The evening world., 1893-11-23
LAST EDITION
BL L0CKADE IS BROKEN.
Freight Moving from the Lehigh
Yards at Commuuipaw
Guards Heavily Armed Placed on
Every Train.
Large Force OF Police Stationed 70
Preserve Order.

condition Of affairs in and around the
Lehigh Valley freight yards at Com
munipaw this morning. There Is every
evidence that the Company means busi-
ness ana intends to move freight trains
over its road in spite of the strikers.
The scene presented in the yards n
very different from that of yesterday,
when everything seemed to be at Q
standstill
crews hired by Freight Agent Rundio
yesterday. puffed and pushed the loaded
cars about all night, and when. day,
broke a dozen trains had been made up
for through points to be sent out as soon
as engines could be procured to haul
them.
without seeing bluecoat. All night 100
policemen under Capt. Farrier, pa
trolled the yards, and saw that there
was no interference with the men at
At ) o'clock this morning fifty OF the
force were relieved. and their places
Tbe OK ios fnrne H9de9 a9 S
| duty at the yards to-day. Besides these,
there are seventy-fve special Pinkerton
men scattered over the Company's ter-
ritory. The policemen all carry their
long night sticks. and in each hip pocket
Is loaded revolver and an extra round
Of cartridges.
Agent Rundio, who has been on duty
almost continually since the strike be.
gan, looked worn out when he appeared
at the yards this morning. When asked
what was the condition of AFFAIRS, he
| said:
| I'VE are going to move our trains as
| 4 nothing unusual had happened. An
| the loaded cars in the yards have been
made up into trains and are ready I'd
| go out,
"As soon as We get engines we win
| begin to run on schedule time. The po-
| licemen are here prepared to protect
| our men should occasion require. We
do not intend to allow our men to b
molested by the strikers if we can help
either"
Mr.. Rurdio said that the policemen
needed protection the most. A squad
had been detailed to guard the freight
sheds on the dock; another had been
and the rest had orders to keep a sharp
eye on things in general. At 10 o'clock
IL was said that an engine had been
procured and that freight train would
About ffty freight handlers congre-
gatei around big bonfire near the
they were strikers. hut said they were
| idle because there were no cars on hand
in which to, load freight; They were
| their fate at being unable to work.
The passenger train service over the
Lehigh Valley was not interrupted this
morning. The three trains scheduled 70
leave at 7.l2. 9.l0 and al went out on
time Two srecial officers. armed with
revolvers and long clubs rode In the
each train. Incoming, trains arrived
: during the forenoon. all more or less
late. Armed special officers rode on the
one Of these officers. who came In on
| the train from EastOn, which was six-
teen minutes late. said he had come over
! the line from Easton last night on the
train which reached Jersey City at 912.
He said that when the stop was made at
Whittakers. few miles this side Of
! Easton, at o'clock last evening. the en-
gine was surrounded by a crowd OF
strikers, who set about disabling the To-
comotive by knocking out the pins of the
| connecting rods.
He and his partner Jumped OF and
/ made for the strikers with their long
sticks and drawn revolvers. The crowd
/ The engineer lost no time in pulling
out Of the station before the strikers re-
| turned To the attack
| Fifty more policemen arrived at COM
munipaw from Newark over the Jersey
Central road about o'clock. They were
marched over 10 the freight-y yards and
will aid the local police in case OF
The Iehigh officials this morning had
a big load OF mattresses and bedc.othes
| Beds were set up in one. Of the freight
| sheds They will he used by the police
until the strike is over
II was said that the Company had
and that Commissary department
would be organzed before night.
The first freight train OF the day was
/ hauled out Of the yards at 1890 o'clock.
/ II was said by some OF the strikers that
| there was a special officer On board for
every one Of the crew.
The first east-hound freight train
which the LehiGh Valley Company has
/ succeeded in getting through since last
Monday arrived in dorsey CITY ut ION
o'c,ock. The train consisted of twenty
cars filed with general merchandise.
. There were several special officers on
board one Of them said that during the
run he learned that four of the crew
were Brotherhood men. He asked them
others They replied that they were not
I such fools. They had families TO sup
port, they said, and could not afford TO
engage in any such foolishness as fght-
ing the railroad company.
Another train, It was said, is now on
us way from Scranlon' lardmaster
made up which he will send out To-day.
This morning six floats from pier
Hand two floats from pier JS were towed
over To the Communip9w yards from New
York with eighty loaded freight cars on
board. The ears were quickly handled
and sanlw!ched into the several trains
which will, II Is said, move to-day
lardmiaStfnt Lhmo ia, say az % a noon that
molesled on its way out Beyond a few
! cries OF "scab" and some hootlng tha
/ strikers made no demonstration AZ the
| train ran over the Jersey Central tracks.
| The engine which was to take out the
| l2.i2 Elmira express hacked down into
I the yard for water. II was immediately
who uttered threats against the ensineer
ani assured him n he took out the train
he would risk his personal safety.
| The engineer refused TO be intimldate1.
the two s9eelAl ofiiesrs In the cab the