Morning journal and courier., 1890-08-11

met will surprise people. The men are
remaining quietly away from the yards,
and will avoid trouble If it is possible. We
are not interfering with passenger trains,
ana shall not attempt to stop them, but
the road must not attempt to move pound
of freight or there will be trouble.
Superintendent Bissell said when inter
viewed.
1--WE are making good time with our pass
enger trains and are satisfied that they
viii be on schedule time tomorrow.
The road will not attempt to move any
trains either tonight or tomorrow, but
on Tuesday may make the attempt"
That the railroad people are greatly
alarmed is evident from the fact that 300
Pinkerton men are here and Robert Pink
erton himself in command. Each man is
armed and they are spread out over the
tracks between Albany and West Albany.
The draw of the freight bridge is still open
and will probably remain SO.
At o'clock this afternoon at secret
conference of strikers delegates were pres
ent from the following divisions: No.
2O3, Locomotive Firemen of Albany, 210
of Schenectady, 215 of East Albany and
Division No. 40 Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. 1t was determined to
force the crisis and tomorrow engineers
and hremen will refuse to draw traius
containing anything except the United
States mail. No passengers of any de-
scription are to go out, and no freight.
Three other roads are in imminent dan
ger of being shut down. A strike was. OF
dered on the Delaware and Hudson at
seven O'Clock to night, but Withdrawn I'M
til Freight Manager Farlin's return to-
morrow morning. The cause assigned is
that railroad is carrying freight belonging
to the Central road Warming was sent
tonight to the Boston and Albany and
also to the Fitchburg railroad to desist in
handling the Central freight.
At II o'clock to nightlocal assembly No.
10,8A was ordered out to protect the
tracks at West Albany and protect the
company's property
At Hudson depot, N. Y, all the New
York Central employees went out to-day
after setting the signals in the tower al
danger"
Railroad officials of the lines terminating
in Jersey City say tonight that they had
received no intimation of strike among
their employees and did not expect one. Al
midnight one thousand police were started
from the various precints to take possession
of the railroad tracks from Spuyten'D uyvil
to Yonkers. AT 10 o'clock in the morning
it is proposed to start the first freight
train.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Mr. Florence NJ
Donovan, member of the state board OF
arbitration, received dispatch tonight
from District Master Workman Lee of Dis
trict assembly No. 246, K. of L., Albany
stating that the employees of the New Yorl
Central and Hudson River railroad WERE
DESTROYS of submitting the question al
issue between them and the company tt
the state board of arbitration for settle
ment Mr. Donovan has submitted the
dispatch to the other members of tht
board.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 1O.-Passengel
trains arriving from the east and wes
have been passed through the yards a
East Syracuse to-day by the aid of the
state militia. Freight trains are standing
on the main tracks in the yards, but pas
senger trains were passed around them
An attempt was made this forenoon t.
move freight train under military escort
but met with resistance from the strikers
At one time conflict seemed imminent
Deputy Sheriff Kratz had his revolver al
one time pointing into the face of q
striker, and four or five of the soldiers
were surrounded by about thirty strikers
who pressed them into quarters SO Gloss
that they could not use their bayonets
yard, where they now stand.
Arrangements were. made about O'Clock
this afternoon to transfer all the New
York Central passenger trains over the
West Shore railroad at Oswego Junction
The three trains that were held up at the
Central station since noon were backed W
to Oswego Junction and then sent easi
over the West Shore road. All the other
trains from the west after 3 O'Clock were
sent over the West Shore. The New Yorl
Central has refused to sell tickets fol
points east.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 10.-Grand
Master Sargent of the Brotherhood of Lo
connective Firemen, received many tele
grams from the New York Central strik,
to-day, asking him to come east, but h
declines to take any official action in re
hood was not consulted in it's inception anG
was not called upon to use any of it's usua
means of settling grievances with railroad
companies.
BUFFALO, Aug. 10.-The first case OF
violence in the strike occurred in the cas-
end of the depot about 10 o'clock tonight
As one of the trains were pulling out Of
the depot it was boarded by two men who
attempted to get the brakemen to deser
the train. On their refusing they tried t.
draw them from the train, but without
success. The policemen gave chase bu
were unable to capture the men. 1t is mo-
known who they were.
No freight trains We're moved to-day
The strikers held two meetings to-day ant
initiated a number of new members, how
many they would not say.
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