The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-18
A DRAWN BATTLE.



Cars Are Moving.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 1S.-Martial law
has subdued armed rebellion in the rail
road yards at Buffalo, but has not yet
started the wheels of industry
When the first trains are moved there |
is likely to be bloodshed.
The / 300 militiamen who compose the |
Fourth brigade, National Guard, State of |
New York, are as powerless to control |
the more than 900 strikers in the great
railroad yards stretching seven miles from
the heart of the city, as the New York
police force would be to cope with an
army of rioters stretching from Jersey
City to Newark, N. j.
At midnight Sheriff Beck and Mayor
Bishop were induced to join in the follow
ing message:
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug IS.
Hon ROSWELL p. FLOWER, Governor:
We have become satisfied that the stu.
alton here in Buffalo, under the pending
strike, has became so serious that we ask
that the NATIONAL Guard of the State be
called out TO protect the lives and prop
erty of citizens of this county"
General Doyle is in receipt of informa-
tion that the 18th and 22nd Regiments of
New York had been ordered out and had
left that city on special trains and that
others would follow rapidly.
1t looks as if the entire National Guard
of the State would be called out.
Threats to Blow Up Bridges.
| Anonymous letters were received last
night by more than one of the officers of
the railroads affected by the strike pre-
dieting that all the bridges on the Erie
would be blown up by dynamite tonight.
! The leaders of the men denounce all such
rumors; but it is fact, nevertheless,
that the temper of the men and the whole
tone of the situation is suggestive of grave
danger
The soldiers are complaining bitterly
because the railroads do not send passen-
ger coaches for shelter. They are forced
TO lie on the ground, and not having suf-
ficient blankets it is very hazardous to
health. General Doyle said
"We are making all possible provisions
for shelter. A large number Of tents have
been ordered from New York and we ex-
pect them to-day"
The 26th separate company from FL
mira has arrived, and is being held in
reserve
Sheriff Beck has ordered all the saloons
near the railroad yards to be closed forth
with and to remain closed until he gives
them permission to open.
The Outcome ProbIematioaI
The widest rumors prevail as TO the
probable outcome of the trouble, which
strikers predict may extend from the
Atlantic to the Pacific unless their de-
mands are acceded TO.
With trouble at Sayre, Hornellsville
and Binghamton, and prospective
strikes at Wayerly, Jersey City and other
; points the handling of freight by the
, men imported to take the place of strik-
ers must necessarily be impeded and it is
not easy TO foresee the outcome should
the difficulty extend as the strikert
I affirm it will, from State to State.
An enormous amount of traffic viii be
tied up by this strike, as it will no doubt
I involve all the lines in Buffalo.
d The Delaware, Lackawana anC
9 Western switchmen have plainly
been in sympathy with thei
striking brethren Of the Lehigh, and the!
will probably not remain long at worl
handling freight for the other lines. Tn
: strike is extending and may be far-reach
ing in its consequences and disastrous Il
3 the business community.
l. The Centrals Yards are OF vast eXten
e and in three different sections of the city
4 Four of the six switch tenders employe
n in the New York Central depot in Eek
d change street have quit their posts. Al
4. rangements were at once made to sem
out an engine and crew to bring in tn
Lake Shore passenger train due here a
: 1:40 o'clock. A police escort was sen
with the engine. In the Central yard
at 2 o'clock all the men had quit work
aud all the engines were being laid NJ
twenty-five policemen under Captai
xiehsr were on guard In the yards.