St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-21
LEHIGH STRIKE.
President Wilbur Thinks the
Trouble Will soon he over.

Trouble Will soon Re Over.
PHILADELPHIA,N Nov. 20-Aeting Cen
eral Manager Theodore Voorhees, Le-
turned tonight from Bethlehem. where
he has been i'll consultation with Presi-
dent Wilbur, OF the Lehigh Valley
railroad. Mr.. Voorhees, said that Presi-
dent Wilbur was confident that the
present difficulties would not last more
tnan TWO or three days, as plenty OF
Workmen were TO be found. II was for
the purpose OF securing the most COM
petent men that Mr.. Voorhees, went to
Bethlehem today. He said that two
carloads of engineers. frenen and train
men from here and jersey City left
Philadelphia for Bethlehem about S
o'clock. Mr.. Voorhees, also said:
I'VE have moved some coal trains
from Mauch Chunk to Bethlehem.
Trains are running in the Wyoming
valley. but no through freight is being
handled. We have four crews at work
in the East Buffalo yards, and all our
telegraph OFFICES are open. Out of about
800 telegraph operators on our system
but 81 have struck"
BUFFALO. y. Y, Nov. 2O.-Eight
yard engines were working in the Le-
high Valley yards at Fifty-first street,
East Buffalo, at 5:20 this afternoon.
This Is an increase OF five since MORN
Ing. 1t was not expected that the CON-
pany would be able to operate so many
yard engines today, but enough of the
old men signined their willingness to.
run them, SO they were started.
This caused about two-thirds of the full
complement for yard work to be IN op-.
Grafton, and the cleaning up of the ward
III good shape. Travelling Superiptend-
ent OF Engineers Edward Mooney said
to reporter today that not single e.
CINE was abandoned on the line of the
road. Only one was cut of from a train.
and that, ne thought, was due to a mis-
understanding. The rest of the engines
at this end of the division are in the
yard and rOundhOuse. All told. there
are about fifty engines in the East Buff
IdIo yard. Not one OF them IS dead -
Mr. Mooney has kept steam I'D in all of
them, and said that he could man each
or them with an engineer in the morniu
II the Old men decide 10 strike.
PENNINGTON. \. j., Nov. 2O.-AU
trans on the Pennington branch of the
Dehlgh Valley road are running on
time. Although they claim that they
VIII not strike underanv circumstances.
the strike is spreading in other parts OF
the New Jersey division. The operators
at Bound Brook ana LanSdowne. both
endS OF the Pattenburg tnnnel. left
their posts this morning. is rumored
that large number will 20 out tomOr-
row. No WeSt-DOund trains are NOV
I'm fr-o1
regular time.
TORONTO. Ont, Nov. 20.-The strike
ON the Lehigh road will be a serious
thlng for tie provinces. 1t means. if il
lasts long. general advance in the
prices or anthracite coal There is a big
shortage IN the supply of hard coal in
Ontario.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 2O.-The gen.
eral grievance committee saws that over
lures were made TO Chairman Wilkins.
OF the Lehigh Valley railroad, TODAY bv
the alleged detectives who offered to
burn bridges and blow up rOundhouses.
They were ordered out of the Bingham
mouse, IN which the committee has its
headquarters.
Howard b. Johns, accompanied bv
another whom he introduced as Mr.. AT
klnson, called on Grand Senior Chief of
conductors Wilkinson. who is also
chairman of the general grievance com
mittee, at the hotel this afternoon. and
had private interview with him.
NILhESBARRE. Pa, Nov. 2O.-Fiye
operators at Reading today telegraphed
Mr.. Voorhees, that they were out of Sit
uations and wanted work. Mr.. Voor.
hees telegraphed back to go 10 Allen
town, where they would be met by
company officials. From Allentown they
were taken to White Haven. Arriving
there, they were met by committee OF
strikers. The latter told the newcom-
erS that If they went to work it would
be at the risk OF their lives. They CON
Guided not to 90 to work. and the strik-
eTs paid their way back to Reading.
There is rumOr among the men TO-
night that Voorhees, has two carloads or
PinkertonS on the way here. The
brotherhood men are holding a big ball
here tonight, and there is an immense
crowd in attendance.