New-York tribune., 1892-08-19
BUFFALO A BIG STATE CAMP.
GOVERNOR FLOWER PUTS THE ENllRE
NATIONAL GUARD IN MOTION.
NICKEL PLATE swITCAMES JOIN THE STRIKERS
-TRAINMEN NAY QUIT WORK NExT-THE
ROADS BEGINNING TO BREAK THE
FREIGHT BLoCKADE-ANoTHER
SOLDIER KILLED-sCENEs
AND INCIDENTS.
ixy rYLEgHArH TO THE TnIBUSE.i

Rufalo Aus. ls.-The overwhelming mlliua
force here has put end to the rotins' ou'' DC
Grand Master Sweeney, Of the switchmen, re-
marked tonight, all the troops In the counuS
couldn't keep the strike from spreading Inc
stri,,. q, the Lake Shore switchmen extended
westward IN the Nickel Plate, and on tne
De,awarc Iackawanna and Western, the only
road east now open, few men nave so"e o"'
and the others seem TO he waverihg' an" "'0
Michigan Central swtchmen are ready 10 ~
ont N. minnie any one insists on their handling
rrcigbt from lines on which there is strike
More important STILL the 6rcmcn and 'rai'iie"
are. it is believed. arranging to go out a'
or soon after midnight
As the situation now stands there Will IN
general strike, involving the engineers hreue"'
conductors and trainmen on the Nhisi' hi"'
Central. West Shore and Lake Shore. ii u''s
docs not come before Saturday or Sunday 'he
rrikc will he regarded as fiat failure Inc
grand officers OF all the unions are either III 'nlS
city or are within easy call Chlet Ar'hur' u
The brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers Is III
Toronto attending the convention OF the Canau''"
branch Of the Brotherhood that il now IN seSs'o'
IN chat city The deliberations will close on
Saturday. and he will probably come 10 D'''"'0
n. TIM. time. il he is not called here soon'''
Tie meeting of the frmcn tomorrow eFeli"s
,,u be one OF the most important
cisos in the strike II the femen cohciuue !"
20 ont il will be on all the lines on "hlcn '''
svitchmen are out The trainmen VIII ho'"
meeting some time between now an" w
.,.o,,,a They will doubtless act In
oo,i,,rc,ion with the fremen. The conductors are
. -, ~ toucb with the other three organ
nations and il climax Is reacheu '"'S WIZ
,,ork in harmony with them. When ''riNe ID
ordorra hv Grand Master Sargent an hour ID '''
., :, % take effect Every fireman Is given
order, 10 abandon his engine wherever II ""pP'
20 y. and walk 20 the nearest station.
WATCHING THE MASSING OF THE Ikooro
The leaders OF the strike have witnessed 'ne
....,,.,, and massing OF troops with growing de-
termination 10 meet every advance OF 'c" oPp'
mont. with a counter stroke. Before to-n'orio"
.hou hay, dasneL, 5000 troops in the stat" SIT
= .,u ho unon the field here to watch and con-
,,I obout 500 strikers. The presence oi 80 iai70
,,nhor ~ soldiers is relied upon by the raii-
,.r .cicioM az a cover under which they may pun
% work non-union men already engaged 10 orc'N
the freight blockade.
The latest addition Of strength 70 Tue e'''N"'s
.,,.;,oh,ro, was ninety men in the Nickel f'a'
ro,ds who struck because they were aSN'u '"
handle boycotied freight The s"l'cun'c" "P'"
,ho er,irc Vanderbilt system in this yiclhiF d''
oovv ont. The Lake Shore men, TO DC Sur'' "'''
,,or,iry IN the Western schedule at inc e'"i'
TO. ,or which their colleagues in Buiialo went
on strike Inst Saturday. They went o"' "''''S
20 add strength to the movement OF their i''o"''
Tho Nickel Plate men who went ont to-day S''u'"
only ont Of sympathy, for they are receiving ~
-, "a NOR cont HIGHER rates than the men WI"
..,..uo,od this strike. The Michigan Central
,.hich j. Of the Vanderbilt system, pra'u'aly
has no yards in Kuiialo' 'h'lr S"i"'"'"e
| done on the Ccntrals tracks
erho l.odcrs Of the striking men hold to-nlgh'
a., ,ho Vanderbilt roads are tied up ana IN
,c,ive at this point. They urge In auull'o"
na, tho Erie the Ichigh Valley and the Buhaio
Co.,, roads are likewise paralyzed by thelr s'riNr
17ov feel that the movement against the 'o'''s
hv tho men has now reached sicl maShl'u"' "n''
condolences in this locality that 1t may h"' w
necessary for any men in allied TRACES !" W.
called ont Mt this point. Their reserve gfoun"
for operations is possible calling ou' VI '''
eudtobmcn ON the Delaware lAckawanna ana
Western. Buffalo, Rochester and fittSpurs "n''
tho Western Ncw-York and Pennsylvania roa'''
Tho rotations OF thcst roads with the stilNe i'a'
crs are extremely amicnble, and they VIII ho' Nv
called out except to make the strike aD'oi"'e'S
complete in this vicinity n
Tho v,,,,ipo Of the situation at the hour OF .
o'clock tonight is embarrassed py 'n' INV '.'''
evcn bcforc dawn Of tomorrow swtchmen OF the
various roads affected here may pe caicu o"V ."
Suspension Bridge, llornellsvillc' jersey ivy ""'
possibly Rochester and Albany
THE LAGKAwANNA's POSITION.
r,. D.,ov,,e Iackawanna and Western, which
has already conceded the rate demands OF the
men. went even further to-day, ana iorhaiiS
no,iGod 70 its employees that they would not he
as,od % handle a pound OF boycottcd freight
The reqult is that the men of this road are
oxtrcmeIv loval 70 it, One OF them in the yards
TODAY remarked that he and his colleagues would
mo rcodv even 10 fight for their employers. The
strilprs regard the Western New-iork and Penn
svlvania officials and the Rochester and fltts-
burr officials as a "gentcmaDly lot" feeng
! so sure Of this reserve ground in buhalo' inc
presumption is that the strikers prefer the open
countcnance by the roads Vf their cause to the
moral support that might arise from the gong
out of the men on these roads IN response 10
a call. Hence the counter strokes In future 70
be dealt the contcsting roads must iaii upon
their interests at other points.
There can be no doubt tonight but that' oe
fore yielding this fight, the leaders VIII eN'ehd
their strike west, even TO Chicago, ana EASTWARD
to New-York. ultimately calling out. perhaps nov
only switchmen, but frcmen and tralnmen. Inc