Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-08-19
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switchmem on tho Nickel Plate &c
Out - The Strike May Extend to
Buffalo and New Y1rk-Three More
Regiments Have Left for Buffalo,
The Firemen Have Not Yet Gone
Out.
BUFFALO, Aug. 1S.-This afternoon at 8
O'Clock string of the Lehigh Valley roads
cars was run upon the Nickel Plate tracks
at the Elk street crossing. It was run by
Lehigh engine and crew and after they
had gone away it stayed there. The Nickel
Plate switchmen would not lift finger to
remove the Lehigh's stuff and when COM
pulsion was tried they struck. At 4 p. m.
every switchmen on the Nickel Plate with
in the city limits stopped work. That
means an addition of about ninety men to
the forces of the strikers and leaves only
three railroads that have yards in the city
unaffected by the strike.
There can be no doubt tonight that be-.
fore yielding this fight the leaders will ex-
tend their strike west to Chicago and east
ward to New York, ultimately calling out,
perhaps, not only switchmen, but fremen
and trainmen.
Master Workman Thompson of the train
men said to night that his men were ready
to join the switchmen whenever ordered,
but the iremen if ordered out will proba-
bly, be first called.
Up to midnight the fremen had not gone
out and it does not seem they will 60 out
tonight.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-Three regiments
left tonight for Buffalo.
MORE TROOPS FOR BUFFALO.
ALBANY, Aug. 1S.-Two trains of TWEEN
ty-eight cars arrived here shortly after
o'clock on the way to Buffalo with the
Twelfth and Twenty second regiments
from New York and the Fifteenth and
Nineteenth separate companies of Pough-
keepsie.
TOO LATE FOR ARBITRATION.
Reply OF the OmciaIs of the Rail-
roads TO the State Board of Arbi.
tratton-A General Strike of the
Engineers, Firemen and SWftchmen
Kxpected-Labor Chiefs Near Buff
falo.
BUFFALO, Aug. 18.-The western con-
nection of the Central and West Shore is
tied up, 80 far as the freight traffic is con-
eerned. The strike seems to be epidemic,
and there is no telling how fast or how far
1t will spread. Following close on the an
nouncement yesterday that the switchmen
on the Central and West Shore had struck
comes the news of strike in the yards of
the Lake Shore. It occurred in the west
bound yard of that company at East Buf-
falo early this morning. Two trains of
Central freight were delivered to the Lake
Shore by the New York Central. The two
yard crews who were at work in the yard
refused to handle it. The men were at
once ordered discharged and their engines
turned into the round house.
The news was quickly carried to the
Hamburg, Elk and Scott street yards, and
in short time every member of the seven
crews constituting the night force had quit
work. The other five engines were taken
to the round-house by the engineers and
their fires dumped. By O'Clock not
wheel was being turned in any of the three
yards of the company. When the day
men put in their appearance they were
promptly notified of what had occurred,
It seemed to meet their unqualified ap-
provAl, as they all went home.without re-
porting to their superiors.
As the situation now stands there will
be general strike involving the engineers,
fremen, conductors and trainmen on the
Lehigb, Erie, Central, West Shore and
Lake Shore by Saturday or Sunday or the
strike will have been regarded as q fat
failure. The grand officers of all the
unions are either in this city or are within
easy call. Chief Arthur of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers is in Toronto
attending the convention Of the Cana
dian branch of the brotherhood that is
now In session in that city. The
deliberations will close on Saturday and
he will probably come to Buffalo at that
time if he is not called here sooner. The
meeting of the fremen tomorrow evening
will be one of the most important events
of the strike. If the fremen conclude to
go out it will be on all the lines on which
the switchmen are out. The trainmen will
to morrow evening, and will doubtless act
in conjunction with the fremen. The
conductors are known to be in touch with
the other three organizations, and If q
climax is reached they will work in har-
mony with them. If strike Is ordered
by Grand Master Sargent an hour will be
set for it to take effect, and every fremen
will be given orders to abandon his engine
| wherever it happens to be and walk to the
nearest station.
Two strikers who had a scheme for
| ditching the fast mail which leaves here
over the Central at 11:40. have been ar
rested. They were caught in the act of
throwing the switch on the main track
near Fillmore avenue just before the train
was due to pass. The men gave their
names as John Ball and Martin Bayore.
| An excursion train of twelve loaded cars
bound for Niagara Falls over the Buffalo
and Southwestern railway was held here
six hours before anyone could be got to
turn the switch.
At the conference held yesterday between
the state board of arbitration and the at
torneys of the New York Central and L.
high Valley systems the board was unable
to obtain any definite answer from them
as to whether their companies would sub
NIT the trouble with their workmen to ar
bitration. The attorneys said they had nc
authority to answer.
To-day in order to bring the matter to
focus the board decided to address Q letter
to the chief officials of the roads involved
in the strike, in which they say that tn,
board has held conferences with Crane
Master Sweeney of tbs switchmen's organ
ization and representatives of the severa
roads, who have expressed q willingness h
a settlement of the controversy by arbitra
, ton either by the state board or any thre
disinterested persons who may be desig