The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-27
STRIKE WAS A
FLAT FAILURE
SwitChmen on Pittsburg Roads
Come to Grief.
NONE OF THE LINES TIED UP
MEN SECURED TO TAKE PLACES
OF THOSE WHO WENT OUT.
NONE OF THE LINES TIED UP

Pittsburg, Nov. 26.-Judging by
parent conditions. the switchmen's
strike, which began this morning, has
proven a fiat failure. The strike was
ordered by the Switchmen's Union of
Ncrth America, and the claim was
made early in the day by the union Of
fcers that every road in the city, with
the exception of the Pittsburg, Fos-
Wayne & Chicago and the Pittsburg.
Cincinnati, Chicago & st. Louis, would
be tied up completely,
The developments Of the day, how
ever. demonstrate that only one road,
the Lehigh Valley, was seriously af-
fected. On this road but one crew was
at work. and the Foad is badly Grip
pied. The company officials, while ad-
hitting that freight traffic has been
practically suspended, say that within
twenty-fouy hours they viii have all
the men they need and work viii be re-
sumed as usual
The. other roads affected were the
| Baltimore & Ohio, twenty-five men
/ out. the Pittsburg & Lake Erie. four
/ men out; the Pennsylvania, fifteen men
| QUO
New Men Secured.
! One hundred and fifty would be a
/ high estimate of the total men who
/ struck. None of these roads suffered
/ much inconvenience. because new men
J were readily secured to take the
| places of the strikers. and some of the
men, upon discovering that the strike
! order had not been generally observed,
/ returned to their places.
/ A meeting of the union was held this
/ afternoon and the claim was made that
4 the strike was a success as far as ii
had gone, and that within forty-eight
! hours the members of the union, about
/ zoo, would be out.
The demands of the switchmen call
for the enforcement of the standard
scale of wages.
1t is claimed that the Monongahela
connecting lines signed the scale today,
but the officials of the other roads say
they are more determined than ever
not to sign. The strikers have not the
/ sympathy Of the other trainsmen's
unions. W. G. Lee, first vice grand
master of the Brotherhood of Train
men, is in the city and says the mem
bers of his organization win oppose
the present movement.
Should the condition Of the Allie
gheny valley as il existed TODAY n.
continued longer than two DAYS more
the mills and factories along the Al
legheny river dependent on it for raw
material will be compelled to close.
Strikers Make Gains.
The strikers tonight gained nine mel
& he far- a--H Of
/. Virginia & Charleston railroad. Thi
is the principal yard of the road OF
the south side, and the detection ha
. crippled the company considerably. TIL
. | officials may be able TO put on ncy
men tomorrow. The strikers claim t
have crippled the Baltimore & Ohio il
: the GlenwCod yards. They say tina
only one crew out of the twelve regu
larly employed are at work, and tina
no attempt to move freight is bein
made.
a meeting Of the LawrenceviIl
branch Of the Brotherhood Of Train
: men is being held tonight behind close
: doors and was still in session at mid
, night. It is said the members are dis
| cussing the question Of endorsement @
( the strike. The result Of the meetin
! may not be known tonight The strik
2 ers appear confident that the brother
hood men win refuse to handle train
E switched by nOn-UniOnists.
t When the Lawrenceville meeting ad
2 journed the men We're very reticen
/ The only announcement made was tina
! the strike Of the switchmen had bee
/ endorsed. It is believed that the train
. men win refuse to handle trains unles
switched by union men.
The strikers ate tonight say the
ranks now number almost 400 The
= predict that other unions viii folio
: the lead Of the Lawrenceville meeting