New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-26
HEARING BOTH SIDES.
BEFORE THE STATE BOARD.
OF ARBITRAI ORS.
GRAND MASTER SWEENEY AND sUPERINTEND
EyTs PRUNN, OF THE ERIE AND FENNELL.
OF TIE LEIIIGH, liEAliD-IliE BOARD
COMING TO THIS CITY.


COMING TO THIS CITY
Buffalo Aug % The state Board OF AfD.tratio'
resumed It's hearing this morning in the causes and
circumstances Of the late switchmens strike. ic"
OF the recent strikers were present as spectators
Their counsel Mr.. Hyncs on hand, as was "raio
Mas er Sweeney who was sworn as witness Nii'
sweeney stated that he had received al his hohc III
Chicago notice from the Buffalo switchmch that 'ht
railroads here had notified them that the men wouiu
In future be worked upon the hour basis, ana ie
auestcd his presence Mr. sweeney came and ordered
the formulation Of grievances ard their presentation
This course having fnllcd Mr. Sweeney visited the
managers Of the railroads involved The LchiSh ana
Reading system had refused 10 treat with the SWITCH
mons representatives Mr. sweeney then saw Mr.
Layng OF the West shore who took n negative
position ut the outset ard maintained IT, Mr.
Walters, Of the Erie would give no dehnlte reply
and Mr. Bell OF the Western Ncw-YOrk ana Penn
,vlvania referred Mr. Sweeney to other officials OF the
road
Did the Ncw-Yorf Central refuse to confer with
representatives Of your order'" asked Mr.. IIynes
al had no reason 10 know, because do not repre-
sent any man on the Ncw-York Central SYSTEM
"You mean It Is non-unlon road3'
"Yeso
This enectually disposed Of repeated statements
that the union had been honeycombing the Central
with its men. Chairman Purcell asked how 1t came
that men struck at Rochester Suspension Bridge and
Niagara Falls
"Those men offered their moral support-tliats why
those men struck was Mr. sweeney's reply.
"You did not send any men or delegation to those
points to got the outi' asked Mr.. Hynes
"No, | did not" the reply.
Mr. Sweeney asked b. name the roads where
men, struck for cause. and he mentioncd the Lehish
Valley Buffalo Creek, Ere, Central and West Shore
The sympathetic strikers, he said were from the Lao
shore Nickel Plate, Western Ncw-lorlI and Pennsyl-
yanla. Buffalo, Rochester and Pttsburg, and Della
ware, Lackawanna aud Western.
Charlie, A. Brunn superintendent Of the Erie Rail
road was sworn first at the afternoon session of the
Beard. lie was questioned By f. c. Sprague, cohl-
,el OF the Erie Road. Mr.. Brlnn swore that the
Grievance Committee Of the who waited on him
had all save one before leaving. declared themselves
satisfied that Il wouh be wiser to withdraw until a
future time the presentation OF demands. The com
mtce was however ovcrr1ied by their chairman and
thclr comrades, and unknown to superintendent
Brunn. they went 10 Manager Walters at Ncw-Yort
40 satisfaction was had there. and the men came
back and participated IN the strike Of August II.
Tho men had derrandcd ten houS' work instead Of
eleven day, and the pay he had been giving for
eleven hours work. They did not make any demand
on the b,s. OF the Ten Hour law.
Mr.. rrunn. we're any OF your cars burned?" asked
Chairman Purcell.
"Thrrr wcrr'
How many?7
"Therr were twelve or fifteen burned
at has been asserted that these were Old cars
that werr dsuscd and useless suggested Judge
Robertson. a., w.. a,.,,.
They were new cars" returned Mr.. Brunn; they
were not more than fve months Old. about oo'ooo
nounds' capacity and cost abont 5000"
" Do yoi know OF any interference with your new
mon or property By the strikers y asked Mr.. Donovan
e" do WAS the reply. ,,
"of vour own knowledge ~ asked Mr.. Hynes.
IOf INV own observation.' said Mr.. Brunn.
Please state by whom. 1850 . ,
An cx Erie svlchmnn. J. II. Hll, Oh the Monday
following tho strike boarded one OF our engines ana
soppcd the engine BY setting the airbiak". Hn was
arrest II and IS now awaiting the action OF the Grand
jury" 80, ,,, , ..,a,
ntcndent Fenne. Of the Lehich road. testired
That fhe burned Lehig were not crippled, but were
chiefly foreign cars His testimony was devoted cehy
10 tho details OF the demands submitted by the men.
Nuch Of IL Is already known 70 the public.
The EOarl of Arbitration concluded lis session.
here al this pon. and viii examine Mr.. Webb and
othcrs I'm New York.