The evening times., 1901-11-26
STRIKE BEGINS
AT PII'I'SBURG
Railroad SWitChmen Make
Good Their Threat.
PIgKERFONS and POLICE ON GUARD.
Conflicting Reports as to Extent of
Troubla-Strikers' Places Filled
by New Men-Likely to Be
q Bitter Fight.

PITTsBURC, Nov 26.-Swischmen en-
pIoyed by the railroads entering this city
have made good their threat, and the
strike was inaugurated shortly after
O'Clock this morning.
From present indications the fight VIII
be a bitter one, unless it is brought to
an end through an unexpected settlement
There Is every reason to believe that the
railroad companies are preparing for
siege. and that every effort will be used
to crush the dissatisfied employees.
Reports DiHcr.
Reports from various yards as to the
extent of the trouble are conflicting.
Local officers Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road will not admit that there is strike,
although many OF their regular employees
are standing on Liberty Street, watching
the men who have taken their places in
their efforts to shift cars and get out
trains.
The Baltimore and Ohio strikers and
the men that walked out of the PittSbuTg
and Lake Erie yards lined up on the
Smithdeld Street Bridge, the fTst-named
crowd having possession OF the northern
end, from which they have 4 fine view Of
the yard, and the Lake Erie men are
stretched along the west railing of the
southern approach The watchers are act
ing as pickets-
owing to the fact that the Union Sta
tion yards are being rebuilt, causing de
lays IN the handling of trains, even when
ali the men are at work, there is more
confusion there than at either OF the
other yards, but the passenger trains
were not held back much longer than
usual
PInIlertons and Police.
The Baltimore and Ohio and the Lake
Erie passenger trains were all sent out
nearly on time. Pinkerton detectives are
guarding the Baltimore and Ohio and the
Lake Erie, but the Pennsylvania asked
fer and received a detail Of fifty Pittsburg
policemen to guard its property. No trou-
Bile has been reported.
Possibly 500 men are out. All the big
lines are prepared TO fight the switch
men to a finish Anticipating trouble
they have secured men, and the places Of
the strikers have been promptly filled
Arrival OF strike Breakers.
Tae delegation Of strike breakers from
Altoona to be placed in the yards of the
Pennsylvania Read arrived this moraing.
and was taken in charge By Ed Pitcairn
None Of the party would talk Of their
MISSION. EuL II Is ulUSEStOO4 tIGg are
only the advance guard OF men who are
willing 20 come from other points east OF
PittsbUrg TO help break tie strike.
The. presence Of PingertOn men tends to
show that, while everything is moving
along smoothly at present, trouble IS ex-
pected
Men Expect settlement.
The yardmen are outs3oken and are
all confident that the demand OF the
strikers viii he granted. Some say that
before the affair IS ended the rumored
support OF the Brotherhood of Railway
TTainmen will become reality great
many local men were sworn in IS Pinker-
ton deputies this morning, and were sent
out to the Junction road. Cars have been
fitted with cots and refrigerator added
TO the train loaded with eatables.
Demand on the Companies.
The demand Of the men is that tie
Chicago rate be paid here. This rate is
q cents an hour for day conductors and
% cents for night conductors Of switch
engines; helpers, . cents by dag and q
cents at night The PIttsburg rate at
present is % cents fer night helpers.
Grand Master Frank T Fawley, of the
Switchuen'S Union, is expected here to-
day TO conduct the strike.
the railroads, the strike, if carried out,
viii be disastrous 70 the companies in
yolved-