The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-07
END OF THE LEIlIGH STRIKE
OFFItI4LLH PROCLAIMED ny THE
BROTHERHOOD OFFICIfLs.

Men 90 60 HacS 49, Rapidly aS Pisces Cau
he Found tor Thrm-Some Dissntisfsc-
tion and UneertaiNty In EaSton-Brought
About bY the n ,NrdS of Arbitration.
TERRE H,uTF. Dec O.--Grand Master Sargent
OF the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen
telegraDhod TO headquarters here this morn
ing that the LehiRh strike had been declared
of on fair compromise. and that the company
would receive committees representing ag-
prievod employees also that tho schedule OF
Aug. is to he in effect. II this had been con-
coded in the nrst place there would have been
no strike. Tho Brotherhoods nskS, for nothing
more
WfLKEsBARRE. IA, Dec. 8-Th Lehigh VAL
ley strike was officially declared on in this city
this evening. The strikers refused to believe
the first reports sent out that an agreement
had been reached. saying that 1t was n blum
on the company's part. in order to demorallze
the strikers and get them to return to work
with rush. Tho local leaders advised tho
men to stand firm until their officers In Beth
lehem had been heard from. Not single
Brotherhood man deserted during the day
This evening all doubts wcrc set aside by the
receipt OF the following telegram:
BrrnLEuru. Dec q.
n tommy TriE,-drrs:
Aio X. Return TO work Tomorrow. j. II. RCE
Rice Ia the Chairman OF the Engineers
city. When tho telegram was received at
headquarters 1t created no sensation. some
Of the older men looked pleased and were glad
the contest was ended The most OF those
present however were looking for something
moro definite. They wanted to know on what
terms they were to return to work.
At 10 o'clock tonight Chairman Rice sent
the following telegram from Bethlehem:
You will report for duty at once Zach man will take
his regular place
As soon as the telegram was read in the
m eeting the strikers lett the hall In twos and
ihrSes and proceeded to tho Lehigh Valley
station superintendent Esser was on hand
to receive them. When the office was crowded
with old employees to Its utmost capacity. ME
Gent emeu. shall take back ~ many as I
road entirely. We had to run our trains. and
we got. other, men, They are now doing our
th SrK and Tl iii them with the rst men
who return and report for duty.
TwCSneineers and n5em ma, at ,n once stepped
gincors: ",YoW place is filed" This engineer
was n leader in the strike.
It is said o.night that $50 men on the Wyo-
ming division will lose their places.
bs sp e. In aF tn r"n @ % BroRerHood
What the use II belonging to mutual
you out OF enploymcntf"
The business part OF the community is glad
the strike is ended, business has been very
HtsTHN. Dec. Tho strikers here he'll a
meeting hi. morning. IVY having no definite
teiegrHt he'd 10y their officials announcing that
the strike WAS of. they sent a committe" TO
bethlehem to ascertain what the real status
was. This committee consisted OF several
men who were leaders amongt tho local mem
this afternoon and reported to meeting TINT
checred nearly every other sentence OF tho
report. The men were told that they were all
80 In tai hnR nj ar "a
that those who we're not fortunate enough to
secure employment Immediately would be
taken care OF by tho Brotherhoods
The men voted to report for duty, a"d thoy
did So The engineers nnd hrGmen going 70
trainmen going to SUPERINTENDENT Donnelly's
office Their spirits were high In their en-
thusiHsm they thought all would be mmeti-
ately put on their oil runs. When. therefore
the engineers aud bremen We're told 10y Fore
man Turner. in tn" absence Of Mr.. hinsey
that there were no orders to put the men bnck
to work there was surprise. The men. mum;
herring about zoo. He'd out Of tho building and
there were troubled LOOKS. soon they met
TRIMMER and operators coming from Mr.. Don.
nelly's office. They reported that he had told
them:
Go home, and when | want you III send for
you"
This was regarded as a ,repulse, and whom
the stories were put together the men wcre
O'Clock and it soon spread over tue communi-
~ that the strike was on again. The men were
Not honE II e'1 al sas wers IN
the alert. ana committees were appointed FOR
various purposes, hut for what the men de
rlincl t. state Nothing was accomplished up
to :, O'Clock and Mt that time II WAS said that
one OF the committee! could not get back until
10 nothing given out to.hLsht. II known
that the men have been talking via the Long
distance telephone to WilEesharre. report
from there says the men are dissatisfied also,
SuDerintendent Donne'ly was not IN his
3lllce to;night. being OF on "iii,inl hnslne.si
he i'm possible to take all the old men back i'm
IN ediatcly. as none Ot those now I'm service who
are satisfactory would be discharged. speak
ing on this point some OF the striker" said that
when, the old men get places on the road they
would soon see that ihe scnRs were rlearnl guy,
will send for TuitHa numb"roi the old men,
and that the day after MOI" will be wanted.
Is disorgnniyeG. and the company cannot uso
more men. hut once the sIrlke has been de
and we expect in few days to have every
thipg moving smoothly, Then ,n Of c" Gi s we
longer thers would have cen no vacant
places to az In fact, there are very few places
When asked II he did not think that the new
men would drop out soon. the Official sad they
would he kept Rs long rs they were ,satis'ac:
The news that the strike had ended pro.
duced general qualification over the entire
night il that thS rniici temrrr Of the men
heal officials will come to their relief a. 1t 10
known that President Wilbur was very much
Rratttled at the termination ~ the strike and
at the early prospects 81 the company
having the services %! its old men,
THE SIS correspondent found the members
81 tho boards Of Arbitration rs they were lrlv-
ing bethlehem for home. and lournrye with
them ms far a. fastnn. They all spoke with
gratiicatlou OF the outcome aud wore pleased
that as official bodies they had been AIDE To- do
so much aud especially 0utsl q the territories
ui their Respective states. Edward Fsenoy ~
BROOKLYN. member IT the New York BOARD.
said:
II know. personally, that President Wilbur
is greatly relieved. and that be- u anxious to
have the Old men nnrk. EaIlr,a ling on tie
IehIgh uui l. dilli rult and dangerous except
with trained men. and these the company
certainly had. ana il will take them back. All
will lie hack before long, think
BTTULFUrNI. Dec. i-Ih9 correspondence
which pu ssed between President Wilbur and
the state lioard Of Arbitration and which set
tied the strike is as follows:
SuuIu BEIukLEuEA IA Dec ., lSDA
r. WHbir, ~, Frtis. NJ ne LhEyt Iuhs. hIlrGII tan,
pE.r Siu' The state boards Of ArbinIuon OF New
YuTk ami New JeT-cy drslT, to knDU whether II the
existing BtrIkv ~ declared % ths lshiIh Valley RIA
road Company VA, agree 10 takr back many Ot their
o a for. without any