Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-25

These companies viii be armed ana
equipped similar to the Sixty-fifth
and Seventy-second. The battery.
however, will leave it's guns behind,
and the men will be armed with
sabers and pistols. Some of these
companies have already arrived at Bui-
falo The First and Eighth companies
of Rochester arrived over the Central
about a. m. They alighted at the Ex-
change Street station, and under charge
of a pilot started to walk on the tracks
to East Buffalo.
William Purcell, of Rochester. chair
man of the state board of mediation
and arbitration. with Messrs. Robert
son, of Troy, and Donovan, of Brook
Ign, arrived here Tuesday to investi-
gate the situation. Commissioners Pur-
cell and Robertson drove out 20 the
Erie & Lehigh yards now under
guard of the militia. They hal
an interview with Gen. Doyle
and afterward called on Grand
Master Sweeny. Another conference
was held at night between the members
of the state board and score of the
switchmen, together with the grand
officers. 1t lasted till nearly midnight.
The members of the state board viii
confer with the railroad representa-
tives. Commissioner Donovan at the
close of the meeting was asked if they
had formed any impression regarding
the situation. He said they could not
do so until they had heard both
Sides The railroaders, when seen.
were full of glee over the
tidings which came from outside points
where the strikes have been declared
or men are reported on the eve of
striking. The strikers are withdrawing
from the Erie and Lehigh yards where
the military are in control to outside
territory. where they can have things
more their own way and where they
can make much trouble. An instance
o. this was given when =
large body of strikers inter-
cepted an Erie freight train at Taylor
park. near Alden. and stalled it, pull
ing all the coupling pins and setting
the air brakes. The train was backed
to Alden and lay there all night.
Troops will be sent out to that vicinity.
But one act of violence occurred dur
ing the night, which brought out the
first shot of the campaign. AT mid
night Capt. Wood, Co. III. Seventy-fourth
regiment, who, with his company,
was guarding the Lackawanna bridge,
fired on man on moving freight
train who threw Il stone at him. The
stone hit him on the leg and he prompt
Iy sent a bullet from his pistol into the
darkness, but did not hit his man, SO
far as is known. The early hours of
the morning passed without incident
and at 10 a. n. all was reported quiet
at the scene of trouble.
A general order has been issued from
brigade headquarters assigning the
troops to positions. The Sixty-ifth
regiment will cover the territory b.
tween Tiff Farm and BabcoclS stree
junction on the Lehigh. The Seventy
fourth will have charge of the
Lehigh from there into the
city. The Thirteenth, of James,
town; Forty-second, of Niagara
Falls; Forty-third, of Clean, and TWEEN
ty-ffth, of Tonawanda, are to be joined
to the SiXty-fifth. Companies a. Il,
and d, have gone to the Lehigh trestle
to relieve Capt. Babcock.
There were two fatal accidents in the
railroad yards Tuesday night. An un-
known man was struck by New York
Central engine at Cheekawaga and in
stantly killed.
Michael Mccarthy. a young scooper,
was run over by Lehigh Valley engine
and died soon afterward.
Additional Troops Arriving.
BUFFALO, NY, Aug. 1S.-There have
arrived SO far about 500 additional
troops, making LOGO now in camp in
the yards of the three roads. The 9th
er companies on the road number 400
men, and are expected here momenta-
rily. There is an apparent desire on the
part of the strikers and their sympa-
thizers to make trouble. They APP
pear to be doing everything in their
power to bring about collision
between their forces and a part of the
militia, and are leading up to it grad
ually in order to throw the blame for
the first of the outbreak ON the mill
tary.
A Car Load of Coupling Pins Wrecked.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 1S.-An at
tempt to wreck an engine and car at
Black Rock was made Tuesday. About
$40 o'clock an engine and car loaded
with coupling pins left the Erie yards
at that place for East Buffalo 1t had
gone but short distance when it ran
into an open switch and jumped
the track. The locomotive was not
damaged, but the car
was wrecked and the coupling pins
were scattered about the tracks for
some distance. The switch light had
been turned and was burning clear"
The police arrested Samuel Leary,
Henry Albach and William Sanders,
Ill strikers, on suspicion of having
,urned the switch.
At 4:05 a. m. fire was discovered in
freight car loaded with tan bark. The
fire department put the blaze out.
Passenger trains on the Central are
LII moving on good time, and those on
,ther roads affected by the strike are
moving without difficulty. Freight
rains, however, are still badly blocked.
The yards at East Buffalo are filed
With cars and tied mp engines. There
ire rumors flying of strike of loco
motive firemen being imminent, but
zone of them can be traced to q reliabl,
ource.