The record-union., 1892-08-16

jeers by the assembled strikers. The
specials" who had been as brave as
hons on the train, and INDUCED III tall
talk, felt their courage ooZing away as
soon as they landed, and finally, in re-
spouse to appeals of the men, one after
another threw away their clubs or
handed them to the powerless Sheriff,
while at each conversion a cheer went
up from the strikers, and soon all that
remained of the Sheriff7s brave posse
could be counted on the fingers of one
hand. Sheriff Beck bowed to the newt
able and came back to Buffalo to call out
the militia.
TO disturbance was reported up to IL
p. N. tonight at the Cheektowaga yards,
except the burning of one empty Lehigh
freightcar at $50 P. NJ. The Seventh
Regiment and the Sixty-ffth Regiment
have assembled at their armories, ready
to move at moments notice, though the
amateur soldiers do not much relish the
idea Of repetition of the fight OF 1877.
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
BUFFALO IN. ", Aug. 16.-1 A. M.-The
Sixty-fiifth Regiment has just been or
dered to Cheektowaga to guard the Lee
high Valley and Erie freight yards the
rest of the night.
l:30 a. M.-The Seventy-fourth Regi-
| ment has been called out 10 protect the
Central and West Shore property, it be-
ing feared that the switchmen on these
| roads may go out tonight.
WILL MAKE NO CONCESSIONS.
| PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15.-The Phila-
delphia and Reading Railway Company
this afternoon issued notice offering a
reward Of $1,000 TO be paid to any person
| furnishing evidence leading to the arrest
! OF anyone guilty of violence to the COM
pany's employees or the destruction of It's
| property. The strike on the Lehigh Val
| ley road, which is viewed with serious
ness by the Reading management, occa-
slons no apprehensions as to the outcome.
| When asked whether he would make any
! concessions to the demands of the strik-
ers, President Mcleod answered emphati-
| cally: mo, sir"
TENNESSEE MINE TROUBLES.
| CHATTANOOGA Tenn, Aug. 15.-Early
this morning 500 miners met at Whitehall
and proceeded to Inman, where $50 con-
| VlctS are at work in the iron mines of the
! Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Com
pany. On the train were forty unarmed
guards going to Inman to increase the
guard there. About $50 miners took
charge of the guards and the remainder
went forward to the stockade, determined
to burn it and turn the couvicts over to
the guard and send them out of the coun-
try on the train.
The train stopped on trestle near
Whitehall, and the car with the guards
in it was cut off. A move was then made
on TO Inman, and 2S2 convicts and twenty
seven guards taken prisoners without re-
Sistance by the mob. The prisoners were
marched to Victoria, loaded on cars and
hurried away by switch engine. The
| stockade was not bnrned and no damage
was done to the property of the company.
The convictS have been sent to Nashville.
| Everything Is quiet at Inman and mem
bers of the mob are returning to their
homes.
A Times correspondent, sent to the
scene of this mornings outrage, says the
guards could have kept off the rioters,
but displayed great cowardice.
a second mob assembled at Inman this
afternoon and, armed with axes, practi-
cally demolished the stocllade. One side
was cut down, the roof crushed in, and
the interiors of all houses laid in ruins
and the dining hall wrecked. Fire was
not used for fear of burning the railroad
trestle and several private buildings.
ENGINEERS THREATEN TO STRIKE.
KALAMAZOO (NIich.), Aug. I5.-During
the two weeks past four Grand Rapids
and Indiana engineers have been dis
charged for color blindness. They are
among the oldest in the employ of the
company. Two Of them had their sight
tested by experts, when 1t was found to
be better than the average, and the men
asked to be returned to their positions,
1t is understood that the officials will not
accept them. The Brotherhood men here
| say unless the men are reinstated trouble
viii follow. The trainmen's unions will
| support the Brotherhood and the result is
| being looked forward to with axiety.
A WALK-oUT.
| INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 15.-Thirty ma
chinists employed by the Jenney Electric
! Works of this city went on strike at
| noon to-day. a union man who refused
| to work on piece that had gone through
! q non-union mans hands was DISCHARGED
! Whereupon the other machinists were
| called out.
| MORE WAGES WANTED.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 15.-The switch
men employed by the various Big Four
lines passing through this city to-day
made formal request for an increase in
wages to those paid in Chicago, the high
est in the country. The request was
| managers.
STRIKE OF FIREMEN.
BUFFALO, Aug. 15.-The firemen en-
! ployed on tugs in Buffalo harbor struck
this afternoon for an advance in wages
| from $50 to $50 per month. They have no
union organization. The tug owners
viii not concede the demand.
IRON COMPANIES START UP.
LANCASTER PENN, Aug. I5.-The
Susquehanna Iron Company and Column
bia Iron Company started work to-day,
| after six weeks suspension. The pud-
dlers accept the reduction from ST TO So 65
per ton. About 500 men are employed at
| the mills.