The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-09
DEMONS OF THE RAILS.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO WRECK A
CENTRAL-HUDsoN TRAIN.

Hamburg the Scene ofthe New Out
rage-A Collision Follows the Turn.
ing osa Switch at Troy-Ihree Men
Now in Custody for the Greenbush
Outrage.
PoUGHKEEPsIE. N. Y, Sept. s-A des-
perate attempt was made to wreck the fast
st. Louis and Chicago express train, which
leaves New York on the Central railroad at
o'clock. The train was stopped for a
danger signal south of Old Troy, which is
500 yards south of the new Hemburg draw
bridge. Two minutes previous the hagman
discovered several ties standing endways
In a culvert near Old Troy, and when he
took hold of one of them to move IL he was
fired upon from the bushes on the east side
of the track.
SETTING THE DANGER SIGNAL.
Knowing that the express was nearly
due, he ran southwark and set the danger
signal, which stopped the train. The flag
man said the ties stuck up above the rails
and would have thrown the train from the
track. The fast train was composed of
seven or eight sleepers. all full, two ordi-
nary passenger coaches and baggage car.
There Nere eight ties on the track. There
were also two ties placed along side Of the
rail- toward the south to ditch the train.
SWITCH TURNED AT TROY.
Troy, N. Y, Sept. S.-One of the Troy
and Albany local trains on the Central
Hudson railroad cOllided this morning with
the locomotive OF light passenger train
standing on the track at the Congress street
entrance Of the Sixth avenue tunnel The
local trains last coach was riding two
tracks, the rear truck, IL Is believed having
haau dfanlarad hu tha kur-nfncr Of tha cvuitoh
before the last car had passed. The rear car
was wrecked, but the passengers, twelve in
number, escaped serious injuries. f. j.
Bliss of Boston was slightly bruised about
the head and body. The switchman is one
OF the new hands who took the place Of the
strikers ON the Troy Union road.
THREE NOW UNDER ARREST.
ALBANY, N. Y, Sept 6-John Reed and
John Kelrnan, the former Central Hudson
freight brakeman, and John Cordial, a
freight conductor, are under arrest, charged
with being concerned in the wrecking of
the Montreal express near Greenbush, last
week Reed was arrested first, and the
indications 60 to show that he made some
disclosures which led to the arrest OF
the others. All were strikers and
all Knights of Labor. Reed is
given rather bad character Dy the railroad
men and was very active in throwing stones
at trains when they resumed running, aud
in melting all sorts of violence. The other
two men are married and bear good char
acters, and some surprise is expressed at
their arrest. Herman has been sent TO jail,
but Reed is in the private custody of De-
tective Pinkerton in the union depot, of his
| own volition.
FIVE MEN IN THE JoB
There were five mon concerned in the
train wrecking. The wreckers stopped at
kk. - - ~ a.l-s sx.A
morning and asked for drink Of water.
This friend is supposed to be Lorenzo Miller.
who lives ON the river road. Miller Is a
Knight Of Labor and went out on strike.
but has since returned to work in West AL
bany, having the sanction of the knights
who were out to do 50. The man who gave
the wreckers a drink informed Robert A.
Pinkerton of the occurrence and gave him
the names Of the men who comprised the
party.