The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-07-03
THE TIE-UP GENERAL
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taken to the yards. Yardmaster Reynolds
took charge of the men and put them 10
work In place of the strikers at O'Clock.
The majority of the men who struck were
standing on the edge of the yards when the
seventeen men arrived. The former at
tempted no interference. The strikers, how
ever, formed guard around the yards.
one man 10 about every five hundred feet,
In order 10 intercept the men who were
meals. The strikers attempted TO intimi-
date the men working, but. with one eX-
ception, II had no effect This Individual
showed signs of weakening, but he finally
braced himself up and worked diligently
the rest of the day.
Vague rumors were flying the rounds all
morning that the yardmen, including the
engineers, nremen, conductors, brakemen,
and switchmen, of all the railroads in the
city were TO go out at the noon hour In
consequence of this, hundreds OF citizens
and those who considered themselves next
to the movement gathered at the Union
Station because they thought this would
be the best place in which to see trouble.
The noon hour slowly came and when the
clock in the tower of the Union Station
sounded twelve times, all eyes were
turned in the directions of the switch en-
gines hurrying to and fro along the Union
tracks. The men, however, showed no
signs of going out. and then 1t was
thought that, perhaps, the trainmen would
take the engines to the yards and then
go out. However, as the noon hour passed
by. the engines could be seen returning to
their respective tracks and it was at once
decided by everyone that the reported go
OUT was nothing but bluff.
The hours between 245 and o clock In
the afternoon were awaited anxiously by
all who had gathered around the station.
About this time the fast mail, No. 20,
would arrive from the West over the Van
dalia. trains from Chicago over the Penn
Sylvania and the Monon, besides the num-
erous limited trains over the Big Four
from st. Louis. Chicago and other points
were to come in. 1t was thought that If
action was taken by the strikers II would
be directed against the Monon and Penn
sylvania trains. The Nandalia train, NO.
20. arrived from the West with one Pull
man short. The supply at st. Louis could
not meet the demand. The train, after a
ten minutes stop at the Union Station,
pulled out. Coupled to the rear Pullman
was a switch engine. The engine accom-
panied the train to the Belt railroad in or
der to Illustrate any attempt that would
be made TO uncouple the PullmanS. This
plan was adopted and used by Superintend-
ent Darlington on all the trains leaving
the city with Pullmans. The Monon train
and Pennsylvania trains from Chicago,
pulled into the Union Station short time
before O'Clock, the latter arriving first by
a few moments The Monon had no Pull
mans The Pennsylvania had a Pullman
chair car, but there were no passengers in
it. However. it had several passengers
when the train left for Louisville over, the
j. NJ & /. The Monon train, which Is
run in connection with the C., II. q D.,
was not molested as 1t left the city.
The accommodation trains leaving the
city in the neighborhood or ana D o CLOCK
experienced no difficulty.
Superintendent Darlington, in speaking
of shopmen going out on a strike TAXED
briefly and to the point. He said: we
of business We have been keeping the
shops running just to keep them running,
that's all. We don't like 10 see the shops
lie idle However, If the men see mt to go
out on a strike il will save the company
considerable amount of money without
embarrassing 1t in the least"