The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-28
WAR IS SUSPENDED
The Pennsylvania and juno
tion Railroad Armies
Enjoy a Truce.
TRANSFERRED TO THE COURTS
Engineer Murtagh Held for the
Grand Jury and Colonel
Sterling Sued.
WHAT AN OFFICIAL SAYS
Pennsey Notifies the Mayor 1t Will
Hold the City Responsible
for All Damages.
WHAT AN OFFICIAL SAYS

for All Damages.
1t was about half past three O'Clock
yesterday afternoon when the greatest
1isht of the DAY took place between
y the New Jersey junction and the Penn
svlvania Railroad Companies, as pub
lished in sThe Jersey City News" yes
terday, the employees of the Pennsyf-
yania Company had used two hose pipes
all day to throw water on the Junction
employes. while the Pennsylvania men
were shovelling ashes out of the gondolas
into the excavation made by the Junction
Company for the tunnel under the Penn
sylvania tracks. The water impeded the
progress of the removal of the asnes,
but the Junction men We're all OF good
stuff, and although nearly drowned by
the streams shovelled with a will. the
Pennsylvania Company did not make
much gain on the tunnelling company,
and it was decided to try more strategy
One of the gondolas was loaded With
planks about twelve feet long and sharp
ened at one end. These planks were dis
tributed among the workmen, and at
given signal a simultaneous effort was
made to drive these pieces OF timber
in the ground directly in front Of the
proposed tunnel
CHARGED WITH A YELL.
Colonel Charles Sterling of the juno
ton Company at once comprehended
that the object in doing this was to put
as much obstruction in the way as pos
sible, and he ordered the Junction men
to tear down the crib work. The Ia
borers gave a yell and made rush
up the steep bank. The Pennsylvania s
men met them, and while two or three
continued to drive the timber. the others
endeavored to prevent the functions
men from interfering. In an instant the
two gangs of score of men each were
all mixed up, and such pulling. pushing
and showing as was done there seldom
happens on the side of a steep bank.
The police feared blood would be shed
and Sergeant Hopkins and a dozen other
policemen hastened up the bank. No
blows were struck by the struggling
gangs of laborers and the police refused
TO interfere.
When couple more pieces of tim
Der had been pulled up and thrown down
the embankment by the Junction men,
some one gave an order to turn on the
water and Immediately two powerful
streams were turned on the men, While
this was being done a chain had been
placed around the upright timbers and
attached to the steam derrick When
the engine began to work the chain
slipped. Again the chain was fastened,
but during the ten minutes required to
do this one man was arrested for turn
ing the water on the men. So long as
the Pennsylvania men remained on their
own ground and turned the water on
their ground the police refused to arrest
them, but when they made the bad break
TO stand up and deliberately assault the
men with water the police made arrests.
Before the chain was fastened around
the timber five men had been arrested
and placed in a patrol wagon. When
the chain was fastened the engine was
the tinbers in a jiffy. This put a dam
per in the spirits of the Pennsylvania
men for about fifteen minutes and both
CROWDS VIEW THE BATTLE.
As soon as the Pennsylvania men gain
ed their second wind they began to shovel
ashes again and the Junction men con-
tinued to remove them AT this time there
proceedings and among them were Colonel
Charles a. Sterling. President of the Ma
a6nsle, s6nal Dock 3b; cqps Y
Police Commissioners Abernethy and
West. Inspector Lange and Counsellor
office During the day ex-Mayor Collins
and Colonel Asa Dickinson. of Counsel
the scene of battle. and watched the
proceedings with interest.
FROM naif-pa6t TOUR until midnight the
fight continued but slowly Early in the
evening number of flat cars loaded with
rocks the size of an Office desk approached
tion men below to look OUT the Penn
sylyania's men began, to unload these
rocks. 1t was feared all day by the juno
tion people that this would happen When
the huge boulders came leaptng down the
embankment the Junction's men broke
and scattered. They dared not work and
the Pennsylvania crowd had the ground
TO themselves; Whenever they would get
TONS gang would attempt to remove 5i
those that had been rolled down. No
doing this. when with shout of warning
the crowd on the gondolas would cast
was continued until midnight when both
parties rested and no further violent
Representation IT. !. took place during the
has. the contract to construct the tunnel,
eaid yesterday that everything would go
I5'f PENNsYs NoTfcE ( III TO THE IF CITY
p. E.. Brooks. superintendent of the
Railroad Company served this notice
pm ne Mayor and Police Commissioners:
To le MAYOR and Honorable Board Of
Police Commissioners of the city of Jer-
,Gsntleme;n,.3;ou @ in; y. (; are hereby notified
Ehat certain rlotous PRISONS are congre-
gas2d on Railroad avenue. in the vicinity
of Waldo avenue car yard of the Penn
persons are threatening to take possess
sion- by force of a portion of said car
yard. now IN the possession of said COM
pany. and you are hereby called upon to
protect the said company in the possess
fion of its said property. and are notified
that the said company will hold the city
Pr JERSEY City responsible for any dam
ege that may be done to its said prop
frty- or to any personal property in the
tald yard by said riotous persons
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY.
fSigned0 E r RRooKs
r. r. R. MEN BRING DAMAagEE' As'MupAealglE'sqdens sqff4s
The. railroad fight took new and
peculiar turn this morning. Deputv
herim John Erwin sprang the sensation
SIs, when he 3 served papers on Colonel |
tional Docks Railway: Chief Engineer
5Iater of the New Jersey Junction |
Road; Contractor Frank O'Reilly and
bis foreman, Michael Flaggerty, in suits
brought against them in tort for Sl0,-
100 damages for false imprisonment.
The plaintiffs are John Moran, Thomas |
1{,.}Inning. William Seebergef', John DAILY
I'D 3 James slavin. These men were ar
- hted upon their identification by the |
,6wtfendants in the suits for damages,
4 ID charged with assault and battery |
Jon the employees of the Junction Road, |
lon whose heads it was alleged they |
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