Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-09-02
Shots Fired by Soldiers.

The first shot since the beginning of the
strike was fired at eight o'clock P. M. of the
seventh day. The peacefulness that had
been a characteristic of the day was broken
by another riotous demonstration out at the
Erie yards. Two men entered the trestle
overlooking the yard near Baily avenue,
East Buffalo, and began pelting a crew of
yardmen who were engaged in making up
train.
None of the railroad men were hit, but
they gave the alarm to a guard of soldiers,
who ran toward the trestle on double time.
They were met with volley of stones and
promptly returned it with a volley of bull
lets.
The men on the trestle ran and two more
volleys were fired after them. but the bull
lets whistled wide Of the mark and the stone
throwers disappeared in the darkness. The
shots alarmed the pickets all along the line,
however, and in few minutes a company
of soldiers were in hot pursuit
Amember of the Twenty-second Regiment
of New York City seriously stabbed
The soldier assaulted by three men on
Tiff Farm, where the regiment was sta
toned. He received three serious cuts in the
left arm, the wounds being deep. The
soldier was sent into Buffalo and taken to
New YoGk.
Grand Master Switchmen Sweeney, leader
of the strikers stated, in an interview, that
in all AIS men were out on strike, divided
among the roads as follows: New York,
Lake Erie and Western, 8S; Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern, e.; New York, Chicago
and st. Louis, A.; New York Central and
Hudson River, 1873; West Shore, Al; Lehigh
Valley, 81 Buffalo Creek, %; Buffalo
Greek non-union mem, 3.
During the day two Of the strikers were
arrested for assaulting men at work on the
railroads and locked up. The Chief of Police
also ordered the arrest of all persons making
any disturbance, and, as a result OF the
order, more than 300 persons were taken to
the police stations of Buffalo in patrol
wagons during the evening.
It was claimed by the railroad officials
that as far as the switchmen were concerned,
the strike was at an end, as during the day
freight trains were moved with almost &C.
customeG regularity.
Master Workman Sweeney In the evening
addressed to officials of tied-up roads a
mands of the switchmen for ten hourS
work at previous rates. for overtime
and for the right of appeal Of dis
charged or suspended switchmen to
higher authority. He then proposed arbi-
tration of the differences between the roads
be chosen by either side and the third by
these two.
The Lake Shores response to Mr..
Sweeney's letter contradicted many of his
statements with regard to the companys ac-
ton towards its men, and closed without
taken by the company.
Railroad People Moving Freight.
During the next two days the railroad
people succeeded in getting many men to
take the places of the striking switchmen.
and claimed that they were able to proceed,
to run trains and forward freight on
schedule time. A Buffalo dispatch sent
on the ninth day of the trouble gave this
picture of the condition of affairs:
Two men have been shot and no less tt1an
twenty more have been stabbed with bay
onets in this city since three o'clock yester-
day afternoon. and the shooting and the
stabbing are still going on. There is not row,
nor has there been, any organized riot.
These cases are isolated ones. They took
place in parts of the city widely separated
from each other. The trouble that made
them necessary serves we'll to show the in
dividual lawlessnesS of the strikers and of
their friends. 1t illustrates the necessity OF
the presence OF the troops to protect the lives
and the property OF the peaceful and law
abiding citizens of the city. II the troops
were withdrawn tomorrow there is hardly
a doubt that this individual lawlessness
would become organized lawiessness, and