Evening journal., 1893-11-27
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BUFFALO, Nov. 25-The Lehigh strike is
practically over. The strikers have been
whipped for As hours now past and are
hardly aware Of II yet. The leaders realize
that defeat has overtaken the first and
only strike Of the much vaunted Fedora
tion Of fBrotherhoods Of Railway Employees
in much shorter time than il did the little
strike gotten up by the single unassisted,
unfederated Association Of Switchmen a
year ago, but they hate TO acknowledge It.
The rank and file will soon learn that be-
hind the bluster of the chiefs there Is very
little armament for further strife. Though
the order. "Strike is Oft; get back the best
you can" has not been issued, IL is almost
inevitable.
The only thing that can prolong the
strike will be the calling out Of men on
other roads, but this will not cripple the
Lehigh. IL will be mt best an Intellectual
contribution to the general complication
of affairs. The Lehigh has hired all the
men it wants.
All these men need now is experience.
Twenty-one trains of freight were received
and dispatched at Buffalo Sunday. That
is a gain over the preceding two days.
Similar gains all along the line are reported
and are naturally to be expected Within
a week the Lehigh will have such COM
mand of the situation that it can cease TO
worry at all, while the strikers will simply
be out of job, as were last week the men
who are now the employees of the Lehigh.
Some apprehension has been felt by Of
ficials on connecting lines lest their men
might be ordered out, but there Is little
likelihood of it. In the first place, the
strikemanagers have not any point against
handling of ''scab' freight.
Freight Embargo on
Their position, precisely stated by one Of
their number is this: 1--WE have no OBJ
lection TO competing or other lines han
ding their regular quota of freight, even if
routed to them from the Lehigh, provided
the freight is none other than what they
would ordinarily handle if there was no
strike, but it is not intended that they shall
go out Of their way to assist the Lehigh by
handling freight for them which, If there
was no strike, they would never receive"
In effect the connecting lines at the ter
minals-the Nickelplate and Lake Shore
here, for instance. which were notified a
week ago that the Lehigh could no longer
receive freight from them and which have
since been sending this freight to the lie
highs parallel east bound line-are now
warned by the strikers to hold their freight
for the Lehigh, which just now is very
glad TO have such n countermand put on
their rivals, since they are getting able tC
do their usual volume Of business again.
Thus "A strike ordered on any other road
now would help the Lehigh more than il
would hurt it.
The only instance which gives rise to the
idea that possibly another road may be in
volved is a case wherein the West Shore is
concerned This is thought to be OMNIBUS
by railroad men because the engineers on
that road are said to have grievance o.
/ their own, but the Associated Press CORE
/ spondent is confident, after communication
I with leaders on both sides, that the Lehigl
strike will not extend and that the strug
gle has already practically passed into his
/ tory.