Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-26
SOLDIERS GOING HOME
One Brigade Will Be Left tc
 Guard the Yards.
1t Will Resume the Investigation in New York--Some of the Swltchmen May Get Back Their Jobs--The Assault on Sweeney Denounced.

BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. SO.-Ine mll1- tary authorities are stirred up because of conflicting suggestions. Sheriff Beck has asked for the withdrawal of the troops, and some of the railroad officials urge their retention for the present. A con servative policy is being pursued and only about 2, 1000 of the men have been or dered home up to this morning.
 The 10th Battalion of Albany, with the 9th and 21st Separate companies of Troy, the filth of Utica and the 46th of Amster- dam, left by special train on the Central road last evening, and were followed shortly after by Troop A, cavalry, who shared their train with the First Brigade Signal Corps.
 The 23d Regiment, Col. Partridge, left on a special over the West Shore Railroad at 10 D. m., and were followed an hour later on the same road by the 18th Regi- ment, Col. Austin, of Brooklyn. The Catskill company, the 18th, went home on the regular p. m. train on the West Shore road.
 It is expected that about the same num- Der will be ordered home to-day and to- morrow, providing no disturbance occurs. The regiments and companies of the 4th Brigade, Gen. Doyle's immediate com mana, VIII rSndlu duu Ul0 Nd" cant posts.
 The question that is now agitating the minds of the defeated switchmen is whether or not they will be able to get back their positions.
 It is given out that on several roads an understanding to that effect has been ar rived at. Arbitration Commissioner Donovan is quoted as saying:
 q had interviews with the superin- tendents of the principal roads involved and requested that in the event of the ployment to as many of the men who were out on strike as possible. The superintendents of the Lehigh and Erie assured me that they would do so.
 ''I am not certain about the Central, but on the other roads where the strike was sympathetic the men will all be taken back, I am sure, except such as have violated the law and forfeited the confidence of their employers by riotous conduct.
 ''On these assurances I recommended to MT. Sweeney that the strike be declared off. Our interview followed the confer ence which MT. Sweeney had with Messrs Sargent, Clark and Wilkinson. MT. Sweeney was at first 10th to give up, but after laboring with him for two hours, he at last consented if he could get the ac- quiescence of the local switchmen."
 From other sources it was learned that the Lackawanna people will probably take back all their old men. The re- instatement of the old men will prob ably be slow, as the railroads do not feel like letting the new men go.
 General Superintendent Bartlett of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg, said.
 "We have men engaged and on the way to take the strikers places and will H. some of our old men, but it would hardly be consistent. We granted our men everything they asked for, but it seemed that they were determined to strike. When they went out I discharged them and told them plainly that they had not acted fairly with the road"
 General Superintendent Cannitf, of the Lake Shore, said
 "The relations between the men and the company have always been pleasant and 1 regretted that they saw fit to leave the service of the company. We now have S5 men at work. When they were employed it was with the understanding that their places would be permanent. It would be unfair to these men to dis charge them to make room for former employees. They will give us full force. J
 There was very little disturbance along the military outposts during the night by strikers or their sympathizers. The former were too much occupied with the weightier subject of what the roads would do in the matter of taking them back.
 A round of the hospitals was made this morning to ascertain the condition of the victims, in one way or another, of the strike. Charles Delehanty, of the 18th New York is reported as doing well. Charles Gable, who was assaulted by Tom Manaher at the Tifft farm is i'm proving Manaher is also improving and will recover Allen Richardson, the non union man from Boston, who was beaten Tuesday night, is doing well. William Moran, the striker who was shot through the leg at the Tifft Farm, will soon be discharged from the hospital. Charles Snyder, the soldier who fell from cal in fit of epilepsy has recovered and re turned to his company. Timothy Coffee the Erie, Pa., man who was assaulted by Pat Dealev, the eX-baseball catcher, has recovered and been discharged from the hospital
 The assault yesterday morning or Grand Master Sweeney by Arthur Quinn a striking Nickel Plate switchman, is characterized by the strikers as cowardly and brutal, and entirely unprovoked. Mir. Sweeney and 75 switchmen hac been attending the investigation ordered by the State Board of Arbitration anC had left the hall and were standing al the corner of Swann and Main streets. Quinn approached and told Sweeney ht was responsible for the loss of his job
 Before Sweeney had time to answer Quinn dealt him fearful blow on tho head and followed it up by several sledge hammer punches in the face.
 Mir. Sweeney says he does not know why Quinn hit him, but supposes it was because he had lost his job by the failure of the strike. MT. Sweeney said it was the first time in the history of the orde that he had been assaulted by a striker or any member of the switchmen's or ganization. He had often heard threat! against him, but had never been touched by man who was disappointed over th' outcome of strike