Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-20
cHlxE ARTHUR SUMMONED.

TORONTO, Ont, Aug. 19.-Chief Arthur
\ of the Brotherhood of Engineers was oallet
10 Buffalo by telegraph this morning ow
| ing to tho possibility of the engineers be
coming involved in the switohmen's strike
A prominent member of the brotherhood
said to-day:
"While we want to see everything fair and
square between the men and companies
there Is good feeling between the foui
orders, that is, the conductors, engineers,
nremen and trainmen. What the engi-
neers will do at Buffalo I do not know,
but ! hope they will avoid strike If posi-
bie."
QUIET IN JERSEY CITY.
JERSEY CRY, Aug. 19.-Everything il
quiet in the railroad yards in this city to-
day and there is no reason to believe that
the Jersey City switchmen will 20 on strike
during the day. All the forenoon the men
went ebout their work as usual and gave
no indication that they intended to quit
work.
sIxrY-FIvE NEW MEN.
ELNIRA, Aug. 19.-Sixty-fve new men
were brought to Sayre this morning and
put to work. After several hours they
quit, saying they would not take the strik-
ers' places. Only one train was moved
out of Sayre this morning. The scene
of trouble, however, was transferred
to Waverly and several exciting episodes
took place. The company sent two en-
gines from Sayre to Waverly this afternoon
and there they we're intercepted by the
strikers. The sheriff drew up two lines
and forced one engine through. While
this was being done the strikers prevailed
upon the crew on the other engine to
abandon 1t and it had to be taken back to
Sayrs. The company declared its deter
mination to- day to move all the trains, but
whether they will be successful is doubtful,
As the non-nnion men have all refused to
go to work and returned to Philadelphia
this afternoon.
30 ABATEMENT IN THE SHIPMENTS.
CHICAGO, Aug. 19.-Thus far the strike
ct Buffalo has not had the effect of
materially reducing the volume of east
bound shipments. The Michigan Central
was notified by the New York Centrl to-
day that it need not hesitate to forward
all the live stock and perishable freight
that was offered, as there would be no
trouble in handling it east of Buffalo.
Some of the roads, however, will only &C.
cept shipments of perishable freight where
the shipper is willing to risk delay. To
avoid such risk many shippers are turning
over their busin sss to the Pennsylvania,
Chicago and Grand Trunk and Baltimore
and Ohio and these roads are ex periencing
some difficulty in providing cars enough to
meet the increase in their business. The
Nickel Plate bas received instructions to
receive no more perishable freight until
further orders.
WANT THE TROOPS wITHDRAwN.
BUFFALO, Aug. ia committee of
twelve taxpayers living in the vicinity of
the railroads where the strike is in prog
ress called upon Sheriff Beck to-day,
and protested against the great expense of
holding the militia here, when in their
opinion there was no need of II. They
asked that the national guard be removed
at once unless the sheriff could find some
way of footing the bill other than COM
polling the taxpayers to pay it. One
policeman, they claimed, was better than
twenty five guardsmen.
A committee of four strikers to day had
q conference with Mayor Bishop and
Sheriff Beck. They asked the mayor and
the sheriff to recall the troops. Some
time was spent in arguing, during which
the railroad corporations were loudly de-
nounced. The delegation argued that no
acts of lawlessness had been committed,
and it was waste of money to keep great
bodies of troops here at enormous expense.
"Now," said Sheriff Beck, 1--WE don't
know what will happen, but we do know
that on Sunday night the property of the
railroads was set FIRE to and destroyed and
that passenger trains were held and other
unlawful acts committed. The troops are
here to see that these things do not occur
again. The troops are not here to protect
the railroads, but to preserve peace and to
suppress riots"
Mayor Bishop said that as soon as bust
ness was resumed and men and trains
passed unmolested the troops would be
withdrawn.