Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-20
THE STRIKE BROKEN.
A Sufficient Number " Men In.
gagged by the tom.
panlts
TO OPERATE TAG ROADS. ~
PROTECTED.
Swcrny Mnkc, an Attempt at Ar
bliraiion.--A Secret Meeting.
a Protest.
The situation Today nr,cny aud
Point.diy stated.

| fhihtFblo Nthffhs
| BuFFAlO, Aug. lO.-Uulets new
I computations develop before tomorrow
morning the switchinrn's strike will
/ be broken. The railroad companies
claim they have sufficient men 10
opemtc the roads II proper protection
II given them.
Two thousand troops were ordered
cut, but they, &c was chained, were not
sufficient, nnu 1000 mOte were ordered
pn1 are here, being assigned ~ duty ut
/ I'LL POINTS where the companies tel
there might he danger Tonight every
command b. assigned n duty. Care
| iul inquiry demonstrated beyond a
doubt that the COMPANIES have
sufficient men 10 man the roads. 10
uo lure the strikers say tue men being
held In readiness arc restrained from
litufty; also that the men we've hired 10
| work "a Western roads and did not
know they were expected 10 work on
tied up roads In Buffalo. II these
allegations prove true the men may
desert upon the lfst Opportunity. It's
not deemed probable, however, that
such dUtiec,ion- would constitute more
than small minority Of those now
wanting work.
rho Lake shote road hos enough
men In the yards tonight to man the
usual number OF switchlng engines.
The Erie today moved five Trims and
have IN quar,CiB more than the mum.
bvt q men usually employed. The
second feature o! the strike II what Eau
and will be the next strike OF tho
leaders against the railway intetctts.
Efforts are being made 20 get the fire.
men anu trainmen 10 " ilhdHw. The
iiremen are hoiuiuga meeting the out.
como Of which may be IA determine
lion to qul, work.
Master Workman Sweeney this
evening made attempts
10 HEAcH AZ Arbitration
Of tho differences. lIV addressed let.
tvrs to the affected roads rcoitinV the
history Of tho cato and Offering 10 sub.
nit the eases Uf the strikers 70 afhitn.
ton. IL was responded that the mat.
| ter would be referred 10 headquarters.
The Lake Shore, despite the allrga.
uous IN Sweeney letter, ami the Cen.
trail sharply declined arbitration rs has
thu Reading before.
Tonight Waterman Bowen Of tho
Lake shore was ON top Of car whtna
hhihlIs tNtiNNINhN NlAltfl w Auu
attacked him. Bowen
DROVE mn STRIKER orr
however, alter receiving severe cut
ON the head.
Later " hen Bowen had occasion to
| quit tue train hc was attached again
and received several cuts about tn.
head. lie was taken n dining
car ami an ambulance was sent for.
When Bowen started for the amDu.
lance he was struck IN the face rs u
striker, who was subsequently agrub..
ed.
4 sICE.T NETTING
0f Eve local lodges n iifcmeu wFs hold
,0uight. About go men were tn II.
tendance, representing oil the lodges
In tht city, as well ~ the different
roads. The brotherhood was represent
cd 10y delegates
As result OF the meeting II can
now he said nlm0st certainly that the
] connective hrcmen Of the Luhigh,
Erie, Lake Shore, West Shore and
Central roads VIII 20 out between seven
O'Clock tomorrow evening ana Sunday
morning. This wa. the unanimous
decision, n thu msu were iOuHd Ia
favor OF declaring n strike ON the
toads named. Many
URGED THAT a STRIKE M ORDERED
Al uSCE.
They were held back 10y moro con.
sentative men, and the matter was re-
ferrcl by telegraph to Grand Master
Sargent ut Torfe Haute.
Briefly the situation Ia az follnwF:
Tho only trunk line uninterfuptodly
carving freight eastward IN the Dela.
ware, I.ackawana \ Western. One
western trunk liuU from this city, the
Lake Shore, ~ clogged, and tho Grand
Trunk OF Canada is threatened with a
strike. The Michigan Central, the
other trunk feeder westward, IL la.
volvod like tue Lake Shore.
MastcT Workman sweeney this even.
ing received dcpuiation from the
Grand Lodge OF Swilchmen Of Penn
sylynnin. The conference listed nearly |
nn hour, and 1t Is impossible 10 learn |
what transpifod, Third Vice. President |
Webb OF the Central said tonight that |
30 far as his road was concerned the |
strike was entirely over. Tho only |
troubles reported during tho day were |
when Ynrima,ter Barrett tried 10 bring |
string OF freight cars 10 Last Bufhlo |
under protection Of troops. He was |
stoned Tut not seriously injured. No |
arrests were made and the soldiers did |
not open Gre.
II In expected that Sargent will |
leave Tcrre Hauto tomorrow, arriving |
here ut night. The strike win be |
sympathotIc, but II tho switchmen |
are given the ten hour system the hre. |
men insist that II apply 10 them also. |
About 800 men VIII be ordered out II |
tbe strike comes. The men say il T. |
now or never with the cause OF organ. |
iaed labor on oil railroads.
MuITERISGs WE'RE HEARD
all day long among the Grand Trunk |
switchmen aud II Is believed they Will |
ioin the strikers whenever nm oppor. |
tunity shah come. Ono hundred and |
fluy cars OF Erie freight are standing In |
the Gtaud Trunk yards at the side
track in Victoria. Tho switchmon 10. |
fuse point blank TO handle them, aud |
should o strike occur on the Grand |
Trunk there n hardly reason to doubt
TINT the military Of the Dominion
would be ordered out.
late tonight whom the mon were
handling height cars Of tho New York