New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-23
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PHILADELPHIA Nov 22.-The strike on the lines OF
the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company mas assumed
a more serious phase in the last twenyiour hourS'
Fresh accessons the ranks OF the strikers are ie
ported and new men engaged by the company nave
been persuaded to cast their lot with the srihes
Little freight is being transported on any part oi
the road and the movement of passenger trains Is
attended with great irregularity THOUSANDS oi me"
have been thrown out OF work through the shutuhs
down Of mines, which has been made necessary py
the inability of the company to secure empty cars
and to move the loaded cars at present standing on
the tracks.
Notwithstanding these facts the higher OFFICIALS
still wear the air of quiet confidence In thelr ut
mate success which they have exhibited ever
since the beginning Of the great struggle Their as
surance of victory Is apparently based upon
belief In their ability sufficient experienced
recruits to fill the strikers places. rather than on
any hope Of persuading considerable number oil
their former employees 10 return to WORK Inc
leaders OF the strike confident as the oihcaiS
and the indications now are That the suuseie
will be a long one. and exceedingly costly 10 poth
sides In financial circles II s estimated that the
Lehigh Valley will lose nearly s2oo'Vv week curing
the Continuance of the strike. ,,., coo.a,
This being the last day OF grace when ,IeneraI
Manager Voorhees, gave the striking & enpi3yes & b .o
empIoyment no "e Of new men was opened at No IA
Swanwck-st The agent Of the company, deinahusd e,
been employed on railroads and were more or less
experienced 1t to be Ih poey o on ;e Il needs
mass them all at once In ample numbers AT the
places where they required and then surround
Them with the most rigid means OF protection. All
the men engaged to-day, II was understood, entered
into an explicit understanding that they accepted
work at the risk of personal violence.
hood OF Railroad Tranmen, returned here to-day
from a trip the Lehigh Valley road The re-
suits of the trip far from Disappointing In his
opinion. "Mr. wilkins the chairman OF the GrieV-
ance Committee and started TO organize the men
all along road" he said. I'VE took in six points.
Buffalo Mauch Chunk wlkesberre. Easton. Perth
Amboy and Wessport. Altogether there are 800
employees of the Lehigh Valley out on strike 200
OF them in Buffalo alone In my territory. Easton
has $40 men organized strikers. and OF these
$40 sixty converts, non-union men, VINO nave
been induced to join our ranks Perth Amboy
has 200 men organized. twenty-five of them being
recent acquisitions. Weissport has go men, OF
whom thirty converts .
at all points the striking employees have hall, IN
which they meet three times a day and answer ron
call There is not single freight train moving. Az
Bethlehem Junction to-day saw only one wreck
ing train in motion. Three freight trains that left
Easton on Monday proceeded far Packerton.
forty-four miles away. and stuck They are there
still"
b. f. Clark, the Grand Chief of Conductors.
said the road to-day was In worse condition than
ever and Youngson. the Assistant Grand Chief OF
the Engineers corroborated him. A. Ii. Thurston.
the Deputy Chief of the Telegraphers. denied the
statement that only thrty-two operators had gone
out 800 men, he aveTred. would be nearer the num-
ber
dent Charles Hartshornc from General Manager
Voorhees, at Bethlehem. saying that passenger
trains were running regularly along the road that
freight trains also running. and that speedy
settlement of the difference was anticipated.