Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-08-21
TRAINS MOVING.

No Prospect OF the FIremen Striking
Any Time soon-The Sheriff VIII Make
a Tour OF Investigation as to the Need
of Soldiers.
BUFFALO, y. Y, August 20.-''All
passenger trains on the Erie are run
ming on time" said Chief Train Dis
patcher FITZGERALD to an Associated
Press correspondent this morning. 1--WE
have this morning also started three
freight trains eastward, and hope to
get out four or five more during the
day We are working all the engines in
the ysr6s this morning, and there Is no
reason now apparent why we should
not be doing a full amount Of business
in the course Of two or three days"
A general officer OF one of the trunk
lines, who has wide experience with
striking employees, said to-day that II
was absolutely ridiculous TO look for a
strike Of the firemen so soon as tO-mOr-
row. If they should strike" he said,
IA lot Of red tape proceedings will first
have 10 be gone through with. The
firemen never strike out OF sympathy.
The will have TO present formal griev-
anCe TO Sergeant, their Grand Master,
before going on a strike. Mr.. Sergeant
then would have TO come here, investi-
cate, and his findings would have TO be
passed up on by the Executive Commit
tee of the organization before the men
could 90 out.
The law aud legislative committee OF
the Board Of Supervisors, together with
Sheriff Beck, will leave the City Hall at
q ,f,lraL- p,nr~Ou rDprp{pn in
riages and will visit all the railroad
yards for the purpose Of making an OFF,
cial investigation. No troops will be
recalled until after this trip at the ear
lest At precisely noon the Lake Shore
switch engines were backed out of the
round house and set TO work. The com-
pany has - nOn-union switchmen at
work in the Elk street yards. Another
batch was sent 10 East Buffalo. A
large crowd Of switchmen and their
friends gathered at Elk street and quiet
ly watched the new men at work. They
looked sulIen and ugly, but made no
demonstration.
Three additional locomotives were set
70 work with nOn-union crews by the
Lehigh Company, on the Tiff farm this
morning. Empty cars were shot into
the flour house, and the laborers were
loading them with all possible speed TO
relieve the over-crowded condition Of
the house. Six Buffalo Creek Railway
locomotives in the companY'S round
house have not been moved since last
Saturday. Up to noon to-day they were
still there.
At11 o'clock this morning a success
ful effort was made this morning by the
New York Central 10 clear up the yard
aud rush stock and perisha6le freight
10 East Buffalo. Black Rock yard en-
gineS Nos. % and 800 were manned by
nou-uuiou recruits. a squad of soldiers
accompanied each engine, and the
heavy guard along TOnawanda street
kept the crowd Of curious onlookers at
a respectful distance.
A train OF thirty-tive cars OF live stock
lay along the "Y" leading to the Michi-
gan Central, while the locomotive that
was to DO the work stood near the AM
herSt street crossing. One OF the nom
union men stepped 10 the side of the
stock train and Signalled to the engineer
10 back no. The train was coupled and
the conductor stgnalled the engineer TO
90 ahead The order was promptly
obeyed, and within five minutes the
train had pulled out OF the yard and was
on its way to East Buffalo.