Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-12 | Page 7 | Express Train Left by Crew

I; Passengers Tell Story of Being Strikebound in Foothills L of Catskiils ! NEW YORK, April 12. The story Is of being "strike bound" in the foot- fe' 'hills of the Catskiils on the Chicago Sti Express of the Erie road when it was S abandoned by Its crew at Port Jer- jp vis, N; Y., was told by passengers on j arrival here today ten hours late. A lj fireman sent out from Jersey City on r an outbound train aided the engineer l.I in finally bringing in the stalled train. y A "mob of railroad men" met the express when it reached Port Jervis, , '( according to passengers. They swarm- t. h ec" about the engine and dragged the tH fireman to the ground, they said. ,$ ;The rest of the crew ondpavnred to tf persuade the strikers to allow the( r train to proceed to Jersey City. Thisi mi Mas refused and the strikers shouted if that the only way the fireman could m go to Jersey City on the train would be: E "in a wooden box." if The .passengers afJLer a considerable 5 lime searched for lodgings. Some of J1 them managed to obtain rooms for a E fev.T hours at $5 each, one of the pas- r sengers said. Food was procured and SJ the station agent agreed to announce1 jT "an hour before hand when the train I Rj would start." I I At 11:30 o'clock last night the word' b came, but it was after 3 o'clock this'. K morning before the new fireman ar-! 8 rived, .and considerably later when the' m train, finally pulldd out for Jersey! ( 9 City again.