The Indianapolis journal., 1893-11-20
ALL Is ORDERLY.
The Strikers Working Under Sys-
tenn. and Expect to Win.

tenn. and Expect to Win.
BUFFALO, Nov. ia trip through the
Lehigh yards of East Buffalo tonight
vealed nothing of a riotous character. A
few trains had been made up, but none was
sent out At the passenger station it was
reported that the train due here at 10:15 Is
about two hours late All passenger trains
are running slow. The headquarters of the
managers of the strike is at Sayre. Pa,
excellent strategic point. 1t was learned to-
night that the engineers and operators will
be ordered out first, and that the strike is
now only in it's incipiency. The five organi-
cations. comprising all the men on the road
except the switchmen. who not feder-
ated. will stick together. If the ordering
out Of the two classes of employees named is
not sufficient to tie up the road others will
be called out. 1t is predicted that by to-
morrow not wheel will be turning on the
Lehigh between Buffalo and Philadelphia.
This strike is being managed more sys-
tematically than that engineered by Sweeny
last year. 1t is not thought that any act
of violence will be committed here, but
Sheriff Beck has been called on to-day to
swear in deputies to protect the Lehigh's
property.
The railroad officials are sending tele-
grams tonight to Galesburg. ILL.,, and vari-
/ Gus other points. asking for engineers, fire
men and trainmen to take the places of the
strikers.
A meeting Of the Lehigh men was held
tonight in hall at the corner of Lovejoy
and Gold streets TO discuss the situation.
The men seem confident of an outcome in
their favor.
The railroad officials are feeling their
way carefully, not knowing exactly how ex-
tI,o x,-;Iy
western terminus of the northern division.
the work of recognizing freight crews is
proceeding but probably no freight will
move before tomorrow. Fortunately no
perishable stuff is stalled on the road. With
the experience derived from the struggle
in August last year. the superintendent and
his aids hope to overcome the yard blockade
in few days. At o'clock this afternoon
a gang of laborers were engaged in bringing
down from a store room In the upper floors
of the Lehigh Valley station, several wagon
loads of cots and cooking utensils which
were used in last years strike. These were
being taken out to the East Buffalo car
shops to improvse a lodging house for the
recruits to the freight crews. The Lehigh
is ready to hire men to take the places of
the strikers. How many men are needed
cannot be told exactly. Here in Buffalo
and perhaps ore-third of that number are
out Most of these are trainmen. At Sayre.
the officials of the road admit that fully
half of their men are out. They include
brakenen and firemen principally and a
few engineers and conductors. in this
city the freight conductors have not refused
to take out trains because they have not
been asked and there will be no chance of
knowing how many of them will join the
strike until they are supplied with full
crews and ordered to move trains. No pas
senger men SO far have refused to work
Our position is simply this" said an
important functionary of the road who
from prudential reasons asked that this
name be not used. I'VE are proceeding
slowly to find out who will and who will
not Three or four strikers in a crew are
sufficient to disorganize it, When we are
able by consolidation or by hiring new men
to put full crews on the trains, we will try
to move them. 1t may be that then the
engineers and conductors may refuse 10
work, they VIII have pretext to lie
idle as now. We want TO be organized be-
fore start"
How about the operators?" was asked
Some of them are out, but enough remain
that have thorough service from one
terminus 10 the other
The strike on the northern division is
purely sympathetic The trouble originated
at the other end OF the line. and it is there
that acts of violence may most likely be ex-
pected. if anywhere. But it may be that the
Buffalo men, once in the strike, will be the
most determined. Conservative railroad
men are often the most stubborn when they
take a stand The Lehigh officials claim
that its men at this end of the division are
orderly and peaceaole The northern di-
vision extends TO the J.. a y. junction at
Wilkesbarre. Ii comprises several subdi-
visions, known the Buffalo. Auburn. Ithi-
ca, Seneca and Northern Branch divisions
All the brakcmen Tor. technically. trainmen)
the northern division went out against
their will. but in accordance with the major
ity vote which ordered the strike because of
the grievances in the eastern division,
which the Lehigh officials ignored.
The grievances of the Lehigh men are OF
long standing. Numerous efforts have been
made to secure a settlement by arbitration,
hut the officials Of the company have indf-
ferently treated all overtures made I'm be-
half OF the employees by the officers OF the
Railway Federation. The trouble extends
back TO the fall or 1892. The say that
General Manager Voorhees, then agreed to
certain propositions. but they assert that he
never kept the terms of the agreement Last
August he PROMULGATED a set OF rules gov
ernng the employment OF men which con-
tained apparent concessions. Ii was not
long the men declare before these rules
broken and became a mocksry. A commit
tee representing the federated employees
lremen. engineers. trainTnen and operators
again sought redress from General Manager
Voorhees,. Another agreement was obtained
but it alleged to be as worthless as the
tee went n step further and essayed 10 lay
the matter before President Wilbur. To
their surprise he refused TO see them. They
went back 10 Voorhees, and he treated them
this time curtly as had Wilbur.
IL had been reported and expected that a
strike would occur last spring and would