The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-08-23
The Grand Master Of the Firemen's
Brotherhood Arrives at
Buffalo.
He Says There Will BE No Strike d
the Brotherhood Of Fire
men,
Unless Engineers, Conductors and
Trainmen Will Agree to
Strike.

BUFFALO, Aug. 2as--Grand Master
Sargent, of the Locomotive Firemen's
brotherhood, arrived in Buffalo at 8 am.
This is the latest feature in the strike
situation. Past Grand Chief Telegrapher
Thurston, of Vinton, arrived here SAT-
urday night. Now the heads of all the
railroad organizations, with the excep
tion OF the engineers, are or have been
on the scene, and In position TO intelli-
gently discuss the situation.
The fremen are masters of the situar
tion and it is for Grand Master Sargent
to say whether the present strike shall.
collapse or spread to proportions involv-
ing inmeasurable loss, not only ia the
participants in the struggle, but to the
commerce and business of the country.
Regarding tine possible action Of the
,firemen In the matter of strike, Mr..
Sargent's action will be dependent or
conditioned on the action.of the mem
bers of other orders engaged In
railroad work. Concisely, Mr.. Sargent
will inform Mr.. Sweeney that
while he assumes the switchmen's cause
to be just, and while they have his sym
pathy, he (Mr. Sargent) will not call
an isolated strike Of the firemen In this
locality, but If the time has come when
labor must assert itself and the other
allied orders will come out, he Is willing
then to place his men in the columns
arrayed against the railroads.
So the day opens here, and the ques-
ton now is presented whether or not
there shall be b general strike in,
this city Of all organized labor em-|
ployed in railroad work, namely, the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
the Brotherhood OF Railway Trainmera, \
the Brotherhood of Railway Conduc-
tors and the Order Of Railway Teleg-
raphers. s''sss y
Grand Chief Telegrapher Thurston
had several long conferences while here.
The object of his visit was, as nearly
as can be learned, to ascertain the Htua-
tion in this city, and consult with the
members Of his order regarding the
pending trouble with the Lackawanna
railway. The difficulty, which Il under
stood to be the question Of wages, has
been referred to General Manager Hal
stead's approval. Thurston's visit here
was Official and he was empowered to
act. Troops are becoming accustomed
to the privations of war times and are
not grumbling 30 much over little mat
ters. The commisariat has improved,
and this doubtless has it's effect on the
spirits Of the men.
sIfIitia Indignant.
The Courier says: Company b, OF
the Fourth regiment, is indignant at the
treatment which they say Private Jack
son received at the hands of General
McGrath. According to the mems
story this officer visited various
camps in the morning and on
the train back to headquarters
sent an orderly to have jackson vacte
for him seat in the car which jackson
was occupying all morning, which was
in front of the general The orderly.
who was in the uniform OF private.
without stating his authority, ordered
jackson to ssget out of that seat. y
jackson replied: 81 won't do it. You're
law sctt SAAASVAs nA4 = hiAi o. IIuCu eIIlLi6U
to this seat as You are = Thereupon. it is
sail, General McGrath leaned forward.
seized jackson, and, after handling him
pretty roughly, landed him in the aisle.
Ja&son was then placed under arrest
and is now in the guard house. Jack
SON comrades think he has been sub
jeed to unjust treatment. 1t is said
tha affidayits are being taken to prove
thdacts as stated here for future use.
Receive AllFrsight.
INV YoRK. Aug. wi IA dispatch has
be4 received by General Eastern /
Fright Agent Klaz. Of the Reading. |
frn Mr.. B. n, Bait, the general
fright agent from Phi1adelphia, direct |
inhim hereafter to receive freight 81 |
anldescription for all points. Mr. Klax
sal the Reading was now handling its
fright without any difficulty. Orders
tobceive all freight have been issued
firm the Lake Erie road headquarters.
Attheir Office it was said that the
stKe At Buffalo was thing ct the past.
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