Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-18
MONSTER STRIKE.
Trouble Which May Result In a Tie Up
On all the Vanderbilt Lines.
Pinkertons in Collision with Mob at Albany
Five Citizens Badly woundsd-FIf'
teen Pinks. Arrested.

POSIlION Ot HE NEW 1Oth SEN AiN1A'
Special to the Gazette.
CHICAGO, Ill. Aug. l7.-Trouble is
brewing for the Vanderbilt roads In the
West, and a strike on the Michigan Cen
trial, Lake Shore, Nickle Plate, Big
Four, Chicago and Northwestern and,
ultimately, the Union Pacific Is among
the probabilities. All grows out of the
reported discharge of three switchmen
at Buffalo because they refused TO take
the places of strikers. Frank Sweeney
of Chicago, grand master of
the swItchmen's mutual aid associa-
ton, who is in close utilization with
the firemen's, brakemen 8 and conduc-
tors brotheThoods, was called to Buffalo
Friday by q telegram to consult with the
Bwitohmen's organization in that city.
Mr.. Sweeney is in Buffalo now in con-
sultation with the men. Before going
he told his friends here that if the three
men referred to had been discharg-
ed as Sstated because they re-
fused to take the places OF the
strikers, even though these strikers
were knights of Labor, he would insist
upon their reinstatement, and that il
they were not reinstated he would imme-
diately call meeting of the supreme
council of the Federation of Railway
Employees and lay the matter before it.
What the result would be in that case is
not difficult to guess. Should the Central
persist in It's refusal to renstate the
three men the Federation would order
strike on the Vanderbilt roads and
tie them up completely. 1t would take
some DAYS TO z the machinery of the
organization in operation in making the
demand on the Central and receive It's
ultimatum, but if by the end of next
week those three men are not reinstated
the chances are that all the switches on
all the Vanderbilt roads Will be turned
by "scabs' if they are turned ut all,
while the detection of the affiliated fire.
men would involve the desertion of the
engineers who are pledged not to run
with green hands. Chicago switchmen
are awaiting with good deal of eager
ness the news of Mr.. Sweeney's investi-
cation in Buffalo and its outcome.
CAM DISCHARGE A DRUNKEN MAN?
CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. 1.-THE strike
among the Rock Island switchmen at
Forty street was renewed at IL
Pollock tonight and all traffic was
stopped The cause of the trouble
dates back forty-eight hours. A man
named James Murphy was discharged by
Yardmaster Carey for intoxication, it is
alleged. Forty switchmen Immediately
struck and went back to work on the
promise of Carey that Murphy would be
reinstated. Last night Carey left orders
that Murphy should not be set to work;
as a consequence the men went out again.
Freight trans could not move anywhere
between the depot yards and Englewood.
SENT NINETY MEN EAST.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 17.-George
williams who has been here some days
employing men to take the places of the
striking yardmen on the New York Cen
trail railway, says he sent ninety men
the East last week.
TROUBLE AT ALBANY
ALBANY, n. Y, Aug. 1.-THE most
disastrous day in the history of the New
York Central strike closes to- night. Fiji
teen Pinkerton men are under the care of
surgeons, and five citizens are so badly
wounded that there are fears as
TO their recovery. Three Piukertou
men were arrested and one was so Sc
verely handled by the mob that the po-
lice surgeon had to dress his wounds.
The trouble is at the Van Woert
street crossing, few blocks
west of the passenger depot,
where the freight trains
run into the bridge. This morning early
the crowds gathered and by noon there
was d huge crowd. Everything was
quiet until at IL clock freight came
down from West Albany. On top OF
each car were two PinkertOn men
armed with repeating rifles and as the
cars passed by they tlourished their
arms. Suddenly and without provoca-
ton one of them fired at Richard Drake
who fell, shot through the thigh. The
excitement was intense.
A little later Henry Douglas, another
Pinkerton man, was arrested at West
Albany for fiourishing re-
yolver and attempting to intimi-
date Il small crowd that
had gathered. Had not the police ar
rested Douglas he would have been torn
thoroughly enrased. He was COM
mitted TO Jail. Three Pinkertons
were arrested for encroachiug on city
property armed with rifles. All were
locked up. The road managers claim
they are being badly treated by the po-
lice and that the Pinkerton men are be-
ing arrested out of spite.
Shortly after the shooting at Van
Woert street crossing, Ed Canary,
Pinkerton man, assaulted Christopher
LANCE with his club and he was taken into |
custody. Another Piukerton man
named Charles PRulins who was walking
up the track at that point swinging |
loaded gun and revolver was |
arrested and jailed. The man
Mccarthy is in the hospital. The |
leaders of the strike say their men were |
not party TO the trouble. They say
assemblies 10 $40 and 10. S54 have con- |
trolled THAT locality since the strike be- |
gan and will tonight double their force. |
When the new men quit work in the |
West Albany yards at 6 o'clock tonight |
three of them we're approached by |
committee representing the strikers |
who tried 10 persuade them to |
desert the railway company. The |
men refused and some words en- |
sued when number of Pinkerton |
men who had been at supper appeared |
on the scene. One of them drew his re- |
volver to lntimidate the committee, but |
was arrested. No trouble ensued.
No FREIGHT MOVING.
ALBANY, n. Y. Aug. l6.-The situa-
ton of the strike here tonight is ap-
parently the same as yesterday, except |
that the road is losing time |
on passenger trains. The Knights |
are jubilant tonight over the situation
at Buffalo, and say they are stronger