Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-08-25
BLOCKADE RAISED.
Freight Moved by the Rail-
roads at Buffalo.
The Firemen Now Masters of the
Entire Situation.
1t Now Rests With Grand Mas
ter Sargent Alone
WHETHER THE STRIKE SHALL COL
LAPSE OR SPREAD

To Proportions Involving Imm measurabIe
Loss to the Commerce and Business of
the Country, as Well as to the Partici-
pants in the Struggle-Buffalo Mer-
chants, in sympathy with the Strikers,
Refuse to Sell the Soldiers Food-The
Switchmen Beaten Unless They Re-
ceive Aid from the Other Trainmen.
BUFFALO, Aug. 29.-The blockade has
been raised. Nearly all the roads are
moving freight. The condition of the
yards here is no longer congested.
The Erie made the first attempt to
start freight out of the Black Rock
yards Sunday morning, sending six full
trains east.
Sunday afternoon the Central sent a
train of hard coal from East Buffalo to
Black Rock.
This movement of coal suggests that
the yards are getting pretty well cleaned
up. It is evident that the switchmen
are beaten unless their co-employes, the
firemen, trainmen and conductors, come
to their aid.
There was nothing indicating up to a
late hour Sunday night that the firemen
would be ordered out.
Merchants here in sympathy with the
strikers refuse to sell eatables to the sol.
dier boys.
The troops are becoming accustomed
to the privations of war time and are
not grumbling so much over little mat
ters. The commissary has improved and
this doubtless has its effect on the spirits
Of the men.
!. It Rests with Sargent.
Grand Master Sargent, of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen, arrived in
Buffalo Monday. This is the latest fea-
ture in the strike situation.
Past Grand Chief Telegrapher Thurs
ton, of Vinton, arrived here Saturday
night. Now the heads of all the railroad
organizations, with the exception of the
engineers, are or have been on the scene
and in position to intelligently discuss
the situation.
The fireman are masters of the situa-
ton and it is for Grand Master Sargent
to say whether the present strike shall
collapse o. spread to proportions involv-
ing Unreasonable loss, not only to
participants in the struggle, but to COM
merce and business of the country.
Sargent was a very tired man as he
stepped from his car. To reporter,
who asked. him for an interview, he
begged to be excused at that time, but
promised one later in the day.
Second Week Begins.
BUFFALO, Aug 22.-The second week
of the railroad strike opened Saturday.
Three features were prominent Satur-
day morning: Army of 5000 soldiers
is quartered on the city and county; an
attempt, only partly successful so far, is
being made to lift the freight blockade,
and the danger of strike of kindred
organizations is no less imminent than
heretofore.
Very Expensive.
A cry has gone up for the recall OF
some portion of General Porters large
army which is costing Erie county q
pretty sum.
Between Two Fires.
Sheriff Beck is busy and much wor.
ried man these days. He is damned fol
calling out the state troops, and he is
damned for not calling them out sooner
He is pestered by demands for the with
drawal of the troops and likewise fol
their retention. Personally, he does not
think such an army of soldiers necessa.
ry. He will look over the ground, and
if he finds everything all right and quiet
and the roads encountering no trouble
he will ask the governor to withdraw
the troops.
Others Suffer.
In the opinion Of the sheriff all OBJ,
structions to yard business will disap'
pear in few days. The sheriff iustifies
his position in regard to the calling out
of the troops, and said if the business
deadlock had continued four or five days
half of our large factories would have
been closed for lack of coal and thou
sands would have been idle.
The strikers are not the only ones who
will suffer from a cessation of business
on account of the strike. The road men
all of whom are working by the trip
are seriously affected and will be una
BILE to make even fair months pay or
account of the delay to freight. Theil
idleness is enforced on account of the
strike.
Saturday the big Erie shops CLOSED
temporarily, throwing 900 men out Of
work. The lack of switching facilities
and the little traffic at this end has lef
the men without any work to do. Thi
caused an order for shut down to b,
issued. In addition to these men some
sixty-nine others employed at the cas-
Buffalo machine shops, comprising
about three-fourths of the force there
have been laid off.
| Few Trains Moving.
Only thirty trains of freight wer
moved out Of the city Friday by tn
/ roads affactad "a c0mnarad with th