The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-02
DISASTROUS WRECKS
Caused by Incompetence on the
Lehigh Valley Road.
TWO NEW MEN KILLED YESTERDAY
No Less Than Five Smashups on the Road
in One Day-Troubles of tho Road In
Moving Trnins-A Reward offered for
Mischief Makers.

in One Day-Troubles of tho Road in
Moving Trnins-A Reward offered for
Mischief Makers.
WfLKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec o-Non-union
engineers in charge of locomotives were
the cause of no less than five disastrous
wrecks on the Lehigh Valley railroad yes
tcrday First freight train broke at tho
Conyngham crossing and left two cars
standing on the main track. Passenger
train No. B came along and iammed into
the cars Tho fireman was injured by
jumping from the engine, and Conductor
Kinney, of Sayre, was quite badly bruised.
About Q o'clock, as freight train was
passing through Fairsiew on its way to
this city, empty engine No. 402, going mt
the rate Of thirty miles an hour, crashed
into the caboose in which were seated two
brakemen, who were instantly killed.
The caboose caught fire, and as soon ms
possible the flames We're extnguished and
the mangled bodies of the dead brakemen
were taken out. The engineer of No. 400
was not injured. The name of one Of tho
brakemen killed Is Edward Wilson. He
had been on the road only few days
The company discharged three new en-
gineers yesterday. The discharged men
at once made application 10 the Brother.
hood, but were refused.
The company is investigating n charge
made against some of the non union men
now at work 1t is alleged that there are
number Of men in tho employ of the
company who are Brotherhood men in dis
gnise. Tho men are employed in the
capacity of brakemen When the train is
moving up grade n is alleged that the
Brotherhood men pull the pins in the
t,Nli ,,,I t,at ,.tI IT,
several places 1t Is said that this Is the
whole trouble on the mountain cutoff
where the grade ia ninety feet to the mile
Trains have been pulled over this heavy
grade all right heretofore, but now it
seems almost impossible to do it. If the
couplings don't break SONS other mis-
chief is sure to happen.
The company will offer $500 reward for
the detection Of any eInplove in the act OF
removing a coupling pin while the train
is in motion. The non-union men have
complained that tho coffee furnished them
from one Of the restaurants was poisoned
with iRlap.
The company did not make much head
way with its freight yesterday afternoon.
The wrecks on the roads blockaded all
trains. Trainmasters and other subordin-
ates on the road arc worked almost to
death. The Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey is renpng u rich harvest on account Of
the strike. Nearly all freight for this city
aud surrounding towns Is shipped over the
road now Extra crews have been put on,
aud many old employees of the Lehigh Val
ley road have been given work
EAs1ON, Pa, Dec 2.--rhe 450 I,ehigh
Valley strikers In this locality show no
signs of weakness There have been sew
eral costly wrecks on this division Of the
road within the past twcnty-four hours,
| which are attributed TO the incompetency
| of tho new men, A coal train was cut in
two on the iron bridge spanning the Della
ware river, and the coupling pins and
| links were thrown into the river
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Dec. 2-The past two
days have been the busiest since the insti-
tuition Of the strike on tho Lehigh Valley
railroad. All collieries are working 10.
day. and more trains are being handled
each day. As an official remarked this
morning: 'lf 1t were not for tie great
trouble Of getting freight moved at Pack
erton, the strike would not be noticed in
the Schuylkill region" Everything is
quiet, and no petty depredations are being
committed by the strikers, although
trampS who are 1ocking into the region
by hundreds, nrc doing much mischief.
| PHILADELPHIA, Dec, Q. - Chief K. T.
Clark, Of the Order o. Hallway Conduc.
tors, said last night that reports from
every division of the Lehigh Valley road
indicated that tho strikers were holding
out to a man. When asked il he had any
hope of winning the strike in view of the
strong position the company now claims
to hold. he said: "lt would be foolish fol
me to say anything that would indicat,
otherwise" So far us the company |,
concerned, its officials say that very feH
reports show that there is anything al
all wrong with the service