The Portland daily press., 1892-08-16
MORE TROUBLE.
Two New York Regiments
Called Out.
SHERIFF CAN DO NOTHING
WITH STRIKERS.
His Posse Deserted When He Tried
to Enforce Law.
STRIKERS JEER WHILE VALUABLE
PROPERTY is BURNING.
STRIKERS JEER WHILE VALUABLE
PROPERTY is BURNING.

| A Serious Situation on the LehigIi Valley
and Erie Roads-Sixty-Fifth and Sew
enty-Fourth Regiments Called Out at
Midnight--West Shore Switchmen May
Go Ona Strike Also.
BUFFALO, August 16, a. m.-The Goth
Regiment has just been sent to Checkto-
waga to guard the Lehigh Valley and
Erie yards.
1.30 a. m.-The 74th Regiment has been
called out to protect west shore proper
ty, it being feared that the switchmen on
that road may go out tonight.
When the sheriff went to East Buffalo
with posse today nearly all the deputies
yielded to the strikers appeals and de-
serted the sheriff, who returned to Buf-
falo to call out the militia The 74th and
and Goth Regiments were assembled at
the armories ready to move at moments
notice.
ELMIRA, N. Y, August 15.-Great ex-
citement prevails at Waverly, N. T., and
Sayre, Pa, just across the state line on
| account of the strike of the Lehigh Val
| ley switchmen. Fifty-one Lehigh men
are out. Only four Erie switchmen at
Waverly are union men. They had not
been ordered out this morning. Two
Lehigh freight trains slipped out, the
trainmen doing their own switching.
With these exceptions no trains have
gone through Sayre since Saturday night.
Between 2500 and 5000 cars are tied up
there. Sheriff Geer of Tioga county, N.
Y, is at Waverly with 25 deputies
| sworn in. Sheriff Powell of
Bradford county, Pa, is at Sayre with
| large force of deputies. Great excite
| ment resulted from an attempt to run an
engine and caboose out of Sayre this
| morning. The men surrounded the en-
gine and refused to let it proceed. Sher-
| iff Powell turned the switch himself, but
it was Immediately turned back by the
strikers. A start was made, but the
strikers pulled the coupling pin between
the engine and the caboose. This
caused another delay. The sheriff tried
to arrest some of the men, but they were
Immediately rescued by comrades. Sup
erintendent Stephenson and the sheriff
mounted the pilot, but could not keep
the men away from the engine. At noon
the engine had gone about 200 yards and
the strikers were in command of the sit
uation. N 10 trouble was occasioned at FL
mira and Hornellsville.
Alterations between the sheriff's
posse and strikers have continued so far
without serious results.
A special received this afternoon from
Sayre says that 60 men were ordered to
report to Superintendent Stephenson to-
day to take the places of the strikers.
They reported, but refused to go to
work.
At 2 p. m. reliable reports received
showed that the Lehigh Valley lost II
freight cars by fire this morning at
those places, and the Erie IA. All the
railroads profess to be utterly unable at
present to fix an estimate of the loss.
They are acting very cautiously on the
point, for the reason that a claim will be
made against the city and county for
damages to an amount not
vet figured up. 1t is known that many
cars were old and empty. The Erie train
reported in earlier dispatches as being on
fire did not contain merchandise of extra
value. The fire department complain
that the work of the men at the freight
car fires was much impeded by the cut
ting of hose by unknown parties. Around
the burning cars the strikers and their
sympathizers were enjoying the result OF
their lawless work. Perched high on
box cars, they Knocked and jeered at the
railroad men working at the blazing
wrecks.
Forty-seven special deputy sheriffs left
for Cheektowaga at 1890 and some will
be sent out during the afternoon. If the
sheriff finds he cannot preserve order, he
will appeal to the governor for military
aid.
Grand Master Sweeney says: 1.-THE
strike has spread to Waverly and will
probably extend to Hornellsville land
| Bradford, where the switchmen are dis
satisfied. 1t will not spread to any other
roads in Buffalo. We have come to an
| agreement with the Western New York
and Pennsylvania on three year basis
| We will have no trouble with that road. J"
BUFFALO, August 15.-About 4.30p. NJ
engine No. 8 was pulling freight train
| into the city, when about 80 striking
switchmen boarded the train, set the
| brakes, stalled the train, pulled the coup
| ling pins, threw the pins and links into
| stagnant pools at the side of the track
and disappeared. The engineer got a
new supply Of pins and links and hauled
the train in with policeman on about
| every fifth car.
The only Lehigh Valley train that
| moved past Buffalo Creek junction today
was coal train which went out to Will
liams street, guarded by eight policemen.
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