New-York tribune., 1893-12-02
WRECKS ON THE LEHIGH.
MANY ACCIDENTS ALONG THE LINE OF
TIE ROAD

THE ROAD.
TWO THAfNMEN LOSE THEIR LIvEs-THE CONE
PANY's POSITION, NEyERTHELEss,
GROWS STRONGER DAILY.
| rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIByNEI
Philadelphia. Dec 1.-The Lehigh strike situation
! has undergone no material change In the past
! forty-eight hours The officials maintain that the
business of the road is steadily returning 10 us
normal condition, while the strikers profess 10 De
serenely confident that the system Will never De
In full and profitable operation until they return
to the company's employ. All efforts to have the
| matter settled by arbitration have failed ano'
until one side or the other surrenders. the strikers
will remain out of work and the officials Will con-
| tinue their efforts TO run the road without the
| help Of its former employees General Manager
| Voorhees, is more than ever confident that pe1ore
long the will have to acknowledge that they
have been beaten and the only fear to which
he gives utterance is that the desire Tor
1 revenge may lead turbulent spirits to the
destruction Of the company's property ana the
| commission Of other lawless acts. Grand CHIEF
Conductor. Clark said to-day that the situation Is
| practically unchanged but that the ranks or the
men being gradually increased by the ac-
| QUESTION of hands employed to take the places
| of the strikers. He said he had received re-
port from Wkesbarre announcing that ninety
| of the left their work yesterday and
joined the strikers. Another report he said. was to
the effect that six trains made up ready to leave
| the Coxton yards yesterday were abandoned by
their crews who joined the ranks of the strikers
| Mr.. Voorhees, denied however. that the crews de-
| serted six trains at Coxton.
This a busy day In the treasurers depart
| ment of the Lehigh Valley, some 100000 being
paid out for the regular December interest and
| $302. 900 for the redemption of bonds drawn for
the sinking fund. The company also paid to-day
note for 900. being the only paper maturing be-
| fore the close of the year. iq ~
Wilkesbarre, Dec. 1.-Wrecked engines. smashed
| cars and disabled cabooses strewn along the
Wyoming division of the Lehgh from Coxton TO
Packerton, while freight trains stalled in many
places along the mountain having been deserted
by non-union crews. The appear utterly
unable TO the trains with any degree OF safety
1t is showing on the mountain sides tonight, ana
it is predicted by competent engineers and many
of the strikers that the first real cold snap VIII
drive every non-union engineer and fireman from
the road. these men cannot control the
trains on the steep mountain grades some Of
which ninety feet TO the mile. At Fairview. on
top of the mountains twelve miles from here. an
empty engine. going ct the rate OF thirty miles an
hour, crashed into the end OF a caboose this
afternoon. In which were seated two brakenen.
Frank Wilson and unknown msn. who were In
stantly killed. A few moments later the cabo9se
caught FIRE and was soon destroyed The msnsled sis
bodies OF the brakemen we're taken out one nav
| ing his arm burned to crisp A..
sSmsrys The sSs'Sn S sse along @ tns ns
week ago But little freight is being moved ,ans ana
run with about half the usual force, sheriff pms s
stll has his two deputies on guard a. S the Hb bGTs
had to be towed to ,Phpsbqrg,, 4 bad accident
ns ss 'rDN When disabled disabled @ engine getting away from
the engine which was towing It, flew few nfI9Sa d9wn
In the South Easton yard the runaway ,ra,% engine
N IL
Valley Val @ engine . near near Van Eten yesterday morning
both dead swariOgt died "a. a. 10 oSlock last
< Lehgh engine exploded at sayree this morn,
The explosion so due mSnneS to y
men. The nreman on the engine which exploded
pogy sTfk In PENN 'hs nip pee Sa for he
expeTisncsd in getting freight from the he
felt on the Mahanoy division to-day The collieries
bCHs s,1 the pen ah Of Vsy caEs and aIe
from Packer,on Yesterday was me ouslest 1 may nay
'aS 4 freight train on the Lehigh Valley Railroad
SS between aa"t Deiano and Quakake fhe rear brake
man made his escape TO the woods and the caboose
Delano without the brakeman, who has not yet
Bethiehem. Penn Dec l.-At President wiburs
office this afternoon it was said that no repor,s
day 1870 cars we're moved. or twenty-nine more
trains than the day bsfGre before Ther are no ne"
nssr s!9'HsSaasS 81 Ds[ y"sS
BY which Of another Of ne green ,sa train
OF nsa1y eoa going
orders at Bloomsbury to take siding for as iast
Johnson. one Of the green brakeman ran ahead Of
the train to open the switch He did this az the
rom the e east to the west bound track He then
attempted TO get on the engine when .d he was as
the wreck which followed The coal engine was
half way across on the westbound track when
heavy d coal nnn Ta sn@ pnred into IN
Both engineers jumped and saved their lives The
engines 9Geher %h ea car GFasn re anl p m
In heaps blocking both tracks: coal was scattered
oyer Tno 1ae rosa fSr Dec James oRourke who
came here from Rutland W. TO obtain work on the
mornne msSSn VaeR %ss found in the hsh va
ley depot yesterday acting queerly and was ar
rested for intoxcation. When arraigned this morn,
was sent to the Fitch Hospital, where he died a
few mnutes after ms b cas Of dsah
said the police officer caused his injury. but tho
| officer denies this.
| BELIEF THAT THE STRIKE is ABOUT OVER
Agent Rundlo. who has charge OF the freight at
the Lehlgh Valley yards at Jersey City. said yes
| terday that he considered the strike about over
| He had sent out four trains and cleared the yards
| Three trains came in 1t expected that all
freight received In the afternoon would be sent
| in the night, The passenger traffic was regular
| There was the usual congregation OF strikers at
| schweilers Hall. but no action taken.
Chief Gregory, who Is In charge OF the special
| police. said that his men and the non-union train
| men Lehigh Valley freight trains are pelted
with stones and humps Of coal whenever they pass
through Ellzabethport and Bayonne. A squad in
| charge OF Captain Higbie was attacked while pass
| Bayonne. Coal was thrown at the engineer by the
fireman Of philadelphia and Reading locomotive
| No. 5sl. The cab windows were broken by volley
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