The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-09
OF TRAMPs.
Trains on the Pennsylvania Road
Held Up Daily.
e,eioht Crews PowerIess Against
the Army Of Unemployed.
nrhe Queen" Of the Hoboes Cap
tured and Locked Up.

| Il, IN a very easy and simple matter
n steal a. train on The Pennsylvania
railroad, between New York and Phila.
delpbia. according to information giver
N an Evening World" reporter this
morning by an official Of that Company
in Jersey City and by several of the
men CT the freight train crews.
The official was Freight Train Mas
ter william Headley. and he acknowl-
edged unwilingly that the railroad was
\ unable to keep gangs of tramps from
virtually taking possession of the trains
between Jersey City and Philadelphia
and remaining on them, despite the re-
,istance of the crews.
What are train crews OF five or six
men to do against gangs of fifteen or
twenty young toughs. who get on their
rains Mr.. Headley asked
III our men try to put the tramps off,
hey have trouble, and as likely as not
re stoned by them. Then, If the
.uughs are put off the forward cars,
they will get right on the rear cars
again. SO, although our men have or
ders 20 put the tramps off, as matter
of fact they cannot always do It, and
so they let them ride
Yesterday a report came in that a
gang of l5O tramps had taken possession
of freight train near New Brunswick
and had with them young woman
whom they called "The Queen
Mr.. Head.ey said first that the report
vas utterly false, but afterwards ac-
knowledged that Fifteen or twenty
tramps' had virtual possession of the
train, and that young woman, named
Detective Allen In New Brunswick
was telegr1phed to, and in company
with another officer he boarded the
train al East Brunswick. They found
for trespass. but they, made no at
tempt to arrest the male tramps, who
got off the train when they saw the
officers.
The Young woman told the Justice in
New Brunswick that she wanted to go
tn Philadelphia, and had boarded the
freight train at Waverley. New Jersey
Summer resort She said that the
aboard. as that was the cheapest way to
/, reach Philadelphia. Sadie is said to be
a rather pretty young woman. twenty
Two years old. She was under the infln-
r ence of liquor when she was locked up
in New Brunswick.
Mr.. Headley said that the report tina
many more tramps than usual had been
stealing rides was false.
/. They go and cone all the time" he
said. They are on every train. both
ways There have been more during
iOthe past twelve months than ever be-
lore, but they have not increased ma :
their pa iSs fey weeks 1t
in Tad fyening WORLD man talked to
5 several of the brakemen at other freight
yards about the tramp nuisance. One
Of the brakemen said:
Hundreds of tramps go over this
road every day and we can't do any
thing with them. Twenty or thirty or
ETnore of them will climb on the cars
and they will show fight II we try to
put them off. They are getting worse
otll the time. Even II we do turn some
inf them over to the officers In the New
ro1 Jersey towns now and then, 1t does no
good. The town authorities won't hold
them. but turn them loose and tell them
TO get away.
When a gang board a train we just
II them ride. Talk OF holding up
rains in the West! Why it is done
very day on the Pennsylvania Rail
DAD and nothing is thought OF it. We
are used to it,"