The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-22
STRIKE SITUATION
IN BRATTLEBORO
Events of the Past Three Days-Hear-
ing in Strikebreaker Case-Meet-
ing in Festival Hall-Pinker-
ton Men Are Here.

The strike went into effect in Brattle'
boro promptly at $3.50 o'clock Monday
evening and a few minutes later the
tie-up was complete in the local yards.
Incoming freight crews left their, trains
as soon as the yard was reached after
$50 and before daylight all freight trains
due during the night at Brattleboro over
the Central Vermont had arrived and
been deserted by the trainmen.. The
engineers and firemen remained with
their locomotives but they might as well
have been strikers as the trains could
not move without crews. The strikers
gathered on the station platform and
discussed the situation while waiting for
developments. No unusual developments
came during Tuesday. The public became
aware of the strike when no attempt was
made to start the 7,25 train for New
London Tuesday morning or to move tie
mixed train for points on the West
River branch. Word spread quickly,
about town that the predicted strike had
come and by 8 o'clock throng of cur
ious people had gathered at the station
To see what was transpiring. By daylight
Tuesday there were five Central Yer
mont freight trains stalled here and their
crews were planning where they would
get breakfast. About 25 strikers were
left in Brattleboro when the strike order
went into effect and these men remained
about the station most Of the day, expect
ing the arrival of strikebreakers. When
it became known that the COMPANY,
would probably not attempt to send
through trains in charge of strikebreakers
until Wednesday baseball game was
proposed, two teams were formed and
a game was played on the island.
Conductor T. j. O'Brien was placed IN
charge of the situation at BrattlebOro by
the striking trainmen's organizations and
Immediately made up list of the strik-
ers here. A strike payroll was made up
and every mans name was entered with
the understanding that he would draw
weekly pay during the strike. In several
instances Wednesday word was received
from men belonging, south, OF IT,, frattis9oro
who were stalled beyond White River
Junction and without funds. Money was
sent to them from Brattleboro by Boston
& Maine trainmen.
The first inconvenience to Brattleboro
people came Tuesday morning when the
Swift Beef company was obliged to use
horses to get a carload of beef to the
company's siding where it could be un-
loaded into the refrigerators. The EN-
ployes of the beef company say that with
the congestion of freight cars IN the yards
it is going to be a serious problem TO get
beef to the refrigerators unless some
move is made to operate the local switch
ing engine. a. G.
The switching crew was one OF the nrst
to quit work and an attempt to resume
ward work Wednesday proved failure.
A force of strike. e.breakers came up from
New London Wednesday afternoon and
reported to Agent E. j. Guthrie. One
man was designated to take charge OF
the shifting work and told to go to the
ward clerks office for instructions. He
took a look at the bundle of way-bills
and walked away. When he reached the
platform of the passenger station he was