Connecticut western news., 1890-09-10
STRIKERS UNDER ARREST
Several Alleged Train Wreckers
 Apprehended at Albany.
J. J. REEDS ALLEGED CONFESSION

J. J. REEDS ALLEGED CONFESSION It Is Said That He duplicates Four strik.
 CTS in the Castleton nAhair-Prominent
 Knights Sympathize with the Railroad.
 The Air Is Full of Rumors.
 ALBANY, Sept. s.-John J. Reed, brake man residing at East Albany, has been ar rested at Hudson charged with wrecking the New York Central train near Castleton Thursday night. It is said that he has con. fessed his crime and has given the names of four companions, all of whom, it ia said, are strikers. The greatest excitement prevails here, and the strikers themselves make threats against Reed. He was brought to this city very quietly and is thought to be confined in the Central de pot, although Superintendent Bissell says he is not. MT. Bissell, when seen by 8 United Press reporter, said: 1T have nothing to say and would prefer to have things kept quiet. Today may be @ day o1 surprises"
 How the Arrest Was Made.
 Capt. Robert Pinkerton said: Nothing can be said just now. My men did not ap- prehend the man, and even if they had, ] could not talk of the case.
 "The facts are difficult to obtain, but it seems that as soon as the detectives went to work they found traces of Reed, who is 8 we'll known railroad man, his whole family being in the busineV. He was tracked to Schodiack and then tp Hudson, and Saturday night one of the detectives found him at disrepntable house. The chief detective of the road clapped him on the back and said, Reed, we want you at Albany
 "Who SQuealed9"
 "Reed turned deathly pale, and said What, for that job at Castletoni Who squealed'
 "He was at once locked up and was brought here later"
 Mr.. Bissell's reticence in the matter, it is believed, arises from the fact that they are trying to get Reed to give the names o1 the others, and further rumors say that prominent Knights of Labor are con- cerned. Master Workman Lee said today that Reed was not striker, but had re- fused to go out with them in the late trouble. He says that knights sympathize with the road and hope that all concerned will be caught.
 Both Are Said to Be Knights.
 Reed is unmarried and lives with his mother at East Albany. He has been miss. ing ever since the night of the wreck. At his home last night it was stated that he was Knight of Labor and a striker, de spite the knights denial. A man named Lone Miller, railroad man, knight and a striker, has also been arrested at his home in Greenbush Hollow on the charge of being one of the wreckers. It is thought that Reed has turned state's evidence and that this Is the first fruit of the evidence. Other arrests are promised soon. No in formation of any consequence can be ob. tained from the railroad authorities.
 An Account of the Wreck.
 ALBANY, Sept. 6.-The Montreal express which was wrecked near here was twenty five minutes behind time and was thunder ing along toward Albany at thirty-mile rate. Twenty minutes before the first section had gone by. Within those twenty minutes monstrous hands created the ob struction, against which the engine threw itself.
 There was the indescribable crash, and like terrified horse the powerful engine
 
 tortured out of shape, stood still. The locomotive was partly suspended in the air, appearing as though 1t might topple over in the ditch; meanwhile the engineer and fireman held their posts.
 Tho Cars Ditched.
 In the first car were twenty-two passen. gers. It left the track and slid down the embankment, and none of it's occupants ivi, 11xyI I,ofy he second coach fared worst of all, standing in the ditch with its trucks in the air. Il contained Miss Atkinson, of Fremont N. r.; her young brothers, the porter and conductor. Miss Atkinson's injupies, al first supposed to be severe, proved trifing
 The third car formed bridge across the ditch, standing at right angles with the track. It contained eight passengers. Al the spectators gazed upon the three cars tossed here and there like gigantic jack straws, they were lost in astonishment that not one out of all the thirty-six occupant, had been lost. The fourth car was sus pended over the ditch, held in position by its coupling and the weight of the foul cars behind it, the latter not leaving tn, roadbed, but extending obliquely acros, the north bound track.
 The first shock over windows were quick ly raised and all who could went to wor} with will to rescue those imprisoned II the overturned cars and render such othel assistance as they could. Most of thos, disabled wore merely bruised or cut by thu glass of broken windows.
 Arranged with Fiendish Ingenuity. Superintendent Bissell soon arrived a the scene and began bis investigation. Fl, found carefully studied arrangement, , rail having been jammed into the cattl' guards, wedged with timbers and furthe held by fish plates, the whole mass being in a slanting petition, 50 as to lift thu that the judgment which contrived the ob straction was experienced, for the wrecl ] was as complete as the escape of passen gers was miraculous MT. Bissell wa. 1 confirmed in his opinion that the disaste had been deliberately planned when h. discovered an exactly similar obstruction on the southbound track, short distance | north of the one which caused the mis chief
 It is thought by some that the conspira ! tors supposed the regular trains to hay, | passed and intended to accomplish the de struction of the freight trains which pas over the Hudson river division at abou ! the same hour.
 Knights Want the Fiends Punished. The general officers of the Knights o Labor are also very anxious to get the cas- sifted J. J. Holland, of the general ex l soutivs board, has arrived and is in con l sultation with Messrs Wright and Devlil as to the advisability of offering an addi tional reward of q 900 for the conviction of the guilty on the part of the Knights o | Labor. The leaders of the Knights of La bor declare that they will aid the Centra l Hudson road to ferret cut the scoundre1s. Frightful Fall at Buffalo. l BUFFALO, Sept. a-E. E. Smith, of Bine hamton, guest at the Breezel hotel, fel ! from the fifth story window of the hotel l the pavement about o'clock in the morn ing and was instantly killed. l