New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-20
THE LEHIGH VALLEY STRIKE
ALL IT'S MEN IN JERSEY CITY Go OUT.
CONDUCTORS. ENGINEERS, FIREMEN, SWITCH.
MEN AND TRAINMEN STOP wORK-THE
ROAD COMPLETELY "TED rP'-NO DIS.
oEDER-POLICEMEN IN THE YARDS


oIDER-PoLICEMEN IN THE YARDS
The strike of all train hands. which was
ordered on the Lehgh Valley Railroad on Sat
urday night reached the New-Jersey Division
Of the road last evening. when the engineers.
fremen. conductors. trainmen and switchmen
refused to work About 500 men struck at 6
o'clock. leaving their trains and engines stand
ing In the five big yards of the New-Jersey
Division at Perth Amboy. South Plainfeld
Bound Brook Phllipsburg and in Jersey City.
The officials OF the road scarcely believed
that the strike would spread to the New-Jersey
Division yesterday and the sudden action Of
the men a great surprise. especially in
Jersey City where the strike will cause great
damage to the business of the railroad. The
real seriousness OF the strike cannot yet be es-
timated with any degree OF certainty. The in
dications. however point to an extension of the
strike TO the Jersey Central. In Jersey City
the news that there a general strike on
the entire Lehigh Valley system was carefully
guarded but about 10 O'Clock 1t became known.
and there considerable excitement when
tho people realized that they had a full-grown.
serious railroad strike In their city
no SHOW OF VIOLENCE.
and without any show of violence. There was
nobody against whom they might direct vio-
lence, even had they been so inclined. for every
one OF them went away and left the big yards
full Of trains. both loaded and empty and a
dozen or more locomotives. The night force
of men. instead Of going to work as usual at
o'clock went to Masonic Hall. at Pacc-ave.
and Maple-st where they held n secret meeting.
About $50 men attended the meeting. All
branches Of the service were represented. There
were switchmen engineers. firemen. conductors
and trainmen. Passenger and freight employees
alike struck At $3.50 O'Clock the meeting broke
up and then the news of the strike was carried
10 all parts OF Jersey City.
In the mean time the railway officials had
taken extraordinary precautions to prevent any
violence or lawlossness in tho yards.
They sent TO police headquarters and asked
for detail Of policemen. In short time
there was n liberal sprinkling Of policemen and
about twenty-five private watchmen in the
yards There were also later in the evening
thirty or forty strikers there. They carried
their unllghted railway lanterns. and appeared
to be- in the best Of humor They talked freely
and did not hesitate to express their disapproval
of the presence Of the policemen.
There won't be a thing moving on the Ie-
high Valley system tomorrow" they said We
have tied up everything tighter than drum. and
we're going to hold 'em right there until we
win"
OFFICIALS HARD ut WORK
Early In the evening the railway officials
were a busy lot OF men. James Donnelly. the
supcriniendent Of the New-Jersey Division.
came from Easton. He ssid II don't expect
that this strike will last more than two or
three davs."
The New-Jcrscy Division extends from jersey
city TO Easton on II there are usually at this
tim. Of he year from 500 to 1000 men. Perhaps
a score OF these worked last night but they
won't to-day
Freight traffic IL at complete standstill. and
late last night the railway officials practically
admitted that there was no passenger traffic
70 speak Of Engines and trains are scattered
all along the division. and the railroad does
no, undertake TO guarantee anything To- snip
pcrs or passenger. An important i"atur' of
,h, stoppag. Of tranic is the fact tina, there
are several heavily loaded livestock trains
somewhere on the road.
They were due In Jersey City early yesterday
morning None Of them have arrived yet.
All the warehouses and buildings in the yards
are guarded both by policemen and private
vaichmen. The strikers who were seen I'm the
yards last night while in good humOr. did not
.xnress an over friendly feeling for their em-
,io,.rs In some strange manner train was
nrevcnted leaving the yards few minutes be-
fore the strike began. Coupling pins were
pullcd and the train still stands in the yards.
Division Superintendent Donnely left Jersey
CIV las, night Frank Rundio Is the Jersey
CITY superintendent. and he has charse ot
affairs there now.
CAR OFF THE TRACK.
\ freight car was thrown off the track at
Henderson and Grand SITS. It was reported that
,b,, w.s caused by n misplaced switch. This
was not true
,rhe train which should have arrived In Jer.
qev Citv at GAS was reported at the Jersey
Central train dspa tcher's office in Jersey city
os having started from Easton at S:33. Tickets
.vvcre sold for the train due to leave Jersey
citv al el2 until $50 o'clock. Travellers We're
then informed by the station master that he
had received orders not 10 load any passengers
ON the sl2 o'clock Lchigh train.
The sale Of tickets at the Pullman office was
stopped. and the agent refunded the money.
The 9:l2 o'clock train is the last night traih
scheduled to leave Jersey City on the new time
table which went into effect yesterday. The
next train following 1t should start at a. m
4 train went out at 6I2 o'clock on time. 1t
was said TO be manned by new men. All the
regular men in Jersey CITY are believed To be-
out.
The cars for the 9:l2 o'clock train were manned
and lighted. but there was no engine, because
there were no engineers or hremcn.
Al the I.ehIgh freight Office the officials de-
cIared that all trains were moving on time.
Two freight trains went out during the day the
second about p. IN. The first had fourteen
cars and the second twelve cars
The Leigh Valley system has no terminus
Of it's own in Jersey City. 1t enters Jersey CITY
over the tracks Of the Central Railroad OF New
Jersey. using them for distance OF eight ana
one-tenth miles from Jersey city. The juno
ton at that place IL called p Junction. those
letters being the call for the telegraph once
there.
1t was said last night that the Jersey Centrai
would attempt to handle the Lehish |aley