The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-17
KNIGHTS LAUGH NOW.
The Union Switchmen at Buff
falo Ont on a Strike.
THEY BELONG TO A BIG ORDER.
All the vanderbilt Lines May BE Tied
Up-Pinkerton HUMANS Arrested
A Secret Meeting.

BUFFALO. Aug. 16.-To say the local
triking Knights of Labor are juoilant
would be TO put 1t mi dly. They are over
loyed at the turn affairs have taken, and
re more confident of success than ever.
Live stock shipments from this point, de-
.pite the assistance gwen by the West Shore,
Lackawanna and Erie. are at least
week behind. 1t was learned that the
witchmen on the Central & West Shore
petitioned for Chicago wages before the
trike, IN which petition they asked that an
answer be returned them Monday, August
is. No concession has been received.
Therefore" said one of the labor agita-
ors, 'the switchmen were ready TO strike
next Monday anyway, if this had not been
recpitated. AS il is now, the switchmen
ieciare the men must be taken back and
be wages all raised. too
BUFFALO, Aug. 16.-Three hundred
witchmen and yardmen struck at East
buffalo this morning. No freight trains
IRE moving. A large police force is on
hand. No serious trouble is anticipated.
The strike was caused by the train men
being ordered from Erie street to take the
place OF union strikers. They came. but
-ent delegation to Superintendent Bur-
rows. asking him to send them back to the
Erie street depot. as they. being union
men, objected to being detailed to take the
nlaces of brother unionists out on strike.
Burrows refused. and they struck. The
rike OF the West shore men is greeted
With Joy by the old strikers.
The action OF the switchmen gives q new
phase to the Central strike. 1t has now
spread beyond the Knights of Labor. The
men who went out this morning are men,
ners of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Asso-
i.iation, national organization, extending
all over the country. 1t has membership
II about 600 IN this city. Comparatively
ew switchmen are In the knights of La
'or. 1t was Grand Master Sweeny, of the
,witchmen's organization, who ordered this
mornings strike. He arrived here last
night.
IL is said by the men that the strike Is
likely to extend all over the Vanderbilt
system If the trouble here is not speedily
settled, and that it certainly will spread
hould an effort be made to have nom
union switchmen handle Central or Vest
Shore trains
ALBANY, Aug. 16.-This evening as a
freight train manned by Pinkerton men
was posing through the northern part of
the city several boys stoned he train. Two
Pinkerton men fired into the crowd, one
ball passing through the ankle OF John Nc.
earthly, molder. standing near by. The
police arrested three Pinkerton men.
Shortly after the shooting ARRAY e iward
Anary, Pinkerton man. assaulted Chris
topher Land with cub, and he was
taken into custody. Another Pinkerfon
man, who was walking up the tracks
swinging a loaded gun and revolver, was
arrested and jailed.
New York, Aug. 16.-The executive
board of the Knights of Labor went into
executive session this morning. Powderly.
in the course of an interview. said the exc
cutive and local boards are going over and
carefully considering every phase of the
New York Central railroad strike.
NEW YoRK, Aug. 16.-Members of the
executive boards Of the Knights of Labor
were on conference all day. Tonight Grand
Master Workman Ely said: Web We en-
deavored to lind out why the officials of
the New York Central dismissed our men
from the service of the company, and so
far as our members are concerned we have
their side of the case. We have been do
ing all we can for satisfactory ending OF
the matter"