New-York tribune., 1893-11-24
1EHIGH MOVING FREIGHT.
BEGINNING OF TIE END OF THE STRIKE.
r,,r OUTLOOK MUCH BRIGHTER FOR TUT
,,,,o,n- STRIKERS CrT TELEGRAPH
w1KEs AND DO SOME VIOLENCE AT
AuBrRN-FREIGHT MOVING
AT BUFFALO
fuy TELEGRAPH TO TIE TnIDrxz.l

fuy rrIrGRAPM TIE TnlBUSEl
p,u,dsnb,a Nov. 23-The fifth day Of the he.
,,gb Valley strike inaugurated on 'he pa
,he company with a determination 10 aS
marc aggressive attitude than has m'heI'o ,
The case sufficient recruits having beeh SeN uo,
49, ,,dcnent of the officials to warrant a 'iSo
eoort 10 break the blockade OF freight Oh .u,
portions of the system. The leaders Oh 'n' sanor
op the other hand, were fully aware INA" r..
or later. the company would make such al .so,r
and their united energies were pent u No0t t,,
inks intact and to persuade the new men ~ w. w..
.rnIr cause About noon Vice-President ha -.
horne received at the general offices OF 'ne .'
the following dispatch from Acting Genera" -'i'
ager Voorhees, ,so,
South bethlehem. Penn. Nov 90 A'''
Charles Hartshorne. Philadelphia, .,,an+ We
General situation shows steady improvsinen5l 5 Am
have d,1s,ons lu. All our yard force at work az
Jersey City. and we have also begun nv coal trains
IN motion this morning than at same nou uinetv ex.
dav At Wilkesbarre we delivered 6ss 6,a inst heard
,crenced men this morning and we haNe h Ju creyys
from there that will have t%eye teay Strikers
made up and start from WS W9Xtoh Haven this morn
ing but have them now IN som worhhs Isie, ''O''
Will give report from northern uN's'o ~
The rumors that President Wilbur will step down
and out at the annual meeting. whic" nav
dormant recently have been revived py ',e y,
owing to the existence Of a strohs oe'e' III
financial circles that Mr. Wiburs pohcs mas "o'
met with the approval of many OF 'he iai se'' ~
holders of the Lehgh Valley. Acting ueher' .,, Ma,-
ayer Voorhees, was mentioned to-day as possible
aor - ,,as renorted to-day that the Lehigh
valley is in ueeotiation for loan OF SoooV" from
q leading banking house in London, put this s'oly
WAS emphatically denied by the oi"ci"iS Vi '"e
oompany A similar denial was given 10 ru'or
that certain officials and directors hau met lot e
purpose of considering the quesuoh oi seoui"s
a sattIer,ent Of the strike through compromise or
arbitration. ,,,. .,.
rl,;Ia fS as
the strike will be attended with any riotous dem-
onstration so serious as 10 deHahd tne piese0e Vi
armed forces the regiments IN this CITY nave maui
nrenaration TO respond instantly TO the call Tor
troons should the emergency arise. The members
=, ,ba CITY Troop were warned by Captain Wilson
not TO leave the city without notice to him. ana
were requested to hold themselves in readiness 10
depart for the OF action shouIo occasion u
mand their presence. Similar precautions have been
taken by the officers of the "a and 81 Regiments
AT the Bingham House the headquarters OF the
striking employees dispatches of reassuring char
acter il was said. came in all the morning 10 the
members of the Grievance Committee
Buffalo. Nov. % (SpeciaD-The LehiSh strike is
broken here, so far the company Is concerned,
and il now remains be seen whether the strikers
were talking with authority when they said the
men on other lines would be called out in case
the Lehigh succeeded in moving its freight. The
road began moving its freight trains here at 2:5o
this afternoon and met with little difficulty.
strike. James Olmstesd. chairman of the Strikers
Grievance Committee, said this afternoon: Il he
veye that the fight VIII be DESPERATE on one t, ~
will probably be d long one. II necessary we VIII
a.op every wheel from one end Of the country TO
the other. We did not order this strike in haste
and the brotherhoods Will stay out until Vctory, Is
ours The Federati9n has members from tne At
our organization is about perfect. and we are con-
Sent Of success We WIZ & e is
to win. Without touching cur general fund we can
stay out hsn six %0n s sfns ed'H we w use o
general fund.- which is sufficient TO support us az
ee be sae long step toward the naonazaion Of rail
roads: All these fights between the people ana cor
railroads and telegraphs 1t will be fight TO the
Bq o s we pu and % wn in this
our conduct will be peacsa5le at all tmss s.,r rsrrs
sentatves, are expected here tomorrow.
Patrick J. Fleming, who made trouble on tehsn efdsn
sent st to the worShouse Sc for sixty days.
Sayre Penn. Nov 2S-Two freight trains we're
I Both sSVHs srans sc% sA%
from the Chicago and Sy 9uHS a2o
resistance was offered to the movement Of the
sns sna all Penn Feman SSS Sae he first
move on the Wyoming Division OF the Lehigh
twelve locomotives were manned at the large
roundhouse here by full crews OF non-unon men
the CoXton yards at il o'c4ock this morning with
heTe %s enc dSf this ornns m
the backbone of the strike is broken Passenger
trains running all right his morning, and
close time Is being made by the crews, VINO
becoming more acquainted with the road.
Assistant Superintendent Wheelock says that as
soon as the freight is moved from the yards at
Coxton the company will attempt 10 move large
coal trains in every direction
The latest news from the Beaver Meadow and
Eazleton regions is TO the effect that they run
ming coal trains to the Packerton scales.
the coal is be weighed. Trains be made up
there for the purpose OF shipping the coal East
as fast as i arrives at this i!SInt'
Easton, Penn, Nov 23.-The company has
moved all told, more freight and coal here to-day
than yesterday though there were few coal trains.
freight has been sent out and received from the
Amboy and the Lehigh divisions. The strikers
ranks are unbroken. Passenger trains continue 10
Allentown Nov 23-The Lehgh Valley strike Is
placing Industries in this region serious jeopardy
Tor want OF coal. The cement works which are
the principal plants now in operation and Which
receive their coal in weekly consignments have
only a three days supply on hand The Conso-
Wsted Steel and Wire Company shut down it's rod
department this morning. and the coal on hand
viii last only several days for the other depart
ments.
Pottsville Penn. Nov 23.-By noon the Lehigh
coal branch passenger trans in the Pottsyile
Hazletor and Mahanoy districts running
egain, manned by made up from regular
ia assenger, freight and coal hands and assistant
officials. \ freight train was sent from Delano at
noon for Mauch Chunk with Dispatcher Brill and
Division Superintendent Blakesee on the engines.
Bethlehem, Penn, Nov. 23.-More coal and freight
trains moved this division last night and
this morning than any time since the strike began.
Passenger trains are running on schedule time.