The sun., 1901-11-28
THEPITTSBURG STRIKE
Trainmen Meet to Consider Demand
For Higher Wages.
SITUATION In THE YARDS.
Demands of the Striking switchmen
Granted by the Marshalls' Foun-
dry, Park Steel Plant and
Schoenberger management.

Pittsburg, Nov. 27.--The situation in
the switchmen's strike, which was in
augurated here Tuesday, is assuming
a more serious aspect.
z, IL. Morrissey, grand master of the
Brotherhood of Trainmen, and Ealen-
tine Fitzpatrick arrived in Pittsburg
early in the day and went into consul
tation at the Seventh Avenue hotel
with W. q. Lee, first yGe grand mas
ter Of the Brotherhood of Trainmen.
who has been in the city for several
days. Developments that will proba-
bly, follow this meeting, 1t is said, will
be of considerably more Importance
than the present trouble.
Morrissey made visit to dflttsburg
last week and held conference with
the grievance committee of the local
lodges of the traininen. and il was
agreed to prepare a uniform scale and
present it to all lines in this district.
The trainmen are strongly organized
and should their demands not be grant
ed it is believed that they will he able
TO more effectually blockade traffic
than the switchmen have.
Ii cannot be learned what increase
the Trainmen's brotherhood will ask
for, and for that reason railroad otfi-
cials decline to discuss the probable
outcome of the demands.
W. q. Lee stated that the scale will
be presented in due time, hut not likely
before the settlement of the present
trouble. 1T would be folly" said he.
for us to put a gun to the faces of the
officials now and ask for raise in sal
AIRY. After certain time has elapsed
we will make our demands known.
do not know what success the switch
men will meet. but | do know that we
will not aid them, as we do not believe
in sympathetic strikes
Switchmen Driven From Yards.
Some of the striking switchmen from
the Monongahela Connecting road en-
tered the Glenwood Yards of the Balti
more and Ohio railroad and chased th,
switchmen who were at work ther,
from the yards A number of officers
are now on duty at that point and NJ
further trouble is apprehendcd.
Reports received from the various
railroads indicate thar so far tn
strike has not greatly nterfercd wit
traffic except on the Allegheny Vale.
road. which has been almost complete
ly tied up by the striking switchmer
These comprise, besides others. thirty
one crews of six men each. In th
morning the regular local train wen
only rs far as Brady and the cinde
train went to Verona. The engine wa
manned by Lucy Furnace men an
four Italians. At the Forty-third stree
yards no engines have been moved b.
the men. The three yardmasters hay
been shifting few OF the cars.
Officials of the PENNSYLVANIA railroa
state that there is no change in th
general situation. Trains. they sa!
are moving with the same regularit
as before the strike began.
At Marshal's foundry. the Par
Steel plant and Shoenbergers the o
Chicago scale They are priva
switchmen, but went out in sympatt
with the strikers. The works as co
sequence were partially tied up, al
after a conference it was decided
make the concession.
+. /. Hawley, grand master of Il
Switchmea of North America, is he
from Denver to take supreme char
of the strike.