The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-29

ilfltdfo on nhr : 80 Halh tt"H 49,
don saturday afternoon dispIoyed thai
,isir,nen,' The man returned TO New
london before he could be placed under
srf.st. Upon HE arrival Monday be- was
taken into rnsiody hy Chief Wilson, lie
pleaded moi guilty before Judge y, W.
,iilson in municipal court Monday iorr'
noon aud his attorney, II. l., Eddy, inr
nishol hail for his appearance Al an IN
definite date. Town Grand Juror Robert
II Ilaeon later stated that the ease
against the man would be mol prussed AZ
no one appeared against him,
Mhls Superintendent Costello agreed
10 send hack the armed msn ihefr Mer'
about doFen men IA btatiiol,oio ~ ''i'
day with suspicious humps ON ihrlf hils'
NJ insults were offered the strike hral''
.r. in the strikers though there was con
siderable hilafiiy among nilroad men
when the Nfike-hurakerr attempted %
give signals for the moving oi trains
Roundhouse Foreman Wright 81 White
River Junction assisted Agent GniAu'
NoHday IA running the sNiichcr. Wright
neoompanied the Wet River train TO
South Londonderry Monday night ~
pilot
sunday ocoasionod by the cutting oi tc'e,
graph wires between south vernon snd
Palmer. For the trsi time since the
strike began the 30 .. M, sonlhbouhu
train Monday carried its passenger
through Bratilcboro. For a week tins
train ended IL run here 30 lar a. pa.
..nrcrs were concerned. The mail car
went 10 South Vernon where another
Boston A Maine train was waiting ior the
engine of the 90 train 10 take u a.
Springfield Monday morning q Central
Nermout engine was attached TO the
train and A crew Of strike.brcaker- took
,he train To South Vernon. This crew
returned with the 553 p. IN, tram and
turned il over 20 a Boston X Maine crew
hcf.. There was considerable interest
Al the local. freight house Tuesday when
il became known that the eonsignor oi u
carload Of potatoes from New YORK 70
Montpelier wa endeavoring TO- nave the
shipment. which is stalled AZ Brattleboro'
rc'biIled over Boston 4 Maine lines by
way of Wells River Boston X Maine
cmuloyes promptly notified the local Cen
trai Vermont officials that there would DC
trouble II any attempt was made TO seha
the carload OF potatoes over Boston
lines by re-billing -..
The 6nt Central Vermont passenger
train 10 leave BnttlcboTo IN charge oil an
lexpcrienccd conductor. with the excep'
tion of the one in charge OF Harry lhomp'
son last week, was the III tram loi
New London Tuesday morning Inc con,
ductor, who was without a uniform ana
wearing a derby hat and cutaway coat
signed his name a. Barton on the trali,,
register. Ii was evident TO the railroad
men al the station that Barton was a
railroad man when he received his clear,
ance card and started for the front end
| of his train to speak TO the engineer
There was no doubt about the man g
perience when he carelessly held up ms
| right hand for the train TO start. he re-
turned with the train Tuesday evening
and since then has been in charge OF the
train. p.,
Mass. delayed the o'clock tram IRON
New London Tuesday evening aDou'
three hours. There We're no Development
| in the local situation "Wednesday. ma
evening Division superintendent w, .
! Costello of New London arrived with
large squad OF new men and yesterday
two freight trains were started south; =
| force of green men were used as switch
ing crew in the local yard. ~
The freight tie-up occasioned by ths
strike while causing some lnconVehiehc'
TO local shippers, has not resulted IN tnt
stopping of business in any OF tine various
factories. The firm suffering the greatest
Inconvenience has been the White Rivei
Chair company which ships Its producl
| to New York by way OF New LONDON
over Central Vermont line. Last weei
with no freight trains moving 1t began 9
look doubtful whether this concern conlo
move its manufactured goods or receist
stock but with the attempt OF the Centra
Vermont road this week to start freights
for New London the situation has
changed A large amount OF incoming
fre;ght reaches Brattleboro over the Bos
ron Maine road by way of Bellows falls
and many shippers are using this Quite
Cor their product and reaching New fori
bv b way wav Of Bellows Falls, Keene anc
Springfield Mass. The Dunham Brothers
campany have suffered slight ineonven
;ence in shipping to points on the Centra
Vermont % north Of White River Junction
hut this has been overcome, py hakii,,
express instead Of freight shpmeHM.s, ~ :,
customers between st. Albans ana Wnil'
River Junction. The Hooker, oHlsea
Mitchell company has been landscapes
sl;nbtlv % during the past week in receiving
Goth but has not been. inconven
fenced to any great degree. The Carpen
for Organ company has diverted ITS snip
ments to New York over Boston q Maln'
Ines and the Estey Organ company M na
not been greatly inconvenienced; In
Sw;ft Reef company has been able U
sorve its patrons since the resumption Q
work bv a local switching crew wnlcl
sets cars on the beef companys sidlhs
as before the strike. Though there ma,
have hs e'i been many individual cases of della:
aent;ble anu increase has been noted in th'
p.Is'f urice Of foodstuffs. ! A large amount 0
fRruit R and vegetables coming from Spring
field has been received by. way OF Dei
lows Falls, while some conslgnments nav
been sent to Hinsdale, N. H., anu 'heh'
to Brattleboro by team.