The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-21
STRIKERS GETTING UGLY.
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thht they would not shOw up
This reduction Of nye in the stat Of svailabl,
very serious % the railroad. i was made D, uI
they had the nerve to tell the strikers to 90 q
An effort was made to-day by your CORE.
epondent to Ind out exactly how many men
s%s bps L H %S. !" ms Statement.
from both sides were so widely at variance
The strikers arc resorting TO violence This
the railroad officials say Is tho ilrst sign Of
weakness The Violence includes an sttem pt
told BY railroad officials and confirmed by
private dispatches Is that hsh plates were
OF the station Tho fret train along was com
posed OF an engine and the two cars OF live
stock which created trouble here on Saturday
Al, a dozen places before ,whiteheven was
.detrsek tho train When he train men ne az cot
on to set the switches right. they were hOuted.
called scabs and stoned by the strikers There
and the train was making a little speed along
that when the engineer discovered the OBJ
The plates were fastened along the. track.
the story goes a distance 81 flLtI feet; III such
wheel struck them the, engine would
be lifted up and would slide of and
dangerous one. because the plates were small
and being the same color as the rail. could
mot be seen unless the englneer OF an 9p.
just such an obstruction. The strikers here
say they do not believe this story. but II Il Is
true, they say. the obstruction wac put on the
track by hoollums who are not railroad men
A private despatch to The Sun correspon-
"This town IL in possession OF the strikers.
They hold everything. and no one In authority
They hang around the 3 station most S' Of
the time, and board all trains that come
H. They are doing all in their po ,nHv to i'm
mitted assaults on the crews Of several trains,
and as the trains wers pulling out they stoned
switches There has not been train through
here to-day that has not been broken"
told by trainmen and passengers who arrived
here on the mnrning mail was the assault on
that tyHin; The train is No, ". and comes
When II got INTO sayre II was surrounded by
strikers l. n Th9 FIRST demanded that the train
train and Il they deserted they would have the
manded that the crew uncouple the passen-
ger coaches and proceed with the mall car
oars made up the train. and they had iorders
that II they could not take the whole train
Finally the strikers jumped on the ears and
uncoupled them themselves Then they or
dered the engineer to ,sidetrack them and to
go ahead with the nail car. in the presence
OF the force at hand to sce that the order was
carried ont, there was nothing to do but to
sThen the passengers who we're TO he left boz
hind took hand. After considerable parley-
ear with the mail This was done. and they
stood IN all The way to their destination,
was assaulted. The men S'' We're pull pulled OF the
cars and were told that 1t was as much AS their
lives were worth to continue at work. This
would be train wrecking at Sayre.
The violence, reported from tho towns be-
At Caxton the signal lamps we're stolen again
last night and thrown down an EN- bankment.
ioIt was made, to-day to get . few
na known H% 6S s.rEsIs sonTdsa
them and uncoubled them. They carried the
coupling pins of with them and threw the
links away. The men who were at work tried
for two and a half hours to get tho cars out,
but as fact as they got them coupled the
the m en- ran short OF coupling pins and gave
up trying. They were assaulted by the strik-
The junction ONCE where Western Union
Telegraph operator was az work was attacked
Al the operator and threw things at him until NTH
he was obliged to leave the office. At the
same place the strings rim s,oS OF the target
lively destroyed. The superintendent there
reported that he had had a lot OF applications
for work from conductors who said they would
20 ahead provided the company would protect
them. and provided: also. that crews could be
ent, says these men were set upon bv the
strikers. and were then told il they valued
their lives they would not dare to take out any
Besides these reports. which were all re-
S Ssvsd by the railroad ,Sr officials here tho
Chunk says that all coal and irsIgh crews
smooth, This, despatch is not borne out by
statements made to The Sun correspondent
Another message from Hazeton says ses-
sion OF the Brotherhood OF Engineers was held
IN Union Hall yesterday afternoon. and after
cidsd that they would not Join the strikers.
and notified the officials that they, would re-
the firemen and brak en- on will Join the strikers
cannot, positively be stated. hut It Is not at all
division. An tho, train crews reported for
duty last night. and trains arc running reGu-
The strikers here have the following
despatch In contradiction OF this: But six
this morning. Everything tied up at White
In addition TO the intimidation OF the five
cused OF it is Chairman John Rice OF the
sr% Whom the Sac r. n train al '~ Ssn St''k IN
ne stspf Pei up 70 the s, engineer and asked him
70 his promise. The engineer said he would.
The alleged lntimdator in this case is a man
SpSsai 10 the Mayor and To- tie hs ~ P ~
by superintendent Esser. tits the first appeal
tion platform be cleared ofall persons who were
not pasSengers. The response the police made
was that they couldn't prR which from tother.
and they didn't do anything As the result Of
n second appeal, one man was told il would be
well for him to . less conspicuous and he went
away. The strikers say that the failure to act
shows that the police are with them. Rice. the
accused leader. Is personal friend OF the SUI
perintendsnt. and he was called in by Mr.,
Esser who told him that he must direct them
TO stay away from the station and the yard
Mr., Rice said that he would do his best
Mr.. Rice admitted to-day In MIR. Esser's Of
the Wyoming division. Mr.; Rice has always
been the man selected to deal with the officials
on this division.
. Mr. Rice said in Superintendent Esser's office
that the men on the Wyoming division had al
WAYS been treated right Every REQUEST that
had been made had been granted. or sufficient |
reason had been given why ii was not granted. |
The men have struck simply because OF the |
involved ia the treatment OF men on |
other divisions ~ the road
One OF the grievances OF tho men on the |
Lehi9h division OF the road 10 the discharge OF |
an operator in the telegraph ONCE at Easton |
By straightforward ponnelly. This operator |
Was the Chairman OF the division OF the Order /
Of Railroad Telegraphers. He demanded OF |
DonnsllY that woman oper-
ator in the office be discharged. The /
asked him for a reason.
He said the woman carried tales. Il |
Will not disehaTgt her uutl thAro "a