathered, who expected to take trains
'lt OF the city. The hotels in the neigh
ooFn7od are crowded with disappointed
travellers.
Mr. Webb stated that outside Of loca
mort Instance trains there were fourteen
uains that ought to have left the station
'rtVeen o. clock and midnight. Only on,
these trains went out-the fast mai
I'in They surely would have trains run
mig n the morning.
j.. j.. Holland, of the executive board o
~ tna.s e.