The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-04

reason that ever since the strike began the
new employees have worked steadily. aud 1t
third Sunday Of the strike.
Grand Chief Arthur OF the brotherhood OF
Engineers arrived in the city this afternoon on
his way to. wilkosbarre. He declined 10 be
Assistant GRAND Chief Youngson Of the En-
rineefs' Brotherhood who went up the road on
n tour Of observation on Wedn esday night. rc-
turned TO- this city tonight and conferred with
Chief Arthur. Mr. NOuugson came from lla-
aleion to-day. lie reports all quiet aud the
The REPRESENTATIVES OF tho New York and
Now JorsoY Arbitration Boards who were here
last weak, will 20 to bethlehem to- morrow
and have another conference with President
That the Lehleh Valley strike has assumed
q serious aspect is shown Ivy the statement is
Voorhees,. in which no charges tho strikers
with having caused the disastrous White
Haven wreck. The statement says:
The accident at white Haven was bbused by strikers
pulling pins freight train that stopped IN front Of
Eyer since tire strike began tho,o q N. strikers who
lived at White Haven haze been active In AZ manner
that this action and nqmerogs Other instances q 90
The company s leterm ned to carry ont IT, purposes
fecuve measures will from this time forth be put
execution.
train which left Newark on the Central Rail-
road this afternoon at so o'clock, bound for
thS c GUY %rasd When t%o s T ram
Elizabeth the locomotive plunged into the
rear passenger car, tclescopinE " into the bag-
gage, and detailing the latter. Inc locomotive
There we're only half dozen passengers in
the first train and they were badly shaken ur.
one woman VINO declined to give her name.
had hat pin TANNED into her head. She was
removed to Newark hospital, and may be So
4 boy had his ear cut partly. of By flying
splinter and every one else In tho car was
the collision threw tho passengers in the
second train from their seats and Adoiph
PhillipGL contractor OF Elizabeth. was
The accident was caused by, the heavy fog.
The locomotive, which hauled tho train that
left Newark at | o'clock blew out a cylinder
dent dent occurred % two miles from telegraph ofIico
the ::j5 +. Vi. train dashed through tho fog
The engineer and fireman OF the latter train
saved thsmse,yes ey }pmrnnIg Va, Fan ESCAPED s
The Lehigh train leaving Jersey City at o
Bills that it was overtaken by the Newark
passenger train. and only for tho prompt
action Of the Central engineer another colli-
sion would have occurred.
TehiGh special 4O;. leaving Jersey City at
7:l0 NJ; crashed l., into .t TIE rear end OF q
ishing the caboose aud Disabling the engine OF
4O3. 1t caused a delay Of halt an hour,
less trafic on the, Lehigh road here to-day
than on last Sunday. and the strikers who
were at that time nervous ana showing some
disposition to weakness are to-day moro hope
full than ever.
Two engines were brought here from the
New Jersey division to-day. having been
burned out. It is said. through the careless-
ness and incompetency OF the fremen. The
company to-day attempted to do little else
than move its regular passenger trains
The Lehigh Valley pay car will start out to-
morrow to pay of all strikers 1t IS expected
to start from Easton about a. NJ. and pay the
men here first. The strikers last night re-
ceived their first money from the brotherhood
since the strike began. 1t took $4,000 to pay
all the men on strike for two weeks;
Lehigh Valley Railroad officials to clean up
their lines was sadly interfered with to-day
by heavy snow storm that started in at IL
o'clock on Saturday night and Kept up till day
light to-day.
Then It turned into {. Id rain that has
during the day and n dense fog to- slGht.
In the last twenty-fOur hours not a freight
or coal car. loaded or empty has been handled
on the coal branches OF tue Lehigh Valley
Company. and the half dozen regular Sunday
passenger trains have been kept running
only with tho greatest difficulty, and acci-
dents were prevented solely ny the exercise OF
unusual caro- and slow speed. The strikers
ranks have been augmented by the addition OF
some new and some Old men who have become
scared at the many wrecks Of late resulting
from the employment OF green hanIs
station a wildcat coal and a wildcat freight
train coming east had smash-up at o'clock
this morning.
The engine pulling the second train tele-
scoped the cahooss Of the other, inJurtng the
conductor and a brakeman severely. The ca
rallied. There is no marted improvement In
the MESSENGER service here.