The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-12-12
ALONG THE lEHiGH.
Passenger Trains and Freight
and Coal Cars Moving
Freely.
The Company Have Plenty Of
Experienced Men to Re-
place Strikers.

WMKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec. s.
Especial The arrival of q big train
Of deputies this morning from Eastern
points aroused no little interest at
Lehigh Valley station. The new men
we're Immediately uniformed and put
On duty as a relief to present force.
Their coming was not caused
By any present disorder or
immediate apprehension, but in
pursuance of the company's policy to
guard against any possible interfer-
eaoe with the complete resumption Of
work. The newly arrived police will
be assigned to duty entirely on the
Wyoming division. officials to-day
express themselves as entirely satisfied
with the prospects and say that yes
terday's reports indicate the biggest
days business ever done since the
strike.
A survey of the strike situation to-
day seems to indicate that the COM
pany's policy is to mass their strength
on the Wyoming division. Superin-
tendent Esser is again on duty to-day
after a temporary indisposition and
Superintendent Mitchell has gone to
Coxton to organize crews, a province
in which he made remarkable
success at Sayre last week.
ROllin H. Wilbur and other promi-
nent officials will remain here two or
three days. The company regards
the recent wrecks on the Wyoming
division as deplorable, but after full
rest given the men Sunday and their
reorganization on Monday the results
showed the best days work since the
strike in time made by passenger
trains. freight and coal trains.
A large movement of freight east
took place from Coxton yesterday,
and to-day bulk eff freight is going
west from Packerton to COxton. 1t
is expected that fully four thousand
Uous Of coal will be weighed and sent
north from Coxton to-day. The COM
pany has temporarily abandoned
the mountain cut off for freight
traffic, for it would require policemen
every hundred feet to prevent gas
ing Of rails which is repeated every |
night. Some local passenger trains
also are discontinued few days and
the entire energy expendedon through /
and freight service. It is
that by the middle of the
week 100 special policemen will be on
guard at Mountain Cutoff
This morning for the first time the
began to deliver a quantity
Of freight from Wilkesbarre yards,
having shifted cars yesterday. The
Coxton yards reported clear of north
bound freight to-day. Thirty engi-
neers and fifteen firemen arrived here
Early this morning from Buffalo. The
men have had from ten to twenty-five
years experience at the business and
they will bring letters of recommen-
iation. The engineers average IS
years old. Officials say they have
about all the men they want for the
present, the risk of accidents occur
ing is rendered much less by the
beginning yesterday, OF the
block system. Should the claim of
he officials prove reliable the pres
mt week should show large
part of the former business resumed
md all colleries in operation. They
ay positively they cannot now be
headed off by strikers. Report of
wholesale strike of telegraph opera
ors on Hazleton division turns out 10
include but four men. Others all at :
work to-day. (