Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-27

BUFFALO, Nov. 2T.-The Lehigh strike is
practically over. The strikers have been
whipped for As hours now past and are
hardly aware of it yet. The leaders realize
that defeat has overtaken the first and
only strike of the much vaunted Fedora
tion of Brotherhoods of Railway Employees
in much shorter time than it did the little
strike gotten up by the single, unassisted,
unfederated Association of Switchmen Il
year ago, but they hate to acknowledge it.
The rank and file will soon learn that be
hind the buster of the chiefs there is very
little armament for further strife. Though
the order, Strike is off; get back the best
you can" has not been ISSUED, it is almost
inevitable.
The only thing that can prolong the
strike will be the calling out of men on
other roads, but this will not cripple the
Lehigh. 1t will be Mt best an Intellectual
contribution to the general complication
of affairs. The Lehigh has hired all the
men it wants.
All these men need now is experience
Twenty-one trains of freight were received
and dispatched at Buffalo Sunday. That
is gain over the preceding two days
Similar gains all along he line are reported
and are naturally to be expected. Within
a week the I.ehigh will have such conf
mand of the situation that it can cease to
worry at all, while the strikers will simply
be out of a job, as were last week the men
! who are now the employees of the Lehigh.
Some apprehension has been felt by Of
fcialS on connecting lines lest their men
might be ordered out, but there is little
/ likelihood of it. In the first place, the
strike managers have not any point against
handling of ''scab" freight.
Freight Embargo on
! Their position, precisely stated by one Of
" Al. -. L. ~
! lection to competing or other lines han
| ding their regular quota of freight, even if
| routed to them from the Lehigh, provided
the freight Is none other than what they
would ordinarily handle if there WAS no
strike, but 1t is not intended that they shall
| 60 out of their way to assist the Lehigi by
! handling freight for them which, If there
was no strike, they would never receive"
| In effect the connecting lines at the ter
minals-the Nickclplntc and Lake Shore
here, for instance. which were notified a
week ago that the LehiGh could no longer
receive freight from them and which have
! since been sending this freight to the Lee
highs parallel east bound line-are now
warned by the strikers to hold their freight
for the Lehigh, which just now is very
[ glad to have such a counteTmand put on
their rivals, since they are getting able to
do their usual volume of business again.
mus strike OruerGu on any other road
now would help the Lchigh more than it
| would hurt it.
The only instance which gives rise to the
idea that possibly another road may be in
yolved is a case wherein the West Shore is
concerned This is thought to be omnibus
by railroad men because the engineers on
that road are said to have a grievance of
their own, but the Associated Press CORE
spondent is confident, after communication
with leaders on both sides, that the Lehigh
strike will not extend and that the strug-
gle has already practically passed into his
tory.