New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-24
THE DELAWARE AND HUDSON INVOLVED.
YARDMEN QUIT WORK, REFUSING TO HANDLE
CENTRAL FREIGHT

ALBANY. n Y. Aug. % lSpecaD- knights
are becoming sorcly perpleXed as to funds ana
the failure Of this element i'll the light IS ALREADY
beginning to be felt Nevertheless, the strikers
onpcar confident This afternoon at various
times committees from the strikers. when were
comnoscd of members of local assemblies, succeed
ed in Getting about seyenty-fve Delaware and
Hudson ward men and yard brakemen to quit
work and n few OF the night force To remain away
from their posts
SUPERINTENDENT Hammond of the Delaware ana
Hudson Road visited the Green Island yaras 'uis
morning and informed the men that the company
had decided to accept from and deliver ifelshV
20 the New-York Central and Hudson River Rail
road os IL lad done previous to the present strike
on the latter road and that the men would either
bovo % handle il or quit work The yardmen
then quit. About sixty yardmen at the Lumber
81. yard went out shortly after and then sent
a committee 10 the lower yards asking the men
,berc IN come ont. These have not yet come
ont but it is reported that they VIII do 50 AT u
o'clock when the night force will also refuse to
20 10 work.
\ delegate who represented the Railroad Men
Protective Union at the conference OF rahroan
leaders in Troy. said to-day that the te-up oil
fine Boston and Albany and Fitchburg roads might
be looked for any day now. An official OF the
Ncw-Yorll Central. when Informed of the pioDaDe
tic-up on It's connecting roads, said
"I may as we'll he understood right here tnat
the roads connecting with the Central are com
rellcd by law to receive all freight from the
Central read which may be destined Tor points
on any of those roads This is not Central ireieht'
nm, is the cousienccs freight. ii the connecting
,,,1s refusc to receive freight from the Central
,bc consiguccs thereof have right By law TO sue
the roal So refusing for damages. IhlS question
vos fully established at the time OF the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy strike. The roads con-
rcctinn with that line then refused to accept from
or deliver any freight to the Chicago burning 'oh
and Quincy Constant offers ot ireieht iailsleIs >
were made by the latter road, and every relus'i
,o accent was made the subject OF lawsuit WIhcn
resulted in damages being awarded 10 'ie 'oh-
.icnee in every case The Onlted states oo"''e
then held that connecting ROADS must acceP' 't"H'
fer freight in every case 49,,
Suncrntcndent Hammond says that he Will NIL
,h nI,ccs of the strikers soon as possible.
Freight business is practically at stah''tl'' "u'
/ messenger trains run as usual :. -
! The Central officials say that the Iorcc III i 'o
renair shops at West Albany is the only one lacN-
;ni, in numbers Tonight the knights issued II
Tbis is thc fourteenth day OF the strike ana
m far ne the freight traffic is concerned the situa-
80 ~ 49, nr,cticaIIv fine same our position Is ma"
trraly the better OF the two, as DctWech ,,e cum
nony's position and ours, for the reason 'l'I m ou
members to "a man are sohd ana tuii OF h3pc .Iu L
,hc certainty Of ultimate victory. we realize uno
Fact that the company depends for success upon
a break in our ranks which SO far nave pech IL Urn. "
/ os a rock They know as well as we 90 una. ~ =
s ntterly impossible to run railroad su'h as the
Tew.Yorl Central without experienced men; anu anu
that il is simply out Of the question I" M ,h .he
I"ccs of thousands Of lirst-claSs men such as thc
pn,, NOW ON strike So 1t is evident that all we
/ Invo tn do d Is 10 Sldllu HIul'