The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-08-16
THE STRIKE IS OVER.
New York Central Trains short Hande,
but Moving.

NEW IoRK. Aug. 2-Notwithstand-
ing the statement of the officials of the
New York Central road that the back
bone of the strike is broken, and the
apparent belief of the poblic in these
assertions, the strikers themselves are
still confident that the crisis has not yet
been reached, and that before the
week is over the road will be tied
up as tight as drum. This
belief was strengthened by the
speeches made at the meeting Of
strikers which was held this afternoon.
About 600 of the men met at > o clock.
Master Workman Lee spoke and after
ward talked with reporters. When
asked about the letter which appeared
in the morning paper and which he was
accused of having written to General
Manager Toucey, he replied:
Its forgery. | did not write it. |
am not a double dealer nor traitor.
and would not write such Il document.
The situation is SO serious that the rail-
road officials are resorting to every
means to discredlt me in the eyes of my
fellow workmen."
Subsequently Mr. Lee said: ''The
general executive board alone has the
power to order out at one time the men
on the roads throughout the country,
and any apparent delay in forcing con
cluSlOnS is because we are now waiting
endorsement by that body, which meets
tomorrow in Detroit" At present Lee
is the one that is directing all the move
ments of the strikers here.
Nicc-President Webb, of the New
York Central. was able to leave his Of
flee and 90 home this evening at a rca-
sonable hour for the first time since
Friday night. The situation, he said,
was all right so far as the train service
was concerned. I'VE may expect for
the next two weeks SpasmodIc out
breaks at different points \ lot of dis
gruntled men will be around who will
be out of the service. | suppose they
will make a little trouble here and
there at isolated points, and we have
got to be prepared for it. We will
keep up the PinkertOn guards as long as
it is thought necessary. The new men
are good men. We got them from Chi
cago, St Louis, 'Pittsburg and all around
They are men who have been in the
service and were laId off for different
causes" In regard to the number of
men who Went on strike, Mr.. Webb
thought there were about 800 to 1000,
some 800 or 400 of whom had returned
10 work when called for. He thought
50, 600 high estimate of the loss to the
road thus far.
In regard to the situation in the
freight traffic, General Supt. Noorhies
said: Eve have started three trains
from SiXty-titth Street up to this hour
a +. NJ. The first is up at POughkeep-
sic, the second and third are following
We started one south from Cireenbush,
that is coming south and doing work
We have men and engines switching at
different points on the Hudson River
Division. We brought train in
on the Harlem Division from
White Plains to this city
with ice and other freight. That
is now on its way back north. There is
one freight train on the Harlem Divis-
ion going north. Milk trains will run,
all full, tonight. We have been bring
ing in about onehalf the quantity of
milk we ought to. | am hiring men for
freight for Albany and that vicinity, but
| don't want any more men here. We
are not yet receiving any freight into
New York. The loss to the company in
the freight department is comparatively
small.
foNDA, \. ", Aug. PA freight
train passed west through the Mohawk
Valley this afternoon over the New
York Central road. The train started
from Schenectady and no difficulty was
experienced. The switchmen and bag
gaeemasters here who went out on strike
have, with one exception, returned to
work.
SYRACUSE, y. Y, Aug. 12.-Cmef Fo-
ley. in charge Of Pinkertons men at
East Syracuse, declares the strike end
ed. No striker has appeared there since
the yard WIS cleared yesterday after
noon. Freight trains are being rapidly
made up. All the men needed are at
command. All trains are running ON
usual time.
BUFFALO, \. Y, Aug. l2.-New York
Central Railway authorities in Buffalo
are more confident than ever that the
strike. as far as this end of the road is
concerned, is practically over. This
view of the situation vas borne out bv
the fact that such trains are not any
later than they might be at any time
when there was no strike in progress.
ALBANY, \. Y, Aug. l2.-The situa-
ton here remains unchanged on the
part of the strikers. They report no
new accessions to their ranks. The pas
senger trains between here and New
York are running nearly on time, while
of the five western trains which have
come in since midnight only one was
late.
Troy. \. Y, Aug. 12.-The effects Of
the railroad strike are rapidly disap-
pearing in this city. The positions of
the strikers on the Troy Union Railroad
have all been tiled and all passenger
trains to-day have moved on time.
BUFFALO, AeI.. Aug. l2.-The strike
is dead to all appearances at this point.
Passenger trains moved with regularity
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