Evening journal., 1892-08-20
FREIGHT TRAINS MOVING
Nonunion Men Raising the Big
Blockade at Buffalo.
SOLDIERS ACCOMPANY EVERY CAR

SOLDIERS ACCOMPANY EVERY CAR
The Militia Have Two slight skirmishes
with the strikers-The Situation Quiet
but Expectant-Sweeny Badly snubbed
by the Railroad Companies.
BUFFALO, Aug. 20-The general situation
is quiet, suppressed uncertainty. Repre-.
sentatives Of the United Press, after a
thorough tour Of the important posts estab-
iished by General Doyle, find the troops
and police alert, little being done in the
way OF moving freight and general air Of
''What nextr All the troops ordered have
arrived, been posted aud are unusually alert
for men not schooled in uncertain guard
duty--unoertaiu because Of the rigid orders
to keep every one outside the lines, and at
the same time to allow free movements to
Ill the employees on duty.
The excitement Of last night was fur
nished by two incidents of the semidra-
matte sort, both OF which served to keep the
troops near the scene. Near the main
freightyard of the Central tho firing Of
three shots in succession shortly before .
o'clock caused not a little stir, aud investi-
cation revealed the cause.
AT this point the nonunion men have been
housed ia an old paint shop which has been
converted into dormitory and quarters
are made for them. Here good food is pre-
pared by cooks Of the Wagner service, di-
rectod by Superintendent Yaeger, Of New
i.. .4tuI
regiment are also qnartered here.
A pretended nonunion man was among
the new men at supper, and after the mend
began arguing with them in an endeayul IL
have them quit the service they had just
entered. Those in charge soon discovered
the character of the supposed "scaD and
he was promptly driven away. From the
edge OF the tracks opposite the barracks he
began throwing coal in the direction of bis
punuers, for which he was fired at by two
men OF Captain Knby's command, tie First
Provisional regiment.
The report Of the muslzots put the police
under Captain Wurtz ia chase Of the spy,
but he could not be caught. The supposed
nonunion man was said TO be q striker who
had worked for the Erie. During the in
vestigation which followed several suspi-
cious looking people were found in the yard
and We're locked up in Captain Wurt2's pre-
cinct as Migrants One OF them claimed to
be a locomotive engineer.
A Lively shake Up.
Camp 4, the important part OF the Cen.
tral elevators on Ohio street, guarded by q
battalion Of the Twenty-third regiment,
had lively shake up just before midnight,
when strikers at the Elk street crossing
stoned nonunion swltchmen who were max.
ing up train. Some Of the missilesh hit tho
soldiers Of the Twenty-third, but none Of
them was seriously injured.
The soldiers ordered their assailants TO
leave OF accept a dose of lead, and when the
order preparatory 70 firing was given there
was a scarcity Of strikers. No arrests were
made. After this train had been sent TO
East Buffalo word of the affair reached
Vice President Webb, and he thereupon
ordered further operations suspended for
the night on the ground Of insufficient pro-
lection for the roads employees.
This action on the part Of the Central
official is regarded as sgnifying that the
road viii insist ON the fullest protection
from the civil and military authorities or it
VIII not attempt 10 do business.
Ia view Of the repeated statements from
various sources, alleged 70 be official, that
there are more troops here than are needed,
the position Of the central will doubtless
cause the authorities TO adopt more vigor-
Gus measures than are even now IN force.
Brigadier General Robert Shaw Oliver,
commanding the Third brigade, arrived,
and after calling at General Doyle's head
quarters went to his hotel. Il is said that
his presence here Is not official and is due,
doubtless, 20 his personal interest ia the
several commands on duty here from his
brigade
The Central In Good shape.
The Central is in much better shape than il
has been since the strike began. A lot OF the
old switchmen who struck early in the week
returned 70 work and two carloads Of ex
perienccd nonunion switchmen arrived al
the East Buffalo yards. They have beer
working at Pittsburg, Albany, Boston ant
other cities. Vice President Webb ordere,
G. A. Beech, general freight trainmastei
for the western division 70 come here ant
personally take charge Of affairs at the Eas
Buffalo yards. Passenger Trainmaster Ma
loney has been placed in charge Of the Onil
street yard, where there is an awful blocl.
ade. Beech has eighty-dve switchmen q
work; Maloney has less than one-third tina
number
Attention was first given to the train
containing live stock and perishable freight
There We're hundreds of cars filed with sui
fering cattle and the available force in tn
yards were directed 10 sending them {
their destination. Big freight engines tina
have been sidetracked since Monday wer
brought out and four big stock trains wer
sent forward. There was a soldier with
loaded gun on every car.
After the stock trains We're sent forwar
tho men began to work TO relieve the var,
Of perishabe freight. 1t has been gatherin
with remarkable rapidity. The tracks al
filed with cars containing this class
freight. Several train loads We're sent ava
with soldiers on top Of every car But q
movement Of stock and freight is slow, nc
withstanding all this.
Luckily for the Central road, the receip
of freight have fallen of considerably sin
the Lake Shore and West Shore switchmi
went out. From present indications q
Central win be able to hold its feet after
day unless something new turns up
yards are well protected by about 400 81
dlers, and not a striker is allowed inside [
lines. A striker named James Hanley W
arrested and sent TO jail for ten days for
fusing to move on when ordered to do so
a soldier.
Knights Of Labor May Step In.
A he ro..,,r-oT al.