The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-24


for persons at a distance 10 clearly ap-
preciate the inaignities which are daily
imposed upon the present sWltchmen III
The railway yards here, and upon the mil
itia while protecting men and property
1Ieneral Porter cl,araci eriZes the situation
IN this respect rs guerrilla warfare
Freight train No. IS stood in the Erie
yards at East Buffalo between Babcock
street and Bailey avenue. Despite the
line of militia pickets on each side OF the
tracks the coupling pins were pulled and
the train was cut into a dozen parts. AS a
Niagara Falls train over the Central came
into this city last night switch was
thrown out almost at the entrance to the
station. The man who did it ran away In
the darkness. Switch frogs have been
clogged with scrap iron. and SWItchmen at
work are cursed and stoned.
just after midnight last nignt number
of strikers and sympathizers began to
throw coupling pins at a squad of soldiers
from Company Z, Twelfth regiment. The
soldiers were ordered to fire if the pin
throwing did not stop. Il stopped. The
rumor that man had been killed is not
true. About l O'Clock this morning, a
man who gave his name as William Mo
ran, was taken to the emergency hospital
suffering from bullet wound in the leg.
The story he told the physicians was that
he was walking along Hamburg Street
when he was challenged by a soldier. he
stopped and had some words with him aud
then started to walk off, whereupon, SO
Moran alleges, the sentry fired five shots
at him. Only one took effect. Moran had
also slight scalp wound, which he said
was inflicted by the soldier. His wounds
are not serious.
Shortly after midnight the guards on
duty on the docks near the Ohio
street bridge ordered the occupants
of three small boats each containing four
men, creeping up the river, to halt. The
boats changed their course and made Tor
the other shore. The guards fired at the
men, but it was too dark for true aim.
Joseph Hermerle, recording secretary
and treasurer of Buffalo lodge No 8 Of
the Switchmen's Mutual Aid association,
and one of the leaders of the striking
switchmen. was arrested today on COM
plant of the Lehigh Valley road officials,
who charge him with assaulting non-union
Switchmen.
Three attacks were made by the strikers
on the pickets and uon-union switchmen
this afternoon. An attack made Oh the
picket lines Of the Twenty-second New
York regiment, stationed a. the Tiff
farm, by four strikers will probably re-
suit fatally o one OF their mum Der. Thomas
Manaher. They threw stones at the nom
union men aud the guards fired upon
them. Manaher was struck by two bullets.
tion is extremely critical. The other three
strikers We're arrested.
Allen Richardson, non-union switch
men, was thrown from the top of a box
car by strikers this evening and badly
hurt.
Thomas Gable, a non-union man, while
working in the Lehigh yards at East
Buffalo, was set upon By four strikers and
badly injured.
LABOR LEADERS.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Aug. pa repre-
sentative of the Associated Press inter
viewed Mr.. Debs secretary of the grand
lodge of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen in regard TO the situation at Buff
falo Mr. Debs said:
Il notice in the interview of the Asso-
Ciated Press representative with Mr. Sar-
gent at Buffalo last evening that Mr. Sar-
gent Is made TO talk about the probability
oISpossibi of his ordering "A strike, aud,
as a consequence, that great Importance
attaches to the probable action of the
grand master. There Is certainly mis-
take in this interview. In Just one way
can a strike be legally authorized. aud
that is by a two-thirds vote of the whole
system upon which the strike is TO be in
augurated, and then only by consent of
the full executive board, composed of one
representative of each lodge on the system.
and the grand master. This is the only
way "A strike can be legally authorized and
the only way a strike can be declared off. "
''How about a sympathy strike, which
is talked of so much?'
'ThaJ Is simply out of the question
under our present laws. am in full and
hearty sympathy with the switchmen.
Their cause Is Just and they ought TO wio,
hut in my opinion, il will be the same old
story. Capital will win. Justice to labor
will never come, in my judgement, until
labor federates and wields its united power
for the good of all. "
CHICAGO, Aug 23-Grand Chief Clark
of the Order of Railway Conductors is here
on his way TO Buffalo. in response 20 d re
quest of Grand Master Sweeney to take
part in the proposed conference of the
chiefs Of the various organizations of rail
way employees. In au interview he said
that as Ear as he knew the conductors had
no grievance to right. and added: But
what may develop after | have arrived on
the scene | cannot predict. Unless our
men have grievances 20 settle, we VIII not
go out. we do not care to express any
sympathy in that way"
Grand Master s. L. Wilkinson of the
Order of Railway Trainmen, from Gales
burg. Ills, is also euroute to Buffalo on a
mission similar TO Mr.. Clark's.
BUFFALO. \. Y, August 2S-Grand
Master Sweeney Is gaining q record for
taciturnily not equaled among strike lead
erS his own followers are completely in
the dark as TO what his policy is, one or
the members of his executive committee
having stated much TO the state board
OF arbitration. Today Messrs. Donovan,
Purcell and Robertson attempted TO learn
from the grand master of the switchmen
when, If ever, he WAS going 20 order out
the switchmen now working in the iuris-
diction affected.by the strike, Mr.. Sweeney
practically refused them any information.
CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 23-Chief Arthur
of the locomotive engineers returned here
today from Toronto. He said that he
could not go TO Buffalo, as his presence
was needed in North Carolina TO settle
some trouble between railroad aud the
engineers in that state. He said that
while he felt the greatest sympathy for
the strikers at Buffalo, il was his personal
opinion that the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers would aot interfere.
SYMPATHY STRIKES.
ELMIRA, n. Y, Aug. 23.-Fifteen switch
men on the Delaware, Lackawaana and
Western struck today. They have no
grievances.
BUFFALO, \. Y, Aug. 25-The switch
men on the Delaware, LackawannA ana
Western railroad struck AT 2;S0 O'Clock
this afternoon. They have no grievances
in Eegsrd 10 DAY or hours. Tais adds