The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-23
ARMED GUARDS ON A TRAIN.
4 Freight Starts From Jersey City
Over the Lchigh Road.

MOVeLn 6nLS II duG ny INC soAAAA%GA -
Officials of the Company Boast That
it Breaks the Backbone Of the Strike.
An Attempt to be Made To-day to
Run Freight Trains on Their Regu-
lar Schedule.
Jersey City, y. J., Nov. 22.-The
Lehigh Valley Company claims to have
broken the backbone of the strike at the
eastern end of their line because success
crowned their first attempt to move
freight this afternoon. They had ar
ranged to start it at o'clock and the
only hitch was a delay of an hour and ten
minutes, which was occasioned by mat
ter over which they had no control They
had hired twenty-one special officers from
the state detective association at Newark,
butowing to a misunderstanding these
men did not arrive until 6
o'clock The train was then ready, and
Supt. Smith, of the local police, had a
strong force in the yards, while the tracks
were guarded by policemen stationed at
all crossings from this place to Bayonne,
which is the end of his jurisdiction. The
train consisted of an engine, tender and
twenty box cars. These were packed
with miscellaneous freight and will be
left at various points along the road as
far as Buffalo, the run requiring eight
hours The first stop will be made at
Mahanoy City, where three cars will be
cut off from the train.
THE TRAINS CREW.
William Barber was the engineer in
charge, assisted by Charles Wenzel as
fireman. They are Lehigh men and came
from the west. The conductor was
Harry Hutschizer, of Jersey City. The
train had a crew of four brakeman and
fagman, and a detective was sta
toned on each car, the force
being under command of a captain.
The departure of the train and big
police guard caused a crowd of 200 people
to gather in the yards, but there was no
noise, confusion or violence. There were
no strikers in the crowd
Agent Rundio said tonight that he
would begin to run freight trains regu-
larly tomorrow morning, and that here
after there would be no delay from any
cause, The city will aid the company by
every means in its power and tomorrow
morning at o'clock Capt. T. Farrier and
a squad of thirty-two policemen will
camp on the Lehigh grounds and remain
until the strike ends. The company will
provide the men with beds and food.
PASSENGER TRAFFIC UNINTERRUPTED.
There was no trouble in the dispatch
ing of passenger trains to-day. All were
started on schedule time One of them
carried number of strikers to their
homes in eastern and other points in Penn
sylvania.- A great many men asked
Agent Rundio to set them to work, but he
could not employ them as they knew
nothing about the work required of them
A report was circulated by the strikers
to the effect that twenty switchmen had
organized to strike. The officers said
they had not heard of it, and they
also said they did not see how
the switchmen could strike, inasmuch as
they had all been idle since Saturday
They could easily fill their places, the Of
fcers said, if they did strike. Several
railroad men from New York who APP
piled for work were induced by the
strikers to go home
The state board of arbitration will meet
at II O'Clock tomorrow at Holstein's hall,
Hoboken, and endeavor to effect a settle
ment.
ALL CALLED ON TO QUIT.
Easton, Pa, Nov. 22.-The strikers held
secret meeting last night and decided to
call upon all brotherhood and non-union
men now at work TO quit the company's
employ, and go with them in the fight.
Seventeen engineers and firemen from the
AJulNdkO. DuIAlAElOu anu quincy, ana
Burlington and Ohio, and Philadelphia
and Reading, We're distributed at various
points along the line this morning. Green
engineers, il is said, have already burned
out two Of the companys best locomo-
tives
The company is making preparations to
move fourteen loaded coal trains that
have been sidetracked in the Packeston
yard since Saturday, and expects to get
them all through before night Deputy
sheriffs patrolled the yards all night, and
in some instances had a great deal of
trouble in keeping suspicious looking per-
sons off the tracks.
READING NOT SENDING MEN.
Reading, Pa. Nov Cit can be stated
on the best authority that the Reading
company will not ask any of its former
employees to take positions on the Lehigh
Valley road. Those who have gone-prob-
ably half dozen-did so voluntarily
Reports received from Allentown, Stat
ing and Mauch Chunk this morning, show
that everything was quiet, but that there
was no likelihood of the strikers accept
ing the offer of President Wilbur to re-
turn to work.
The Jersey Central passenger trains are
doing an immense business throughout
the Lehigh Valley, and many of the
trains are carrying extra cars. What pas
senger trains are running on the Lehigh
Valley road are said to be carrying but
few passengers.
Freight, accommodating on the East
Pennsylvania branch for Lehigh Valley
points will be turned over to the Jersey
Central until the Lehigh Valley company
is in position to receive it.
ALL OUT AT JERSEY CITY.
Jersey City. N. j.. Nov. 2O.-All switch.
men, to the number of fifty, employed in
Jersy City on the Lehigh Valley road
went out on a strike this morning, com
pletely paralyzing freight traffic
MINERS FORCED INTO IDLENEss.
Pottsville, Pa, Nov. 22.-Over dozen
of the Lehigh Valley roads principaI
collieries in the Schuylkill region were
compelled to shut down to-day for lack OF
cars and more will follow tomorrow
Fully 5000 men and boys are thus forced
into idleness.