Evening journal., 1892-08-16
UNDER BAYONET RULE.
The Presence Of Soldiers in
Buffalo Quells the Mob.
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE TODAY.
Companies in Many cities IN Readiness to
Respond to Bunalos Cali strikers Ia an
Ugly 1Iood-A Crisis Pending The Read
Ing Drumming for New Men.

lBy Telegraph 20 the Evening Journal
BuFFAio. Aug. 1G.-It was nearly 3
o'clock this morning W hen the regiments
of militia reached the scene of riot and
disorder in the Erie and Lehigh valley
yards beyond East Buffalo Then they
filed ont Of the trains and were formed /
II slIirmish lines along the tracks.
Here and there a body of strikers or sym
pathizers could be seen, but they kept /
quiet, awed no doubt by the appearance Of |
the troops The early hours of the morn /
ing wore away without any disturbance.
The track on both sides of the line for
half a mile was guarded by soldiers while /
the balance of the regiments were hold
ing their camp with stacked rifles, ready
for any emergency
The situation this morning has a de-
cidedly serious look The militia is in
control of all the yards of the roads
/ The strikers have been drinking and are
as ugly as any body of men can be-
/ They say that they will not permit any
of the men who have been brought here
/ by the Reading TO 90 TO work, and that If
any attempt is made TO put them in the
yards they will kill them
When the new men are put to work.
which wiz probably be today, they will
be under the protection of the militia and
they will work under cover of the rifle
and the bayonet Sheriff Beck has
assured the railroads that they will have
all the protection he can give them. Up
to 1890 o'clock this morning neither side
has made any advance and the situation
is one of waiting.
The strikers assumed threatening
appearance again this morning at II
o'clock and matters look threatening at
East Buffalo. The strikers are concen-
tracing at William street and the two
regiments are being brought together
near that point to move on them. A de
tachment has Just been ordered to the
Tiff Farm and has departed on the
double quick.
An engine and two cars are waiting in
the Erie station at Michigan street to
take a carload of swtchmen 10 the yards
to go TO work 1t is expected that there
will be serious trouble when they arrive.
Most of these are Reading men, brought
here yesterday. The yards are under
! martial law
The New York Central authorities this
morning notified the sheriff that a'strille
was expected in their yards and request
ing protection Up to noon, however,
. the Central switchmen had not been
j, called out and the trains were running
, as usual
Very few trains are moving and
4 neither the Erie nor Lehigh road appear
! have men enough TO keep the tracks
\ clear of freight cars. The Seventy
4 fourth Regiment is at the William street
: yards and the Sixtyiifth has gone half a
mile farther down the tracks The bri-
"a gade headquarters have been
established on William street and
q from here General Doyle directs the
\ movements of the troops. Two carloads
4 of out.of-town workmen arrived over
the Lehigh tracks at noon and have been
g switched of somewhere between the
+ Yards and the city The men who were
e expected from the Erie station have alsc
!. been switched off and are awaiting orders
o. it is reported that Reading special
n agents are recruiting men for Buffalo
i throughout the entire length OF the road
v Over . % men are said to have already
# been secured
,s The Reading road. it is said has de
l. cided to call upon all employees Of the
Lehigh Valley division not already out
,a on strike and ask their intentions. j
p they appear to be wavering or weak il
n. their loyalty to the road discharge vii
10 at once result.
3 Grand Master Sweeny said that tn,
o situation was now in the hands of tn
ii grievance committee bnt stated that n'
M other roads would be ordered out righ
nj away He said conference would b
m held during the day with the officials O
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg.
d. was positive that that road might go on
M if the demand of the men were no
M acceded TO- Mr. Sweeny emphasized TIA
ne statement that it was unfair TO charg
mn the acts of lawlessness tothe switchmen
r He said the switchmen We're willing g
i'm refer their grievances TO committee O
M three disinterested men.
re A committee of switchmen from tn
he union called on the officers of the Buffalo
an Rochester and Pittsburg railroad at moo
he and asked for the Chicago scale Afte
a short talk in which it was understoo
ed that the men were not to handle th
,se freight Of any other line, the compan
he agreed to pay the scale. A committee hs
NV been appointed to meet the Centri
ev officers this afternoon and asked for IL
IN increased scale In view of the fact tn,
he the Central has asked for protectio
AT from the sheriff, it is thought that the
mt will refuse to comply with the cOmmi
er tee S request The strike of the switcl
.de men on the Central and West Sho
roads will follow at once.
he Niagara Falls and Rochester to Gil
zen Assistance.
las [By Telegraph to the Evening Journal.l
ity NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y.-Captain Blu
yer Ter, of the Forty-second Separate Coz
I'M pany has been ordered to have his COZ
.is- ., pany ready to move to Buffalo at
'ns moments notice.
nc RoCuEsTER. Captain Hess of the fir
"a and Captain Henderson of the Eigh
"a a3 Separate Companies have received {
~ ~ following telegram this mornil
& &ti1e from Colonel Clifton, assista
bat adjutant general Of the Four
lev brigade Buffalo: "Be prepared ON she
anv notice to assemble yoar company"
lief accordance with these Instructions DO
re-. companies have been ordered to assent
md at the arsenal this evening at s o'clo
a is in readiness to go to Buffalo il necessai