The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-08-23
The Frightful Accident on the Bal
timOre & Ohio the Work of
Train Wreckers.
A Terrific Rain Storm Strikes Col
orado Springs, Doing Much
Damage.
The Strike.

intended no interruption of passenger
service on the Central, merely being sat-
isfied in tying up the road in freight
traffic. This programme so far seems to
have been successfully carried out. At
West Albany tonight the yardmaster
said he had sent out everything during
the day-seventeen trains west and five
south. A number of trains he said we're
made up of empty cars which were side
tracked in the yard at Karners and East
Albany, in order to relieve the pressure
for opening the West Albany yard. One
of the leading Knights who had been pa.
trolling the company's property at West
Albany said the only loaded train which
passed through the yards south to-day
was a mixed dairy train and cattle train.
He added that the road was shifting cars
across the river to East Albany and back
again to Karners, and then back again,
in order to deceive the strikers into the
idea that the full resumption of freight
traffic was but a question of a short time.
The usual number of east and west
freight trains received daily at West Al
bany is seventy, while the num-
Der of north and south trains
averages thirty-five. There was no
trouble in this vicinity to-day of any
nature, although the crowds tonight at
the several crossings between this city
and West Albany were a large as usual.
The Pinkerton force was increased to 600
to-day, and an additional number OF
rifles were distributed among them. The
strikers had a secret meeting in the rink
tonight, but before doing so the execu-
tive committee of D. A. No. 246 posted
the following bulletin: "We have just
learned from reliable sources that Robert
Pinkerton had detailed a squad of his
cut-throats to mingle amongst our men.
You will be on your guard and give all
suspicious looking characters a very
wide BERTH" The house physician al
the hospital tonight said the boy Dryer,
| who was shot by a Pinkerton guard yes.
day afternoon, WIS in a very critical
condition. The other persons who were
shot are improving. The executive
board of M. A. 2l6 posted a bulletin to-
night containing the following informa-
ton of a secret meeting held to-day. "At
a union meeting held at East Albany late
this afternoon, consisting of 1O4 enpi-
neers and fremen on the Hudson and
Mohawk divisions Of the Central road, it
was unanimously resolved that they
stand by the Knights of Labor in their
struggle for the maintenance of their
organization, and pledge themselves
to do all in their power to prevail upon
come out with them. A committee was
appointed to wait upon those not pres
ent, and also to represent them at the
night"
Master Workman Denning headed a
delegation of the Knights of Labor who
visited the sheriff and applied for posi-
tions as deputy sheriffs in case any extra
officers were to be sworn in. "If you ap-
prehend any trouble" they told the sher-
If, "you may rely on us to protect the
Cent ais property" No bulletins were
sent out to Buffalo by the knights OF
Labor. An occasional cipher telegram
kept the whole line posted as to how the
strike progresses. T. V. Powderly went
east on the Lackawanna to night for
New York, Grand Master Sweeny Of the
Switchmen's Aid association, Chief Com
mander Howard of the Brotherhood OF
Railway Conductors, Grand Master
Wikeson and Grand Vice President Nor
risy of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, G. F. Sergeant, head of the Brother
hood of Firemen, constituting the
executive committee of the supreme
council of the Federation of Railway
Brotherhoods, went east at 1890. They
will lay the matter before Vice-P resident
Webb tomorrow morning. One of two
things will result: Either Webb will up
hold Division Superintendent Burrows
ruling in case of the discharge of the
switchmen, or he will arbitrate with the
committee. If the latter, all we'll and
good; If the former, word will be re-
turned to Buffalo and John Devlin, who
will be on from the west in time to take
charge of the strike tomorrow, will Or
der out all men belonging to the BROTH
erhoods. The strike of the Steam Rail-
road Protective union of New England,
federated with the Lees d. A. 246,
Knights Of Labor, may follow. Dele
gates to-day canvassed the local labor
assemblies and found them favorable to
assistance it needed. In other words,
the lake fremen and grain shovelers will
strike at the drop of the hat il the Cen
trail men are all called out.
It is reported the men who attended
the meeting in East Albany were mostly
all fremen who are already on a strike,
having refused to go to work from it's be-
ginning AMI that they have already ex-
hausted all available arguments to get
the remainder Of the men out.
Born Of Heaven.
RooKFoRD, ILL.,, Aug. 14-Mary We'll
don, Of %Schweinfurth's heaven" gave
birth to q girl baby this morning. It
was this woman whose condition caused
the scandal here in connection with
Schweinfurth.
Property Value Of south Dakota.
PIERRE, Aug. 6.-The state board Of
equalization finds the total value Of real
and personal property in the state to be
&110,00O,m. including railroad property.