New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-16

| found 10 be actors and were not moiested
| General Superintendent Bartlett, OF the Bull
fao. Rochester and Pittsburg system, reacheo
here to-day The switchmen on that road hau
asked the same raise as the Lehigh, Erie anu
Buffalo Creek svitchmen Twice they hao ue-
manded O raise and twice had been put OIL. 10
dav SUPERINTENDENT Bartlett came here and held
a conference. The men are still working, anu 10
il understood that he acceded to the raise from
twenty-one to twenty-three Genus an hour "
twenty-three and twenty-five Genus.
On the Buffalo and Southwestern little episode
occurred this afternoon next to Taylor & Crates
lumber ward. lust cast Of Elk-st. About 4 80
engine No. was pulling freight train NO. l3s
into the city when twenty or thirty OF the strlk-
inc switchmen came up from behind the lumber
ward. boarded the train, set the brakes, stalled
the train. pulled the coupling pins, throw pins
and links into the stagnant pools at the side OF
the track. and disappeared. The engineer ran
down to the Scnrca-st crossing, got q new supply
Of nins and links and at 80 o'clock hauled the
train in, with @ policeman ON about every NTH
car The affair attracted large crowd Of men;
women and children at the Elk-st crossing A
patrol wagon was also stationed at that place.
One of the strikers said he would Tomorrow
morning prefer charges against those members OF
tho policc fore who had boarded train on the
Tiff farm and set the brakes to nustraoo one
work Of the switchmep
The two Buffalo Creek swltchmen stationed In
the vicinity Of the Buffalo Creek Junction were
ordered out by the union, and quiz WORK, one
TODAY and one Sunday night. Others stauonco
at Seneca-st adopted like course OF actlon ne
onlv Iehich Valley train that moved past the
Buffalo Creek Junction to-day was coal traln'
pulled by engine No. 276, which went out 10
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policemen.
The Nickel Plate succeeded In moving thirty
two cans OF live stock from the Lehigh to the
Lake Shore tracks, but when the men learned
of il this morning they refused to make the cars
I'M in the West Shore trains bound over the Cen
tral for New-York Then 1t was learned thao
173 cars Of live stock Belonging to the Erie ana
I,ehigh were standing on the West Shore tracks.
The men thereupon refused to handle them. Eaoh
man was asked separately to 60 to Work Oh
these cars, and each, upon refusing, vas dis-
charged and sent to get his PAY IN SoSfy
recitation all day of being ordered out by the
1--WE. Everything was quiet all day to-day Up to
| Tonight on the Island and out on the lit Farm
The roads there are the Philadelphia and Reading
and the Buffalo Creek The Lehigh Valley Is
with the philadelphia and Reading. The T:,,is Bui-
falo Creek Railroad ,o,s run' ~ IRON N. isIand
is From thrre tho westsr., INV. York
on the island. From there the Western, New-fork
| and Pennsylvania runs to the connecting terminai
railroad, which runs down to the Lighthouse.
| There wa. nothing doing to-day on the bunalo
Creek portion of the Island About lively twelve or OF
| dfteeu patrolmen were duty at the Island ana
also at the Tiff Farm. Not striker was TO De
seen the place wearing Sunday-like appearance.
4 movement Will be begun to move trains on
the Buffalo Creek road just as soon as new iiH men
NAV be had but when that will he Is question
| Out at the Philadelphia and Readings yards.
from the junction to the lake, the SITUATION IN Is Is
about the same Not car has been moved there
since Saturday large force OF men are are, eS, *
pected tomorrow morning. and an effort VIII M pe
made to push the work. No strikers were 70 pe
seen here to-day: Tho immense freight ahcds
of the road are full Of freight and the Erie e,e-
yator Ia full OF grain, and something must oe
| done TO relieve the glut. - p.r.
! About forty non union men brought from Phila-
dcIpha by the Philadelphia and Reading to take
the places of the strikers reached Buffato TINS
morning. and were quartered at the United
States Hotel No attempt was made to work them
7o-dny, and all remained at the hotel in charge OF
Philip Kranz a detective employed by the road.
About O'Clock this evening the men were ad-
vised TO 90 to their rooms so In case any OF the
strikers came around there would be no trouble.
Most Of the men acted on the advice and retired.