St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-19
FREIGHT TRAFFIC BLOCKED.
One End of the Central's Service
Is Crippled.

Is Crippled.
ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 1S.-The situa-
tion of the strike in this vicinity ap-
pears to be the same as on the night it
was inaugurated. The strikers claim
they intended no interruption of the
passenger service on the Central, merely
being satisfied in tying up the roads
freight traffic. This programme so far
seems to have been successfully carried
out. At West Albany tonight the yard
master said he mad sent out
during the day seventeen trains
west and five south. A num-
Der of the trains, he said,
were made up of empty cars which were
side-tracked In the yards at Karners
and East Albany, in order to relieve
the pressure for room in the West Al
bany yard. One of the leading Knights,
who has been patrolling the company'S
property at West Albany, said the only
loaded trains which passed through the
yards south to-day were a mixed dairy
train and cattle train. He added that
the road was shifting the cars across
the river to East Albany and back again
to Karners, and then back again, in Or
der to deceive the strikers into an idea
that the full resumption of the freight
traffic was but the question of a
short time. The usual number of
east and west freight trains received
daily at West Albany is seventy, while
the number of the north and south
trains averages thirty-fve. 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 as large as
usual. The Pinkerton force at West
Albany was increased to 600 men to-
day, and an additional number Of rifles
was distributed among them. The
strikers held secret meeting in the
rink tonight, but before doing so the
executive board Of District Assembly
246 posted the following bulletin: "We
have just learned from reliable sources
that Robert Pinkerton has detailed
Squad of His CuttlrOats
to mingle amongst our men. You will
be on your guard and give all suspicious
characters a very wide berth" The
house physicians at st. Peier's hospital
tonight said the boy Dwyer who was
| shot by Pinkerton guard yesterday
| afternoon was in critical condition.
| The other persons who were shot are
| improving. The executive board of D..
A. 246 posted bulletin tonight con-
tanning the following information of a
secret meeting held to-day: "At a
union meeting held at East Albany late
| this afternoon, consisting of 140 engi-
neers and firemen 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 they pledged
themselves to do all in their power to
prevail upon those working upon their
engines to come out with them. A COM
mittee was appointed to wait upon
those not present, and also to represent
them at the K. of l.. meeting tonight"
Supt. "Bob' Pinkerton has made his
report of Yesterdays trouble to the
| Central company. He says that the
| Pinkerton men were assaulted. and
only acted Oh the defensive. He also
accuses the police of interfering. Supt.
Bissell sent copy to Chief Willard.
The latter denies that the police inter
fered except to prevent trouble. 1t is
| reported that the men who attended the
meeting in East Albany were mostly all
firemen who are already on strike, hav-
ing refused to go to work from its be-
ginning, and that they have alread ex
hausted all available arguments to gel
the remainder of the men out.