The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-08-26

lit appears 70 me that a riotous
en- unlawful assembly is i'm the county
Of Erie. state ~ New York. with intent
% offer violence "a persons and property.
do hereby order and direct you 70 order
your command and all thereof 70 APP
pear and assemble forthwith at place
TO he designated By you In the city Of
Buffalo. % aid the civil authorities IN
supprcssing violence and enforcing the
law"
The Fourth brigade comprises fifteen
separate companies from different
points between here and Syracuse.
This brings an additional force Of lao
men on the scene. making a total Of
about 5000 men under arms here.
These companies will be armed and
equipped similar 10 the Sixty-hfth
and Seventy second. The battery.
however. will leave its guns behind.
and the men will be armed with
sabers and pistols. Some 81 these
companies have already arrived NJ Buff
falo. The First and Eighth companies
Of Rochester arrived over the Central
about 4 A. m. They alighted ut the TX
change Street station, and under charge
OF 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
lyn. arrived here Tuesday To invcsti-
gate the situation. Commissioners Pur-
cell and Robertson drove out TO the
Erie 4 Lrhigh yards now under
guard cs the militia They had
an Interview with Gen Doyle
and aftcrward called on Grand
Master Swrcny. Another conference
was held mt night between the members
Of the state board and q score Of the
switchmen. together with the grand
officers 1t lasted till nearly midnight.
The members Of the state board will
confer with the railroad representa-
tivcs- Commissioner Donovan at the
close Of the meeting was asked II they
had formed any impression regarding
the situation lie said they could not
do SO until they had heard both
sides. The railroaders. when seen.
were full Of gicc over the
tidings which came from outside points
where the strikes hare 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
of this was given when q
large body Of strikers inter-
cepfed an Erie freight train al Taylor
park. near Alden. and stalled il. pull
ing all the coupling pins and setting
the air brakes The train was backed
\ TO Alden and lay there all night
2 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. II. Scventy-fourth
!, regiment. who. with his company.
\ was guarding the Laclawanna bridge,
y fired on man on . moving freight
train who threw a stone at him. The
: stone hit hun on the leg and he prompt
, ly sent bullet from his pistol into the
darkness. but did not hit his man. Sc
i far as is known The early hours o.
e the morning passed without incident
= and at 10 a. m all was reported quiet
: at the scene Of trouble
= A general order has been issued from
= brigade headquarters assigning the
Y troops to positions. The Sixty-fiftn
3 regiment will cover the territory be-
y tween Tiff Farm and Babcock street
= junction on the Lehigh. The Seventy
fourth will have charge Of the
II I.ehigh from there into the
n city The Thirteenth, of James
re town; Forty-second. Of Magyar
m Falls; Forty-third. Of Clean, and TWEEN
= ty-fifth. OF Tonawanda. are to be joines
* to the Sixty-fifth. Companies A. Il
a and ID. have gone to the Lehigh trestl'
" to relieve Capt Babcock.
n There were two fatal accidents in TIL
- railroad yards Tuesday night An I'm
'g known man was struck by New Yorl
Fe Central engine at Chcckawaga and in
e stantly killed
as Michael Mccarthy. young scooper
e was run over by Lehigh Valley engin
IN and died soon afterward
as Additional Troops Arriving.
~ BUFFALO, MY, Aug. 1s.-There hav
es arrived 50 far about 500 additions
n troops. making 1000 now in camp !
Of the yards Of the three roads The 9th
nd er companies on the road number 40
s5 men. and are expected here moments
he rily. There is an apparent desire on III
part Of the strikers and their symps
st thizers to make trouble. They al
81 pear TO be doing everything in thci
is power 70 bring about collisio
Of between their forces and part Of III
&c militia. and are leading up TO II grad
'es ually in order TO throw the blame Il
H. the first Of the outbreak on the mil
ng tary.
In
IN Car Load Of Coupling Pins wrecke
~ BrFFAIo. n. ", Aug. ls.-An a
~ tempt to wreck an engine and car
N Black Rock was made Tuesday. Abo'
I'm $40 o'clock an engine and car loads
~ with coupling pins left the Erie var
~ at that place for East Buffalo. Ii h;
4, gone but short distance when il r.
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