Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-22
HOW THE FIHEMEN STAND.
If They Strike the Engineers and Others
Will Stop Work Also.


BCFFALo. Aug. 22.-Grand Master Sargent
went from the depot to the Broezel House.
When he had breakfast he was assigned to room
Is. When he had rested he consented 10 talk
TO a reporter. His words seem TO strengthen
the belief that the trouble here is not over vet
Said Mr.. Sargent: 81 came here in response
to kilograms from Mr.. Sweeney. You ask me
what the outlook is. l cannot tell you yet. i am
here sooner than was expected. for | was quite
Ill and did not at first think should be able to
leave my bed But made up my mind that it
was highly necessary for me to come and
started yesterday morning.
But, Mr.. Sargent. are the tiremen going ont?
That Is the question that interests Buffalonians
above all Others"
That l cannot tell. But let me assure you
that If the firemen go ont 'he engineers, train
men. conductors and railroad telegraphers will
go with them"
He became deeply interested and continued:
That j know. Mind you, now, / do not say
that the firemen will 60 out, but want you to
emphasize that fact-that il the firemeu 90 out
the conductors. trainmen. engineers and teleg-
raphers will go with them. The public have a
wrong impression in this matter aud the papers
have been misleading them. The papers have
been talking of the firemen as if they were going
10 go out rs a separate body. That Is not 80.
They viii not go out alone"
What is the specific grievance Of tho fremen
in this city?''
They have none that know of. But Il is
now question as to whether the railroad cor
porations or the different bodies Of organized
labor are to succeed. Suppose that the switch
men are defeated in this struggle, what then?
In the future, whenever the firemen engineers
or any other order Of railroad employees
60 to their corporations with requests or
grievances they will simply be ignored. II will
be q sympathetic strike altogether struggle
between the railroad corporations and organized
labor. IL the switchmen are defeated at this
time it is a serious blow to organized labor. II
they are supported and maintained by their
brother organizations and carry their point, ID
will tend to give the organizations their rights
in the future. As you might say, il is purely .
struggle for self-preservation."
Can that local organization Of fremen 20
out on their own responsibility9"
mo. Any local organization il liable to ex-
pulsion from the order for striking without
two-thirds vote and the consent Of certain exec
utives OF the organization"
"How many 6remen are there In the immedi-
ate vicinity of Buffalo on the roads ceutsring in
Il should say Buffalo could produce in The
I'm the case Of the iirsnen going ont do you
think the roads could get new men enough 10
''No, i do not. Basinss b good and the
country 4 not ovsrstocksd With skillsd railroad
..Hov soon Vim Il bs dsssrni,sd whAs sction
viii be taken2" 80
THAT can't tel Mr.. Sweeney haspsus for
the executives Of the various orders Of raiIroad
employees, and After confsrsncs has been held
II WIN be known. But let Ne assurs yoa thnx
before the nremen 60 out certain railroad
of6c1als win know ft snd probably the pubIic -
we'll Our order = wsu crganised and ~ do
busineo IN . businsss-ifhs manner"
do yoa knov anything shout . three ysnrs'
eont.sct that ths csutsal - wish IL uaa2"
''EotAing."