The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-28
CoLL1ER1Hs WORKING AGAIN.



The strike ON the Mau,noy Branch at
AN End.
! Itis conceded on all sides thatthe Mahanoy
branch Of the Lebigh Valley railroad is not
affected by the strike and with less than half
a dozen exceptions all the Old men are on
duty again.
The promise made by the company when
the strike was inaugurated that it would
take all the old hands back has been kept
and the few who have not returned to the
employ Of the company have not been forced
to that course by reason Of the companys
refusal to take them ON.
One of the men who returned 80 work
said yesterday that there was no discussion or
red tape business about the return to works
The men who wanted to go back just went
to the headquarters and reported for duty.
The question naturally arises, how can the
old men so back if their places are filed by
new ones? 1t is easily answered. In the
first place there are but very few men on the
line. and the company was in need Of more
men even before the strike was instituted, so
there is room for all the old hands,
The company is satisfied that the old men
shall have their old places providing the new
men holding the places are not satisfied with
them and are willing to surrender them TO
the old hands. That is to say, if a new man,
perhaps does not like the position Of fireman
on certain engine he can give it back to the
old hand aud take a position on another
engine.
An old fireman returning to work and find
ing his position filled by a new hand who
wants to hold on to it is given position on
another engine.
All except one Of the old engineers have
returned to work. The last to return re-
ported for duty last night and made his
"ruu."
) The engineer who has not returned is
collie" Mason. It is stated that he has Sc
cured a good run" on the New jersey
Central railroad.
James Kelly, formerly passenger train
conductor on the AIahanoy branch and later
yardmaster at Delano, is no longer in the
employ of the company. He became in
voyed in the strike by refusing to make
some special trip when the trouble started.
o During his idleness he concluded to give up
3 railroading and last week purchased Aaron
, Brownmiller's hotel at Mahguoy City. He
and Mason are really the only Old hands on
the Mahanoy branch who have not returned
to the service of the company.
1t has not been an easy task to secure new
hands since the strike, and developments Of
the past few days show that it is not an easy
matter to hold them. OF the very few men
z secured most Of them gave up work. The
i only excuse given was that railroading is not
the delightful work some people think it is,
especially in the eyes Of green hands. Two
young men from Whitehall left Delano yes
terday for their homes after working but
two days. A Portsviue man who held a
position of motor man on the electric railway
of that town has also given up in disgust
He was on the freight train which was stoned
at Ceuualia ON Sunday and resigned imme-
diatcly upon his return to Delauo.
One of the Old hands who have returned to
work stated yesterday that the men arc
unanimous i'm expressions of regard for Mr.
A. p. Blaksee, the superintendent Of the
Mahauoy division. They say that through
+ out the trouble he has treated them with
winning N'Ntl AN9N tiiA IlaNl Nllt men WHO Went
f out found themselves blacklisted by the
company they would still have no cause to
bear ill-teeling against Superintendent
Blakslee. He carried out the company's
orders and at the same time treated the
employees as men, whether they went on
strike or continued at work
Although il is claimed that the strike on
the main line is as firm as ever there
has been considerable coal and freight
traffic over the Mahanoy division, which is
an assurance that there are a number of new
= hands at work on the main line. The
collieries at Cenualia are working and the
] Packer Nos 3 and 8 coleries of the Lehigh
, Valley Coal Company resumed operations
this morning, The officials of the latter
q company say they have good supply of
empty cars and expect to operate the two
oollieries every day hereafter.
D. Another evidence of force of new men
on the main line is the arrival of freight
, uaius with supplies for the company storcsat
Delano and Park Place The supplies were
s badly needed. The stocks We're so much
2 depicted by the non arrival of supplies last
e week it was feared there would be nothing
q left 90 deal out TO the families depending
upon them. The supply of meats at the
Q DeIauo store was completely exhausted last
?. Saturday.