The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-08-13
INCIDENTS OF THE STRIKE.
New Men Desert-Much Excitement and
Bitterness,


Bitterness.
NEW YORK, August 9.-Train No. %
of the New York Central railroad, due al
O'CLOCK, came into Weehawakan on the
the only Central train that came over the
West Shore road today and upon news Of
its arrival the strikers declared the West
Shore, too, would be tied up.
J. j. Holland spent most of the day in
the Grand Union hotel in conference
with representative strikers. He told re-
porters that he could not say anything
about the probabilities for Monday, be.
yond that the men would fight hard. He
could not tell, he said, whether the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers would
call out their members or not.
There were many statements made to-
day regarding the number of men on
strike. The men themselves said there
were 5000 or 1900, while the railroad
officials maintained there were but 800 OF
400.
At 6 o'clock tonight "a of the night
force Of freight switchmen of the West
Shore depot at Weehawakan reported fol-
duty. On the bulletin board at the sta
tionmasters Office, in the depot, were
written several cabilistic signs, which
men studied with interest and then quiet
ly the men went to work. At TAG
O'Clock theslecomotive whistles rang out
shrilly in the yard and 40 of the 54
switchmen left their posts, put on their
coats and walked to their homes. This
action left the yard almost deserted.
Preparations to meet the emergency
were Immediately made by Chief Dis
patcher Williams. The men were sent
out to get the tracks in readiness for the
dispatching of the $3.50 Buffalo express.
This is the most important tram of the
night and its delay would have seriously
crippled the road. As none of the pas
senger car brakemen had abandoned
their posts, this train was put off at
o'clock.
Freight conductor Kane, who acted as
spokesman for the striking switchmen
told Yardmaster Degrott that personally
the men had no grievances, but that they
had been ordered out by the Knights OF
Labor and obeyed.
-Four freight and two passenger trains
were to have left Weehawakan before
midnight and the officials made every
effort to get them out on time. The
freight engine on which the whistle was
blown, giving the signal to the men t,
stop work, was in charge of Engineer
Heninger. He denied having given the
signal saying that a strange man jumped
on the car while he was busy oiling his
engine and blew the whistle. His state
ment was not generally accepted as true
by the officials, but in order to test his
fidelity he was put to work making up a
regular freight train, which was sched-
uled to leave at II o'clock.
At 10 o'clock everything in the West
Shore yard at Weehawakan was quiet
and the work of making up trains was
going on. All incoming trains were ar
irving at the depot on time.
SOME TRAINS MOVING.
New YoRK, August 9.-At II 80 O'Clock
tonight 1t was stated that all trains of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroads were being gotten through all
right. On the New York Central road
the 7:S0 o'clock Montreal express, 9
O'Clock fast mail train and 915 o'clock
Chicago express we're all an hour and a
half late in getting out
General Manager Tonsey said all regu-
lar trains would be run on schedule time
tomorrow. 1t is reported that 800 appli-
cants to take the places Of strikers have
been notified to be on hand tomorrow,