New-York tribune., 1893-11-25
MOVING SLOWLY.
FIVE LEHIGH VALLEY TRAINS LEAVE
JERSEY CITY.
MANY APPLICATIONS FOR WORK Al LIE
OFFICES OF THE CoMPANY-EN-
cINEFRS HARD TO GET.

GINEERS HARD TO GET.
,,ho have left the service of the Le-
Itch Valley Railroad are keeping up a good hgh'
- I.rsev CITY. and believe they will win Al
.,orgb much has been said about moving iaIse
,roins of freight 1t is fact that the amount vi
outco;np freight handled by the Lehigh road i'll
1ersev CITY since the strike was ordered haS
haop extremely small. The first mix 'ral
which has come in since Saturday arrived III
Jersey City early yesterday morning. Inc Le
high officials say that they are receiving si."'
numbers Of applications for work. Inc 81
ers at this end of the line admit that 'i'iS 10
true but they say that the applications come
from incompetent railroad men ana men "no
know nothing about railroad work.
The strikers are especially pleased over the
fact that the officials have experienced great
difficulty in getting engineers. Al the heauqu"i
ters of the men in Greenville yesterday AFTER
noon there was rejoicing when they reao us
patch from Galesburg, ILL.,, when said 'ha' sew
.raI Chicago. Burlington and Quincy engineers
who left there on Monday night to work on the
Iebirb. had returned to the c.. B. & O. disgusted
with their experience. However, smaii nuhper
Of engineers have been employed by the Lehigh
IN the last three or four days How to get rid
of these men was the question that bothered the
strikers They decided to try moral suasion and
creenoacks They tried 1t and found II
IN be successful. In this way three en-
gineers who took the places or strikers at
Perth Amboy were induced to quit work
Yesterday A passenger on an incoming 'ralh
Yesterday afternoon told reporter that TWO
locomotives had been destroyed near Easton
and hsndoned there because their furnaces had
been burned out by inexperienced firemen The
strikers say that fully dozen locomotives
have met this fate since the strike was or"
dered All the Lehigh passenger trains left the
city on time yesterday. They carried few
passengers The incoming trains were late.
The Wikesbarre train brought in two pas
sengers
The movement of freight was extremely slow
Yesterday The first freight train left the yards
at 1880 a. m. There was a Gregory man on
each car and there were two in the engine
Their presence seems to be unnecessary. for
the strikers wisely keep away from the yards.
Their headquarters are fully mile from
the yards Five freight trains left the city in
the course of the day and evening.
In the Lehigh freight office it was announced
that hereafter all Lehigh trains would enter me
yards over the single track owned by the Le-
high road, instead of over the Jersey Cen
trails tracks. The Lehgh road has one track
running into Jersey City from Roselle II was
built last summer. 1t is said on good au-
thority that this step was taken by the Le-
high at the earnest solicitation of Jersey Cen
tral OficialS who are anxious 10 aNolu naNihS
any trouble with their men. Captain Farrer
had fifty Jersey City policemen in the yards
yesterday, but they were not needed the
number was reduced in the course OF the day.
The railroad officials have provided quarters
for the police and the private detectives in
two seeping-cars which are In the yards.
Lehigh Valley westbound freight train was
stopped on the Jersey Centrafs tracks at Ro-
selle yesterday afternoon by the refusal of the
towernan to open the switches so the train
could pass on the Lehgh tracks which join
fhoC "a fro RAJ akG
in front OF the station ani Central passenger
train was delayed. Finally a Central brakeman
uncoupled the freight train. and when green
hands attempted TO recouple the cars the draw
heads were broken. The Central men refused
TO help repair the damage The Valley train
was guarded by dozen officers. and got away
after long delay.
Two through freight trains came into the
Jersey City yards last night over the LehRh
Valley line-one at and at IL o'clock
They carried freight from st. Louis. Chicago
Suspension Bridge, Buffalo and other points