The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-08-25
THE BUFFALO Strike.
The Meeting Of the Various Grand Mas
tiers tile Chief Point Of Interest.

ters tile Chief Point Of Interest
BUFFALO, IN. Y., Aug. 25.--The chief
items Of interest in connection VII. the
strike are the board Of arbitration inves-
tigation and the conference Of the
executives Of the sw;tchmeu. firemen
and conductors and trainmen organize
tions. 1t is more than ever the general
opinion that the conference will advise
declaring the strike OF. 1t is also stated
that renewal Of the federation agree
ment between the four organizations,
which was disrupted last June as the
result Of international strife, will be
effected and~their lines strengthened for
next year.
Whether Mr.. Sweeney will accept the
advice Of the conference, IL given, and
give up the present struggle without
first exhansting all the resources at his
command Ii prublematicaI News from
Rochester would seem to indicate that
that he will not, but intends, al has
been indicated in these dispatches, to
MAIN the roads by strike after strike all
along the systems and to endeavor to
harras them into agreeing to some sort
Of compromise.
Attacked Non. Union Men. II
The strikers and their sympatizers
continue their night attacks upon the
troops and non-union men. The Buffalo
and Southwestern division of the Erie
tried to send out an unguarded freight
train on its road. There were three
non-union men on top Of the cars. As
the train Stacked up near Seneca street
q lot of strikers boarded it and threw
sthe three non-union switchmen of the
cars and assaulted them with coup
ling pins. Charles B. Henstenx was
severely cut and was taken to the
hospital.
Erie roundhouse where q surgeon
dressed his wounds. Allen Richardson,
who halls from Boston, was 30 badly
injured that he was taken to the hos
pital. Henstenz said that his assailanta
tried to throw one Of tho men under the
train. After the assault the men fed
before an alarm could be given and es.
capped. There was the usual annoyance
to the troops during the night and early
| In the morning, but beyond the affair 81
Tiff farm, nothing OF serious nature ii
reported
another attempt was made 10 WRECK
| q freight train in the yards at Suspen.
sion Bridge at 1890 p. m. An East
bound New York Ceutral freight wal
making up and getting ready to leave
While backing Ia on spur at the east
ern end near the Lockport road, /
switch was turned between the truck
OF q car. and the result was that CO,
In the middle OF the train was derailei
and thrown on its side. The train wa,
stopped and the derailed car cut out
The switch tender stood with his Lantern
was only fonr rods distant, but th.
marauder made good his escape.
A short Lived Strike.
ROCHESTER,. N. Y, Aug. 25.--It wa
reported early In the morning that sev
enty-tive switchmen on the Central eas
i of Rochester had struck. Later inquiry
| showed that there are but seventy-fiv,
or one hundred switchmen along all th,
| Central tracks in the city, and that onl,
twenty-five are employed at the Eas
Rochester yards, ten night and twelv,
day switchmen. These twenty-five
| struck at a. M, but the trouble was o
short duration. The men do not belonf
| to the union, and the strike was not *
much in sympathy with the Buffal.
men as it was because the men here hai
slight grievance in that they did mo-
get extra ray for Sundays as was tn,
custom at Buffalo. Assistant Su
perintendent Gould went to the yard.
and talked with the men. adjusting thl
/ grievance. The men went home Il
change their clothes and soon afterwart
returned to work. Al detail Of eight DO
icemen and lieutenant was dispatched
to the yards at once. but no distnrbanc'
took place. The strike Of the switchmel
at East Rochester did not cause the leas
excitement at other points along the lin,
where switchnen were employed. Thl
men at the Platt street freight house dix
not 60 out, nor was any trouble noticet
at the Central station.
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