The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-23
FREIGHT CARS MOVING
Railroad Officials Declare
the Backbone of the
Strike is Broken.
AT THIS END, AT LEAST
The Strikers Deny This aud Say
They are Confident Of Victory
All Along the Line.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad officially
believe that the back bone of the strike
at this end of the road is broken. Many
of the rikers who have been confident
of victory up to this time also acknowl-
edge that the company has the upper hand
in the matter. Freight is moving rapidly
too.and Superintendent Rundio is accept
it without subjecting 1t to delay. Presi-
dent Wilbur's untimatum issued yester-
day afternoon appears to have snatched
victory from the hauds OF
the strikers. There were not in the
yards this morning twenty strikers. but
there were at least TWO hundred men
lettering about, all anxious and willing
to go to work aud fill the places Of the
strikers. Superintendent R1sdIo did not
refuse the men work, but on the other
hand promised them employment as soon
as freight began to be received.
NEW MEN EMPLOYED.
At the Office of the freight department.
l learned that thirty-fve new men had
been taken on this morning. or the eight
engines usually used TO switch and drill
freight cars In and about the yards to the
Grand street depot and TO
the floats, i've were fully
equipped this morning. Trainmen were
plentiful and the freight cars were being
hustled about with the accustomed ra.
pidity. At half past niue o'clock this
morning YARD master Lamb had sue
ceeded in having made up q through
| freight for Easton. Buffalo and Chicago.
Engine No. 424 was ATTACHED TO The train
| ana exactly at the time mentioned the
| breaks, aud the first through
| freight pulled out In tue engine cab,
beside the engineer aud firemen, were
| two detectives and In the caboose aud on
| top aud between the cars were detectives
| prepared fully to protect the nsw train
men and also the properly of the COM
palY.
AT ten o'clock a freight train which
left Easton at three o'clock this morning
| pulled into the yards Drill engines were
| attached to the twenty-five cars and
within half hour they were distribute d
to their respective places OF destination.
FREIGHT MOVING.
For the first time since the strike
| broke out Lshigh Valley float. could be
seen moving about the river front. The
| same engineer aud crew which brought
| In the Esston freight reported on arrlv-
| ing, to Superintendent Rundio. aud at
| half-past ten O'Clock they httched fast to
| twenty-five more cars, consigned to
| Easton. Buffalo and Chicago and started
on their western trim.
The yards are still full OF uniformed
| policemen, and Chief Gregory of Newark
| arrived this morning wish another in-
| stallment of fifty me i, who are sw 5rn In
and armed ana with orders to protect the
company's employees and property. All
1 of Gregory's men go out on the trains
| which are being made up.
WHAT WILL BE DONE TODAY.
| Yardmaster Lamb told me this morn
ing that during the day he would send
out five through freight trains, and to-
night from half pasr six O'CLOCK until
midnight, the regular freight trains will
| be sent out.
The remaining three yard engines have
not been manned. Mr.. Lamb said that
at present the company could not use
| them, owing to the timidity of shippers
CAN GET PLENTY OF THEM.
At tSuperintendent Rundior's office. che
chief clerk said;-"Our freight Is all
| moving now as we'll as can be expected.
| The men We have taKen on ara all old
| experienced railroad men who have bssn
employed by other roads. but who ct pre-
| sent are out OF employment. We can get
| all the men we.want aud more too. We
have filled the places or all strikers, and
not one man who mas been discharged
| will ever be reinstated on the road. /"
WILL GET RID OF sTRIK ERs.
The company seems determiued to get
rid of every Brotherhood man, and 1t was
rumored about the yards that an effort
would be made to operate the road In
future by pon-uuion men.
The passen ger trains.scheduled to leave
this morning departed on time as usual,
all fully equipped with men, who TO ali
Appearances understand their business.
Every train lefs on time. The incoming z
trains are. Ia some cases, an hour. and
others two hours. late.
STRIKERS NOT DISCOURAGED.
The turn affairs have taken bids Ill fo
the strikers. The men as a whole. how
ever, are not discouraged and ray they
will not return tp work until the DIFF
family ia adjusted ~ te