The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-22

would be received at the freight depot
 in this city and the steamers St. Law
 renee and Northam. which came uI
 from New York, had unloaded their big
 cargoes of freight at Belle dock, but the
 freight had not been moved from the
 dock because no men could be secured
 to take in empty cars.
 President John M. Hall of the Con-
 solidated road said last night that nc
 attempt had been made to move freight
 yesterday and that the lines of the com
 pany were pretty well tied up. He said
 that the plan was to let the men think
 the matter over a little. He thought
 that they had been misled and did not
 understood the situation at Harlem
 River which had led to the sympathetic
 strike.
 Last night the tracks in the yards at
 the depot were filled with loaded cars, many of which are said to contain per
 ishable freight. The tie-up is a great inconvenience to local manufacturers and merchants. As an instance of this a large firm in this city dealing in plumbers supplies had an order yester- day for a large quantity of supplies to finish up a house In Branford. The local firm took the freight to the freight depot but it would not be accept ed there and the order remains thrilled. This is only one of many like instances related last night.
 As result of the freight tie-up many merchants and manufacturers are en- deavoring to ship orders by express. In consequence of this the express of flee at the depot was packed with goods for shipment. There were ten large truck loads at the depot at o'clock while the express room was piled full and more was continually arriving. Yesterday afternoon men in the shops were set at work tearing out the seats from old passenger cars in order, it is said, to put them in shape to use for express cars to handle the great amount of express matter coming in.
 Not switch engine was moving in the yards last evening and half dozen or more locomotives with steam up were standing motionless in various parts of the crowded yards.
 Yardmaster Garfield of the depot yard was present at the meeting held in the old Union armory last night and tried to induce the men to return to work in a speech which he made to them. He was unsuccessful however.
 President Hall said at II o'clock last night that men would be brought from other places and put to work here to- day. He thought that without doubt freight trains would be moving to-day and said that some would leave Harlem River late last night or early this morning. He said that there was no attempt to move freight yesterday be- cause 1t was thought advisable to give the men time to reflect They had had time now and the work of the road would certainly be resumed to-day with other men unless the old men returned to work this morning.
 Val Fitzpatrick, third vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Railroad arrived in New York yester day from Syracuse and at once called a meeting of Empire City lodge, Rail- road I'rainmen. Before going to the meeting MT. Fitzpatrick said that he first heard of the strike Wednesday and at once left for New York. He thought the strike was i'll advised and that the men had taken action altogether too hastily. He hoped that matters would be fixed up and that the men would re- turn to work.
 It was reported last night that the meat supply in the city was short and that unless freight began moving to- day there was a likelihood of prices ayin meat warehouse on Fair street was empty Last night small consignments of meat were received by express but not enough to be of much consequence n comparison with the city's demand.
 Not only are the main lines of the 'oad and the branches converging in New Haven tied up so far as freight is but the Highland division rom Fishkill Landing was also said to oe affected yesterday A quantity of neat consigned to eastern points could lot be moved over the main line from Harlem River and was sent to Fish, gill Landing to be shipped over the Highland. It could not be moved from however and at last accounts ast night still remained there
 It was estimated last night that there were 125 men out on strike in this city | md at midnight there were persistent | umors that all the firemen would go l ut. In case this happened the New | Iaveners who contemplate attending | he Yale-Harvard football game in | Boston would be greatly inconven- enced.
 The strikers said last night at the Union armory meeting that the strike vas not union strike and that the nen out were not all union men. Nev- rtheless in Meriden the fourteen witchmen and brakemen employed in he local freight yard, or the entire rev of the switch engine, with the ex- option of the engineer and fireman, oined the striking switchmen of the road at 1 o'clock yesterday fternoon, and thus tied up all local raffic.
 They are members of the National of Railway Trainmen and hey say that they received orders from to quit work and are now waiting further orders from the off, als of the order.
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