The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-21
QUIET REIoSs At TINS END.

made no arrests.
QUIET REIGNS ar TINS END.
nat - A,--o-t Cor-p,.te Freight Bisekss.
| Hs. B-su Erected.
Ono OF the very few signs Of activity about
the Lehigh Valley Railroad yards at Commu-
nipaw up to $40 o'clock yesterday afternoon
was a solitary drill engine taking occasional
| runs up and down the tracks In the freight
yard with no apparent purpose.
| The locomotive had o fireman for engineer
| and an oiler for fireman. There was little
danger OF accident from insxperience OF the
| engineer, as the little motor had clear road.
no matter what track IL took.
The traflc OF the road. so far as the Jersey
City terminus is concernod.i Is almost com pletely
tied up The first freight train to arrive during
the day was at $3.50 r. NJ. 1t came In from
| Easton in charge OF non union crew and con-
tanned twenty cars. The company was unable
to send any passenger trains out on sch eduls
time
The flrst train sent out was at 1890 A. NJ.
It should have left at 9:41. and Was made up
and filled with impatient passengers at that
| hour. but there was no engineer or fireman.
| One OF the railroad officials said yesterday
afternoon that there had been very little inter-
ruptlon In the passenger trafi1c. but this was
denied.
| in during the afternoon. but most OF them
were locals. One train from Easton brought
| with Il q train from Buffalo which had been
| abandoned Mt Easton on Sunday afternoon by
the crew. A train bound for Elmira was sent
away shortly after noon. with . crew OF nom
union men.
| An engineer. who is one Of the leaders OF the
strike. told Sun reporter that 1t was not the
| intention Of the strikers to impede passenger
~ 4 El,-k lVNAI
| Their object is to tie up the freight as that
will be tho most effective way of crippllng the
road and bringing the company to terms.
| Freight Agent Frank Rundio was not very
| busy In his oflce at the Communipaw freight
| station. He said. with smile. that there was
no strike In his departm emit. . His men had re-
| ported for work yesterday morning as usual
but there was nothing for them to do. He I'M
derstood that the freight engineers and fremen
| had quit. and as a consequence there was
| no movement Of freight trains and no
his m en- nome with orders to be ready to report
for duty on call Freight 10 being received ut
dopots. subject to delay. o. course. no perish.
able freight is taken. Freight is also being de.
llvered. but the consignees have to handle it
Police spperintendent Smith took personal
sss5ss 81 1ss poSe sa the
Cant. McKaig'R They will remain on duty
It The strikers have Kept away from ths yards
and have not attempted 70 make any trouble.
the I a% which coma makes n county 'f resSo1
sible for any da image done to railroad
application Tor protee elton was made to sheriff
Tofey yesterday. Accompanying the notice
require the immediate services Oi the Sheriff.
but 4 an emergency should arise he would BIO
John Msrity. . brakeman. who lives. at 152
Wilton street Lafayette. was knocked down
while coupling cars in the Lehigh Valley yard
run oyer and badly crushed. He was removed
Central Railroad ferry. waiting for freight.
Jersey City said yesterday afternoon that they
5 s ssS
applied for work. but we told them We did
net need any one Everything will be all right
There was little activity about the Lehlgh
yards 10 Perth Amboy YESTERDAY. and the
4 use manned AIMED y,o ,nSIa men
the yard. % the dock. ~, Only thirty
400 None OF the freight was transferred. |
% out FUar hire.
Over 100000 tons Of coal are in the, com
about the Yards there Se.tsrdsY. Only " the
fTs% HSffG y %os On sS%MThDgs are still
very quiet along the Lehigh Valley to-day it !
day. and the claim by the EN- ployees that they |
will tie up the road cf9Smpietey seems to have
Easton and Amboy divisions the employees |
are on duty; but there Ia nothing TO do.
ss tSs q:
down. but 1t is said the station will be open |
to-morrow At HIllsboro, south somsryille. |
open for any business that may come. This |
morning no trains were moved over the road,
train went east and later one passenger train
west
This morning Superintendent olhaussr OF
the New Jersey Central sent orders to Phillips
burg to Spiks AL Of the transfer switches be-
TEsrs s ars SS sHchss IN shs yard ara in
each case this was done. There are also three
pslawaIe Lsekawanna and Western switches
PLsrSFIEIp. Nov. 3ONA secret sum mohs has
been issued to men all along tho line Of the
tonight TO consider the advisability OF SYM
pathetic strike.
that an effort was TO be made 70 get Lehgh
freight over Jersey Central lines and that supt
They i'm mediateIy PREPARED to o." oppose such
action, and say that u the Central officials at
tempt to help the Lehigh they WIN tle up the
expecting 10 be ordered out on strike as re-
suit Of the Easton meeting o-night.
A visit TO South Plainfsld. where the Lehigh
Valley runs shows that systematic work Is
being accomplished. The coal handlers huE-
risd all day 10 get all coal dumped from stand
ing ears shipped before the strike, at the big
storage grounda
This Is 80 that the coal ,nay not be pushed
through to tldswater. The empty ears are
left blocking the tracks. Between South Plain:
Held and Bound Brook coal trains are stalled
all along three tracks. The trains were placed
by the strikers so as to blockade the tracks,
and the locomotives were run on TO Amboy
open.