Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-19
BUFFALO'S TUG OF WAR
Strikers and officials Both
Sanguine of Success.
SEVEN ROADS ARE NOW INVOLVED
The Entire Vanderbilt system rs Tied-up
by the Strike ON the Nickel Plate The
switchmen Say They Can Hold out a
Month ut Least.

Month ut Least
lBy Telegraph to the Evening Journall
BUFFALO. n. Y. Aug. i0.-The LaclSa.
wanna. the Buffalo. Rochester and Pitts
burg, and the Western New York and
Pennsylvania roads are the only ones in /
full movement here this morning, and no /
one knows how long they will remain in
that condition.
BY the calling out of the switchmeu ON |
the Nickel Plate the entire Vanderbilt |
system in Buffalo is now tied up, and the
number of strikers is increased by nearly
one hundred. The roads involved are
now seven, viz; the Erie. Buffalo Creek,
Lehigh Valley, New York Central West
Shore, Lake Shore, and Nickel Plate
The others may be involved later,
although as long as they refrain from
handling boycotted freight they will not
be dragged into the fight unless it seems
absolutely necessary, the leaders say
The Michigan Central runs it's passenger
trains into the New York Central sta
ton but its freight goes into the yard
at Suspension bridge, and it employs no
switchmen here.
The railroad officials profess to believe
that the strike is nearing its collapse
The men say the battle is as vet. begin
ming, and that it will include hremen
trainmen engineers and conductors as
necessity may require, until vic ory is
won.
a Duel TO the Death.
The switchmen profess to be able to
hold out q month at least From n union
standpoint the present strike differs from
that OF two years ago IN that it has been
regularly called and sanctioned by the
grand master This strike will be duel
to the death between organized labor and
its foes
Secret meetings of trainmen. fremen
and engineers were held late last night
I'm different parts of the city. Grand
Master Wilkinson attended an important
. meeting of trainmen at East Buffalo
I Rumors were rife that both the train
men and fremcn were on the eve of
striking If they have not completed the
steps necessary to that end Delegations
!. of firemen from out of town were here TO
confer with Grand Master Sargent who
was expected to get here last night.
The engineers meeting was an import.
ant one just what was done cannot be
learned, bnt a delegation viii 60 to
u Toronto today to confer with Chief
If Arthur This step is significant in that
it indicates that they have some sort OF &
IS grievance.
% A General strike if Necessary.
One of the leaders of the.switchmen
talking of the situation, said "Al
hands will go out if necessary -fremen
% trainmen, engineers and conductors
= but there is no need TO call them all out
y at once. It is being done as the necessit,
b. arrives"
n The Twenty-second In Camp.
Is The twenty y-second regiment arrive q a
1 o'clock this morning and was posted OF
p the Tiff farm at the junction of TIN
y Lake Shore aud the Buffalo Creek r. r
~ which General Doyle has designated az
Camp No. ., one of the most importan
of the fifteen camps or posts which hav
been established
All Quiet at Camp Lehieh,
IN o. All is quiet at Camp Lehigh this morn
ing. All attention is being give
to the movement of trains. Le
10 high officials report that their yard
k are in promising shape. Two regula
ed freight trains started for HornellsvillC
IS one at II and another at 1i20. A freigh
started for Suspension Bridge at o a. n
Officials say that just as soon as the yard
ne are opened at Sayre and Waverly the
as can begin running on regular time, an
nd will soon clean up the Buffalo yards.
he The strike at these points is very hot
IL This morning two detachments of TIL
re- Sixty-ffth we're sent out TO guard tn
ot men in making up Lehigh trains 40 III
Ire Tiff Farm and Scott street Eight
were sent to the Tiff farm and forty Z
Q: Scott street.
I'd, Colonel Welch's instruction TO the me
&. was not to fire n shot if 10 would be RET
nd sonably avoided but TO shoot to kin if the
lOi did shoot "rhese trains and men mu,
%. be guarded, he said, 'and you kno
IN, what your duty is and what your bay
IT. nets are made for. Don't allow an
te, nonsense or parleying.
lo po sixty Miles Of Track Guarded.
81 Nearly all the troops had arrived
red this morning and General Doyle i
in sued a general order establishing ffte'
90; camps
q There is fully sixty miles Of tral
MS, guarded together with houses, repa
red shops, freight and wood sheds an
lg, depots
"The Railroads VIII Never Give In.
~ NY A railroad official said this mornin
,ai "The railroads will never give in.
,no know that the employees are determine
r,,o but the companies are equal
g so. If the strikers gain II
an. point there is no telling VIII
o0 the thing viii stop Next year is q
4 Worlds Fair season, and if the strike
rot win their point they would have the ra
nv nv roads by the hip aud would not hesita
II to ask for anything Now is the time
"a. -. stop this thing and it might as well
~, fought out if it does take all summer.
loss The Central Clearing It's Yard.
oh, The Central is making progress
oes, moving freight today and is gott
90; away with considerable live stock al
all; perishablt freight About 400 sodi,
bes are stationed on the Centrals properi
cry The Lehigh Valley is not doing 80 VIC
of Few trains are being sent out owing
the the trouble East
was
The STRIKE CLOUDS IN ALBANY.