The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-16
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LATEST FROM BUFFALO, y. Y.
m.-The Sixty-fifth regiment has
inst been sent to Cheoktowaga to guard
the Lehigh Valley and the Erie yards
the rest OF the night
l:SOa. m.-Tho seventy-fourth regt-
ment has been called out to protect the
Central and West Shore property, tbe-
ing feared that tho switchmen on these
roads may go out tonight.
BUFFALO, N. Y, August 15.-The only
event that served to break the monoto-
ny OF the strike to-day was a little epi-
sode which occurred hisatternoon next
to Taylor & Crates lumber yard, just
east Of the Elk street crossing. About
1902. IN. engine No. was pulling
freight train No. 1888 into the city, when
twenty or thirty of the striking switch.
men came up from behind the lumber
yard, boarded the train, set the brakes.
stalled the train, pulled the coupling
pins, threw pins and links into the stag
nant pools at the side OF the track and
disappeared. The engineer ran downto
the Seneca street crossing, got q new
supply Of pins and links and at $3.50
o'clock hauled the train in with o po-
liueman on about every freight car. The
event attracted a large crowd OF men,
women and children at the Elk street
crossing. A patrol wagon was also sta
toned at the place.
One ofthe strikers met representa-
tive OF the Associated Press a few min
vtes before 8 o'clock and said he would
tomorrow morning prefer charges
against these members OF the police
force who had boarded train on the
Tiff farm, and set the brakes to frus-
trate the work OF the switchmen.
The two Buffalo Creek awitchmen
stationed in the vicinity OF the Buffalo
Creek junction were ordered out by
the union and quit work, one to-day
and one on Sunday night Others sta
toned at Seneca street adopted o like
course Of action.
The only Lehigh Valley train that
moved past the Buffalo Creek Junction
to-day was o coal train, pulled by
engine No, 276, which went out to Will
liam street aboutS:30 p, M, guarded by
eight policemen.
FEW CARS MOVED.
The Nickel Plate succeeded in moving
thirty.two cars Of live stock from the
Lehigh to the Lake Shore track, but
when the mon learned Of it this morn
ing they refused to take the cara UP the
West Shore trains bound over the Cen
trail for New York. Then 1t was learned
that l73 cars OF live stock belonging to
the Erie aud Lehigh were standing on
the West Shore tracks. The men there
upon refused to handle them. Each
man was asked separately to go to work
on these cars, and each, upon refusing,
was discharged aud sent to get his pay.
In consequence tho Lake Shore switch
men stood in hourly expectation all day
OF being ordered out by the union.
Up to tonight everything was quiet
on the Island aud out on tho Tiff
farm.
About ID or 10 patrolmen were on
duty on the Tilt farm. Not a striker
was to be seen, the place wearing
Sunday like appearance. A movement
will be begun to move trains on the
Buffalo Creek road just as soon as new
men will be had, but when that will be
Is o question.
Out ut tho Philadelphia and Reading
yards from the junction to the lake,
the situation Is about the same. Not
car has been moved there since Satur-
day.
About forty non-union mon, brought
from Philadelphia by the Philadelphia
& Reading TO tako tho place Of the
strikers, arrived at Buffalo this morn.
ing and wero quartered at the U. S.
Hotel.
During tho afternoon aome Of the
Philadelphia people at the hotel were
button.holed by q committee from the
strikers, but evidently without result,
as the mon aro all at the hotel tonight
and no desertions are repostad.
At the local freight station OF tho Le.
high Valley nothing but perishable
freight was handled. Tho only freight
brought into the city to-day was one
car OF bananas,
all shipments brought to the sta-
ton were accepted, but as no switching
was dono 1t could not be loaded or sent
east.
DEPUTY sHERIFFs DESERT.
Tho air was full OF dark hints OF COM
ing trouble which was said TO be de-
ferred until after dark, The specials"
who had been brave as lions ON the
trains this afternoon and indulged in
tall talk about what they would do IN
the region OF Cheektowaga, felt their
courage oozing away as soon
as they landed and finally, in
response to the appeals OF the men, one
after another threw away his club or
handed Il to the powerless hands OF the
sheriff, while at each conversion cheer
went up from the strikers, and soon all
that remained Of the sherifF's bravo
posse could be counted on the fingers Of
one hand,
Sheriff Beck bowed to tho inevitable
and came back to Buffalo to call out tho
militia.
No disturbance Is reported up to II
p. m, tonight at tho cheektewaga