The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-15

sympathy of the Public..Lawlcss-
ness Rampant.
BUFFALO, N Y, August 14-There is
no further Disgusting the fact that the
strike Of Erie and Lehigh Valley switch
men is serious matter, Riot and in'
cendiarism mark its tidal wave.
Whether it would have proved SO
very serious to the railroads to have 100
or 200 men leave their posts Of duty
without warning is not now the ques.
ton. Property belonging to tho rail
road company has been destroyed by
incendiary fires, men engaged in the
noaceful performance OF their duties in
the companies, service have been as
saulted and sent to tho hospitals, tho
movements OF trains have been serious
" interfered with, and tho lives OF tiuno-
cent persons who wero IN no way con-
nected with the strike and had not even
heard OF it, have been endangered by
tie derailment Of q passenger train on
one Of the roads. Such il the indict-
ment up to the hour Of writing.
There had been more or less trouble
Saturday between strikers and their
sympathisers and the men who were
doing the strikers' work, and few
desultory assaults had occurred,
Things began to put on moro serious
aspoct at 2 oclock this morning, when
al Eric, incendiary fires broke out
simultaneously in the Lehigh Valley
yards. Eighteen or twenty freight cars
filled with wool, cotton, hay and va
rious other merchandise, two passenger
coaches and two watchmen's houses
were burned.
The fires occurred at places where
tho tiremen could not suppress the
flames on account OF an absence OF
water, besides the difficulty Of access to
the fires.
The water tank adjacent to the coal
trestles was smashed and an engine
that was taking water there wrecked by
astring Of runaway coal cars that had
been turned loose from the trestle.
Fire was first discovered in the east
bound yards east of Dtngens street.
Here q little Office building and two or
three freight cars were destroyed. At
this time the yardmaster made the dis.
covery of flames in two passenger cars
used for the conveyance OF workman,
and turned in an alarm from Williams
and Dingens streets. In the yards east
Of Dincens street FIRE ragged among the
cars Of merchandise. 1t took the hose
from three carts to reach the flames
from the nearest hydrant
Firemen, however, prevented tho dc:
struction of'a great number OF cars and
the loss OF perhaps hundreds of thou
sands Of dolIars worth Of property. The
cars destroyed were in the midst OF q
great number Of other cars.
Thefrstintimation OF anything wrong
was when the coal cars were set loose
and demolished the water tank. Then
the fires broke out simultaneously.
Capt. Wurtz, Of tho Eleventh pre-
cinct, put force OF q dozen officers In
the yard as soon as the alarm was
given. The officers were unable to ind
any suspicious characters,
That Is what happened up to day
light and morning But that was only
the beginning. The strikers or their
sympathizers have pulled pins, turned
switches and driven of crews. Three
men arc at the hospital badly hurt
One was assaulted at 3 o'clock this
morning, two others at Hand another
at 3this afternoon. The strikers had
turned switches, and had thrown six
cars from trains before that.
0Nn NJ tha FtNa0k M tHtd NftlH kh IN fFa AnFn
was the throwing OF switches under
passenger train No. IL at Williams
street ut 1880 o'clock tonight. Two
passenger coaches wcro thrown from
the track, but tho conductor does not
think anybody was hurt, though many
wore badly frightened.
Fifty mon boarded pastengcr train
No; 5, at II o'clock this morning, and
molested the employees, driving them
oil. Tho crew finally succeeded in get
ting tho train TO the station. The men
took possession Of tho Seneca street
switches three or four times during
the day and drove of tho signal mon.
In tho Lehigh yard at Check Towagn,
tonight the scenes Of last night wore
repeated. It Is plainly intimated by
tho Erie officials that workmen from
tho east have been engaged to take the
places Of the strikers. Three stalwart
policemen were stationed at the land
ing, and in the hallway leading 10 the
ottiee OF superintendent Brunn and his
associates TODAY The strikers say
they arc determined to win the fght
and they assert the roads are losing
heavlls by not having men 10 perform
ihe work ol the strikers. They say the
Erie is thoroughly demoraliZed on ac-
count OF the strike and that every side
track on the Batfalo division Is COM
pletely blocked.
Two trains Of freight cars standing
on sidings In Chcek Towaga, the rail-
way suburb Of Buffalo, wero burned to.
night The LehIgh has called on the
sheriff for projection. He sent ak
deputies to the scene aud will swear
In atty more In the morning.
LATER
At ! o'clock this morning ire broke
out In three places in the Iehigh
yards again simultaneously. The IRE
oepaFtmentaoem unable 70 quench II,
Tho New York express No. / (EFio)
lS held two miles out because II cannot
pass, New York express No has not
peen sent ont for the same reason.
q m.-Word has Just been 70.
Seiyed that q train Of ~ care on the
Eric road, dlled With fine merchan