The Bottineau pioneer., 1892-08-27
MUST Ella Y B HELP
Buffalo SWitchmen Defeated Tn
less They Receive Prompt
Assistance.
Other Labor Organizations Will
Doubtless Be Asked to Go
Out at Once.

order. has been In TINS city seeking " cu
courage and planning Tor the welfare Of the
men. about 5000 in number, who were
formerly the movers of freight traffic IN the
various railroad yards hereabonts. He has
seen the companies secure new forces, ana
he has witnessed the almost entire restora-
:tion of the conditions as they were before
his followers quit work. He has now asked
the heads of all the other lator organlza-
tions allied with the switchmeil In railroad
work to meet him here.
: Already Mr.. Sargent is here and the
Others are expected tomorrow and next
day. Mr.. Sweeney will lay the circum-
stances of the recent switchmeu's strike IN
this city before his colleagues, with the
purpose it is fair to presume. Of securing,
If he can, the consent to strike OF the
men represented by each Of the executive
heads who will sit In conference with MI.
Sweeney. That the switchmen's leader
would be able '.. -. =.
TO INFLUENCE THE FIRBMEN
to strike was hope which. if entertained
by Mr.. Sweeney, was to-day promptly set
at rest by Mr.. Sar. .ent's statement that ne
would never consent to the withdrawal OF
his men from their occupations unless
Joined " the members of other railway
organizations. With this position as an
early precedent in the conference situation
of the leaders it is not an Unfair ass mp
ton that other executive heads will take
the same position, Ii this shall prove to
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quit. ~.
The trend of fair Judgment leads to con-
yiction that there will be no concerted
abandonment of work by the organizations
to be represented in the conference. Mr..
Arthur, O. the engine ers has not as yet re-
sponded to Mr. Sweeney's invitation. and
while he may attend without previous
notice of his intention to do so, it may not
be regarded as surprising should Mr..
Arthur be represented through acommuni-
cation rather than in person. Well In
formed persons here, when apI rised OF
Mr.. ..- '. e.
sARGENT's ULTIMATUM
to Mr.. Sweeney concluded without hesita-
ton that no positive results will grow out
OF the meeting which Mr.. Sweeney has
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from Mr.. Sweeney's action that he has
reached the limit of his power locally and
that he has by summoning his colleagues,
evidenced q conscious weakness OF his own
position as related to the recent complica-
tions in the railway field here. In briet
Mr.. Sweeney. by his action, is regarded as
having called tor help. He will have the
courtesy OF counsel, but the concensus oi
opinion is that neither he nor his followers
will be aided by any sympathetic strike
among the engineers. the firemen, the con.
ductors, the trainmen. or by the Order o1
| Railway Telegraphers,
A DANGEROUS DELAY.
The arrival of the executive heads invit-
! cd will be such that no conference can. pos
sibly occur before next Wednesday,, while
not be held be ore Thursday. Meantime
| there is an interregnum in which specula-
ton may be expected as to whether Mr..
| Sweeney, left to his own resources, will or
der out other switchmer West or East, o,
both, or whether he will announce official
/ ly and formally the defeat of his ifien who
ten days ago were emf lloyed as switchmsu
In the Buffalo yards. @.
Alter all the talk of the withdrawal o.
| troops ~ may oe ~ "e'l 70 state tnat nc
troops Will be Withdrawn until time shall
have made improbable any lurther attack.
upon the present switchmen in this CITY by
those who were formerly 40 emnloved
snoradic ca.es If ohn.a .nd o,,r.aa M
arise to be recorded, but such will be Incl
dents only to situation which is now Sc
cure unless perchance Mr.. Sweeney
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