Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-18

Lake Shore yards are also out.
This is confirmed by other railroad
men.
"BUrFALo, n. Y, August 17-2 a. NJ
At midnight a conference between BrEa-
der General Doyle, Mayor Bishop Sheriff
Beck. Superintendent of Police Morgen-
stern. Walter Webb Daniel IL. Mcmillan,
w. s Bissell and u. q. Sprague, on oenaI
of the railroads, and several citizens, re-
suited in agreeing % send the following
telegram 20 the Governor;
BUFFALO, y. Y. Aug 1S.-TO Hon. r. =.
Flower. Executive Mansion, Albany Y;
ssyVe have become satisfied that the Sltua-
tion here In Buffalo under the
pending strike has become so seri-
Gus that we ask that the National Grand or
the State be called out 90 protect the lives
and property Of citizens Of this city and
county. AUGUST been 9netlu,
This dispatch has been wired and a reply
Is awaited.
BUFFALO, Y. Y, August 17.-This IS
to-day freight beleaguered town.
The pulse of railroad commercial
business has stopped and the wheels OF
business are clogged and cl0tted with
accumulated and accommodating freights.
People who assume familiarity with
the symptoms OF great strike move
ments are grave of manner and speech.
They shake their heads and smile In a
wearily deriSiye sort OF fashion when
some sanEuine person announces that
the strike will be shOrt-lived.
The fact Is, with the strike OF the
New York Central men at midnight,
the forces OF the workmen are now only
lust enlisted. They have really vet 20
be edraw0 uD In line so that they them
selves, as well as their opponents, may
see their size and shape. The develop
ment OF strength is probably yet
TO come. 10 will be recalled
that the Central men struck and were
defeated two years ago. Anybody who
knows ANYTHING about labor movements
does not need 90 be told that the Central
switchmen would not go into another
strike soon without there being q con-
certed plan arranged and a determina-
tion TO fight a pitched battle for
supremacy.
The men have driven the wedge at
the most critical period, and whoever is
responsible for the movement has
shown geueralship OF no mean order. Ii
is the opening day OF the fair, and
every road coming into the Union
depot had from one 20 five special eX-
cursiou trains scheduled for the day.
u requires fue switch engines 90 make
uu the passenger trains i'm the EXhange
street strtion under ordinary circum-
stances aud on an occasion like the
present, twice that number would be
REQUIRED 90 handle the business.
Down I'm the great yards four miles
away the idlers are thick. They per-
colate the lony lines OF cars, In and out,
through and back, seeing all they can,
learning all they may. The troops
are stationed along the tracks
of the various lines. They are
not vet accustomed 20 the duty
and the feeling of nervous apprehen-
sion lest they may be obliged suddenly
10 kill men has not yet worn away.
Their faces are earnest and where the
crowds are thick, white and deter
mined. On the great coal treSt.es Gnd
on the tops of cars are strikers and 9TH
ers kept their lookout and pass their
signals.
Later I'm the afternoon, Master Workman
Sweeney, of the SwitChmen, in an inter
view, made some serious allegations. Said
he:
s.You may saw that the swiJchmen are /
not only not TO blame for the acts OF dis
order that have been committed but that
they have not sanctioned them IN any way.
The best proof of this is there has been
none Of them arrested on any such charges. .
There is a great deal under the surface /
In this matter which 10 would surprise you (
70 learn. You are aware that the Reading I.
and Erie systems ana their dependencies '
are highly unpopular among the working I.
classes because Of their treatment OF their /
men.
s,Thev treated their men like dogs, and I.
Mel cod, the President of the road, even 4
declined 70 see the committee of the organ I
izatiOn which went 20 see hum. He 7
was asked 20 give only 50 muca 7.
as five minutes, but declined.
'sWhen the first of this strike came, 10 I
became necessary somehow or o-ner 70 J
divert public sympathy from the strikers /
Railroad lawyers and railroad managers 7
are no fools, aad they devised means by /,
which they get the sympathy and put the I
strikers In the hole. The strikers did not /
set these cars on fire Sunday morning
''DO YOU mean TO inSlnuate these roads [
had these cars set on fre-burned their Z
own prOperty.,' was asked, and Mr.. /
Sweeney said;
u have heard just the rumor going !
about, nothing less. Itis well known that /
the cars burned We're condemned, aban-
dOned old hulks shunted onto grass grown /
sidings out in CheektOwaga, and left there /
10 rot. We can furnish evidence that they
were abandoned and valueleSS old cars"
"What is the attitude Of your organiZas
ton and its Buffalo members toward the .
militia-are they friends or foes tH
Friends, " replied the Master Workman
promptly.
evil YOU aid rather than hinder the
militia ia their efforts to protect propertyf'
sWe shall aid them In any way the OH
GERS may suggest We are not thugs, but \
well disposed people, who want to gain
their ends by peaceable and not riOJOus
means. The Buffalo members are too well
known to do any overt acts and not be ap
''Do you look for success in this Switch
mems AssOciatiOn mOvementg'
~ expect il VIII succeed, was the re-