The evening world., 1893-11-21
QUIET IN The YARDS.
No Freight Moving from This
End Of the Lehigh Road.
Strikers Hold a Meeting In Perth
Amboy.
Grand Master wilkinson Assures
Them OF Victory.

There seemed to be very little change
in the situation at the Jersey City ter
minus of the Lehigh Valley road this
morning. Not a pound of freight has
been moved either way over the road
since the arrival of the train which
pulled into the yards at $50 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
1t was only because there were ten
cattle cars attached to 1t that the train
was allowed to come through.
Freight Agent Rundio AMI Yardmas-
ter Lamb made a tour of the yards this
morning on engine 424. On their return
TO the office they reported everything
quiet among the few strikers who came
to the yards.
Agent Rundio said he did not expect
to send out any freight to-day; neither
did he expect to have any come into
Communipaw. He said that men were
constantly applying for work. but that
the Company was not taking on n
help,
This was contradicted by the strikers,
VINO said that men were being hired on
the quiet.
According to Mr.. Rundio. freight not
perishable, was being accepted by his
Company. The amount offered was not
large enough to cause any congestion
In the yards.
ihlS icilili w aIloui VI
appeared at the Commuinpaw yards: and
received orders to clear the yards of
everybody but employees and reporters.
The officers had no trouble in carrying
out this order.
A squad of policemen was kept in the
statlon-house of Capt. Farrier's precinct.
ready to respond to any call which
might be sent from the freight yards.
yesterday, were on hand again this MORN
ing. They, were all brakemen and con-
ductors who make up the eleven crews,
which are required to handle the trains
which usually arrive. and depart from
Jersey City. The engineers and firemen,
howev6~, did not come to work.
Notwithstanding the statement of the
officials that passenger ain were NOV
Ing. regularly, there were only three
arrivals and two departures up to noon.
The, lie train for Scranton was again
abandoned for want of an engine. The
. o'clock Clinton local pulled u on
time with two coaches and five pussen-
gers on board.
The Buffalo and Niagara express,
Of the station at 1910 behind engine
". The engineer and firemen were nom
union men, and with them in the cab
were two men in citizens clothes, who
were SAID 20 lie Il. . : les.
The train consisted of two passenger
coaches and a mail-car. Eighteen pas
sengers and m trunk made up the
William Ostrand, Morris Smith. Jacob
Macon and Jacob Ostrand, all Of Long
Island city, were prisoners in Justice
ODonnells court in Jersey City this
duct.
Last night the men were in the Lehigh
valley freight yards where the strike Is
u progress. They were approached by
tne strikers; who thought they were look
The men replied that they wanted to
r. 10 the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot.
Inc strikers directed them to the Waldo
Railroad.
They were arrested there by Special
Policeman Ryerson. who charged them
Will being suspicious persons.
This morning Judge O'Donnell fined
MEETING IN PERTH AMBoY.
,PERTH, AMBOY, n. j., Nov. 2L.-At
eo'clock this morning a meeting of strik-
ers was held in Lyceum Hal, on Smith
street. Fully 800 were present. The
meeting was presided over by Grand
MASTER Wilkinson, of the Order of Rail-
way Trainmen.
Mr.. Wilkinson arrivd feom Philadel-
phla early this morning. and after the
tauurnment OF the meeting at 10 O'Clock
WI Tor Easton, Pa. on the 1920 train
y" tne New, Jersey Centr Il road.
lhe meeting was a very enthusiastic
ono. Mr.. Wilkinson made remarks of an
encouraging nature. He assured the
men that they had right on their side,
nnhn IL was but a matter of a few days
SMm"n victory world perch upon their
AZ the yards of the Lehigh road this
wotnlng eight men. who were at work
yesterday, quit. They were freight con
nmuo"tors' hrakemen, engineers and fire.
This further crippled the facilities Of
iLne l.ehigh road, and there is u one
~VcoHlOtive runnlnc I'm the ward,