Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-17
EAST OF THg ROCKIES.
Tires Hundred Railroad Employees Join
in the Strike.
THE CENTRAL trust COMPANY.
Thousands of Visitors Inspecting the
'Califorbia on Wheels"
Exhibit.
THE CENTRAL trust COMPANY.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE HEcoED-uslosI
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.
Three Hundred Switchmen and Yardme
Quit Work.

Three Hundred Switchmen and Yardmen
Quit Work.
BUFFALO, August 16th.-Three hundred
switchmen and yardmen struck at East
Buffalo this morning. No freight trains
are moving. A large force of police is on
hand, but no serious trouble is anticipated.
The strike was caused by union men being
ordered from Erie street to take the place
of the union strikers. They came. but sent
4 delegation to Superintendent Burrows
asking him to send them back to the Erie
street depot, as they, being union men, OBJ
jected 10 being detailed to take the places
OF brother unioDists out on strike. Bur-
rows refused and they struck. The strike Of
the West Shore men is greeted with Joy by
the old strikers.
The action of the switchmen gives new
phase TO the Central strike. 1t has now
spread beyond the Knights of Labor. The
| men who went out this morning are members
of the Switchmens Mutual Aid Associa-
ton, national organization extending all
over the country. 1t has membership of
about 800 in this city. Comparatively few
switchmen are in the Knights of Labor
here. 1t was Grand Master Sweeney of the
switchmen's organization who ordered
| this mornings strike. He arrived here
| last night. 1t is said by the men that the
| derbilt system if the trouble here is not
speedily settled, and that it certainly will
spread should an effort be made to have
non union switchmen handle Central or
West Shore trains.
PINKERToN's MEN IN TROUBLE.
ALBANY IN. W. August 16th.-This
evening, while freight train manned by
Pinkerton men was passing through the
northern part of the city, several boys
stoned the train. Two Pinkerton men
fred into the crowd, one ball passing
| through the ankle of John Mccarthy, a
molder, standing near by. The police ar.
| rested three Pinkerton men. Shortly after
the shooting affrsy Edward Canary, a Pink
| erton man, assaulted Christopher Lang
| with club, and he was taken into custody.
Another Pinkerton man, who was walking
| up the track swinging loaded gun and re-
volyer was arrested and jailed.
| THE STRIKERS JUBILANT.
| BUFFALO, August 16.h-To say the local
striking Knights of Labor are jnbilant
would be to put it mildly. They are over.
| joyed at the turn affairs have taken, and
are more confident of success than ever.
The live stock shipments from this point,
despite the assistance given by the West
| Shore, Lackawanna and Erie. are at least a
| week Deuluu. II WAS i6dIu0Q tUhl
| the switchmen on the Central and West
Shore had petitioned for Chicago wages be-
fore the strike in the East. They asked
that an answer be returned to their petit
ton on Monday, August 18th. No con-
cession has been received. Therefore"
says one of the labor agitators, 1.-The switch
men were ready to strike next Monday any
way, if this had not been penetrated. As
| it is now, the switchmen declare that the
men must be taken back and the wages all
| raised, too"
KNIGHTS OF LABOR MEETING.
New YORK, August 16th.-The members
| of the Executive Board of the Knights of
Labor were in conference all day. To-
night Grand Master Workman Powderly
said: 1--WE have endeavored to find out
why the officials of the New York Central
dismissed our members from the service of
the company, and 80 far as our own menu
bers are concerned, we have their side of
the case. We have been doing ali we can
for speedy and satisfactory ending of the
| matter"