[Newspaper]
Publication: The Muncie News
Muncie, IN, United States
vol. 15, no. 223, p. 1, col. 2-3
WHAT NEXT?
The Entire L. E. & W. System Is Now
Clear From Freight Trains.
NO SETTLEMENT MADE
And Everything Remains as
Quiet as Death Around the
Yards-Factory Men Getting
Sore — The Restraining
Order on the Switchmen
Had No Material Effect
The strike on the Lake Erie and Western continues about the same. The men are still out and the switch engines are idle. Freights are run on the road in each direction to stations next to Muncie and there stopped. An attempt was made to make up a train yesterday afternoon as well as the day before and as soon as a few cars were coupled together the pins were pulled. This difficulty was sought to be overcome by placing an engine on each end of the train, but when this was done the brakes were found to be tightly set, rendering the two engines perfectly helpless.
The Mayor will be called upon to furnish protection to those who want to make up trains. The railroad people say that they have offered the men $2.15 per day which is the highest wages paid for such work at any of their stations and higher than that paid by the Big Four. The company further says that the Chicago scale demanded by the men here is higher than at any other city in the United States and is in force no where else but at Chicago.
No Effect.
The following clipping from the Indianapolis Journal explains the enjoining question:
Yesterday morning Judge Baker issued an order restraining W. H. Bailey, John Murphy, J. L. Burns, Charles Eagen, Thomas Ready, M. C. Smith, M. S. Stevenson, P. Nixon, C. Kirkwood, J. Sullivan, Frank Lawler, W. J. Matthews, George Davis, J. L. Yates, J. Ward, A. Vance and others from in any way hindering or delaying the Lake Erie & Western railroad from moving its trains or cars either by their actual presence or by intimidation of those attempting to run its cars. The order was issued on the bearing of a complaint asking for it, which was filed in the court by Supt. D. S. Hill, of the Lake Erie system, and in which he stated that these men and others had nearly, if not entirely, stopped the company’s operations at Muncie, Ind. The order was issued to be in effect until a further hearing of the case, which was set down for the 25th of the month in this city. W. E. Hackedorn, F. S. Foote, and Winter and Elan are the attorneys for the complainant.
Several of the writs were filed on strikers yesterday morning, but did not seem to have any effect on the men are still wandering around the yards.
Factory Men Sore
The manufacturing men whose mills are now closed down from the effects of the strike are now getting a little sore. It was their intention not to make any complaint on being closed down one or two days but this continuation is getting to be very costly.
Getting Freight
Several merchants who have freight tied up that they are badly in need of have sent out wagons, hunted up the cars and unloaded the same.
The Pulp Mill people have several teams at work hauling pulp to the Big Four depot to ship east by this means will fill their most urgent orders.
The Indiana Iron Works are making preparations to haul material out to their works and hope to soon be running on full time, even if the strike should keep up and no freight be delivered at their factory.
At the Glass Works.
The stamping department of Ball Bros. glass works closed down last evening on account of being unable to get any zinc. The strike may be given the benefit of this indirectly. An effort may be made to haul material to the factory with drays and keep them in operation. The flint and green glass department of this firm have enough material to run all week.
At Hemingrays and Over’s they have done some switching by block and tackle with horses, affording relief for a few days.
The Nelson glass works have enough material on hand to ran the balance of this week, and hope by that time that the strike will be over.
