New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-24
TAKE A HAND.
rpr TELEGRAPH TO THE TnIBUNE.1

the Delaware, Lackawanna ana western "ciiO
ont, o step that predicted in The lrlpuhe
Yesterday At o'clock tonight the swutchmen
| on tho Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg went
out The Laclsawanna men had refused to handle
| frcieht which they suspected had come from the
| INhigh. Some were discharged; then all Oh tieni'
about ninety, struck
What was their grievance?' Superintendent
T. A. Sebert asked
None that know off, he answered. "lhey
told me they had none"
| "Will the strike impede freight or passenger
trancf"
"No. II finds lis fully prepared for it. We
| have men to take the places of those VINO qulV'
| Trains will move as usual
will YOU take the strikers back If they wish
10 resume their places ?"
at is too early to answer thai.
New men were at work for the Delaware, Lack
| awanna and Western an hour after the strlNe'
About the time of the strike the telephone wires
between Superintendent Seberts office and the
vardmastcrs Office were cut, preventing comni-
nication Shortly after the tie-up on tho Lacka-
wanna this, afternoon, the switchmen waited on
| Superintendent Scbert and offered their services
20 protect the company's property. They were
willing 10 be sworn in as special patrolmcn ana
patrol the Iacllawanna yards until the present
difficulty was settled. Mr.. Sebert replied that ne
did rot think the company would require guaiuS'
military OF otherwise and thanked the men lor
! their offer
The Rufralo. Rochester and Pttsburg men, it
will be remembered, struck several days agO for
the higher scale of wages. In two hours their
demands were granted and they were back at
work again Now they are called out once more.
! The BufTalo Rochester and PittSburg supplies
tho Central with coal under contract and does
n bigger carving trade in coal than any
other road The strike Of the fifty switchmen
leaves the road in rather bad shape at present.
With the exception of the Grand Trunk and
| Nichican Central. which have only handful OF
swltchmen in this city, there Is now strike on
every road here. Some ESQ men are out III al
| Yesterdays strike on the Western New-lork ana
Pennsylvania was as fiat r failure aS that on the
Iacsawanua. The company was ready Tor II, ana
owing tn the protection Of the National Guard,
had no difficulty in getting men 10 take tie strlk-
crs' places KS result. Grand Mister >Weehe!
was cross and sour-looking to-day.
| MANY COLLISIONS WITH STRIKERS
Worse still, there WAS more shooting to-day
than nc any previous time during the strike All
ws- quiet until midnight last night, but after
| that time the men on guard had frequent trouble
| with slulkers who threw stones at them from be-
| hind freight cars. Several camps We're aroused IN
| the carly hours Of the morning by shots from
| mon ON guard duty but the strikers know
dark hiding places better than the soldiers ana
| in every case got away, although 1t Is believed
one or two Of them were hit. The 18th Eesi-
meut, on guard at Ohio-st did considerable hrihg.
\ sentry saw a man run across the guard llhe INTO
the cars The fellow way ordered 10 halt, but re-
| fused Tho gentry callcl the corporal OF the post
and then fired on the retreaing form lnmed-
J atcly there was a scurrync in tic yards. and half
a dozen shad0wy figures hurried here and there
among the cars Almost every sentry in the Vi
cinity fired, but harm was done other than
creating great excitement in the nci;hhorhood
STRIKER SHOT BY A PICKET
| Three attack, have been made by strikers
the picxcts and non-union switchmen this after
noon. An attack made on the picket lines of
| hc 22d Regiment, Of Ncw-iorS stationed at the
Tint Farm. by four strikers will probably result
| fatally Ia one Of their number, Thomas j.
Marahar. of No Il Tcnncsse-st About o'clock
this afternoon, Manahar, in company with Thomas
| OTaughlm. Bernard Dunn, Patrick Madigan
| and William Cottcr, began throwing stones at
| John NJ McGuicllen and Charles Gable, non
| union men who working in the
| TiG farm yard, Licutcnant Chase AStn AMI Sar-
gcant william Conrow, Of Company c, ordered the
stoncthrowers to dispcrsr They refused to 90
80 and were fired upon by order of Lieutenant
Astin. Manahcr struck by two bullets One
tool, effect in the left elbow, while the other
passed through the abdomen, to the right OF the
kidneys The injured man was taken to the
emergency hospital His condition Is extremely
| critical. Notice has been sent the coroner 10 be-
in readiness to take the mans ante-mortcm state
mcnt, should signs of fallur" occur
OLaughlin, Dunn, Madgan and Coticr wer"
arrested charged with rioting The private who
did the shooting was also detained By the police,
the entire party being taken to the Seventh
Precinct station house. The officer of the com
pany to which tine detained private belongs pro-
tested against the arrest Of his subordinate, and
demanded his release. At the same time h" in
formed General Doyle of the arrest, AMI the latter
ordered company and battalion, if needed to
set the soldier at liberty.
Allen L. Richardson nOn-union swtchman.
was thrown from the top Of boX-car in the
Erie yards by strikers about o'clock this even
ing and was badly bruised. Thomas Gable,
on-union man. while working in the Lehgh
yards at Fast Buffalo, set upon by four
strikers and badly injured. Two of the strikers
| Jumped on his stomach while their companions
held the victim down. The injured men are at
the Emergency Hospital. No arrests have yet
been made in the latter cases.
The strikers still protest that they have moth
ing TO do with the lawlessncss, but there was no
doubt about the identity of Joseph lleimerle. who
was arragned in the police court this morning
charged b. the Iehgh Valley officials with
threatening non-union men and pulling them off
cars He is one of the high officers in the local
body of switchmen. IIeimcrlc was asked If had
been assauling anybody. lie answered that he
had not. Superintendent Morsanstcrn told Deec-
,ives Jordan and Cannon to search him, and they
found a 3S-calibrc revolver in his pocket.
"Oh, yes, you nice lot OF fellows, SAID
superintendent Morganstcrn to Heimere. You
are conducting a peaceable campaign. aren't you
You favor the withdrawal of the troops, yet go
round armed to the tccth.' And the head OF
The Police Department took seven big bullets out