The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-21

ganized and ~ vel prepared TO STAND PERIOD
What do you mean when you say we'll pre-.
:" Simply thi. AThe Brotherhood Of Iocomo.
fund. ssSfssstns s9o6do independent d
the amount Of pay he would receive. from the
iiOW long would that sum last among the
well. Il Yopldnt last a great while u 4 vas
strike continues every member Of the Brother;
hood now working on railroads In the United
States Is assessed q certain amount which IL
see. re ike the widows cruise Of oil. as fast
Hay s' You = any any other reason for believing
the strike will lie a successful one"
leading bulIetins 70 tie press BY The company
il one reason. The officials paint the situation
that they cant can't muster stern corporSis guard IN
any department. They say that operators
but know this h to To To" an untrlth There are
many stations along the line without operators
and i will be many days before men Will be
| found to operate the Instruments.
| In conclusion the engineer said that each OF
the other organizations, and especially that OF
the nremen. was as well prepared for the strue-
There Is a report in circulation. tonight to
the elect that the company intend tomorrow
to take the bull by the horns and to make an
! effort to move eome OF their fast accu IN ulat-
each Of the strikers on the Wyoming division
is responsible for It. II is as follows:
e S r' Nsy G. directed :. 1.. n: but
secordancs with this direction you are hereby ordered
eS sHS i&5 aS Sonr a: on your 9ff
WI" IN. ns order VOL .; ~.
| service Of the company U U EsskN.
This may mean that the company 10 going to
that the officials want TO put the len on record
as refusing to return to work. IL is customary
their places back on the ground that they
had been Wi.alInR TO return out ned no.
Hssn oaS S' " The Co Company H .csd
no information about the letter. and the
/ has created considerable excitement among
the strikers. and threats have been made that
sherifrs was raised there would probably be
There is a decidedly ugly feeling tonight
among tho New Jersey Central road men over
another report, which is to the, effect that the
ness to accept freight from the LehiRh II It 70
offered to them. An Official. 1t IL said. made
The Central en- say that IL any such thing Is
attempted they will tie the road up tig liter then
the Lshigh is tied and they viii keep 1t tied
from New York west who are not Brotherhood
aahsr S ssS s ss she E.sss sdsa 10
breaking down the organization. The Central
to the Lehigh was hunted tonight. but he
| could not be found. Another official ssid:
the law is os SIDE and
mouths a. 0ss 1Ssr d[;oSs we get
| carriers. OF course. and the law says that we
must accept freight II it is offered TO us; On
hoods have strong hold on our men. and II do
accept the freight there will be strike. There
we will do until the offer is made to u.s."
One Of the Lehigh OFFICIALS here said tonight
ing Of President WiIbur's statement that he
would not confer with the men about griey-
- know that this ls trne." he said. "Prssi.
dent Wilbur is ready to, day to confer with the
men 4 they come to him In the proper man
been objected to and about which the strike
is, il that he would not confer with $40
ance Of si50 mouth engineer. or
with fireman about the work OF q
confer with a committee of the engineers
on the road about any grieyances that the
sbSut their ar or with the
with q e%p Eys claiming .ss e
This as Say $ SS Ss
long he, thought the strike would last. and
said L might be over In twenty-four hours and
He did not believe that the men could hold
out longer. ne bdlu tUAI tne men DelOW mere
were already showing signs OF giving up He
passed through the PAcserton region day.
q r.sh Trains
thrty-fve cars OF coal were sent OF to an iron
company. He believed that there would DO
Tor them He will stay in WilEesburre two or
three days to watch the progress OF things
here.
EAsToS. Now 20-This morning things
looked decidedly encouraging for the strikers
because the company was all at sea with Its
nNaan NJ
the first train arriving at, l so this aitern Don.
whereas three trains should have arrived
This was ali because the company had no
men In Jersey CITY to bring out the trains.
last night as . rule but they, went
down this morning and came back this
ON IR Ssss rsns
are going west without delay. as enough en-
gineers are on hand to run them.
This 10 the bright side oil the company's posi- Z
tion. The dark side is found IN trouble to !
get men to run into Jersey City tonight
safe to run there at any hour. but |
that the strikers are circulating stories that
ileve that danger turks in the Central Railroad
yards at Jersey City. Mr.. Ponnelly says that
the Jersey Central ,t men are doing great deal
The bright side for the strikers lies In tho |
TACT that the company Is not irving to move !
and two west to-day. These went out about |
noon. There was perishaole freight on the /
all right as they do not want to interfere with 7
this kind OF freight and cause loss to ship /
pers But the company has not moved |
a freight or coal wheel for eight hours
now, and there Ii little prospect that /
II will attempt to do so tonight. The strikers |
say this IL lust what they knew would happen, /
and that the reason the com pany does not send !
out freight is because ii cannot get engineers
and crews to do It with.
Tho company Is hiring men here and send |
ing them up the road. There was a steady
stream OF applicants Tor positions all day. but .
what the company needs mOst-experienced .
engineers and tiremen-eAnnot be obtained ,
readily.
The strikers asked for and obtained a hear
ing tonight from the directors of the Board Of
Trade OF Easton. They presented their rea- ,
sons for striking. explained the whole case
fully. said that they felt they were in the right
and asked the Board TO give them their moral |
support.
The Board was impressed with the earnest
ness and openness OF the men and their desire
to be fair. and admitted that much the men |
said was right and tIue But no final action |
was taken the directors. aside from ex- |
matter further.
SoUTH BETHLEHEM Pa, Nov 2O.-President
Wilbur this afternoon gave out this statement:
On the eastern division there are local
freight and some through coal and freight
trains running, The coal branches are ali ~ |