Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25

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Eastern Freight Agent kraz Of the
Reading road, from Il. Ii. Bail, the gen
eral freight agent at Philadelphia, mott
flying him 10 receive freight of every
description and for nil points. MIR, Kraz
said the Reading was now handling
freight without any difficulty. Orders
10 receive all freight have been
issued from the Lake Eric 4
Western headquarters. At their offices
il was stated the strike was now thing
of the past as far as they were con
cerned and that no further difficulty
was anticipated.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 23-4 a. m.--An
attack was made on the Twelfth Regiment
shortly after 2 o'clock this morning by u
crowd of strikers and their friends. They
Crept up 10 within u stones throw of the
camp, hiding under cars and behind
trucks, and then threw stones and pieces
of iron at the soldiers. The latter an
swcred the attack with bullets. The shoot
ing was kept up for n long time, and still
the stonc-throwing continued. There is
some shooting going on at this hour,
Captain Boylan is there III charge of Com
pnny X of the Twelfth Regiment. There
are tenements near the railroad and the
I'tbllt tic NuL III tllt StECtt, L -
great excitement.
FIRING AT THE Tiff FARM.
Two men who have Just come in from
the direction of the Tiff farm say that they
heard from 80 to 40 shots at the farm and
heard calls of Corporal Of the guard, !"
and then more shooting. The second
Regiment is stationed at the FARM Nothing
Cnll be learned OF the cause Of the shoot
ing, though the stories Of the two men
that 40 shots were fired is verified by the
police and by telephone messages from
places near the camp.
THINKS THE SITUATION is CRITICAL.
General Porter when seen a few minutes
ago said that he believed the situation Just
now to be more critical than at any time
Since the strike began. The telephone ad-
vices from the place of the shooting are
that
FOUR MEN HAVE BEEN KILLED
and two wounded in one place in the Erie
yard, n mile outside of the city, and that 4
number of other men have been wounded
by the soldiers bullets i'll other yards
The soldiers at Henral street said that
the men had been killed by the Seventy
first Regiment. 1t is impossible to get by
the guards within Il mile of the Seventy
first
The corporal of the guard of Post s,
Ninth Regiment, Company /, said there
had been shooting all night. The yolley
that killed the men had been fired about
2.l5 o'clock, A few moments before the
reporter was stopped by the sentinel at
the crossing a man had been shot at by
one Of the men of Company |, and that
he was wounded was proved by his gait rs
he left the scene,
HOW a STRIKE MAY BE ORDERED.
MIR. Sargent said if the federation Of
railway organizations was not now in OK
iStence, the strike of switchmen would
probably not have occurred, Under the
rules of the federation no body of its
members could strike without the consent
of its executive board.
A list of grievances or proposition for
their settlement had to be formulated for
presentation to the company or companies,
whichever it might be- and if strike were
finally agreed upon, not only the organi-
1ation with the grievance would 90 out,
but AL the other organizations i'll the fed
Grafton would join it. This fact, MIR. Sar-
gent thought, would have been sufficient
consideration toinduce the executive board
of the federation to withhold their consent
to strike of switchmen.
HARD TO STAND UP UNDER.
Ii is difficult for persons at distance to
clearly appreciate the indignities which
are daily imposed upon the present switch
men III the railway yards here, and upon the
militia who are protecting men and prop
crty. General Porter characterized tile
situation in this respect as guerilla war
fare. The men who left their work in the
railway yards 10 days ago are alleged by
their leader to he innoCent of any depre.
dntions. The onus of the assaults and OF
the attempts upon property which are of
almost daily occurrence are charged upon
the class Of floating Migrants.
The former switchmelI condemn the
sheriff because troops were ordered here,
and 1t is asserted that should they be re-
moved no violence would be done in any
direction.
During the three days past, while de-
mAnds had been made for the withdrawal
OF the soldiers the Associated Press cor
respondent has collected several instances
which, if not evidence, prove the lack Of
conservatism by these who protest against
the presence of troops, and who claim that
no violence is being done.
srRIKERs BREAK TRAINS.
Freight train, No. AZ, in the Erie yard al
East Buffalo, between BahGock street and
Railroad avenue, was scheduled to leave.
Despite a line of militia picllets on each
side of the tracks, coupling pins were
pulled and the train was clrt into dozen
parts
ASA Niagara Falls train over the Central
came into this city at night a switch was
thrown at almost the entrance to the sta.
ton, and the man who did it ran away in
the darkness Tie Central and st. Louis
express, coming in last night, was attacked
by men who had been crouching behind
freight cars, and stones and scrap iron
We're hurled AT the engines and through
the windows of the coaches. A living
Ir
frightened men and women.
-Four men We're arrested. One confessed
himself striker. Switch freight cars
have been cloggcd with scrap iron. The
switchmen at work
ARE CURSED AND STONED
and this morning told the men who threw
them sworc that unless they quit the
troops would swap lead for coal, piece fol
piece.
The temper of the men is evidenced by
the response, we can't fight lead with
coal, but we would like to be on an equal
footing with you for about 20 minutes
We would teach you not to come here and
interfere in our business
These are random shots and theil
CounterpartS, or worse, are received daily
within the railroad districts which have :
radius of 20 miles.
THEY SHOT AT SHADOWS.
An Associated Press correspondent
| visited the camp Of The Twelfth Regiment
| this morning, and received d denial from
the officers Of the report that a man had
been killed there last night. There haC
been no trouble whatever. A few shots
had been fired by the sentries in tile yarr
at shadowy forms which The men took fol
| strikers, but no one was hit. This desul
tory firing occurred every night.
| A SENSATION ON THB RIVER.