The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-11-23
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Practically All the Main Line Employees

Strike.
All the employees of the aehigh Valley
9Hroad system are on a strike, because Pres.
10 p Wilbur refused TO trehr with COM
mittee ie Brotherhoods and consented
only TO hear grievances of the men as indi-
HduaIs. The road is practically tied up.
only mail trains are allowed 10 run. the
mails beng carried on all kinds of mixed
trans. Tue officials or the company are
doing everything in their power to provide
lor The running OF through passenger trains
Hl'hoHcn iheir success has been Indifferent
'rews VINO had not received the order l.,
slrke before taking out their trains almost
invariably proceeded TO the end of the run
IN compliance with the law of lS,1. wh,Ch
makes IL nisdemcanor 10 abandon train
on the road
Passenger trains between Nauch Chunk
ana NllkesbaIie are running with green
men, They are not familiar with the road
ana rs result are on an average from
three 10 i've hours late some of the new
htemcn could not keep 40 steam aud rains
were compelled to stop sew eral times slunp
the road 's
J he men, ~ obedience TO instruct ous
are keeping away from the railway station,
IRAN Master Bartu reports that all the
te!eSraph othces on the Wyoming division
are manned by new operators Tins is de.
MED however, by the strikers. who claim
thal the companys service j. seriously i'm
pared by the detection Ot the union men
Chiet Rice, uf the Wyoming division
brotherhood OF Engineers, said:
'Onr brotherhood men are running III,
mail trains, but regard the coal and freight
tie-up as complete We have more dian
W per cent OF the employees with w., ".
expected little support from the HalelIon
ulylsion because the situation has no, been
fully explained 10 them there "
The Leigh officials have sent out notices
10 All slrlKers that the places of those WI,
40 not return to work Wednesday mornIna
viii be filled and after that all old employe,
VINO apply for work will be treated as new
hands.
Al Easton the company present., better
showing with lis passenger service II has
lew more EN- glneers ana trains ON the
NeM Jersey u VISION are running westward
on time. There is difficulty, however in
gc'llng men to run TO Jersey city ON trains
due there after dark. The men are afraid
TO run into the Central wards Supt. Don
nelly says this is entirely due tu false slate
ments To the engineers by strikers, who's say
there is great danger in the Jersey Cty
yards.
number of engineers from Slatlngtou
a, who were formerly employed en- the
pennsylvania, Puugh keepsie and Boston
Dut who were laid OF when the Eeaiur
gave up the lease, are expected to take the
places OF strikers
a meeting OF hon-union men was held in
Neissport, Pa, with 100 in attendance. The
meeting was addressed by brotherhood men.
IL was decided 10 enc ourage and assist the
union men, and that all will stand together.
The brotherhood men Of All The coal
branches cenlering at Mauch Chunk will
hold meeting there. 1t is expected that
All the branches Will be tied up by Thurs
day noon, Supt. Fenn,l said at
Mauch chunk that other companies had
accepted and hauled I.ehigh freight. lie
added hat mob law ruled at:Sayre, where the
freight blockade is complete The authorl,
es there he said are doing all they can
TO lueli The disturbances ana put down the
Inoo. Ihey nave not accomplished much
yet and until thay are able 10 cope with Ihs
mob there will he little use Of trying 1,
move the ireigh from here.