The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

and Died for the Strikers Cause-Sev-
eral Men Wounded-The Rioters Wor-
ried the Troops and then Dcdged
the Bul1ets-AItogether Monday Night
was One of Alarms.
BUFFALO, N. Y, August 23.-The re-
ports sent out from here early this morn
ing to the effect that in conflict be-
tween the strikers and troops several
were killed and others wounded is un-
true, but there was firing by skulkers,
which was replied to by the soldiers.
They harassed the militia for over two
hours, firing shots from revolvers, put
ting torpedoes on the tracks and other
wise disturbing the night. The soldiers
turned out several times and the yards
were searched, but not a stranger could
be found. AS soon as the guards had
returned, the trouble began again. The
men who were making all the trouble
stayed in the yards. They could easily
escape detection among the shadows of
the long string of cars, and every time a
soldier saw a skulking figure in the dark
ing was general, and hundreds of volleys
| were fired.
The rattle and roar of the arms, the
shouts of the sentries giving the alarm,
| and the commands of the officers aroused
the people living in the neighborhood of
the camps, and only had they settled
| down into an uneasy slumber when those
who lived nearest the camp were
Awakened by the sentr.es' Call
from out along the silent yards, where
the signal lamps looked like huge vari-
colored glow worms. Corporal
Of the guard, post, No. ~ and
then came shots thick and fast,
and those who listened heard
tae whiz of the balls as they whistled
bullet as it struck the woodwork of a
car. Some of the strikers may have
been hit, but the hospitals this morning
do not report any of them applying for
| repairs.
Between 2:3O and 8 o'clock this morn
| ing striker was shot by a soldier sta
toned at the Hamburg street crossing.
The emergency hospital was notified and
he was taken there in an ambulance. At
the hospital he gave his name as William
Moran and that bis home was at AS
Seneca street. The story he told the
physicians was that he was walking along
Hamburg street when he was challenged
by a soldier. He stopped an dhad some
words with him, or talked long while,
as Moran put it, and then started to walk
| off, whereupon the sentry"
Fired Five Shots at Him.
Only one took effect. 1t entered the calf
of his right leg. The physicians could
not find the ball on their examination
this morning. At2 o'clock the physi-
clans reported that they had just finish
ed dressing his wounds, and that his
condition was not very serious.
| The name of the soldier who had the
encounter has not been learned. Neither
has his side of the story been obtained.
1t was very dark when the affair took
| plack and Moran says he could not dis
tinguish the features of the soldier. At
1890 last night, it is alleged, William
Robbins of Erie, Penn, was struck be-
hind the ear with a slung shot in the
hands of Pat Dealy, the ex-base ball
catcher. Dealy is now car washer in
the Central shops. It is supposed he
spotted the stranger as s'blackleg."
Robbins was taken to the hospital, and
is quite seriously injured In the satchel
which he carried was found clothing
such as railroad men wear. Dealy was
arrested.
Just after midnight last night a num-
Der of men began to throw coupling pins
at squad of soldiers from Company F,
12 regiment. The soldiers were ordered
to fire if the pin throwing did not stop.
1t Stopped.
Capt. Murphy and Lieut.. Morris ar
rived on the scene with detachment of
the reserve and made thorough search
through the yards, but could find no one
At 8 o'clock this morning the 18th
regiment had an encounter. A lot of
strikers surrounded the Lackawana
crossing at Michigan street. They
jeered at the soldiers, and when the pick
cts ordered them to disperse the men be-
gan pelting them with stones and coal.
The pickets fired several volleys at them,
but the strikers hid behind cars, and no.
body was hurt. The military patrol
rushed to the scene and they, too, fired
at the retreating forms. A little later
there was a disturbance on the island. A
striker set a bull dog on the 18th soldiers
near the Central freight house. The pa
troll killed the dog and fired at the strik-
er, but he escaped.
John Seimerle, recording secretary and
treasurer of Buffalo Lodge No. 49,
Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association
one of the leaders of the switchmen, was
arrested today charged by the Lehigh
Valley railroad officials with assaulting
non-union men. He denied the charge,
furnished bail and was released. This
afternoon, Thomas J. Manahar, Thomas
O. Laughlin, and Bernard Dunn, began
throwing stones at two non-union men
working at the Tiff farm yard. Lieut..
Austin of Co. G, 22nd regiment, ordered
the stone throwers to disperse.
They refused and were fired
upon by order of Lieut.. Austin.
Manahar was struck by two bullets, and
his condition is extremely critical. The
others were arrested by the police
charged with rioting. The private who
did the shooting was also taken into
custody by the police. The officer of
the company protested against the arrest
of the private and informed Gen. Doyle
of it. Gen. Doyle ordered the company,
and a battalion if needed, to set the
| soldier at liberty. Later the soldier was
| released from arrest. Two other as
saults on non-union men are reported.