The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-23
DOUBLY DAMNED.
CnenYiable Position of Sheriff
Beck, of Erie County,
Who is Now Catching 1t on All
Sides in Buffalo.
Second Week Of the Switch
mems Troubles.
THE SITUATION is AS YET NOT
MUCH IMPROVED.
FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS IN BUF'
FALo AND VICINITY.
FIVE THOUSAND SOLDIERS IN BUF
PALo AND VICINITY.

So Far the Attempt to Lift the Freight
RIochade Has Been but Partially Sue
oessful-The Danger of Strike OF
Other Railroad Organizations No Less
Imminent Thao Heretofore - The
Troops Having q Hard Time to Get
Enough TO Eat-The Presence of Troops
Very Expensive Luxury for Erie
County.
BUFFALO, Aug. 22-The second week
Of the railroad strike opened Saturday.
Three features were prominent Satur-
day morning: Army of 5000 soldiers
is ouartered on the city and county; an
attempt, only partly successful so far, Is
being made to lift the freight blockade,
and the danger of strike of kindred
organizations is no less imminent than
heretofore.
| Very Expensive.
| A CIV has gone up for the recall OF
aome portion of General POrters large
army which is costing Erie county
pretty sum-
Between Two Fires.
Sheriff Beck is busy and much wor-
red man these days. He is damned for
calling out the state troops, and he Is
damned for not calling them out sooner.
He is pestered by demands TOT the with tn
| drawal of the troops and likewise Tor
their retention. Personally, he does not
think such an army of soldiers necessa-
rv. He will look over the ground, and
if he finds everything all right and quiet
and the roads encounterlng no trouble,
he will ask the governor to withdraw
the troops.
Sheriff Beck was Saturday morning
shown the dispatch from Albany stating
that State Arbitrator Donovan denied
that the board of arbitration had called
on the sheriff and asked for the with
drawal of the troops. The sheriff e~-
pIained that he intended TO say to the
reporter who gathered the information
that a committee of Switchnen who de-
sired arbitration had made the request.
} In the furry and excitement OF his
duties the sheriff conveyed the wrong
impression.
IN the opinion of the sheriff all OBJ
, structions to yard business will disap-
= pear in a few days The sheriff justfies
. his position in regard TO the calling out
: of the troops. and said if the business
> deadlock had continued four or five days
! half of our large factories would have
, been closed for lack of coal and thou
sands would have been idle.
Others Suffer.
The strikers are not the only ones whH
will suffer from a cessation Of business
on account of the strike The road mel,
all of whom are working by the trip
are seriously affected and will be una
bic to make even fair months pay OF
! account of the delay to freight. Then
!! idleness Is enforced on account of tht
: strike.
d Saturday the big Erie shops closed
. temporarily, throwing 600 men out Of
o work. The lack of switching faciliUie:
and the little traffic at this end has lef
the men without any work to dc. 4i}i!
[ caused an order for d shut down to D'
' issued. In addition to these men so2lt
:. sixtv-nine others employed at the eaSt
= Buffalo machine shops, comprlSZls
. about three fourths OS the force there,
/, have been Lid of.
= Few Trains Moving.
d Only thirty trains of freight wEv,
n moved ont OF the cIry Friday by th'
t roads affected as compared with Ia
usual average of 200 a day. This wOull
indicate that more than the prOtectiaE
II of the national guard is needed to e1.
q able the several roads to do business
r. The real trouble seems to be the prOcJiS
% ing and drilling of new men. II
1T strikers are reported as satisfied wltT
q the tie-up of the seven roads, and VIII
II Grand Master Sweeney endeavors WIT,
:, out avail to arbitIate, plans are belnl
:, discussed to stiR further cripple th
roads. 1t is stated on good authOrit.
that unless the demands Of the men ar
Z met the freight traiRmen and others vii
= be ordered out.
L An important crisis in the strike ha
been reached II vas stated Saturda.
30 be almost certainty that the loco
,e motive firemen on the Lehigh, Emo
a Lake Shore, West Shore and Cent?
" roads would go cut between 6 o'clocl
n Saturday evening and Sunday mornln" "
o and that the trainmen and eOnduct&
= viii follow them, the strike to b
n -sy1ppathet5c and no bill OF grievances t
n be presented. However, the hremen In
~ sisf that if the switchme1 are given tn
,e ten-hour system it shall apply to the
20 also Otherwise il would be direct dis
- crimsnatiOn against their organization
The troops from out of town. especial
. " those from the eastern part of tn
state are having about as much OF hard
shin as either the strikers or the TAI
10 roads. They were routed out In hurr.
.e and most of them came unprepared 10
r q long stay. No preparations were mad
~ TO receive them here-not even rabGIa
n were provided.
y When the New York regiment
reached their station in the Lake ShOri
yards, they were nearly famished and a
n once instituted q foraging expedition. !
+ Lake Shore car inspector said Frlda.
q night that these men IN their search TO
y food. broke open ten Lake Shore cars l.
u one they found 8 quantity of cracker
I. which were seized and distributes
= among the men.
Passenger Train DeraiIed. ell.
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