Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-18
CENTRAL SWlTCHMEN GO OUT.

A Strong Probability THAT the Employees
OF An the railroads Centring in Buf-
fuio RTay !iaip the striking switchrnen
of the LoIiiGh Valley Road More State
Troops Order-d to tllr Scene of Trouble.
Associated Press rhpatcn by special Wires.
BUFFALO, ". y, Aug. i7.--The
swiichmen of the New York Central
railroad struck work and quit their
posts of duty in the Buffalo yards about
o'clock this morning.
The strike was ordered by the Switch
mems Union, ami is result of the
trouble on the Erie and Lehigh roads.
An enormous amount of traffic will be
tied up by this strike, as it will no doubt
involve the West shore and Lake Shore
roads, and perhaps all the lines in Buff
fnlO The Delaware, Lackawanna ~
Western swltchnen have plainly been
in sympathy with their striking breth.
rem of the Lchigh, and they viii proba-
bly, not remain long at work handling
freight from the lines named, including
the Central.
The strike is extending and may be far
reaching in its consequences, and disas-
trous to the business community, The
switchmcn in the Central yards in the
vicinity of William street quit work
shortly after midnight, but did not
hurry about going home. The Central
yards are If vast extent, and III three
different sections Of the city. The six
switch-tenders employed in the New
York Central depot left their posts
soon after II o'clock.
Plenty of troops will be massed here
by daylight this morning. Captain
Zaper, from the Eighth precinct, was
ordered 10 the Central yards, and was
there in a short time with 20 men, who
were put on patrol duty,
One swtchman seen ut 2 o'clock, a.
M, said that the swItchmen on the West
Shore road would go out tonight, and
that those on other roads would be sure
to follow in due time. The Lake Shore
| mea will go out if compelled to handle
| freight from any of the tied-up roads.
| A boy was in the Central yards ut 2 Il.
M, looking for Grand Master sweeney.
| lie had II message from the master of
the local Switchmen's Union at Bray
| ton, Neb The nature of the message
could not be learned
MORE TROOPS CALLED OUT.
SYRACUSE, N. y, Aug. 17.-Thc
rOTly -llTsJ DGpuTdIC bOlnllldnu, W ulGll
Captain John q. Butler, left for Buffalo
on Il special train at o'clock this morn.
ing. The Fifth Battery, Captain
MITCHELL, will be under arms in less
| than an hour if further orders are re-
| Ceived.
THE SITUATION NOT ENCOURAGING.
BUFFALO, N. V, Aug. l7.-The situa.
ton here this morning in the great
strike is not encouraging. 1t is feared
| the strike will now spread to the othel
Vanderbilt lines; the West Shore and
| Lake Shore roads.
Brigadier-g general Doyle's orders will
result in concentrating the other foul
brigades here to-day, and they will all
be needed, as the strike covers several
miles OF territory. The bulk of the
soldiers are in the big Chcektowagc
yards, outside the city line. The com.
panies ordered to Buffalo by General
Doyle are as follows; First, Eighth
Thirteenth, Twenty Twenty
sixth, rhlrtieth, Thirty fourth, Forty
first, Forty-setond, Forty third, Forty
fifth and Forty eighth Separate Com
panies; Fifth Battery of Syracuse, Il
men. The SiXty-tifth and Seventy.
fourth Regiments, now on duty, numbel
about $50 men.
The state board of arbitration are herr
and will make every effort in thei
power with the railroad companies ane
the men for settlement II the strike,