Evening journal., 1892-08-22
THE STRIKE A FAILURE
Freight Cars Run Without
Much Difficulty at Buffalo.
THE sWIToHMEN CAN'T WIN AIoEB
Their Only Hope Is That the Firemen
win Go Out, and such Action is Not
acknowledgement on His Way East.
A Number of strikers Arrested.


A Number of strikers Arrested.
BUFFALO, Aug. p. THE strike is ended.
The men are beaten They acted prema.
turely, We're III advised, and il they cannot
make terms with the companies within
forty-eight hours their places viii be lost to
Them This is the summary Of the situa.
tion as expressed by Florence +. Donovan,
member Of the state board Of arbitration.
He has been a sympathizer with the men,
and therefore his opinion is Of value
The side strikes at Niagara and Elmira
are inactive; the fremen did not 60 out;
the railroad telegraphors have made no
move; the trainmen are in an aggravatingly
hesitating mood, and altogether the unfor-
tunate switchmen, in the face OF the defeat
which stares them, have the added grief Of
realizing that they went into the action
without having taken the most elementary
steps toward lprming sympathetic ALI
ances that would almost surely have been
able to pull them through
Grand Master Sweeney has high hopes
still and is working with greater skill than
most people are inclined 10 credit him with
handful Of men with him What his
next move may be only himself and his i'm.
mediate lieutenants know, but should his
plans run in the sequence which naturally
suggests itself, they would be to order out
his men to the eastward In the morning,
probably at the important points Of West
Albany and Hornellsville. The comra0ies
say they are prepared for just such a move,
and that they have taken pains to assure
themselvesof the loyalty Of their lea along
the route
Strikers Arrested.
Despite the fact that some Of the people
here are urging General Porter, Of the Ma
tional guard, and Sheriff Beck to send back
The troops the, strikers keep right ON iniur-
ing railroad property, annoying the soldiers
and throwing stones and belaboring the
working nonunion switchmen. The soldiers
and police have captured lot Of strikers
An Erie striker named William Milleny
was pulled in for entering the West Shore
yards and threatening switchmen il they
did not join the union forces Milleny was
sent to the penitentiary for ten days
John Brown, Thomas OBrien, John
Hughes and Michael Fallen, all striking
Erie switchmen, were arrested ia the East
Buffalo yards of the Erie. Brown was in
the act Of throwing a coupling pin at some
Of the Erie switchmen and the Others were
urging them to leave their work and Join
the union.
Another man was arrested by a detail of
Colonel Welch's command. A detail under
command Of Lieutenant Lambrecht was
sent out TO guard the crew working ON a
Lehigh train. When the train finally
started It broke in two where Daniel Ca
bin had succeeded in removing coupling
pin. Lieutenant Lamhrecht noticed Cahill
running back along the track The lieu
tenant climbed down off the car and fol-
lowed him.
A nonunion switchman stepped in be-
tween the cars at the order Of the conductor
TO couple the cars together again, aud as he
did so Cahill stepped up to him and foored
him with blow ON the head with his fist.
The man addressed Lieutenant Lnmbrecht
lnsultingly when he commanded him at
pistol point 10 give himself up, and made of
down the track. The officer followed, and
In lively struggle held theman until some
OF the men in his detail came mp and placed
the man under guard.
a Brace Of Accidents.
The Lehigh Valley was a sufferer from
two accidents, but in neither case could
any blame be charged TO the strikers. The
first was when the work train was backing
onto the Lehigh Valley trestle at East Bul.
falo, two cars being ahead of the engine
The train was run down TO the entrance OF
the tunnel, and before the engineer could
stop his engine they ran into several cars
which lay in the tunnel The wreck caused
three or four bents Of the trestle TO fall
almost burying number OF Polish laboreis
IN the debris. Luckily no one was hurt,
but the cab Of the engine was carried away
and the dome badly broken
The other accident occurred on the main
line, near Babcock street, to the train en-.
gagged in carrying the soldiers between East
Buffalo and Scott street. The train was
running at lively rate Of speed when near.
ing Babcock street and one Of the switch
tenders threw the switch before the train
reached him. letting 1t on the west bound
track against a string Of cars which were
standing there. The platform of the can
was smashed and several of the freight car,
were derailed. A number Of the men who
were on the train were badly injured though
not seriously.
All the Roads Moving Freight.
Freight traffic has been resumed with a
vengeance by all the roads, and the officials
OF an the lines say the strike is unquestion.
ably failure. AS the green hands are be-
ing broken slowly the work in the different
yards improves and inside Of three or foul
days at most the outlook for the freight
blockade being removed is decidedly prom
lsing. The Erie is no longer crippled. Su
penntenosnt Charles A. Brunn told 1
United Press reporter that his road haI
sent out thirteen full freight trains beside
opening up the Black Rock and Suspensio,
Bridge yards. No work was done az Sns
pension Bridge OF Black Rock last NIGHT
Mr. Brnnn declares that those yards are no
sufficiently protected to work in them a
1ight.
Mr.. Brunn,p the United Press me,
isked, "do you think it safe for the troop
70 be removed as yetf
II do not; decidedly not There are no
enough here as it is. If the troops wer
sent back at this juncture acts Of iawless
ness would occur that would shock TIA
people Of this state. Even with the troop
acre there is trouble occurring every dai
and night The attempt TO wreck the Fri
express train, with go passengers on board
was a dastardly piece of work. am max
ng an Investigation now, and am sati.
led strikers were responsible for tina
work.
The Central no lonnar faalc tha et,;l- .