The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-11
USING THE WEST SHORE TRACKS.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Aug. 10-Arra nge-
ments were made about o'clock this after
noon 10 transfer all New York Central
passenger trains over the West Shore road
at the Oswego junction. Three trains held
up at the Central station since noon were
sent east over the West Shore road. All
other trains from the west after o'clock
were sent over the West Shore.
MILITARY ON DUTY.
The Twenty-sixth separate company of
Elmira and the Twenty ninth and Thirty
eighth companies of Oswego arrived here
to-day and are held in command at the
armory. Sixty Pinkerton men arrived
here from Chicago at 5 o'clock this after
noon and were sworn in as deputy sheriffs
tonight. The artillery has been gotten out,
and everything is in readiness for battle.
1t is said upon good authority that an effort
will be made to open traffic at East Syra-
cuse in the morning early, and that the
militia will be on hand to open fire should
there be any interference on the part of the
strikers.
FRIGHTENED BY A THREAT.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Aug. 10-A dozen
men were sent here from Peekskill to-day
to take the places of the strikers who left
the coal shutes at the depot yesterday. The
Peekskill men had been at work but a short
time when they suddenly knocked Off. One
said man wearing a straw hat came
among them and told them If they con-
tinued work they would be shot.
The man with the straw hat was fully de-
scribed and his arrest is expected.
The strikers have been very quiet and
trains have passed nearly on time. Freight
trains have been passing north and south
on the West Shore road all day.
c. G. Clark, acting president of the New
York Central, has sent an official letter to
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counties along the road, calling their atten-
tion to the law regarding riots and compen-
sation for property destroyed by mobs.
THE MEN OUT AT LoCKPoRT.
LoCKPoRT, N. Y, Aug. 10.-The Knights
of Labor in the employ of the Central rail-
road at this point evidently received orders
to-day to strike, and about thirty-dve men,
including the assistant baggage master,
engineers, brakemen, switchmen, yardmen
and watchmen went out Two freight trains
were delayed about two hours this after
noon for want Of switchmen at a certain
point, but were let out by the station agent.
He thinks he can command help enough to
avoid any delay, but there is likely to be
some interruption 10 local business.
sARGEANT DECLINES TO INTERFERE.
TERRB HAUTE, IND, Aug. 10.-Grand
Master Sergeant of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen received many tele-
grams from the New York Central strike
to-day asking him to come east, but he
declines to take any official action in regard
to this strike, saying that the brotherhood
was not consulted in its conception and was
not called upon to use its usual means of
settling grievances with the railroad COM
pany.
ALL THE MEN OUT AT HUDSON.
HUDSON DEPOT, N. Y, Aug. 10.-All the
employees of the New York Central here
have struck. The signal men in the tower
set signals at danger" gave notice to the
station agent and turned over the keys.
Their places have not been filed. This
order affects all the engineers, firemen,
| baggagemen, trainman, signal men, brake
men, flagmen, trackmen and freight
handlers connected with the Knights of
Labor.
NO CHANGE AT ROCHESTER,.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug. 10.-There is
no change in the situation of the strike
here. The firemen have not vet received
orders to join the strike. Trains are all
late. Freight trains are running west from
the East Rochester ward