New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-29
LEUIGH STRIKE ABOUT OYER.
TIE RAILROAD COMPANY CLOSING IT.
EMPLOYMENT OFFICES.
GENERAL MANAGER VOORHEES, IEPoRT-THE
STRIKERS STILL PROGRESSING CONFIDENCE
IMPROVEMENT IN TRAIN SER
,-,c,- corrrrrIrS rEOpENTNG.


STRIKERS STILL PROTESTING CONFIDENCE
IMPROVEMENT IN TRAIN SER
yIcE-CoLILEEIEs EroPENING.
fnY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TIibuNE.1
Philadelphia. Nov. 2s.-As viewed by 'he o'"cla's
OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad company, 'he
termination of the strike Is only Few DAYS OIL
Advices received to-day at the general ohlceS IN
this CITY all tended to confirm this belief The fol
lowing dispatch from General Manager Noo'h"'@'
at South Bethlehem speaks for the Improvement
in the situation from the company's point Oh view
REPORTS from all divisions this morning commune
TO show Improvement In the Samet ,hon ON Sotmr
day and the outlook Is for sun idr'hrr %
ment to-day You may consider une s'r, nncerna1
our ranks filed and we have suip1 Vi mn
all points SO that we are only USING ''e H'os'
capable
The following dispatch. received by prominent
coal operator in this city from the Columbus Col
liery. Mt. Carmel under date of yesterday. Is OF
interest:
ma, or NAV not get more cars tomorrow. as the
strike is not settled yet To Us 1t looks b pae' ia
ty.six empty ears on hand. or course. we canno.
expect all to go smoGhy eb al Vey and three
Pennsylvania Schuylkiil Valley cars Lots OF ireien'
Mt c. rmel Colllery sent out full trip. but the
other ooicrles get nothing yet
The companyS recruiting ONCE III t'hS e''y was
closed to-day. on the advice OF General Manager
voorhees II is stated that orders have been Is
sued TO close the employment offices In other cities
An average of go men a day have been secured
at all the employment offices. The leaders OF the
strike still assert that they have encouragement
and say n great deal about collisions. exploding
locomotives abandoned trains and other acciueh's
caused by inexperienced men,
The New-Jersey Arbitration Board. represented
by ]. p Mcdonnell its chairman and J. w. Ro-
maine It's secretary. and the New-fork BOARD IN
Guiding Judge G.. Robertson. chairman: Edward
Feeney and Charles J. Madden. left the city to-day
without accomplishing anything
Bethlehem Penn. Nov. 2.-fieneral Manager Noor-
hoes returned to Philadelphia this afternoon. lie
said TO n reporter: Il go to my Philadelphia Office
for good because consider the strike practically
over Trains are running much better to-day ana
no trouble has been reported
Seven members OF the State Boards OF Arbitra-
ton OF Ncyv-York and New-Jersey arrived here
at o'clock tonight. An hour later messenger
was sent with u communication TO President Will
bur- and upon his return Secretary Romano
handed the following to the reporters present:
president Wilbur OF the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
has consented TO the State Boards OF Arbtra-
ton OF New-York and New-Jersey tomorrow.
The Leh!gh division shows no sign OF strike
More than 1900 OF coal and 40 freight cars
passed east from Packerton. while nearly IA many
went West. Passenger trains make all connections
President Wilbur says: business Is improving nj
all points along the line There are large mum.
Der OF collieries In operation don't see but that
the strike Is over. We were compelled this morn.
ing to refuse q large number Of applicants for
work.
Wnkesbarre Penn. Nov. 2s-There Is li',e or
no change In the strike situation Both sides arr
confident OF winning In answer to telegram this
afternoon from r. f. Clark Grand chief Of the
order OF Railway Conductors the chairman OK the
various branches OF the Grievance Committee here
went Philadelphia this afternoon. conference
IL TO be held there by these men Tomorrow morn
OF the leaders said tonight that 1t was his opn-
ion that the strike would be at an end within the
Pottsvilie. Penn. Nov. 2s-On the Mahanoy d.
vision sixteen freight engines In addition to the he
| nifty on the Hazleton division seventeen out OF
twenty-one engines are at Work; ana wori comes
no strike there. Out OF 10 crews about seventy
| working. About one-heif OF these ar. regular
men, Strikers are not coming back IN any mum
| bers At strikers meeting at Quakake tele-
grams were received from different points on s ,he
| line from leaders stating that the men were SUI
firm and there were good prospects OF victory Ihe
crew from Mauch Chunk belonging to this division
| had returned to work This crew Is composed en-
fifteen out OF twenty-five Lehigh colleries. In
| the schuylkili region were working to-day. Most
sayre Penn. Nov. 2s.-There Is no change In the
| general character Of the strike since Yesterday
morning three engines which were in charge OF
| the Sayre roundhousc At noon there twenty
disabled engines in the 5oundhquss ro,,g
bed cheS5ed By the cPprts coming ns TO
VIII stand rS together 70 the end that they
| depending their brethren to do the same II
| the Wyoming men hold firm they confidently ex-
| pect 10 win They have captured several new men
| To-day while none OF their number have returned
| beyond West Mauch Chunk. and that little that is
sent east reaches tdewater. ,.. anal.
not over within forty-eght hours the brotherhood
men on all other roads would be called out, -,
ment this afternoon 100 additional coal and iron
police FOR the Lehigh VALLEY COMPANY were r., e ,h1
| class commissioned since Saturday.
valley engineers is dead No ground for doubt OF
| II longer exists The company Is now running its
freight trains regua At no tine mas nearly esfh u on
time The engineers on the Nickel Plate o ana G anS
| the strike thus receives It's death-blow.
| BUSINESS OF TIE ROAD ALMOST NORMAL
All IL quiet In the Lchigh yards in Jersey CITY.
| Frank Rundio the Lehigh freight agent there said
| that eight freight trains arrived in Jersey CITY
Yesterday and six left the station. This. he ADDED
was fully two-thirds the amount Of business usually
| done at this end of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
| meaning thereby that twenty-one freight trains Il
| day, including incoming and outgoing. made the
| usual daily business OF the road. Mr.. Rundio says
he is getting all the men he wants. but he does not
explain why the road Is doing so little business.
| There was no disturbances yesterday IN the
| nelgnborhood OF the yards. Some Of the strikers
| said yesterday that Charles Appleton noh.unon
| engineer Lehlgh engine No. III. got mo Il
ave- yesterday morning They said he ran in on
the wrong track and when demonstrated VIII ne ne
the Jersey Central. the men said. was summoned
with several policemen TO the place dhe oDs'iaI
and alleged ignorance OF the man delayed !" Is
| said. four Jersey Central trains.