New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-06
PROMPT ACTION BY THE ROAD.
A REWARD OF es 600 OFFERED FOR THE AIRES

~ NEWARD OF 60 OrF ENED FUN THE AhKFST
OF THE TRAIN.wREcKERS.
H. Walter Webb the third vicc-prcsdcnt Of the New.
York Central and Hudson River Railroad. took prompt
and energetic measures for the apprehension Of the
men who wrecked the train at Castleton. Some Of
the best detectives TO be had were put the and
u reward OF 5000 offered for the arrest of the
criminals and for evidence that will lead to their
victon. Il think. from what hear. we will be able
to find them" said MIR. Webb to Tribune reporter.
We arranging Ia patrol the track. We have al
ready had it patrolcd from Schenectady to Fast
Albany. The patrol will now run up to
Troy and down south from East Albany. 1t
may please MI powderly to learn that We have also
secured the services Of more PinhcrtoI men. VI
course. il this sort Of thing goes on we must rdonhe
our precautions. instead Of slackening them. cannot
say that this wreck the work Of strikers because
do not know that il But people can judge for
themselves whether It was or not such occurrences
might not be surprising at any time in unsettled por
tOnS OF the country but that this accident should have
happened in Ncw-lO-k state during the strike is. to
say the least, remarkable coincidence"
Mr.. Webb gave the reporter the following informa
ton in regard TO the wrecked train: 1t the Sc,
ond section OF No. 13. fact which may be OF interest
to believers aud unbelicvcrs I'm the thirteen spcr
eti.ion. The train was known the Montreal and
Northern express, and left the Grand Central station
at : 80 p. IN. on Thursday. II composed "f
Engine No. ei3 and eight Wagner ,lecpcr'-thc Kirk
wood Melbourne. OrinOco, Kent. London. Harvard.
Cumberland and Carlisle. The conductor in charge
SoGris McAullfic. and the engineer WAS Charles
White. Two Of the slccpcrs empty. In the
other, were twenty passengers bound for Montreal
fifteen for Platt>burS. three for Rouscs Point. and
six for Saratoga. About IL 30 p. m. when four
miles smth of Fast Albany and Just above CAr.lci'"
the train. which was running at the rate oi about
forty miles an hour struck the obstruction on til"
track and thrown OF the rails. The slcepinSca>
Carlisle krkwOOd rolled down tic
banhment. The passengers were much shaken and
badly SCARED but fortunately only trrc we're 1njnrcd
passenger on tho Montreal Express. which wns
due at tho Grand Central station at Yesterday.
but did not arrive until l2 10 y. m. having been
DELAYED nearly six hours by the accident. said that
thut train had had close shavc.' 1t wa'
Gagged Just before reaching the place II the accident
and might have been wrecked II II lrad not been de-
taned half an hour at Albany. This pasNensr" dc
etribed the scene at the wrcch OF No. l3 a. terri
bc- lie said that tic cars that lad fallen over the
embanknent were standing on end shattered and
broken The track blocked by wrcrhagc. 1fanic
was stopped and Plnhcrton men, armed with rifles.
wcr. on guard up and down the line Tile Travelling
public" according 70 the same inorinanf "i> much
alarmed o, the situation" Mr. Webb. howr"c:. si!
that This j, not that public confidence IN the r'ah
IS undated and that the sale OF seat ma NrtH on
passenger trains wa> yesterday a. brisk as ever WA
The new, Of the wreck and The fact that The ''rk
ers we're blamed for IT caused good deal Of ihds
nation to be expressed by the .irhcr> assembled ~
their headquarters at Twenty sAth It. ana E'ih'h'
ave la. night and they went - far ~ t1 assert
tba; the o,ccr, Of the Central rO.M knew more IMAM
they cared to tell about the case" f1rriai ihS''h'
wa, called and the fll wing resolution Wiz passed
Wher,S There been reported IN tho norrnc pHp''7
a wrcck which occurred near Cost"ton. and
whereas IL has been maicous' ihrnuai'd In tn" r"
,or, that the striking railroad employees might ha'" been
ibb~ for the wreck
i;e,olvcd That iand those statement. as n'"'u'';
fasc and ine pred by paid agents of tn" company
Resolved That Offer 300 reward for the arr - anu
CONVICTION Of The mi,c'a,t, who may ha'; caused 'h'
wreck. "A A.,
r. " Powderly. general master workman "i !i"
Euichts oi Labor. went 10 Albany N">t"Na'. ana 'h
n,hrr officers Of ihe order kept Themselves "nt "i
siclt so a., not t. the risk OF saving anythiht
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