The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-09
lpLAGUE OF 1RAMps.
Trains on the Pennsylvania Road
Held Up Daily.
e,eioht Crews PowerIess Against
the Army Of Unemployed.
~The Queen" OF the Hoboes Cap
tured and Locked Up.

I, Isl very easy and simple matter
"a steal a train on The Pennsylvania
p,ilroad. between New York and Phila-
delphia according to information given
10 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
fer william Headley, and he acknowl-
edged unwiliingly 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-
distance 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
traiaJ'' 1ir. Headley asked.
III o,s' ZEN try to put the tramps of,
they hat trouble, and as likely as not
are stoned by them. Then, If the
roughs are -It 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 a matter
Of fact. they cannot always do 1t, and
80 they let them ride"
Yesterday a report came in that a
gang of $50 tramps had taken possession
of freight train near New Brunswick
and had with them a young woman
whom they called THE Queen
MIR. Headley said first that the report
knowledged that "ffteen or twenty
tramps' had virtual possession of the
train, and that a young woman named
Detective Allen in New Brunswick
was telegraphed to, and in company
with another officer he boarded the
train at 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.
New Brunswick that she wanted to GO
to 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
rather pretty young woman. twenty
two years old. She was under the infiu-
In New Brunswick.
Mr.. Headley said that the report that
many more tramps than usual had been
stealing rides was false.
said. They are on every train, both
ways. There have been more during
the past twelve months than ever be-
fore. but they have not increased ma
terially within the past few weeks. II
Is the same on all of the railroads."
The Evening World" man talked to
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
more of them will climb on the cars
and they will show fight IL we try to
put them off. They are getting worse
all the time. Even II we do turn some
Of them over to the officers in the New
Jersey towns now and then. 1t does nc
good The town authorities won't hold
them. but turn them loose. and tell them
to get away.
When gang board a train we just
let them ride. Talk of holding ur
trains in the West! Why. 1t ia done
every day on the Pennsylvania Rail
road and nothing is thought of it. We
are used to it,