Show ite strike ON THE LEHIGH LINE switchmen ditch trains and burn c for help baug 14 thera is no tha fact that tha of erie valley switchmen is a serious matter there had been more or lesa saturday between the strikers and their sympathizers and the men who are doing aba Bt work and a few aaa aalta bad oc cured badgen to put on a more serious aspect at 2 abia morning boea a series of incendiary fires bro ie out simultaneously in the behil valley yards eighteen 0 twenty freight cara filled with fuel cotton hay and various other merchandise two passenger coached and two watch mens houses burned the watter tank adjacent to the coal trestles lea was and an engine water there wrecked by a string often croaa way coal cars that had been turned loose tram the trestle A little office building and two or three freight cara were first in the yards the flames were next discovered in two coaches used for the conveyance of workmen in they arda east in street the lire raged among the care of merchandise diso the firemen however prevented the destruction ot a great number of cars the officers office cs are unable to find any characters the strikers and their sympathizers have pulled ane pins torn ed the switches and driven off the three meu are at the hospital and were badly hurt ona of the moat cowardly things done was throwing the switches under passenger train no 17 at williams street at tonight two passenger coaches were thrown iora i ora the track but the conductor does not think anybody was hurt though many were badly frightened fifty men boarded train no 3 att II 11 this morning and mo leaten the employees driving them off the crew finally succeeded in gett edg the train tc the station the mob took possession of the seneca street three or fajr times during tle day and drove off ane signal men in the ledinh yards at tonight the scenes of last night ere repeated it was plainly intimated by erie officials that wor tinen from the eat were anaed to edka the places oltha strikers the assert that the road is lobain lo oain heavily by not having men tu p biform tha work of the inkers two trains of freight cars on the addin in a railroad suburb of buttito vera burned tonight tho Lah valloy has cabied on the cherio for protection ha sent eix dapat iea to tae altia aad will swear in bilty ljra tomorrow latr as I 1 jcck fire broke out ia three places ia tha lehigh yards airada taa fira has been to q leu h it yort 1 the erie wib held two miles out ii kaaa new york no 4 hai not absen font out for lua game reason at ane sarae tima switch lights on the erie bat reen street and costern naw york aai the target were stolen at a m the passengers on tha affo trains OA the and eri which were at william earnet were brought into the at aion waa injury ii bruan ahat tue fifo ia sall raging ahmoi the cars of in cardd dt aad saya the shariff powerless power lesa tj interfere caled on to protect tha railroad property |