The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-20

the throttle. The engine vas imm edistely sur
rounded by n crowd ofstrikere. and the leaders
boarded the engine and USED thel d p Stsrsn
were without avail The engineer refuse. to to
The S crew Ok No at 1890 oeloek 70 be eoupled
on theii train, and. alter about halI an hour
u'fffbs fine Strikers. 10 the number Of 500. sur
rounded the train as It pulled out There were
mHtterings and threats. but no display o., vio-
ience. " IT'S only one train. any way, Shid ono
striker and the enRneeirb sSss e ne w the
opinion that the men in the cat ought to have
been Knocked from the cab. but those sent
ments were not encouraged openly; IL was,
hoWeyeT a DISAPPOINTMENT to tho strkers.who
had boa sted that not n wheel would move on
s ssb foA for 'q Gs com ah% O'clock The
strikers had another Llow. which made tneh
muttgr Tg ,hipGs s Tds The on it's way to
buffalo. 1t passed through Without any
trouble.
THE EfIE wEAEENs.
A great deal Of perishnble freight has ar.
rlTe1 end is Standing in the yards, Some o!
IL was pushed to Wayerly and the Ere ASKED
70 handle it ShS eSs ssha TsIsied Erie
had four hours in which to reinsiate the men
or suffer, thes. consepuences. The omc Ths
styiEsTs iaSiirnS The .I .IS w tssn
err G tqF ser the r'sGs Snd fS' eaoS
many cars OF beef beer and pershablo etun
ssn S 1 tss ass to Tss he ie
pcussd to say what action they took but the he
freight is still in the yards and evidently llehe
To stay. The ey citement here. which Is the end
Of four divisions OF the Lehigh, l. intense. The
spectstoFS Ru%ors are tbSt the SOmpG Gny
rapidly increased the bitter feeling, We
do not propose" said ono OF the leaders.
ito countenance the least Violence We n Eh ,To
militia and we do not want TO furnish that ex-
cuse. But oil course they will try and provoke
many will ask for military protection to-mor.
row for when they attempt to move lrelGnI
lime. and nnloss a compromise is. reached the
strike in this vicinity promises to De one OF we
bitterest IN the history OF the GoHntryi ,hae
they must win nov or forever abandon 'heH
respective orders =, ,n.., pu,,,.
to-day three Of the employees OF the Lehlgh
Valley struck; They were Day Agent Joseph
RSet1 nG heF eHs Who vent to the Bound
brook station this morning TO take trains were
tod that there weTe IN no ran Tbs npnt snd
company. When Surerintendent Donnelley
agent told him that he was willing to turn oyer
his ONCE to his successor at any time Inc
noon, when seen at his house that,he had
struck from principle, and that II seemed
strange to him that any oil the trains sh i re
running after the order given to quit WORK.
The only reason why the trains have run to-
day at all seemed to be because the law rro.
on the road. they must run them to reach
their destination before leaving them; IL -
said on good authority that two o. ,Ss nans
over the road to-day said when they rearhed
Jersey city that they were IN Ignorance OF tne
strike and that they had had no orders 10 quit
READING MEN MAY ASK FoR WORK.
READING. Pa, Nov 10 There are hundreds
OF good railroad hands idle to-day along the
various divisions OF the Reading Company.
and there is M doubt that IL they get pro-
faction they will not refuse Il call to work on
III It was said here. tonight that. a few enGi;
Of the country and other. from shapokin.
louisville, and mSqua Some OF a., the e,b re-
places. along the Lchigh system A train Of
"I PEhrG XMboi. " j.. Nov. i0.-The engin GERS.
fremen, brakemen. conductHrs, ana SWITCH
men in the en-! ploy Of the Lehigh valley com d
night on Saturday night in accordance with
otders received from the Brotherhood Of Rail
every member OF the organization left his
place and went quietly home. As each engine
sn 1 P's Goa. the cars SppS s was ysFd % Yong
ths! the strike was in pro Ss,cs c Ai;Gr
they iait the yards. This morning hardly a
man was TO be seen about the yards OF the
week day. None OF the strikers are visible
anywhere in the vicinity Of the yards OF the
company. which stretches from the river back
Of the city distance OF four miles
The Company have heen preparing here Tor
mum er of deputy sherifs have been sworn In,
and the conrany; pT9nting 6y there2 Sents
10 board n large number OF men on their
The heads OF all tho departm ents in this city
say the men on this end OF the line have no
grievances. but have COMO out in sympathy
with other mplcyees OF the road; More than
grounds most III whom have families and lit
tie 10 cans. are in enforced idleness. and this
There are about nifty employees OF the COM
pany who do not belong to the organizations
who have announced their intention OF work
trouble is anticipated.
PRESIDENT wILBUR's VIEWS.
SOUTH BETHLEH NJ. Pa. Nov lo.-The Lee
hSn here tRS S Il ot is sxPsctoa Il vii
reach by tomorrow. Engineers and tiremen
Of freight and coal trains end the telegraph
trains is hammered by delay In get
passengers were run to-day except one. which
was melgsd with later on one, were s late
pI ted that there was little tr"uHie'
On the i.ehigh division. extending from Eqston
to Mauch Chunk the officials say that little
fast freight from New York west that went
over the road last night Is still at Aiauch
Chunk. No other accumulation OF freight is
reported anywhere else OH the road. one coal
train was cut in eighteen places between
Mnuch Chunk and Glen Unoko. u distances OF
four miles The officials do not charge these
acts 10 the employees.
President Wilbur was seen by Sun reporter
this evening. lie said:
II only know that number OF our men quit
work last night. but we are having no trouble
In moving trains Notwithstanding. hut what
the outcome in that direction will be cannot
Ir.. Wilbur expressed regrets that the men
had been $50 iooish" as to strike without
special grievances I'VE have been always
willing he said. TO give any Of our EN- ployees
a hearing ON any grievances. Wa always OBJ
lected 10 receiving committees pretending 70
represent employees. and this will contlnus to
. the policy OF the road in future. so long as
am connected with II in an onielal capacity II
any OF our engineers came with grievances |
would say: Boys, come with me- 10 the super: |
int ndent, and il your grievances are IN accorn
with our way Of thinking we Will try 20 rectliJ |
them We are not an, agonistic 10 labor or |
"a niYRtiOns and never have been, Nor have we |
questioned the right OF our employees 10 be- |
long TO such organizations.