The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-14
ExD OF rHs LsBTeH sIHIHE
Federated LrSor's er.s, Rsttis bos'.


wuvrsr,nnr Dec. 1.-THE great federated
r,i,rood strike OF 1893 has passed. The Lee
bIon Valley was considered by federated labor
,bs vulnerable point Of attack. Its double
trsot. run over high mountains from Phila-
delpbia and New York to Buffalo FOR ten
rears the defeated knights OF labor and so
clsties OF locomotive engineers and swtch-
men have said. when defeated In their strikes
on the Missouri Pacific. New York Central. u
II and y, and Reading walt till We con'eu,
crate all our railroad societies and We WIN
beat the strongest railroad" have seen tnls
great storm breeding for years. 1t finally
broke over the I.ehieh Valley. 1t was to be the
frst fight OF federated labor. and loOuOooo
people. for one.scventh Of our population are
Interested in railroads were looking or
The Iohigh boys had no especial grievance.
They we're paid good wages promptly, ana Mr.
Wilbur Mr.. Sayrc. and Mr.. Voorhees, were
kind and willing to receive any employee and
discuss a grievance. Tho boys said:
mo; the railroad officials shall recognize
our smalgamated railroad society They shall
receive our head officer. We have a mead, rs
well as the railroad"
so the light came To-day am looking at the
wrecks Of the battle. Now and then there Is n
wrecked train on the mountain eide. Twenty
engines have had nusa burned out. This was
caused by strikers putting soap in the tanks.
Inle mAO6 roam IN lne. uOlleTl huu lile new
engineers could not tell the height OF tho
water in the boiler
The trains are all running smoothly, and the
road hns won the tight.
On the trains l. SEQ dapper young men with
college faces and dressed in neat city clothes
learning to brake" The railroad has had
fifty applicants TO every vacant place. About
one-tiith OF the men did not belong to tha
railroad federation, md refused to strike
The road will take back about one-half OF
the strikers. picking the best mon. In every
case thoy come az new men. Engineers who
received 80 = day are rehired at S. so; fire.
have a chance TO work up to their old wages.
Engineers older than 45 will not come back.
The men who did not strike are glad. and
the strikers who will never come back are full
Of remorse. They will leave the Federation. as
they left the old Knights OF Labor. In TACT.
federated labor has got a very black eye.
In talking with the railroad men to-day they
are very severe. They say:
We were sold out. II had attend ed to my
own business, J would hc at work to-day, We
have been foolish. and now God help US"
nothing to strike for But when we federated
our hot. headed boys went around with n chip
on their shoulders. Wei show Voorhees, and
Wilbur they said that labor ia the boss BY
and by the boys will learn that CAPITAL and
labor have equal rights. Labor has the right
to work for whom 1t plcases and capital can
hire whom IL pleases. but capital will fix the
wages The en- ployer will be the boss"
| think this will he about the last railroad
strike in this country. There will certainly
never be another strike on the fehiGh Valley.
roads and federated labor has been defeated.
Ell PERKINS,.