The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-11-20
FREIGHT TRAFFIC
AT A STANDSTILL.
EIGHT HUNDRED MEN ON STRIKE.
Mott Haven Yards of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Road
FILLED with Cars-A Local
Grievance.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-TRo thousand
cars stood in the Moct Haven freight
yards Of the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad this morning not a
wheel turning
Eight hundred men were on strike and
I New England freight traffic was viz
tually at a standstilL
Police Reserves ont.
The reserves from I'VE police stations
Of this city were guarding the cars and
railroad property together with large
fCEce OF private detectives 10 prevent
damage being done By the strikers while
the company endeav3red 10 iii their
I places Many OF the cars contain perish
able goods and must be moved soon 10
prevent absolute loss OF their contents.
The strikers are the sWitcLUln freieht
I. handlers and brakemen- Their idIeress
crippies large part OF the roads service.
. including thc IghtermCu- tugbOat and
transfer men and q host Of others who
are engaged ia the handling Of freight ia
such quantities that it viii now Jam into
an almost immOyabIe mass 90 The various
dePors 81 the company
The strikers Grievance
The grievance is the discharge OF Rob
ert J. TUrbush. assistant yardmas-er-
whose place was flied By J. A. smith.
who was brought from another yard
James Turbush. the dism. ssed mans
brother, is chief yarduaster- Tne reason
gwen Tor The discharge vas that a more
competent man had been engaged
The freight yards of the New York.
New Haven. and Hartford Railroad are
the largest east Of Chicago. They are
really three In number. although they
practically continue from Mott Haven 10
Bay Chester There are large depots al
Mott Haven Oak Point, Van Nest. AID
BAY Chester.
In all something over 1000 cars were
M the yard when the order TO quit was
responded TO- Along the road as far as
New Rochelle we're other trains, and
these were deserted and Ieft on the
tracks. the switehmen setting the sig
mails at danger"
The through Washington train from
Boston and The Colonial Express were
twenty minutes late
AFTER New Men.
As soon as the officials were notified
Of the tie-up. they sent special engines
into Connecticut towns GO bring men and
succeeded by dawn this morning in Sc
curing about thirty men 10 handle the
yards Among these. il Is said. were
some from Jersey City.
Il was said this morning at the freight
department of the road that while The
freight traffic both east and west was
practically tied up. the strike could be
considered in no way general The com
pany officers say that IL does not extend
beyond this city. and they predict that
IL viii not spread
The men say their grievances are OF
a local nature
Trouble Not Expected
This morning Police Inspector Grant
notified Deputy Commissioner Devsry. and
Inspector Cortright that there was no i'm
mediate prospect Of an ending Of the
strike and that he believed that there
would be no trouble as the strikers were
quiet, and not bent on mischief
Il is said by the company officers thar
only one shift of the switchmen struck
Last night the strikers said that there
would be 900 men out this morning. but
that Is not the case.
About 500 men are out, and Of that
number only thirty men had signifed
their willingness to return