Los Angeles herald., 1892-08-21
SW|TCHMEN IN THE SOUP,
The Strike at Buffalo Not
Succeeding.
Trains on the Erie Road Being
Run ON Time.
The New York Central Clears Its
Yards of Freight.
Strikers Resorting to Train Wrscking
and Other Forms of Violence.
Firemen and Engineers
May Go Out,

New YoRK, Aug. 20.-There need bI
no mincing Of terms as to thi
fate of the striking switchmen here
while the status which prevails tonight
is maintained. Unless the labor lead
ers bring about decisive measures in
new directions, the switchmen In the
Buffalo yards are undoubtedly de-
feated. They know it themselves, but
still cling to the conviction that some
thing VIII yet happen. Their faith is in
their leaders; they hope the firemen
may come out, and yet the masa Of
them, while hoping, have little knowl-
edgeof the progress of official diplomacy,
and tonight, as at the beginning of the
week, they are dumbly awaiting an
issue.
At Black Rock and beyond are great
storage yards for freight, in a district
largely occupied by the working classes,
who are in sympathy with the strikers.
In view of this, and Of the possible tie
up of the Grand Trunk of Canada, the
lines of troops have been extended over
this territory, and on to the great
bridges at Niagara Falls.
NoN-UNIoN MEN STONED.
Strikerssat East Buffalo, last night,
stoned non-union men. A detachment
from the Seventy-frst regiment came
up, and when the strikers continued
stoning, an order was given to FIRE. The
strikers then scattered in every direc-
ton and escaped.
A militia picket was wounded in the
arm, last night, by striker with q
knife.
Decisive action on the part of Grand
Master Sergeant is expected any mo-
ment, relative to the strike Of the fire.
men on the roads on which the switch
men are out.
The Central cleared its yards Of live
stock and perishable freight today.
TRAINS RUNNING ON TIME.
| "Allpassenger trains on the Erie are
running on time. Z. said Chief Train Dis
patcher Fitzgerald today. pTssAFe have
also started three freight trains east
ward, and hope to get out four or FIVE
more during the day. No reason is now
apparent why we should not be doing
our full amount of business in the
course of two or three days"
A general officer OF one of the trunk
lines, who has had wide experience with
striking employees, said today: "It is
absolutely ridiculous to look for strike
of the firemen as soon as tomorrow"
The law and legislative committee of
the board of supervisors will tomorrow
visit all the railroad yards for the pur-
pose Of making an official investigation.
No troops will be recalled until after
this trip, at the earliest.
At precisely noon, Lake Shore switch
engines backed out of the round house
and set to work. A large crowd of
switchmen and their friends gathered
and quietly watched the new men work.
They looked sullen and ugly, but made
no demonstration.
Three additional locomotives were set
to work with non-union men by the
Lehigh Valley company this morning,
in the central yard, squad OF soldiers
accompanying each engine, and heavy
guard along Tonawanda street kept the
crowd of curious lookers-on at a respect
full distance.
ENGINEERS AND FIREMEN GOING OUT.
This evening a railroad man said:
''The engineers and firemen are going
out within forty-eight hours. This is
positive. am in position to know
what am talking about. feel certain
that the engineers and firemen will join
the strike, and the Erie trainmen are
going to quit. They are well organized.
The Lehigh trainmen are not well or
ganized and will likely stay at work.
The firemen may strike without the con-
sent of Sargeant."
This is the view of an afternoon paper
of the switchmen's campaign. The
plan of Grand Master Sweeney's cam
paign is gradually coming to view. 1t
is to nag the roads into compliance to
the demands of successive strikes. The
| grand master is said to be not at all
sanguine of the result of the present
strike, but he is not greatly disturbed
at the probability of its failure. If the
yards.are cleared here it is said there
will be stoppage of work at Rochester,
then at Syracuse and then at West AL
bany, where over 1000 men are en-
| ployed.
| NoN-UNIoN MEN ARMED.
During the afternoon the non-union
switchmen on the New York Central
were all supplied with revolvers, and
given directions to use them only for
self-defenHe. The manufacturers and
business men in the neighborhoodo of the
railroads have taken alarm at the pres
ence OF apparent danger of disorder in
the city, and asked the sheriff for pro-
lection. The Erie shops in Buffalo are
closed, owing to lack of work. In con-
sequence 600 men are idle. In addition
sixty nine men in the East Buffalo
machine shops have been paid off.
TRAIN-wRECKING REsoRTED TO.
An attempt was made to wreck Le-
high train near the Buffalo Greek con-
nection, this afternoon. A lot of links
and pins were wedged in the rails, but
fortunately, the train did not leave the
track.
| Erie Express No. /, due here at 10 :25,
was derailed at Linden station, seven
miles east of Attica, and about forty
miles east of this city, at 10 O'Clock
tonight. That it was the work
of train-wreckers, there can be
no doubt. A fish plate was
| found spiked to the underside o.
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