The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
HELD UP BY ARMED STRIKERS
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ALssNr. July 20 Italian track lahHr~r.
Il tho u~'awaf- ant Hudson rurtranv
Whp ar pu strtk" along tu" .uurtny =
lines no THIS STATE anal T,uu-y wanna.
are developing an uglv mood pn a." liu''
i.tNr-n ,r--c-ut and Mechanical" In
this state and IN" a.d - ID" militia nPy
h. s,ught Tor the protection - IN" prop
srty Il the Delaware and Hudson and
the Boston and Maine companies
The two railroads Use TIN, lin" - track
Jointly. aud at an -aTly hour Friday
morning some 81 th" striking track men
are supposed to have caused IA" d"fail-
ment at an engine AMI u.n~t"~n cars
of an extra tram running over the tracks
f1r tho Boston and Maine company
The spikes had been pull"d from th" rails.
and Will" no employees were injured
the accident blocked both tracks ~ the
railroad
According n a report received In this
city to-day by the Public Service Com
IN ission from SIpt 1yt.r of the Boston
and Maine company at North adams.
Mass tho Boston and Maine this morn
ing sent a train Ia fishers. wheT" the
tracks were blocked. with a foreman
and forty Italian lahoreTs To clear away
the r'ck Before ia" construction crew
had quite reached the scene of the trouble
their tram was tagged hy two Italians
who were seen Ia be- armed with rifles
When the tram came 20 a stRndStlll
the two Italians w"r" joined hy about
sixty Of their couutrym"n, all armed
10 some extent Spnkesnen were sought
10y the railroad fOrernen, and II was then
learned that the strikers would r"ius"
TO permit the Boston and Main. In clear
away the wreck. insisting that the work
ha don. by the b"lawat" and Hudson =
company Their" was no rs" IN "Nppstu-
latlng and the construction tram went ,
back 20 M"ChaniCvIllr
Supt Tvt"r reported 20 the Public }
service. Commission that b" would APPEAL
u the sheriff of Saratoga county Tor /
troops To- MAINTAIN order and permit F..
his company 20 clear the tracks. Mean
tame the trains of the Boston and Main"
are making detpur Dy way ot Troy
To- get arului the blpoko1 tracks
n. delaware and Hudson company
to- day ordered the purchase ~ something
like dozen Marlin riot guns and num- +
lI.r Il cots and other implements and .
munitions of strIk" breaking warfare .
to II. used against the striking lta mans
The strike was inaIg,Irated ON July ,.
" hen the section men Of the l'"lawar" ,
and Hudson were refused AN increase
u t.kl cents day IA wages tn" men
were then getting NOR" than - paid to
resolved All IncTca-" the first part Of the
year
II was reported that conditions around
had pui- 4 down lat" thus
litaruuou. and tn" sheriff en-: Saratoga
county served notice that b" would not
assume charge ~ the situation or inter-
rr" unless fresh outbreaks occurred .
The wrrck of the freight tram a. sh"rs
vas cleared away. hut only the east huund
rack was Iu running order az noon, the
yest bound l-IuE uut oi commission a
MILkESBARKr Pa July ~ h'-Lwlr"
nd Hudson H,il-uad officials tri"i tins
morning to settle ia" stink" 90 IN"
ST. section hands Nv uf"ring IN" adj
.anca demanded Nv the foreman. from
? ~ g. IS 81 day and to give the men 81 rs
dav lps'rad 4 tie 81 - they get They
ad tAapi tHr 81 - IN" strike leaders
uh the officials IN" PROPOSAL would b"
~cayts.d n th" company would -ign IN
yr,.msut To max" 70 effective Tor - year
his the. Cpmpany refused - do. 4
Arhit ration was then proposed by the
nmpany officials and the strikers are
low considering whether or not to ac-
ept tins
The first 1T - strike breakers arrived
lst night Their wss some shooting ~
he ~ r. IN which they were. huf no one
saz injured Troopers of IN" STATE con
tabullTy will guard the strike breakers