The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-09
ALL TRAINS TIED UP.
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES ENTER
UPON A GENERAL STRIKE.
The New York Central AMI Hudson
River Compapy's DiIemma-Onicinls
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Own.
NEW YORK, Aug. S.-Ihe strike Of the
employees on the New York Central and
iIudson-Rver railroad was begun at 7:3)
O'Clock tonight. Not a train has len the
icpot at Fory-secend street since that hour.
lhe Grand Union Hotel j. ,row,icd with
people who expected % leave the city, and
had engaged passage for various points.
No one seems tO know how the strike was
| ordered on who gave the signal 10 strike.
J. j. Holland. member Of the Executive
Board OF the knights Of Labor, denied that
ne had ordered n, or even knew that strike
bad beon ordered, when seen by United
Press reporter at so'cock this evening.
viCE-pRgsIDi WEBB.
In an interview this evening. N,cc-presi-
dent Webb, OF the Central road. laid that
The strike extended only t0 Albany. Those
men who had gone out from the ,eryica of
| The company. MIR. Webb said. would be
promptly discharged i'm the morning. while
| those who remained true 10 th, ir trusts
would Ice protected and taken care OF, rs
would all who came 10 work for the conf
pany. Good men would be- taken ON as fast
as they were needed. The yice-president
announced with great emphasis that he
| would light the strike 90 the bitter end.
Mr. webb stated that the fast mail had
| pulled out at O'Clock with tour mail ears,
! bat no passenger coaches We're attached 10
IL. He also sand that no attempt would BE-
made TO run any trains Tonight. The OPEN
ing up Of the great avenues OF trade would
be begun tomorrow.
CALL UPoN POLICE.
The officials of the New York Central and
! lludsOn-RiNcr Railroad Company this eve
ming called upon ActingS superintendent .
| Burnc-. of the Metropolitan police force,
! tlr protection. In compliance with this te-
| quest the reserves In all precincts on the
east side below Forty-secOnd street have
been ordered to he held In readiness
! Tor any emergency. Above Forty-secOnd
street to lonkers on the cast side,
and on the west side from =. Johns
| Park to lonkers, the police are ON
duty guarding the tracks and property
Of the railroad company. The Twenty
third sub-procinct police guard the depot,
assisted by the police of the boat PATROL and
Inspector Byrncs. Detectives watch the
switches and signals along the road to
| lOnkers. Detectives were also sent 10 pro-
tcct the switch-house at fiitl seventh street
and Fourth avenue.
sCENKs Al ALBANY.
ALBANY. y. Y, Aug. : N.3J =. MA
general strike extends along the entire line
| OF the New York Central and lluds0n-kiNcr
railroad. Trains are being tied up at this
| pint.
At the headquarters Of General Superin-
tcndCut Bissel at the Grand Central station,
policeman guarded the room and kept
back the crowd of ugly looking men max
| ng demands 10 see the chief Of the diyi-
sion.
SUPERINTENDENT BI,sEL.
! 10 nited Press reporter Nr. Bissel
said My first mtimati0n Of The strike
was at : o'clock discovering, when the mrn
left the ward, and the local Troy trains were
! stopped for want of brakeman. The strike,
! / found, extended over the yard
men aud some OF the train men, but
none Of the conductors or engineers.
! We have received n message from
Third ice-prcsident Webb, ~, ing that the
road will tight the strike, and unless the
men return tomorrow mOming they Will be
dropped and their places liilcd. The trains
are 80 far delayed about four hl rs, hut be-
fore morning they VIII Ice laios. | have
sent Mr.. Webb, message 10 every station
above, aud we will abide the result
PLATFORM sWARMING WIN MEN.
To a question as 10 whether the road was
pr, pared, Mr.. Bi-scll declined To answer.
but intimatod that the strike had come
quicker than expected. While thu reporter
WAS talking. "A detective cam' IN and re-
| sorted that the north express and mail
train which left New York at i:;N this
afternoon an1 Albany at ~ T.. NJ, two
hours late, was stalled within the city
/ limits. The platform was swarmcd with men
who would apply the brakes each time that
! the engineer took them oil. The engineer
/ was threatened, but stuck Ia his post. 'ihc
/ e. O'Clock train out Oi New York arrived
/ here AZ 1880 O'Clock ana started west With
a police guard TO try aud clear the plat
/ form Of the mail train. Later Nh.
] 4 laI4.
/ looked as II the road, at the least
from Albany to Buffalo, would be ontiuely
closed by morning. Asked to give his yer-
| iOn Of the strike, he said; The men have
no money grievances. The strike il simply
10 find out il they can dictate Ia us whom
we shall hire or discharge. The cause Ill
rect was the discharge Gl several labor agi-
tatOrs belonging to the Knights or Labor,
aud who were causing trouble on our line.
/ We intend 10 do our own business"
The dcpots were Tiled with people, anl
many, after nnding no trains, lrtt for hotels
/ or BONES. The strike has not, as yet, eN-
/ tended to the West shore, aud officials say
! u will not. Labor men seen Tonight say
that il the road does not succumb the West
Shore men will be ordered out.
EMPLOYEES STONED.
At 1915 4. NJ. the i:JO train from New
/ York which was stalled at Nanwert street.
was started with the aid Of the helper, but
the engineer ana fireman Of the latter were
badly stoned, the cab windows beng bro
ken. The fast express which leaves Sew
/ York city at q O'Clock, and j. due here ato:aA',
end which usually arrives in two sections.
did not get in until l2:lj. The orders were
10 rush tins train through even II no others
were started out. At l2:iJ this morning
this train was started with three engines,
and consisted of two baggage ears, two
passenger coaches and ten slccpers. The
i:3u train ont Of New York arrived about
l2:2O A. NJ, and did not leave here
at all, the majority Of her pas
sengcrs being taken by The fast
express. The freight department running
west is AT perfect staudstill, there being no
less than i've long freight trains stalled AT
the freight bridge. Between hero ana
Schenectady there ar about six freight
trains. The depot is guarded by police Gnd
detectives. ard posse OF police are watch
inc the switcl es. No trains from the West
a.c expected through tonight.
MILITIA ORDERED oUr.
Tie Tenth battalion, y. g. ;. y. y. has
been ordered 10 be ia readiness 10 respond
10 a call, and there Is an extra force oi p-
lice ready fer any emergency. Trouble -
expected at the West Albany shops to-mor-
row when the men 20 10 work.
UTICA.
] ITlCA, y. l., Aug. Sin ami about | tea
st ,ton and yards OF the New York Central
about 10 men are employed. The yard
men went out AZ about s:;1 O'Clock this eve
ming. There are on duty now only the bas-
| gage-naster, yard-masier, gate-tsnd,r,
ticket-sellcr, and telegraph operator i've in
number. The freight-handlers will 90 out
in the morning. The men say they 90 out
not from any local grieSaf Z, but because
they arc knights Of Labor.
BUFFALO.
BUFYALO. y. Y, Aug. >.--fhcrc are NJ
no s,ens OF strike here, and trains are
running ~ usual. The men say they hss.
received no notice Of the strike, and the
officials have received no intimation that
anything will happen.
| AUBURN.
! AUBURN, \. Y, Aug. s.-Ihcrc are no
strikers on the New York Central here. A
trainman said that they had heard In Hoch-
ester tonight that orders for Il strike had
heen ISSUED. but between Syracuse and
Rochester he had not seen man who had
received an order 10 90 out.