The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-21
LEHIGH TRAINS STOP.
The Tie-Up Effective on Most OF
the System.
a STRIKE FOR A PRINCIPLE.
The Men on the Buffalo Division, Not
In Sympathy with the Movement
May Go Back.

JERSEY CRY Nov. 20.-Thf strike on the
Lehigh Valley Is new complete. The men
in Jersey City had no grievance whatever.
bu, all quit on orders from the Federated
Order of. Trainmen. Hardly q wheel
turned over the tracks of the Central yards
today. This morning strikers congregated
at the Johnson avenue bridge and threw
stones at The men in charge of the engines.
An extra force of police was sent there and
TO the yards.
grievance committee claim overtures were
made to Chairman Wilkins, Of the Lehigh
valley strikers, today by alleged detectives,
who offered TO burn bridges and blow up
roundhouses. They were ordered out of
the house. The names of the men are
given as Howard r. Jones and Atkinson.
Jones said he had formerly been an en-
plcye OF the railroad as detective. and
wanted to get even. wilkins claims the
men were in the employ OF the Lehigh
Valley, and they were carrying out the
programme their employers laid down for
them, and that if the committee had
agreed to the proposition all hands would
now have been under arrest.
ROCHESTER, n. Y, Nov. ON. J. Law
Ter, chairman of the Auburn division of
the Lehigh, reports that since II midnight
Sunday two passenger trains have been
moved. and that freight from connecting
lines is refused by the road officials.
BUFFALO, Nov. 20-A majority Of the
trainmen of the Lehigh Valley road are
not at work here. but there seems to be
doubt whether they have really decided on
a strike. Their strike will be purely in
sympathy with the men on the northern
division, and some are antagonistic to the
idea of remaining out The men held q
meeting today and it is thought by rail-
road officials that they will decide to re-
turn to work. If not the railrosd officials
say they will fill the positions of the
absentees. Passenger trains are moving
without interruption. The officials are
devoting their energies to keeping perish
able freight moving, and claim TO have
enough men at work to keep the yard
clear. About half the iremen on the
northern division are out, but the COM
pany's officials do not believe the engin-
GERS will strike. Only three teiegraphers
are out on that division. The company
claims to have numerous applications for
the strikers places.
FLEMINGToN, n. j., Nov. 20.-All trains
on the Pennington branch of the Lehigh
Valley road are running on regular time.
The strike is spreading in other parts Of
the New Jersey division.
wrLKEsBARRE, Pa, Nov. 20.-Everything
is quiet along the line of the Lehigh VAL
lev road. The strikers are assembled at
the depot. but are orderly. They have
patrols out TO prevent evil disposed per-
sons from causing any wreck or damage to
the passenger trains which are running,
though much behind schedule time. Of
ficials expect break within twenty-four
hours, but the strikers say there will be no
break.
EAsToS. Pa. Nov. 2o.-The Lehigh Vail
lev road has served notice on the authors
ties of the counties and townships
through which the road passes that they
will be expected to preserve peace and pro-
tect the company's property should the
the strikers resort to violence. There is
no Aange in the situation.