The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-22
Yesterday the Blockade Was Broken and All
Lines Began the Moving Of Freight Un-
der Protection Of the Soldiers.
Adjutant.General Porter Arrived and
Inspected tie Militia Camps.
Signs Of Latent Trouble at Albany, the Scene
of the Knights Of Labor Affair in 1885,
Trying to starve Out the Troops.
GHAND MASTER sARGENr suMMoNEn

0hAND MAcNER tAhdEN1 summONED.
The Chief of the Firemen's Brotherhood
Suddenly Departs for Buffalo.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 2l.-Mr. Sar-
gent left here at noon. to-day. for Buffalo.
on Q telegraphic request. His going docs
not necessarily meas strike. by any
means. unless the railroad companies are
switchmen's work. The real motive Of his
visit. however. cannot be ascertained until
moro facts are received from Buffalo. On
his arrival at the seat of trouble he will
immediately take steps to learn how the
iremen are being treated. No one believes
for an instant that the strike is over, and
no one can say that the trouble will not ex-
tend should the conditions be more favora-
BILE. That the conditions arc serious, per-
hsps even more to-day. with the moving
Of freight trains. than they were Yesterday.
10 also certain. While the firemen will un-
doubtedly adhere TO the principles of their
order. it is not believed here that a radical
step will be taken without due considera-
tion and first attempt to adjust whatever
differences may arise. Grand Master
Sargent will no doubt be heard from short
ly after his arrival at Buffalo.
Ii was with an amused feeling that those
about the national headquarters Of the
Brotherhood of Firemen read the Buffalo
dispatches to-day, in which great impOr-
tance is placed on the fact that the laws of
the organization prevent any such rash
actson on the part of the fremen as from
day to day has been announced to be taken
within few hours. For day or two the
press and special reports had Grand Master
Sargent on the ground, when. IS q matter
of fact, he has been here all the time For
several days in these dispatches it has been
stated that q sympathctlc strike by firemen
was almost out of the question. Buffalo
correspondentsmay have been misled by the
big bluff the strikers have been making by
trying to make the railroad people believe
the strike would spread.
A dispatch from Buffalo says. The fire.
men have the whole thing in their hands"
Said q railroad man to o reporter to-day:
IF they 60 out You will see the greatest
strike the world ever knew. 1t will not be
confined to freight trains alone. but passen-
ger trains will be involved. When the fire.
nCu ~ Out tA0 OukiuCCIS Will NJ Oub, tOO.
Chief Engineer Arthur does not believe in
strikes. but he will not allow his men to 90
on the road with green firemen. When the
latter strike the roads are tied up. They can
win fight without the aid Of the engineers
or switchmen. The tiremen are very well
organized, but they are slow to 90 out
and really l am doubtful about the report
that they are going to strike. They are too
we'll paid. They have yet no grievance of
their own, aud they have good places,
which they will be loath to throw up. Ii
it is not generally their policy to enter on
q sympathy STRIKE you may be sure that
the tiremen will not go into this thing ILL
advised. But should they do so oil along
the line, look at the result. Passenger
and freight business will be nearly or
entirely stopped. Business houses will
suffer because goods will not be shipped.
People away from home will have trouble
in getting back; others will have to stay at
home. Nearly the entire military force of
the State is mobillzed at this point. If
there should be trouble at any other city,
what would the soldiers do with the trains
at q standstillf 1t seems to me that if the
frepen 60 out the strikers will have the
situation in their ow n honda"