The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-23


great Interest but they did not offer to inter
fsre end they did not call the non.unior
'T r.. ten ahs deputies tSns V wsr. T'sSS
the esboose. and the two ieneinsers toot
s.s .5d DSsd the train dS, 0 ~
xtth. end q he DAY as.Sr y Brown ssid 'i Se
that no had deiVercd thirty empty 9' coa
cars to the Butler Coal Company, and twenty.
Lehign VALLEY Coal Company. He had received
fifteen cars loaded with lum Der from Harvey Z
loaded with lumber to the Delaware. Lacksr
wanna and Western l!ailroad.
The backbone Of the strike is broken" said
The chief Of the strikers. who. had
watched all the work, sail The moving OF
that our men are well in hand. They have not
and will not commit any act OF violence. All
ing any possible trouble by outsiders. The
eompany may braR Of what It has done to-day.
frsisht Of more than thousand that are in
t.elsaF The ysrd without handling pound
The non;pnlon men who are at work now.
tnG house. which is owned by the company and
IL operated by David Beers. an old engineer
who has been brotherhood man for fifteen
years. Precautions have already been taken
TO see that the men are not interiercd with.
with strikers. who might induce them to give
vp the places. Landlord Beers has already
ago A." delegation Of brotherhood men called on
him and told him It would not be well for him
to keen any non.union 62e h To-day HE he
the order. His comment was. that was great
deal better than being thumped in the neck.
tsndeHt User says It marks the eve OF the re.
will be only a short time when the road is IN
running order. don't Ike to talk
wh U o sn Of our freight IS made" he said.
but will say that four Valley cars were of.
fered to-day to the Dslswspe ana HUDSON and
however. but was destined for places on the
ALTHOUGH the strikers at Coxton let the
freight trains pull out to-day the men from
Wilkesbarre had a. little investigating done.
they say: and tonight a member OF tho Press
We have discovered that the cars we're
boy o cars ses blo co Was give me asn ths
freight in then We know also that the
alleged milk train tho company ran last nirht
We rso% tSat on the %Roo ne Of, The road tho
company is not taxing In SlOO day. We
seven cars 't that vent through tc-nisSt CON.
tS.t they SSes m.n and o
ping up and d' ,l the track to prove IT, We
MS.,. ss SHOW yhf SsinS made TSog rnn
engine " up and down over tho crossing
ssyenty times during the day Tbeseare facts
Superintendent Esser says that all passen-
GER trains Z. ran to-day except two ono wa, was
got through since Monday. and the other is
No. u. which was consolidated to-day with
Ne s. .Ss Of 1d% WsS2
90 fer as making any break In the ranks OF the
strikers was failure gSW ~ any, my, OF fhS
srews out on this. division OF the road only
twenty are at work The strikers sAy there
nltimetum for the return OF the men, was
~ o'clock: Mr.; Esser gave them ,! thirty
said that ali co a between the men men
and the road had ceased and that II any Of them
wanted places now they would have 70 apply yt as
applicants from various places IN the country
telling them that ithey would come to Wilkes;
nents WIN be made 5, the strikers % meet
sp bore. and i an 'o effort viii he made to
guard q the town sE t ses,s Of
were MIR. Preston. Assistant Chief Of the Fire
mems brotherhood: and Assistant Grand Chief
Wilkins OF the Conductors brotherhood.
After their arrival there was meeting Of from
6Oo to sO0 OF the strikers IN Music Hall Al
men not to pay any attention TO President
Wilbur's ultimatum. A speech was made by
ton from his point q view. and said that
things looked more encouraging than they
had yet ioSsSd He said that rh1 TN
gust agreement not being worth the paper 1t
was written ON. Mr.. Preston also made
speech.
After the meeting one OF the Influential men
among the strikers said ' tell you. and tell
you honestly. that the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
men went out Mt 10 O'Clock on Saturday night.
pspy ali along the line are base ia6rications."
The meeting this afternoon was followed to-
miles FROM here. Chief ramsey Of the order
OF Railroad Telegraphers got aboard loeo-
motive here and was taken to Pittston on u,
strikers report the following conversation:
Mr. Esser.1Why. Chief. you're Just the man
NJ. Rsmsey"Mr Esser. you are the man I
am looking for, too.
going to be meeting of tho men here to-
O6ie, Ramsay--Yes. there is but 1t won't do
you any good. Good night, sir.
Mr.. Esser-Good night. sir,
Tomorrow morning all the big chiefs will
sic Hall. II will be followed later by u public
mass meeting. at which Il ~ intended, Il is
things leading up to the strike. One OF the
big sheds Of a Lehigh alley Goa breaker Is
tSa. Il Was rsd ty a soms 81 the striRsrs The
shed Is an old one that was abandoned years
ago. II is not known how it caught fire. but
thing 20 do with IT,.
+ A little after o'clock this afternoon a pas
sengsr train of three coaches pulled up to the
depot. IL came from buffalo. and the news
that had come before IL OF it's journey had
brought fifteen hundred people, mostly men.
to the station and vicinity. These quickly
crowded about the train and saw in 1t ~ men
who had come to I'LL the places Of the strikers
After q little delay the new corners were in
structed to fall in line and march to the depot,
They did so. going single lilo through the
croEd into tho waiting room. As they passed
by the strikers there was some muttering and
= good many evil looks. but no offers OF vio-
At IL 30 o'clock this morning this notice was
sons pieuously posted about the yard and sta
lion:
All persona not intended passengers are requested
occupy the station platform or Yard at sAyTe
An persons cautioned against crossing or being
NJ the cars T. IL fASSELL Gsn'l superintendent
There was INN diately a great rush to the
ticket ONCE for ticket to WAYerly and Athens.
y hIeh cost five cents each and gave the holder
! right to be considered . passenger.
About q O'slOek tonight the Sheriff made
his appearance with forty-fOur deputieA At
he depot he addressed the crowd, and asked
Them 20 observe the notice issued by the com
pany and dispense. The strikers replied;
We have tickets and are waiting for a train.
Can't Ne stay 4"
The Sheriff was knock ed out In one round. |
and said he guessed they gould.
The last Legislature OF Pennsylvania passed |
bill which provides that whenever any diner |