New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
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although am not surprised Have you men
any grievances against the company?'
None whatever against our employers We
are treated well and receive good wages. But
YOU are using the West Shore as a tool OF the
New-York Central. and we are opposed to that
With second declaration that he was
sorry but that men who had quit
had quit for good" the yardmaster
reported the facts to the trainmastcr, Williams.
The men who went strike included trainmen
and switchmen and constituted about one-third
of the whole number of men employed in the yard.
The rest of the men are not members OF the
knights of Labor.
The strikers did not include the passenger
trainmen, all of whom remained true TO the COM
pany, which has treated them we'll. Four switch
also remained at work and were busy after
ward in switching the later trains
There was large number of iioatmen about tho
yard none of whom joined the ranks of the dis
contcnted.
The strike had little effect if any, upon the
traffic last night at Weehawken During the
dtr large numbers Of passengers who
ordinarily go by the New-Yorl Central
filled the station. IL is estimated that
more than three times the usual number Of pas
sengeEs travelled over the West Shore during
the day The passengers in the evening, despite
the ncipient strike, suffered no more than tie
usual delay There TWO passenger trains
which leave Weehawken in the evening. The
first, scheduled to depart at 80 o'clock, is
known as the night express. II is usual, how
ever, for it to liz in the station until about 40
O'Clock. At s 20 o'clock last evening the gates
al the end Of the waiting-room were opencd, and
the hundreds of passengers who had gathered
there passed through them TO the train There
;.ol o,I ,Inro .l.la, rha
travellers, Judged by the happy and unconcerned
expression of their faces did not even know
that there was strike on the West
Shore and they certainly suffered no discom-
future ~ ten minutes before o'clock the
train moved ont Of the station. The four loyal
sWitchmen swung the switches at the upper end
of the yard and the train soon speeding through
the tunnel beyond Wechawlcn.
The second passenger train. which leaves the
station at ! :55 o'clock. is known IS tho Newbury
local or theatre train, owing 70 the number Of
people who u,c it means Of getting 10 their
homes along the Hudson after attending the Narl-
0us cnt\ talnmrnts in the city. II was moved as
easily as the night express ard carried unusual
number of pleaSuTc-Scckers rs we'll
II was feared for n short time that there might
be some trouble in getting the freight trains on
their way. The only regular freight train on
Saturday evening IS that which is scheduled TO
leave the station at 9:lj o'clock. There
is in reality, however, no regular
time. as great deal depends upon the
amount Of freight.
Last evening there was only one carload Of
pcrishable freight in the station and that a
! carload of bananas. At 10 O'Clock Mr. Williams,
with one or two assistants and full complement
! Of trainmen, started "A train of twenty-hve cars
! This was a comparatively easy affair When a
! Tribune reporter left the station the trainmaster
| Mr. Williams. said that there was no doubt that
the train would reach IFS destination at almost
| its usual time.
The station was quiet after 10 o'clock. but no
difficulty was apprehended. The engineers. fire:
men, foatmen and the four swltchncn have all
| remained loyal 70 the company. and the officers
! fear no trouble to-day The strike is practically
! failure.