The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-09
A Strike on the New York Central.

New YORK, Aug. S.-The rumblings of
the expected storm among the thousands of
employees of the New York Central and
Vanderbilt lines owing to the discharge of
Knights of Labor and Brotherhood men,
broke like fash from clear sky toni ght.
All its length the Central was tied up and
trains were left by their crews where they
stood when the order came. Two passen-
ger trains were left at Eighty-sixth
street in the tunnel. The latest report
is that the West Shore road is tied up
throughout its length as well as the New
York & New Haven road. Great throngs
of people crowd INTO the Grand Central
depot trying to have their tickets changed
No one seemed to know how it was or who
ordered the strike. Even j. j. Holland a
Knight of Labor, denied that he knew who
ordered it or even that it was ordered
Representatives Of the railroad company
called upon Acting superintendent Brlce
| Brynes for protection and all reserves on
the east side above Forty second street to
| YonkerS and on the west side from ST.
Johns park to Yonkers were placed on
duty guarding tracks and property. The
depot at Forty second street was under the
protection of the full force of police, as
sisted by members of the boat patrol In
spector Byrnes' detectives guarded the
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| to YonkerS.
After these arrangements had been
made word reached police Headquarters
| that some of the strikers intended to take
possession of the switch house on Eighty
seventh street and Fourth avenue In
spector Byrnes Immediately detailed two
detectives to watch that point. The in
Spector himself decided to remain at head
quarters all night.
Wire preSident Wahb of tho Naxu Vorl-
Central, on being interviewed by a re-
porter, said the strike extended only to
| West Albany. All of the men who went
out from the employ of the road to night
Webb said, would be promptly discharged
iii the morning, and those men who re
NAMED would be taken care of and amply
protected as well as the men who came tC
work for the road. The road would take
on all good men who applied for work in the
morning, as far as they were needed to fill
deserters' places. With gaeat emphasis
the vice president announced that he would
fight the strikers to the bitter end He sale
the new set of demands he had never seer
and knew nothing whatever about them
In effect these demands are for minimum
days wages of $l50, station agents to re-
ceive an increase of So per month. The mer
i'll the yards at Troy and Grand Island shall
receive the same compensation as atSchen
ectady and East Albany; all firemen on six
wheel connected engines shall receiv,
~ cents per mile all engineers OF
the same, 4 cents; four-wheel engine
engineers 31s ceats per mile anl
firemen cents per mile. Fol
all men over time double pay. Webb an
nounced that the fast mail had pulled ou
of the depot at Q o'clock with four mai
cars, but no passengers were attached tt
the train. The vice president further an
nounced that no attempt would be made t,
run any trains tonight. There are nj
means to get to Albany or New Englont
tonight, but the opening up of the grea
avenues of trade would begin to morrow.
The strike was ordered on account of the
discharge of certain employees. Unde
orders, every train was abandoned, nj
matter where it might be. Travel was no
only blocked on the Central road, but ais
on the New Y ork g. New England and New
York & Harlem roads, which use the track
Of the Central as far as Melrose. There i
&great excitement at the depot. where grea