The evening world., 1892-08-19
Meeting Of FIrsmsn To-Night that
May Prscipitats a Grave
Crisis.
New York Has Four More ReQi-
ments Ready to March
on Notice.
lBY ASSOCIATED PRESS.


BUFFALO, Aug. l0.-The shaking into place
Of 5000 soldiers who arrived last night and
this morning is the most prominent surface
movement to-day In the strike feld.
Gen. Doyle this morning completed the as
signment Of oil the troops, and to-day, under
clear sky, the mon are being distributed to
the points indicated In tho carefully prepared
schedule.
Tho strikers in the lower yards were watch
ing last night along the Central tracks when
the troops were coming in. and all night
pickets were near to observe when the morn.
lug trains came in from the east.
They saw, in all. thirty New York Central
cars loaded with men in uniform and eleven
West Shore coaches also nlled with bluecoats.
The impression created upon tho strikers
along the lines 1t East Buffalo was that the
railroad companies are making q powerful
demonstration.
The men DO not all pause to discriminate
between the railroads and the state, and the
presence of the State volunteers is in broad
way regarded as an evidence Of the corporate
strength OF the railroad companies.
strikers Discuss the Situation.
At the crossings and switch houses strikers
in knots we're talking Of the situation to-day,
but when outsiders Joined them there was .
grim reluctance to talk about the strike.
Bronzed.faced strikers shook their heads
only and said nothing. Indeed, they have
little to say, II anything. They have obeyed
orders. They have struck. They have quit
work. They are not in the offlcial confidence
Of their leaders. They 90 not know the plans
which most ai1ect themselves.
They can only stand and wait, and men
who wait dumbly under orders occupy .
sharply different position from those who
plan and lead. To the man who waits In
ignorance OF purposes whose results will
touch himself, passing events are magnined
in their Importance.
Thinss That Depress the Strikers.
The rolling past them, for instance, Of
forty cars nlled with soldiers armed with
musLets and pouches Of bullets, produces .
depression among the men, perhaps, that
might not press with equal degree upon the
leaders, who may have plans for counter
stroke.
The one fact tangible to the men is that
out OF Lehigh and Erie yards trains are occa-
sionally moving away, always with those
chilly musket barrels as an accompaniment
to cool any possible desire to interfere.
They see New York Central trains running
out eastward through the day with fre-
quency that the leaders say is impossible to
the company without the aid Of the striking
men.
Meanwhile what have the strike leaders to
encourage them more than the men have2
As indicated in these dispatches last night,
there are indications from the strikers side
that the nremen or the trainmen, or both,
may be called out within three days, TO add
numbers, and what is regarded to be
strength, to the striking switchmen.
Meeting Of Tratnmen.
The Brotherhood OF Railway Trainmen are
clsimed to be ready to join In the general
stampede.
They held meeting pt Gammel's Hall last
evening and discussed tho situation. Grand
Master Wilkinson was present, and talked
over the situation with the men. The meet.
ing was. OF course, secret.
All that could be CLEANED from those who
were In attendance confirms the digest of the
situation embodied In these sdvices last night.
II Is said that all depends on tho action to
b taken by the nremen at their meeting To-
night. Ons.of tie trainDsA said upon lsav.
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