Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-30


off. No. 2S8 started sailing down the
track toward Athens, and came up with
the rear end of freight train at Milan.
The shops will work over time to repair
the damage.
moving on the road than at any time
since the strike.
Five engineers and several firemen
who arrived on Friday quit work and
joined the strikers.
Engine 500 with four broken or Grip
pied engines in tow passed through
Wilkes-Barre and left them at the shops.
Jersey Central engineers have entered
complaint against the reckless way Val
ley engines and cars are run across the
Central tracks.
Engine 1888 was burned out at Coxton
yesterday by scab crew.
into the rear end of freight near the
wrecked.
But three through trains had passed
through Wilkes-Barre up to 10 o'clock
this evening. All trains are from four
to five hours late.
While a freight train was "stalled"
for two hours on curve on the noun
tain cutoff no flag was sent out.
Brotherhood men are guarding the
railroad property all along the northern
division.
AS train was going over the cut off,
cap exploded. The green engineer
Immediately reversed his engine as he
was going down grade rapidly, and
broke from his train going about 200 feet
ahead with full steam on. He again re-
versed and jumped, letting his engine
crash back full speed against the de-
tached train, smashing the tank and
breaking drawhead.
A walk through the Wilkes Barre yard
revealed quietness that has not been
experienced there for years. Lehgh
Valley freight filled all the side tracks,
but not a wheel was moving, no engine
was shifting, no brakemen were throw
ing switches, no train hands signaling,
no yard master ives issuing orders. In
the usually husting, bustling yard one
might have heard pin drop. 1t was
complete tie up. There was every kind
of freight, fast, medium, slow and per-
ishable. Some cars were bound north
and some south. On some of the dates
of shipment testified more truthfully to
the state of the tie up than anything
else. Several cars of through freight
were sent from points east on November
10, and after being twelve days on the
road had but reached Wilkes-Barre.
REPORTED ON WEDNESDAY.
Lehigh Valley engine 1877, bound from
Mauch Chunk to Coxtop with several
cars of freight, going at the rate of
thirty miles an hour, ran into Jersey
Central coal train at the South Wilkes
Barre crossing at II o'clock Tuesday
night. Six cars of coal were overturned
and the Valley engine derailed and bad
ly wrecked. The crew of the Valley
train were non-union men and deserted
their train. Considerable feeling was
manifested by the Central crew, and
had the non-uuion men fallen into their
hands trouble would have resulted. The
and the block signal was against the Le-
high Valley train Instead Of the Val
ley engineer whistling down brakes he
blew for brakes off. The Central en-
gineer seeing the danger before him,
blew down brakes, but the crash result
ed as stated. No one was injured, but
the damage done amounted to several
thousand dollars to both companies, all
of which must be paid by the Valley.
Passenger trains and few freight
trains are running at Sayre but with
little or no regularity. During the morn
ing three engines which were in charge
of non-union men were burned out and
taken to Sayre round house. At noon,
there were twenty-one disabled engines
in the round house. Mechanics are at
work repairing them as rapidly as possi-
BILE. No accidents are reported since the
serious wreck of yesterday which is
estimated to have caused fully $30,0
damage.
Not union man has deserted from
White Haven to Sayre.
One hundred and thirty non-union
men were sent back to their homes from
Wilkes-Barre by the local brotherhood.