Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-18
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serious by local railroad men, kept them
busy yesterday notifying coal operators and
other shippers of freight that nothing would
be taken tor the Forest City pending the
strike. The Lake Erie, Cleveland and
Pittsburg and Pittsburg and Western roads
stopped transportation yesterday morning.
The strike, however, does not affect Ashta-
bula. Fairport or any of the other lake
points outside of Cleveland.
A strike at this particular time is more
than narrowing on the nerves of the railroad
and coal men. Navigation is at its height,
and the shipments'of coal are very heavy.
The loss to both shipper and railroads can't
help being considerable as long as 1t lasts. The
coal men have made contracts and usually I'LL
them during the summer
LOSSES TO THE RAILROADS.
At the Lake Erie freight department it was
stated that the road had been carrying about
300 cars of coal to Cleveland per day
and 100 cars of coke. The C. & P.
road. as nearly as could be aseertained, hauls
coke The Pitrsburg and Western road does
about as much business to Cleveland as the
Cleveland and Pittsburg. but the little Lake
Erie seems to do the most
The Lake Erie officials felt sure that the
strike would not continue more than few
days. Either the men would be granted their
tuted. 1t is claimed that the roads are too
well organized now to be tied up very long by
the men. The railroad officials here can do
nothing now but wait until the people In Cleye-
land settle their difficulties The outlook nc
present is not bright, and the operators are
afraid they will have to stop work unless the
freight can be moved.
YARDMEN IN SYMPATHY.
The yardmen in the employ of the Pennsyl-
vania Company in Allegheny we're apparently
greatly surprlzed over the strike of the yard
! men in Cleveland. which they had been ap-
pr1sed of for the first time yesterday. They
seemed to be in hearty sympathy with the
strikers in the endeaYor of the latter to Sc
cure the Chicago scale, but whether that
sympathy will lead them TO join the strikers
cannot at present be determined. From inter-
views last night with a number of the yardmen
on the shifting engines in the Allegheny yards
il was learned that the terms of the settlement
OF the trouble in the Ptttsburg district has not
| given entire satisfaction, although until the
| Cleveland strike the men were cOntented to
work under the new rules. 1t would now seem
| that very little would be required to induce
| the men to strike.
The through engineers and brakemen con-
| veyed the news to the yardmen yesterday. and
| the company officials say. highly exaggerated
| the trouble: The men in Pittsburg have been
| requested by the Cleveland strikers not to-
| allow men to be sent out to that city to take
their places in case the railroad companies de-
eide to attempt to fill the places of the strikers
| an attempt be made it is possible that all the
Pirtsburg yardmen would join IN the strike.
NO STRIKE DECIDED UPON.
One yardman named Crawles, who was active
| in the demands of the railrOaders some months
ago. which almost eliminated in a strike, said
| last evening:
THE Pittsburg yardmen have not decided
what to do in case the strike spreads. OF
course we are in sympathy with the strikers
and would lend them all the assistance in our
power. do not think. however, that the men
will strike without first holding consultation
with the Pennsylvania Company officials.
There were greater prOyocations TO strike dur
ing our own trouble than now. 1t is probable
that when the yardmen meet next Friday
evening the subject will be thoroughly dis
cussed: There is no strike contemplated at
present by the local yardmen."
A yard engineer in the Strawberry lane yards
was caught last evening at the little round
house. near the center Of the yard, and inter-
viewed He said that the engineers and brake
men in the yard would certainly assist the
strikers; that if called upon TO refuse to handle
cars for Cleveland the men would probably
comply willingly. He did not think, however,
that the Chicago scale question would arise in
Pittsburg at present. nor that the men would
voluntarily join in the yardmens strike.
THE PRESENT ATTITUDE.
A fagman at the Washington avenue cross
ing said that the yardmen seemed generally to
De expecting some oiuer III reHaru 70 the sSrlke,
and from what he could learn he believed 1t
would be a request that they handle no freight
cars consigned to Cleveland at present. He
said that from the spirit of the men they
would willingly comply with the order, and
that If any of them were discharged there
would undoubtedly be a strike.
A yardman at the locomotive roundhouse
stated, in the presence of a number of through
engineers and brakemen, that If it were neces-
sary for them to help Cleveland yardmen in
sure success in the strike the men in the Pitts
burg yards would probably do it, but they will
take no part in the trouble whatever unless
called upon to do so.