The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-09

Philadelphia, april Sat the close OF a
conference held to-day at Broad Street
Station. President McCrea. Of the Penn
sylyania Railroad. announced his inteu-
ton Of going TO Pittsburg 10 lead ouara-
tons agaEast the gang Of train wreckers
VINO, IN less than Two months. have
caused eight wrecks on the Pennsylvania
lines. seven Of them within the last two
weeks.
This conference was called by President
McCrea and attended BY several OF the
roads vice Presidents. General Manager
AtteTbury. heads Of the railroad detective
force, and Pinkerton officials.
The detectives revelations decided Mr..
McCrea. it is said, to go in person and to
indorse the extraordinary measures pro-
posed for the suppression Of the Wreckers.
Orders have been issued 70 shoot 10 Kill
any person found tamDering with the
rails
The first thing the detectives are said
10 have reported is that they had dis
covered that the disastrous wreck Of the
.eighteen-hour flyer. at Mineral Point,
in the Alleghenies, on February %. was
evidently the first work Of the wreckers.
Robbers Soon at Work.
The detectives further said that in
every successful wreck they had found
that the cars had hardly stopped rolling
before the robbers had been az work.
The alternative theory Of vengefuI en-
ployes was considered. but little weight
TTas attached 20 It, mainly for lack OF
any specific information on the subject,
The wrecking for robbery theory was ac-
cepted.
Il is said that President McCrea de-
elared that he would have the Pennsyl-
vania safe TO travel on II he had 10 have
man On every yard Of rail as far as
st. Louis.
After the conference a statement was
given out BY the management renewing
the reward OF S5500. setting forth the law
against train wrecking which provides
for a conviction for murder where lives
are lost ana asking the press and people
10 aid.
Two More Attempts Made.
Pittsburg. April S-Within the past
thirty hours there have been two more al
tempts made TO wreck trains on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and while each
failed. the officials Of the road at this end
are in the air none the less. because It
now seems more than sure that the gang
now engaged in train-wrecking has de-
termined 10 stop at nothing.
The attempts were made at Bradys
Bend Pa, on the Allegheny Valley Rail-
road. and at Alliance, Ohio
The Bradys Bend attempt was made
Sunday afternoon. but news Of il did not
leak out until this morning. when the
railroad people made it public here. It
appears that a fast train was tagged Just
IN time by a farmer who found a tie
fastened to the track near a high bluff.
The train could not be brought 20 a
stop. but crashed into the obstruction At
reduced speed, the engine leaving the
rails Three men were arrested and taken
10 East Brady, some miles away
Freight Train Ditched.
This morning at Alliance. Ohio.
switch was turned in the face of d fast
freight. The engineer saw the switch
turned as he was within short distance
Of it. but could not stop. and the train
was ditched. A man was seen 10 run
away, but he could not be caught.
This makes in all seven attempts TO
wreck trains Of the PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road in the past two weeks. or one al.
tempt every second day. Nor does this
count the wreck of the eighteen-hour
flyer IN the Allegheny Mountains on tie
morning of February %, when an entire
train was ditched, and that scores of peo-
pie were not killed seems miraculous.
The railroad people believe that this, too,
was the work of wreckers.
There have been several arrests made
IN Pittsburg. and orders have gone out
10 take in charge all found with switch
keys unless by the best of written au-
thority.