Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-20
Firemen on Five Roads
May Go on Strike.
TRAINS ARE NOW RUNNING.
Knights of Labor Taking Strikers
Places old Hands Paid Of.


the Lehigh. Drie Lake Shore. West Shore
and Central roads will 40 out between
o'clock this evening and tomorrow morn
ing. Tho members Of the brotherhood OF
Trainmen and Conductors on the above
roads and possibly tho telegraphcrs will
follow the lremen. This strike, should IL
occur. will be the outcome OF secret
meeting Of the five local lodges Of fremen
held here last night
The matter has boon referred By tele-
gram to Grand Master Sargent at Terre
Haute, but 1t IL thought he will comply
with the wishes of the local organization
Tho strike Will be sympathetic. and no bill
of grievances will TO presented
The Central IL In much better shape
than IL has been since the strike began.
A lot of the old switchmcn who stuck
early Ia the week returned to work 'ser-
day. Two car loads of experienced non
union Switchmen arrived ut the East Buff
falo yards. They have been working Mt
Pittsburg, Albany, Boston and other
cities BY 10 o'clock four big stock trains
wero sent forward. There was "A soldier
with loaded gun on every car. The sol
diers and train crews have not been mo-
lested From present indications the Cen
tral will be able 20 hold its feet after
today unless something new turns up.
striker named james Hanley was arrested
and sent TO Jail for ten days for refusing
TO move on when ordered to do so by n
soldier.
A halt occurred in the movement OF
freight from the Lehigh yards At 10
o'clock an order came to move no freight
east until further orders from tho general
superintendent 1t was learned that the
freight cannot be received In the yards
east, and il was thought the better plan
to hold tho freight here. Several trains
were made up ready TO move, and the en-
gines were ready to take them out An
official said that the I.ehigh yards were in
good condition and could be cleaned In
short order IL the eastern points were
open.
Important News
developed here yesterday afternoon. 1t is
that Knights Of Labor from eastern places
are here to take the positions made vacant
by the strike Of the non-union switchmen,
and that the old hands who struck Mon.
day night aro falling over each other in
their endeavors TO be taken back I'm the
employ Of the New York Central road.
Another interesting thing is that most all
of the non-union switchmen who struck
are back at work. The Central announces
that IL intends 10 start its trains cast to-
day.
Not q Central freight train at Buffalo
has Been sent out at night since Monday
and for the first time this week they went
east last night under the protection OF
troops
Yesterday afternoon committee Of
seven striking non-union switchmcn
waited on Assistant Superintendent Gould
and asked II they could 20 back to work.
''The reason wo struck" they said. twas
because we thought we'd get killed IL we
remained et work" The switchmen were
put to work last night.
All is quiet at Black Rock. The Central
and Erie yards present a peaceful appear
ancc. The Erie Is doing nothing.
MIR. webb Appears Satisfied
Mr.. Webb Of the Central says: I'VE
have been handling freight mt all our
yards, stations and terminals. We have
hired some new men and taken back
some of tho old men, who felt rcassured
on the arrival of tho troops. We have
now full night and day force at every
point and arc doing as large a business rs
we had month ago, with tho single cx-
ception Of our interchange with the Lake
Shore. which Ia taking but few cars In
the next twenty-four hours we shall send
out probably 100 to 400 cara So far ns
the New York Central Is concerned, the
strike Is entirely over"
At the Seneca street crossing Yardmas-
ter Barrett, in attempting to bring tho
first freight train from Ohio street to
East Buffalo under protection of troops,
was stoned by mob Of Erie strikers. lie
was not seriously injured. No arrests
were made and the soldiers did not fire
Strikers Paid or
The Eric company ran its pay car from
the east into the yards at Louisiana
street. Evidently the strikers had been
notified TO report there for their pay and
discharge. The men gathered without
demonstration about the car being held
away some distance by 300 soldiers, who
surrounded 10. A passageway was made
by lines OF soldiers, and through this the
men passed TO the pay window, where they
received their envelopes In silence and
turned away.
The pay car OF tho Lehigh Valley rolled
up TO the station at William street, where
the strikets were waiting. The car was
surr rounded by troops, and the men were
admitted 70 receive their pay. The Lack
awanna company also paid of its em-
ployea
Conductor stuch TO strikera
DETROIT. Aua 20-The strike Of the
switchmen now In progress in Buffalo
came very near precipitatlng crisis here
An attempt was made by the Michigan
Central officials 10 ship q number OF
switchmen hero about midnight. They
were to take tho places Of strikers, but the
conductor refused to take his train out
with the men on board, 80 they were taken
TO hotel for the rest of The night Any
further attempt would have no doubt re-
suited In q strike here. The men crossed
the river 20 Windsor and took the Grand
Trunk train for their destination.
A Row nj waveriy.
ELMIRA. N. T., Aug 2O.-An attempt
TO move trains at Wavorly met with re.
sistenoo, and the Twentieth separate com.
pany and Sixth battery of Binghamton
have been ordered there.
Chief Arthur speaka
TORONTO, Aug eO.-The Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers are holding
their animal convention here. and were