New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-19
TRAINS NEARLY WRECKED:
OBSTACLES PLACED ON RAILROAD
TRACKS NEAR BooNToN TWICE
IN ONE NIGHT.
THE ATTEMPTS FRUSTRATED BY THE VIGILANCE
OF THE ENGINEERs-RAILRoAD COMPANIES
OFFICIALS MAKE LIGHT OF THE AT

OFFICIALS MAKE LIGHT OF THE AT
FAIR-FoUR ARRESTS MADE.
Roonton Nav IS (SpeciaD-There was an attempt
70 wreck a train on the Delaware. Lackawanna ana
Western Railroad on Sunday night the people u
Boonton and Dover declare that there were Two az
tempts made, and at Hoboken only one Is aom''teo
The railroad officials sought TO cover up the occur
renee at first but the evidence against them was 100
strong and Superintendent Andrew heasoher "ha"y
admitted that there had been an attempt to wreck
the Boston Flyer" After admitting that IL iookeo
like deliberate attempt. he smoothed tmnss o'el :"
certain extent by saying that the tie which mish.
have caused serious trouble might have been droppeo
from q construction train. People In this neghoor-
hood do not remember having seen construction
train on Sunday night. No one remembers any WORK
being done along the road yesterday. and none Is
ever DONE unless It be urgent as president samue'
S;oan does not believe In Sunday work OF any klhd'
Two miles below Boonton Is Montvaic s'"uo"'
Shortly after o'clock on Sunday night some one
TANNED a hard stone In the switch frog near the
s,.,,or The engineer of a westbound train. as no
appreached the switch, saw two men running away
A moment later the switch frog came into We" III
the headlight OF his engine. There was an oos''ue-
ton In It, and a moment later the engine ;" "oN '
frog The stone was crushed and the train crossed
without leaving the track. The train was stopped
and what remained Of the stone was taken 10 poo"'
ton and turned to the station agent "aeA
walker who passed the frog short time oefore inc
train reports that the frog was all right anu Pe'0
fectly clear when he examined H.
Half an hour later the Boonton Flyer one oi 'ne
fastest trains on the road, reached the MontVae
station The train which is known on the railroad
tables as No 9. leaves Hoboken at $50 O'CLOCK. s"u
makes fast time along the road 1t stops oniy AZ
Passaic and Paterson before reach'hs boo"eo"'
II pulled out OF Hoboken on time on SUNDAY
NIGHT and ran right on the schedule Frank Gar
land Of Paterson was the engineer. The tram was
heavily loaded with passengers
when the train reached a point close to where
the first train encountered the stone IN the "os'
the engineer decried pile OF ties on the ra'is
ahead OF him 1t was too late for him TO stop MS
engine He therefore put on more speed ana
vent into the obstruction with everything Woo
omen and the train flying along at sixty miles an
hour The ties went flying In all direcuons' n.
The moment OF collision the engineer smut oH
steam and applied the brakes. and brought ns
train TO a STOP The train waited only few mo-
ments and then proceeded Inc e"s"'e i WIZ
slightly damaged .
About Boonton station the raiiroao oe.eo"'.'
were hard at work on the case to-day. ana maoo
four arrests All were Hungarians. foaumas'er
lanes Neafe arrested John Marons, ana lrach
walker John Leonard arrested three others Ihey
yere arra,9ned in the afternoon before Justice An
thony. in Boonton. The men arrested by Leonard
were permitted to depart. on proving that tnsy
had nothing to do with the attempts to wT Tecx
the trains Marons was held for tne ura"o jury
and sent TO the county Jail at Morrstown.
Tho noint where the attempts were mace
,oreiv one on the main line Of the road ana fast
.ra q, a,wavs made The affair created considera-
h,e excitement in Dover. few miles from Boonton'
THO town Il largely inhabited by employees OF the
road and they were greatly interested In the mat
ter. ,,m,. A.
In Hoboken news OF the afair was oimcut 10
oh,a,n The railroad authorities tried all day 20
denv the story They all reticent ana sara
nothing Of the kind occurred. Every one VINO coud
ba seen knew nothing OF the matter. Late IN tho
day one OF the officials admitted that our oe'ec-
tives are investigating the matter Later Supe.i"
tsndent Andrew Reas oner admitted that there had
hsen an attempt His story was somewhat dinerent
from that told in Boonton. Instead OF hitting tne
nile OF ties the engine was stopped peiore ~
reached the obstruction, and 100. IN MT nsas,
story the pile Of ties dwindled from an w" ~ ~
number 10 one Mr. Reasoner said that As ING 20
press approached the tie the engineer saw = ThH
pwaiksr IN front Of him waving a red lantern. Inc
engineer could cause for stoPpins' Uut ne
tracy walkers signals we're unmis,akaoie a. s-ear
air brakes went down hard and sharp i ne ua.
stopped with Jerk, when sent ,ne y, tr%s wheels
sent showers OF sparks flying from the whee $40
the brake shoes crushed against tnem' me ,ham
hands rea ssured the passengers peiore tnes h,,t
selves knew the cause or the suuuen stvpp .,hsr
me trn was resumed. The delay had been oniy
minute or two, but was suffcieht 70 se s,scovsre6
me- tho track The track-walker had GiscoveLeo
a. az the same moment the train appsa'eu ~, w.
,ie and that there might De osne.s Uey ,Ssn In.
sgnalied the train 10 stop MT heas 1rnd from
tirnated that the tie might have oeeh o'oppeu ''SA
a construction train