Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-08-25


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BUFFALO, Aug. 19.-Third Vice presi-
au, Nyoht IF tho Nav. Vo,,. Con4rol h,s
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replleu 10 ,he leIter OF lhc state boaid OF
arbitration, asking if the New York Cen
tral connnnv would consnnt Tn nrLitr,-
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"0i % WV '.'9O'"S "iiic'entc' WIN '"e
sWltchmen' MT. NeDb, III MS reply, de
cares that the company's operating force
in and aroupd this citv il full and t,ore
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Is no oostrucUioh OF any hlho TO us lre'SnO
scrvlce, except by lawless Interference.
ne says;
nv Vel"v IN lre,EhO transportation on tnis
beam IN n" Ss, tng or srn on ,o
nsrt Of The cnr,rnnt,s cmnlcves' II bns
simply been owing TO the fact that the prop.
erly constituted authorities of the city and
county have been unable to furnish protection
to those who are In the company service and
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pany and its employees. 1t seems TO me inon.
propriate and unnecessary to consent TO the
arbitration you suggest.
Superintendent Bonzano received the
following telegram from President Nc
Leod:
am in recCtpt of your message informing
me tA&t the New \ ORR state hoard of media
t''' ;''i0 u'"'. Itlion nave "rlItch 10 you mat
.ad bn,, ~, ] ,,it,t 80 ,1 1,,,'
sent TO arbfFatior.
You are Instructed to reply to the board
that in the opinion of the management OF this
company, the time to ask for or consider the
question of arbitration had passed when the
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FORE in my iudrmcnt not entitled to any
consideration other than that Of outlaws.
There can be no doubt that before yield
Ing this fight the leaders
VIII Extend Their Strike
west even 70 CHICAGO and eastward IN
Nav York rItimatelv c.I1ino orr nov,
b,ns mt nnlv eu,itcGmen bn+ fror,on
ami trainmco
Moster U@arI,ro, Ni,Li,so, Of +bo
Trainmers, Order soid bis n,sn ,.oro
roodv to ioin tho e,,;tcbpoen ,vbarovar or-
1ered bnt tbo FIREMAN # ordorad o,,+ iii
rrobohlv bn tho fr.t c,IIod Tho Gror,o,,
b,ya not ro+ ,,o,, ont
A striHc, 0f tho T.obiob vo11or ro;1.
roads freight cars wos ru, I,non tho
Nickel plate track M tho Eli s+roat
-rossino If was run in Inv , .ohiob roil
ro.d anIr;na ond CROW md oftor +bo ,ora,,.
had ,onn ,,.av tbo troir stavad +l,aro
Tho Niclol plato ev.itchoen would ,,ot
Uft =. fi,go. tn ra,no,e the J-shicb;s etnG
and vbnr con,pnleion ,1ne +r,.d tbor
struck At 4o'clock. every switchman on
the Nickel plate, within the city limits,
stopped WORK. mat means an addition
OF about ninety men to the forces of the
strikers, ana leaveS only three railroads
mat nave Narus III the CITY uhall ected by
the strike.
As the Situation Now Stands
there will be a general strike. involving
the engineers, tiremen, conductors and
trainmen on the Iehigh, Erie, Central,
West Shore and Lake Shore by Saturday
or Sunday, or the strike will have been
regarde. as fat failure. The meeting of
the iiremen this evening will he one Of
the most important events of the strike.
If the iremea conclude to 20 out it will
be on all the lines on which the switch
men are out
The trainmen will hold meeting some
time this evening" and will doubtless act
In conjunction with the lircmen. The CON
GuctOrs are known to be in touch with
the other three organizations and if a
climax is reached they will work in har-
mony with them. II a strike is ordered by
tIfaNQ Master sargent an nOur Will be set
for it to take effect, and every fireman
will be given orders to abandon his en-
CINE wherever it happens to be and walk
to the nearest station
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4Aii'cAN l. 49, NJ si..t'''.on i,eto -
O"e Vi qu'e.ute' anu 'io l"'."er "G'i"l -
n,,Inss .dvisn5 tbnt the outIook NJ anf.
falc is growing worse. General Porter
summed up the situation when he said:
1.-THE force on hand ut Buffalo now num-
bcrs 5000 men, and the strikers number a
possible 1000 With the force Of special
deputies, the police force and the men
who arc working. there IS in my opinion
enough u4gu 10 overawe those who mirht
contemplate violence There is still in
reserve in the state 5000 troops available
Governor lower was averse to talking
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