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Show ALL-NIGHT VIGIL AT Employes of. Vulcan Iron Works Expected Attack by Piledrivers- Seattle, March 19. Twcnty-tive employees em-ployees of the Vulcan iron works, armod with crowbars and hammer.?, stood through an all-night vigil last night in the plant of the company on Fourth avenue, w-aiting for an expected ex-pected attack on tho plant by a plle-drlvlng plle-drlvlng and track-laying crew employed em-ployed by the Oregon and Washington Railway company, tho Harriman corporation cor-poration which is engaged In building a. line from Seattle to Portland. 1 Notice was served by tho Oregon ana Washington Railway company, February 1, directing the Vulcan iron works to vacate tho premises, owned by the Harriman system, with 30 days. The issue between the Harriman corporation and the Vulcon Iron works reached a critical stago yesterday, when a pile-driver of the contracting firm built a pile brldgo to the property prop-erty line of the iron works, within SO feet of tho central plant and office of-fice of the. company, through whlcli the Hanlman agontB expect to lay-tracks lay-tracks within the next two weeks. Tho iron works company claim to havo 30,000 tons of material on the ground and that It Is Impossible to comply with the terms of tho notice. |