The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-24

hauled, in three trains, two o. which we're
two engineers each. There have been no
freight trains coming into the COxton yards,
Ss no ht any s he pSo;
as rapidly az we can handle them. Early this
morning we got twenty. six engineers from
You wodd he surprised tn see the character
OF the men we arc getting too, They Gre u
picked from our our old hands. We got twenty yo
live firemen from Philadelphia and fourteen
conductors so1Ed ard nineteen brskGmsn ate;
men to our staff to-day"
Advces to: might from other divisions Of the
about an equal mum Der OF men. and that they
nave gu been nut at work. One OF tho serious
the HOUSING and ioedinr of ,he S mem Tbs
sympathy ofthe uhlic. that part Of 1t, mt least.
that usual ~ entertain railroad men. Ia almost
wholly in favor oi tho strikers.
At Wilkesbafre no less than n dozen railroad
boarding houses have shut their doors on the
been chased out by indignant women armed
with hot water. One hotel here has refused
under any circumstannces 70 serve any of the
in every town along the division. The women
who run boarding houses are more bitter than
housed In tho depot. The upper floor was
lifted up to-day with seventy-live cots and
User VENT and Isd zen riot
act to the proprietor. He toll him that the
place being public house. he could not 70.
fuse to entertain anybody who came. The
men will he fed there for the present. The
strikers admit 1t II true that tho company got
in the neiGhborhood OF 100 mon TO nil their
places. but they announce officially to-nigh,
that seventy-one OF them have been persuaded
to give up their places. and that they will return
the PHILADELPHIA aud Heading Railroad Com
rany has Joined issue, with tho Lehtgh Valley.
that have so far came. Tho Rcading
they say. has, more men now than
needs and ID. thu" i hs shipped
strikers places. meantime guaranteeing them
their places on the Heading will be held open
places when the strike is broken. This is true.
they say; OF all classes OF skilled employees.
ssy W are SR n the
ence them 10 60 back to Philadelphia as they
did the men who they say viii go back to-
un is that 1t is know more successful than It
has been. That the company is running all
they say arc consolidated. one that came into
the depot to-day was made M OF three trains
and very few passengers were In IT,. They cay
pany put on to mako a show.
The meeting Of the men to-day was large
was held was damned full. John Rico in a
speech said that the men who had been work
ing on the, HazIcton division hal all gone out
to- DAY and that that division was tightly tied
up. Nothing was doing at Sayre. he said. and
engineers who had come from Philadelphia
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company wanted TO run out freight trains, he
said, they would have to stop mail trains. En-
n1sss T. mSs5 0% b MeS Hen re-
last night. and the men on that branch had
voted unanim ously to 90 out. lie said. One
that whole situation. IT they came out the vic
tory was assured. They came out last night.
Eugene Mahoney. Chairman OF the Brother
hood OF Engineers on the Jersey Central hail
road. said should an ATTEMPT Le made to
~ NJ NHA nFn w
as you Enjoy. Meet the fehish Vail ' COM
company in the world which cannot defeat an
organization Ii they sacrifice their veal. IL
you can gain hall victory 1t is better than
In his sre9ch said We have Just
never In my lie. and have been n railroad
en- ineer for twenty eight years. have | seen n
r9ad SO, SO effectively crippled as you have Grip
After Mr.. ioungston's speech an engineer
was escorted to the stage. He said: came
to CONS here by deception; am going back
There WAS wild cheering. Right
WIS sspG M m Thev lss
up to halt an hour before they declared that
they would return to Philadelphia at once.
Itcame out after this meeting that one thing
on which the men base their hope that they
NE Em sopdtnn sf tSe q
country. 1t has been felt by the Lehieh road
severely; The company passed its last divi.
. receiver lie said: We have positive in
ToImation that the company has ordered n
other Information that proves to us that The
road will 90 into the hands OF a receiver. In
hat case the strike would be quickly ended
The seat OF war last night and early this
morning was at sugar Notch. William KEEL
ogg. the operator at the depot there. has been
rooted nT
striking operator and last night he had two
ieputy sherins TO guard him, Late In the
n the breaker came up on the station platform
armed with stones; They opened tho door
md one OF the men threw a big stone at him
The deputy sherfTs ran out. hut the man
lad disappeared little later in the night.
when n passenger train was passing Iust be-
ow the station, n voley Of stones was thrown
Il the window OF the engine cab. The sash
vas carried away II the stone had struck
engineer Gruver It would probably have killed
I'm. within the noXt hour three other engi-
lesrs were stoned.
dvised to leave his place IL he cared for his |
lie. and some OF the advisers spAt In his face |
sputy sheri1s. who couldn't get anything 10 |
at al a local boarding house. wAS followed by |
gang ard and. hG @sG a. He head and
Iot aimed at anybody. Later he was set upon |
nj soundly beaten.
In wilkesbArre this morning when the. Z |
'eloek Elmira train was backed down into the |
epOt 1t was discovered that the brake hose /
etween the ears had been FLASHED with a |
nile. The slashing was done on the under I
ide and Was discovered by accident
At White Haven to-day green engineer |
ahmed his engine into the rear OF a train.
one 81 the Jersey Central engineers reports /
o-nlght that the Jersey Central offered the /
4ehtgh Valley two cars of slate and one at /
ra9berriss billed for places on the Lshigh
pad to-day The l.ehigh officials refused !
hem, aud Informed them that for the present
% freight would be received from the Jersey
'entTal as Il was impossible to handle II.
ELMlRA, Nov 23.-Iwu freight trains we're
made M to-day ut SayTe and sta n cd TO their
estlnAtions,, Chiefs wilkins OF the Cunduc-
ors brotherhood and davidson Of the Fire
mems order arrived In Sayre this morning
no met WIN the men. encouraging them ard 1
lfglng that no violence be committed I he
lost exciting incident OF the dAy was a light
etween a. brotherhood fireman and new
mployee; In which the former was badly cut
lis hand.
The now man then ran and is being looked
or ~ the strikeIs The probability II hat II
aughI they Will not use moral suaslon on
IN" Jhlrty "NDerienced engineers arrived IN
ayTe this rH"ruing. aud the number Of on;
mes that have s"i krpt puhlnE M ana
own the tTa'k shows that they are getting /
urlr hands ~. The officials say they are more I
nan satisfied with their days wOIk, and that i