Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-17
PRESIDENT MeLEoD,s IxsrnucrrOxa


He Issass Orders 10 Discl,asys sssils IAeAaS
and Resume work Thsrsday. s.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-THE following W.
given out for publisation this aflsrnoou. =, &
PHnAsErsHrA, An4. a.
Mr.. L. !. 6weisard. Gen. Manager.
Dean SIN: The operations II The .ylsas 81
Buffalo, Waverly and sayre Vim be resumed
Thursday, the 18th instant Yea ere hsreby In
structed to pay Oh and discharge q once I'll sn-
ployss who have gone out on stxiks, sxospt sush
hitherto efficient and faithfnl men q, you srs
convinced, were coerced into the abandoanssA
Of their duties, and who, II left to THAR own
free viii, would not hsvs ieft the service
Of the company and may thavs taM-
lies or others dependant upoA tAsm.
But the nngleadsrs and striksp who
in the obstruction Of the company9 property,
or who have been guilty Of fntsrSsrsnoe WITH
the movement OF trains or tbs psrfosnsass Of
duty BY other employees, must not nov % Svse
be restored to the service of the company.
In ensrcisins the discretion .vith Which
mind that while IT Is to Be regretted shss
there are men weak enough 70 yisld 70
the dictation Of others in abandoning their
places with good pay and ctsady work
in forever disquaiifying them for The service Of
the company great hardship may Do imposed
suffer II il can be avoided. A A. McL1oD,
Preddeut
ArTEMPT TO WRECK Az ENGINE.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 17.-Aa attempt to
wreck an engine and car ct Black Book vas
made last night About $40 o'clock
an engine and car loaded with
coupling pins left the Erie yards 4
that place for east Buffalo. It had gone but
short distance when IL ran into an open switch
and jumped the track. Tho locomotive was
not seriously damaged, but the car was
, x,ssssa and nSo,t the n. coupling pins xss.
distance. The switch light had been turned
and was burning ''clear.' The police arrested
Samuel Leary. Henry Aibacb and William Sand
ers, all strikers, on suspicion Of having turned
the switch.
SOLDIER ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
sergt Elsaesser Of company +, sixty-nfth
regiment, was shot this morning between and
and 10 o'clock at the Lackawanna trsstls at
Cheektowaga. He was guarding the trestle with
his company and they had the arms stacked neaf
them the rites were supposed to be all I'M
lessly left loaded, was accidentally discharged
while being handled by the sergeant. The
bullet struck him in the forehead and went
through the top Of his skull. He fell
unconscious to the ground and was removed to
Gen. Doyle's headquarters. At 12AS he vas
sent In carriage to the hospital
and died on the WY. Corpl Salisbury
was also sent home suffering from
exhaustion. Salisbury walked twenty miles
from camp on the Lake Shore to Join his COM
mand, and It was his devotion to duty that
brought on the attack of illness. Everything
quiet. All the separate companies have re-
ported to Gen. Doyle except the fifth bsttsry Of
Syracuse.
TIE on THE TRACK.
NEW York, Aug. lit was reported At po-
lice headquarters this morning that between
and o'clock last night some unknown pcrson
placed . tie ON the tracks Of the New York snd
H. railroad at 18th street. II was discovered
and removed before any damage was done. Tho
superstition 10 entertained that some sympa-
thizer Of the striking railroad switchmen placed
the tie on the track with the intention Of wreck
ing train.
RAILROAD COMPANIES SAID 10 HAVE Yi8LDzp.
New York, Aug. ia Chicago dispatch
says: After conference in the switchmsp's
national headquarters, at which all the grand
officers were present except Grand Master
Sweeney, Grand Secretary Treasurer Aimsrott
said: Tho Erie lines and the Western New York
and Pennsylvania systems, two Of the great
railway systems involved in the strike, have ac-
coded to our demands. This leaves only the Ls-
high Valley road to fight. We have received .
telegram from Sweeny announcing the fact -
state it