The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-16
No Trains Were Moved Over the
Lines Whose Switchmen Have
Gone Out
Tho Courage OF . Shsrif's Posse
0o1es Out at Their Fin
0ers' Hnds.
Troops Called Out and Put ON Guard
Csnvicts Taken 0st Of tho Tonnes
sse Mlnss.

OUTSIDE OF tne clty nMllse AZ tn0 yafoe. In
sheriff will cali on the military only as
last resort. In the ruins of one of the car
burned last night the police have found tn
remains Of m empty kerosene can, showin'
ths ann In which ths fire Was started b!
tho ln%cendiariss. Tbs fire department
claims that tho work of the men at til,
freight car department. was much impsded
BY tbs cutting of the hose by unknown par
ties. Twelve lsngths of hose were cut and
rendered useless. II Is estimated that from
100 to 800 cars we're burned by tho incen-
diary fires. Grand Master Sweeney en-
phatically condemns the acts Of lawlessnssl
and states that it was the work of irrespon-
sibls individuals who couldn't DO con-
trollsd and not the work Of persons among
the striksra
II was reported that during The morning
gangs Of men had pulled the Plus from
Erie trains near the William street cross
ing, and extra police were called to the
scene. Two striking switchmen, John Glib
son and John Schafer, were in the police
court this morning, charged with assault
ing Charles Hershey. Frank Brundage, Of
Lehiah Valley, and Il. G. sprague, OF Erie.
appeared to prosecute. The case was put
over till Thursday. A rumor prevailed ut
noon to-day that Freight Conductor
Nsvils, Of the Erie. had died this morning
from the result Of his injuries. Nevils was
hit on the head. 1t was supposed with n
slunRshot. He was dazed for a short time,
but at noon to-day he was seen on the
street. Reliable reports received from East
Buffalo and Cheektowa0o showed that the
LshiRh Valley had lost seventy-two freight
cars BY the IRE and the Erie fourteen. The
rak4pnaA MAN opofAao ~ tn rkAopiw yrahlo M
present to tx an estimate Of their loss.
They are acting very cautiously on this
point, for the reason that claims will belaid
against the city and county 70, damages,
and the amount. Of course, has not yet
been figured up 1t 10 known, however,
The Erie train, reported in earlier dis
patches az being on fire, did not contain
merchandise OF extra value.
Grand Master Sweeney in an interview
this afternoon said: "Ihe strike has spread
70 Wsvsriy and will probably 60 to Horn
e~llsville and Bradford. where the switch
men are dissatisfied. II will not spread to
n other roads in Buffalo. W, have come
70 an agreement with the Western New
York d Pennsylvania "a to the ten-hour
basis, and will have no trouble with that
road. A conference with the general super
inteudsnt Of the Buffalo. Rochester & Pitts
burs has been arrangsd for to-day; q
R~SS 0A8o y O0 "AA0 W1tA
that road" Sweeney further said the Erie
and LehiRh switchmsn had been treated bad
~. their advances being spurned by those
III high authority.
This afternoon twenty or thirty striking
switchmen boarded a freight train Pulling
into the CITY 10 .et the brakes and stall the
train. They pulled the coupling pins and
threw pins and links into stagnant pools
and disappeared. A new supply Of pins
and links was procured and the train pro-
cesded amid considerable excitement. The
only Lshigh Valley train that moved to-day
was q coal train. which moved out at $3.50,
guarded by eight policemen. The Nickel
Plate succeeded in moving thirty five cars
Of stock from the Lehigh to the Lake Shore,
but when the men learned Of it this morn
ing they refused to make the cars, up in
trains bound for New York. One hundred
and seventy. three oars OF live stock belong
ing to the Erie and Lehigh, which were
refused to handle. They wee discharged
in turn as they declined and. in conse.
quence. stood in hourly expectation of be-
ing ordered out by the union. In the Phil
adelphia and Reading yards not a car has
been moved since Saturday. A large force
OF men 10 expected Tomorrow morning and
an effort will be made TO push work.
Tho sherjff's posse which went to East
Buffalo this afternoon WAS greeted with
jeers BY the assembled attikers. The spe-
Gals. who had been 40 brave as lions on the
train and INDUCED in tall talk, felt their
courage oozinR away as soon as they landed
and finally. in response to appeals, the men
one after another threw away their clubs or
them to the powerless sheriff, while
each conversion q cheer went up from
the strikers, and soon all that remained of
the sherlns brave posse could be counted
on the nnRers of one hand. Sheriff Beck
bowed 10 the inevitable and came baok to
Buffalo to call out the militia.