The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-27

ehest-iron cover OF the boiler and the wood OF
cut. The iron tender. too was dented and the
wood Of the first gar was ehppsj s and spl1t,
was attached was a caboose more damaged
than any that had been seen before. -
TIE Sur corresponding remarked eome.
thing about the wreck. and small boy caught
hold OF him and shouted: say waltz III yesee
A 2Ge the SS most 81 the
piloted tho correspondent about the yard he
ouid Of tobacco eon in his mouth nth and general
toughnes. that beat the topghn ess 81 e., any
breaker. and swore he could lick any scat"
The train below tho one Just mentioned was.
n anything. worse than the others. The crew
bad not deserted but the ENGINE was ;, swarm m
n WITH p Cd RSy who sUws to ss
home outer that" demanded q lot Of women
they called the boy a hero. The boys on the
engine prepared T. follow the advice; The The
train crew were u1 i sot ,bar ney 80 ss
roundhouse they would quit provided no more
Below their train was an engine and caboose,
and near IL stood two trainmen surrounded
Iva crowd who were laughing and jeerinR at
What's the matter p asked Newspaper
man. We're you stoned 2 -,-.u,
Some in the crowd began to Rrowl at the In
reference OF the correspondents; and the boy
guide stood on his tip toes. and called out:
porters Tell EN- tho facts II ye know what's
good Tor ye." and then he summoned an intel
AT sugar Notch we, got the first yolley;
They smashed the windows and we dodRad
down under the seats and stayed there while
the rocks ratified about us. We were afraid for
our lives. We were pinned in the cnboose, and.
10 f tfy to get QUIT What we we're afraid Of was
that some of tho gang would get on the train
more humping and then came out. # wasn't
two minutes Lefore we got another volley. and
Was II men or boys who did the throwinG1"
asked the CORES pondent. -
BAY. we didn't wait to see. seel We ducked
and hid til, it was over, Then we came out till
we had to dodge again,
The next engine had broken windows and
said that ali he was waiting for was money. for
his fare home. When the caboose vas reached
IN T It. The doors we're split. The stove in side
was broken. The youthtnl guide climbed up
tie the bioEo kos can CAM SEQ What good WORK we DONE
was eoys5f yI, With glass. Tie guide came out
"Them scars knows as. As much about E2 raiI.
a buzzn' Here YOU" he said. hauling "a
iumEerea man out ofthe crowd you want to
Will" s s.l the man III get my coat
baeE s2% yen ae don S stSrs no more said
the guide. and then lie told how the two last |
trains had come near collidinG near the Notch.
The two hrakcmen was atop the cars" he |
said, and this train came 50 near smashing !
sOgrGn so TS that the hangs
Nese fellows got down after EN-. one wasa
Hungarian and he says: Ne wanta q peace;
an wese, picked him UP and headed him TO |
Plymouth; The other fellow says he'd uuit II
we give him de stun to get home. an wese give |
him 9 kick in the neck. an stoned him UP the |
As the two brakemen were missing 1t is fair |
to assume that this story and the rest that the |
boy said was true. on the way back the crowd
e. se i6e ssS sG G That ffH the engine
ton and ali would TGit some one in IN tie
crowd uncouped the engine amid the cheers
The next assault Of the crowd below the sta
ton was at ~ o,cloSk this evening. and within
sstant Train Dispatcher George RashbridRe.
and a crowd Of a hundred or more OF men and
boys made rush at it, They were armed with
dirt ana g. small coal, IN n. a moment they had
Then the crowd swarmed over the engine.
and might have wrecked It had not the police
Before Tor they reached the eGgine the mob dis.
covered them. and fed Half an hour later
DEPOT platform as one Of the rineieadsrs OF the
mob. He was arresI ed. Before the Mayor he
looked nineteen. lie WORKS in a breaker: lie
denied that he was any more than an onlooker;
vas G fned SO for malicious mIsshist 'a''' anu
The nearest disturbance on the road to the
;sGn Ss% e o4f at so ast D sss
morning came along an hour late, and was
passing nn IGSs SoGye the ron hSn when sI
through a window OF n passenger coach. 1t
Knocked hoIG Ave inches IN diameter in the
glass. Luckily, no one was in the way and no
one was hurt. hut broken glass flew across and
hit q passenger on tho other side OF the car in
At Coxton. above the. Lacknwanna and
Bloomsturg Junction, thee were crowds
as 1t was below. Al the Junction late this
afternoon. less than hall an hour alter they
down and thrown aside, leaving the tracks in
daTkness and no signals i9r trains.
the afternoon. The Delaware. Lsckawah-
slgnal + high red ball. When raised i sIeni;
have the right. At $50 O'clock, u few mo-
road. the signal was lowered for "A Lackawan-
ma train TO cross. and II was about 200 yards
y %%SS y N" coal 'n W%s heard isH Mss
coming nj re rate Of twenty miles an hour.
the yard blew their Whistles H in Warm m
were attracted. and rushed down to the sta
ton ami took in the situation at glance. For
Then the LehIGh train dashe-I on and over the
crossing the laekawanna train was 100 yards
BANDED the tracks. and damned on the brakes.
The crowd howi"d curses at the lehgh train.
Inc l.dckuNhllhh On Elneef nhl acted lust In
time. His train stopped within fifty feet OF the
crossing. rust as the Lehigh train was half
way across The Lehigh train had no business
to go even M 10 the crossing. It should have
stopped at the COXton yards.
Nobody knows what was the matter with the
engineer. and the Lehigh yardmAster sent .
shitter after the train. At last accounts It
hadn't got back. The non-union men at the
Cotton yards and junction have been so
afraid OF assault all day. that they have not
dared get out Of thsir en- ginss to turn switches.
and q. l. Housen. the general forwarding
agent OF the ROAD. has been at work throwing
switches all day.
Just before the narrow escape at the June
tion this afternoon two freight trains backed
up on each other in the yards and smashed In
the sides of the cAbooses. Altogeth business |
was pretty badly demoTaliZed. on one occasion
. switch TO track a long the canal from the
main line track was left open nearly half an |
hour As luck would have i. no passenger
train came along and no wreck resulted. |
On the mountain cutoff branch OF the road |
nom the Coxton yards there was only one as
sault reported. That was omnitted by a !
Hunga rian. one OF a crowd OF miners. train
CINE came opposite group OF Hungarians
hey began shouting in Hungarian. One OF Z