The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-27
SWIlCHMEN NOT SUCCESSFUL
STRIKE AT PIITSB URG APPEARS
 TO BE 4 FLAT FAILURE.
Only One Road Seriously Affected But
 S Few Men Out on the Others-StriISer rs Declare the Movement Success ns Far as 1t Has Gone and That Within Forty eight Hours TOO Men VIII be Out Standard Scale of Wages Demanded.

l StauudTu SCHle OA NhStH
 Pittsburg, Nov. 26.-Judging by ap-
 parent conditions the switchmen' s
 strike inaugurated this morning has i proven flat failure The strike was
 ordered by the Switchmen's union of
 North America and the assertion was
 made early in the day by the union off, cials that every railroad in the city
 Fort Wayne and Chicago, and the Chi
 cago, Cincinnati, Cleveland St. Louis,
 would be tied up completely. The de- velopments of the day, however, dem-
 onstrate that only one road, the Ale
 gheny Valley, was seriously affected.
 On this road but one crew was at work
 and the road is badly crippled. The company officials, while admit
 ting that freight traffic had been prac-
 tically suspended, say that within
 twenty-four hours they will have all
 the men they need, and work will be
 resumed as usual. The other roads af-
 fected were the Baltimore and Ohio,
 twelve men out; Pittsburg Junction, q
 branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, fif- teen men out; the Pittsburg and Lake Erie, four men out; the Pennsylvania, fifteen men out. One hundred and fifty would be high estimate of the number of men who struck. None of these roads suffered much inconvenience, be- cause new men were readily secured to take the place of the strikers and some of the men, upon discovering that the strike order had not been generally obeyed, returned to their places
 A meeting of the union was held this afternoon and the claim was made that the strike was a success as far as it had gone and that within forty-eight hours all the members of the union, about 700 would be out.
 The demands of the switchmen call for the enforcement of the standard scale of wages.
 It is declared that the Monongahela connecting line signed the scale to-day, but the officials of the other roads say they are more determined than ever not to sign. The strikers have not the sym pathy of the other trainmen's unions. W. G. Lee, first vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, is In the city and says that the members of his organization will oppose the present 
 Should the condition of the Ale gheny Valley road as it existed to-day be continued longer than two days more the mills and factories along the river dependent on it for raw material will be compelled to close down. The city mills of the Carnegie can stand the pressure for this length of time, but if 1t be extended be- yond that time operations will have to be suspended the manager says:
 When the Lawrenceville meeting ad- < journed the men were reticent concern ing what had taken place. The only made was that the strike of the switchman ha7 haao cN- iorsed What future action may be taken could not be learned. IL ls be- ieved that the trainmen will refuse to handle trains unless switched by union nen. This action of the Lawrence ,ille lodge is the first outside endorse nen given the strikers and they are that other unions will fol- ow the lead. Frank P. Hawley, grand master Switchmen's union, and P. H. Morrissey grand master Brotherhood Railway Trainmen, are both expected lere tomorrow.
 A report from Millvale tonight says hn yards of the West Penn road are tied up. Forty men out at hat point.
 Ike strikers late tonight say their anks now number almost 400. The ompany officials make light of this tatement and say if it were true no rouble would be experienced in filling heir places.