The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-22
URGED TO REMAIN LOYAL.
CIRCULAR SENT OUT TO THE LE-
HIGH VALLEY STRIKERS.
Both Union and Non-Union Men Guar
anteed $50 Month III They stand
by the StriI<ers-Overtures by an A.
legged Detective Are Promptly Re-
PEELED.

ROCHESTER, y. Y. Nov. 20.-The
strike on the Lehigh Valley road is be-
ing managed here by T. N Coleman.
chairman; a. d. Thurston. deputy grand
chief. with central headquarters at the
New Ashborne house. A circular has
, been sent out by them under date Of
today as follows:
ITO All Operators-we deem IL our
duty to fully advise YOU of the situa-
ton on the Lehigh Valley system so
that you can give us the moral and
financial assistance to which we are en-
titled. The brotherhood Of locomotive
engineers. brotherhood of locomotive
| hremen, brotherhood of railway train
men. order of railroad telegraphers and
order of railroad conductors were au-
Is, and 80 per cent. of all
the men on the system re-
sponded to the order, completely tying
up the freight traffic and only United
States mail traffic is being handled.
You can fully see that system feder-
alton is n success. as above demonstra-
ted, to tie up any road 1t is further
known that this is the first test that has
been made of this plan and the general
managers of all the different lines in
the United States have planned to make
this attempt to crush out organiZat ton
duty of every railroad employee in the
East to do everything in his power to
win in this effort We ask that every eff
fort be made to keep members from APP
plying for work on the Lehigh Valley
road in all the different departments,
and if you hear of any men coming this
way fully advise them of the strike and,
II you cannot keep them away, please
advise us and the route thy are coming.
that we may intercept them. y great
many Of our members are in arrears
and we would urge upon them the in
portance of RENTING their dues at
once, as the expenses connected with
this struggle will be considerable.
place but little credence in the re-
ports Of the daily papers as they are
the tools of the monopoly that is en-
deavoring to down the honest laboring
man. We will issue from day TO day
bulletins giving the exact situation as
il exists. By all means remain loyal
TO your obligation and victory will
surely be ours thus paving the way for
our rights on other lines. You will see
by the above that the other four or
CARNATIONS are doing their part nobly
| and don't let it be said that we have
not done ours
To this is added
Union or non-union men are guar
anteed $50 per month if they remain
loyal TO the cause"
NJ J.. LAWYER, chairman of the Auburn
division. reports at headquarters that
on the Auburn division since II midnight
Sunday two passenger trains have been
moved Each was composed of an en-
sine and a mail car only, and freight
from connecting lines has been refused
by the Lehigh officials, and agents have
instructions 10 accept all freight subject
to delay. OF five operators the
| Rochester branch two are working
Acting General Manager Theodore
Voorhees, returned tonight from Bethle-
hem, where he has been in consultation
with President Wilbur OF the Lehigh
Valley railroad. Mr.. Voorhees, said that
President Wilbur was confident that the
present difficulties would not last more
than two or three days. as plenty of un-
employed wOrkmen were to be had II
was for the purpose of securing the
most competent that Mr.. Voorhees, went
to Bethlehem today He said that two
car loads Of engineers. firemen and train
men from here and Jersey City left Phil
adelphia for Bethlehem about O'clock.