The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-30
THE STRIKE STILL IN FORCE,
PREsIDETT WILBUR YIELDS NOTHING
10 THE LRBITRh TION BOlRDS=

whss Thsy Choose. Provided There Az,
Places for Them - Strikers Eneourne,
Each Other~Fivs Wrecks Aions the Road
PHILADELPHIA. Nov 29.-The members o.
the New York and New Jersey Boards Of Arbi
tration who held n conference with President
Wilbur. Flra vice-President Sayre and Gen.
eral Manager Voorhees, ut the LehiRh Valley
Railroad cffice in Bethlehem this afternoon
arrived inthis city soon after o clock to- nj ght
and went at once to the Bingham House
where they met the strike leaders. President
Wilbur's ultimatum. which the arbitrator
brought with them. was given to the repre-
sentatives OF the strikers for their consldera.
tioH. it's:
Mr. p. r. wilbur state, the position of the Lshigh
valley Railroad Company to be a. follows The com
psny agrees to take back many OF It's old employees
ssu can md places for without any prejudice on &C
count Of the fact that ahey struck. that they
connected with any labor organization; that when In
the employ Of the road committees from the various
classes Of employees will he received s stated in the
bulletin OF Nov. ri. and their grievances considered
and Justly treated. and that in employing men In the
future the company will give preference to former EN-
ployses when the strike Is declared on
The strike leaders and arbitrators were to-
gether until nearly 8 o'clock. and when they
got through talking the latter left for their
homes The arbitrators declined to give out
any statement with regard 20 the probable
outcome Of their effort to mediate between the
opposing sides. merely saying that their labors
were at an end
Chairman Clark OF the Grievance Committee
declined to give any Information as to the
nature or result OF to- nights conference with
the arbitrators. and the other members OF the
committee were equally reticent Chief
YounRson. however. stated emphatically that
the question OF declaring the strike of had
never for n single moment been considered By
the Grievance Committee.
President Wilbur's ultimatum II simply a
reiteration OF the position he assumed soon
after the strike began. The Grievance Com
mittee scattered o-niRht. Grand Master Sar-
gent OF the Firemen went to Buffalo: Secretary
Arnold OF the Firemen went to Sayre via Jer-
sey City: Assistant Chief Youngson OF the En-
gin GERS went to Perth Amboy. thence TO Easton.
and Grand Master Wilkinson OF the Trainmen
went to wilkesbarre. Chairman Clark. who is
Grand Chief Of the Order Of Railway Conduc-
tors. will remain at the headquarters here.
wILKEsBARRE Nov. 70. The property OF the
Wyoming division OF the Lehigh Valley road
"a under, the protection Of men who say they
are Pinkerton detectives. Ono hundred and
forty OF them have arrived to-day. and one
hundred more are expected to arrive on an
early morning train from New York. II looks
very much as II the company expected some
serious trouble soon. Tonight sixty OF
these men are held In reserve at the
depot here. and the rest are out on pa
troll duty and on duty at various stations
along the line. Engine 800 and car are held
in tine yard opposite the station in readiness
to take out the reserves at the first sign OF
trouble. Nothing has happened to-day to
Justify these preparations for war. and 1t may
be only another OF the unexplainable move
ments OF the strike. Ever since those men
got here there has been crowd Of striker
sym pathiZers about the station and lining the
yards.
The orders the detectives received were to
keep the yard clear OF all persons not In the
employ OF the company. and the station plat
form clear Of all persons not passengers. In
following out those orders the detectives have
come directly In contact with the crowds sew
eral times. and each time naturally the feeling
of hostility has been increased. Homestead
has been frequently referred to by the crowd.
and the more angry ones In IL have not hesi-
tated to call the special men thugs and MUIR
derers. The company's officials say that the
men are not Pinkerton men. despite the fact
that the men themselves say they are. The
men have the same power as members Of
the police force OF any PennsyivaniA city.
They have been sworn In at Harrisburg under
the MCGOWAN law. providing for the appoint
mont OF coal and iron policemen. The strikers
say that II tho company expects to get the
worth Of its money from them they will have
70 employ them at clearing up the wrecks that
the green hands cause.
There have been i've wrecks on this division
IN the last twenty-four hours Tho first was
at South wilkes barre shortly after midnight
last night. A LehiGh freight. going twenty
miles az hour. ran past danger signals and
smashed into New Jersey Central coal train
al n Ia ~ al hA I.4hl
i've coal cars were wrecked. The crew OF the
Lehigh engine escaped before, the Central I
men; Who swors they would lynch them. could
The second accident was at Penn Haven
we're smashed and the road was blocked. To
third was between siding and Newport flr
mile, from sugar NG.sh N1S cars
down the hill The fourth was at si'cum.
That blocked all the tracks Of the road. Cars
hours before the road was clear.
This oven Ing at Plttston junction q coal
train was going over the cut-on and half way
eAmo tearing down q steep grade gE1 smashed
mt int an ENGINE On ne msa soeum
wreck came near causing trouble lor the New
Jersey CsntEal road To get the'rai1nss arG9nd
Conductor Abe Of the Centre got orders to
sa his hsH WIZ b sfS otSsr rSussS
to act az po,R ior Later .rh ana WIZ Rsbs
matter TO tno DIOtneTnoOu
anything will come OF It, it's not known, but
only the one train was tloted Passengers
who ride on Lshigh Valsy trains are hooted
and called "scabs" at SINE OF the stations.
This morning. at Sugar 0teh, gang shouted;
I'VE didn't think YOU would ride in 'scab'
trains" The conducto OF the train got angry.
and. II Is alleged. snashed Mrs. Mary Me-
Manus in the eve. Te woman was passen-
ger and had lust AllStsd from car. Then
In the Jaw Lenha1 ia said also to have been
passenger. wSrant Is out for the con.
ductor's arrest I[s Of the new detectives got
In row with a citizen who was waiting for a
train at Pittston auction. lie assaulted him.
II IL alleged Ty detective was arrested
All through passenger trains to-day have
has been move out Of the yard here. Only
one train WenIcut OF the Coxton yard. That
Msnt north The cutoff over which ali last
srn freight Rpes has been blocked ali day.
GansrsI FsJrrn Superintendent Rollin Ii.
Wilbur, Superintendent Esser. and General
Passenger gent Lee have been in consulta-
lion ali daI In Mr.. Esser's office. They said
A. The en- mat there was nothing to give out.
An offle al was asked;
Do you still assert that the tie-up is
'S11jn't use my name" he said. but it's far
iros being broken. It's almost as bad on this
dt;si09P as it was the first day. I'm disguised
stTiksrs have been waiting apIiously all day