The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-24
THE BUFFALO SITUATION
Practically the Switch
mems Strike Is Over,
the Companies
Winning.
NO SYMPATHETIC" ACTION.
Troops Hoping 10 Go Home Soon
Labor Chiefs Mysteriously
Disappear.

BUFFALO, Aug. "a, 1899. - This day
brings the opening of the hearing by the
State Arbitration Beard as to the causes
and circumstances of the recent strike of
switehmen in the railway yards here.
In advance there is very little general
interest in the hearing. Expectancy as
to the arrival of the executive heads of
labor orders, and speculatiep as to what
will be done at their conference. consti-
tutes all there is of interest 20 the general
public in the situation this morning.
No tidings of extraordinary happenings
during the night came out of the camps.
Chief Arthur, of the engineers, has. it
is believed, indicated TO Mr.. Sweeney, of
the switchmenis Order, that it will be
Impossible" for him to be present here
at the proposed conference. This is con-
strued TO mean that the engineers Order
win have nothing to do with the switch
mems difficulties, and that the engineers
Order will not cooperate in a sympathetic
strike.
Reasoning from this, some conclusions
may be reached. MIR. Sargent will not
take out his men to aid MIR. Sweeney's
men unless all organized railway men
also go out. Mr.. Arthur's men will not
will not come out; and these facts leave
the conductors, the trainmen and the rail-
way telegraphers as the field in which
Mr.. Sweeney must search for aid in his
difficulty.
NOT IN IT.
The conductors and telegraphers, it is
believed have little in colsImon with the
switchmen, ana the trainmen are more
closely associated with other orders than
with the SWitchmep
Mr. Sargent announced yesterday that
he would leave the city this afternoon,
going to his home. Hence Mr.. Sweeney
must consummate his conference today
or conduct it without the Presence of Mr..
Sargent, unless, indeed, Mr. Sargent
should return, which is not deemed prob
able.
Mr.. Sweeney himself recognizes the
situation rs quickly as any other person,
and public feeling here is that he will
adopt one or two widely different courses
either to declare officially that his fol-
panies who once employed them, or to
call oHt all the other switchmen on the
lines that were affected by the rec ent
strike of sWitchmeu in this city.
THE SITUATION.
Meantime there are strikes on three
roads, the West New York. whose switch.
mes went out Monday, and on the Lacka-
=
burg, whose switchmen quit yesterday
afternoon.
Already the Western New York and
Pennsylvania Buad has PARTIALLY replaced
the strikers and are handling some
freight today. The LackHwanna claims
to have new switchmen close au hand,
and the Buffalo, Rochester and
Pittsburg are today putting on new men.
On the other roads, where twelve days
ago there was q strike, there is now none.
Other sw1tchmen are conducting the
work which the now idle men refused TO
10. Traffic is moving well nigh as 1t did
a month ago.
the central yards, hopes that he NAV start
home to Auburn with mis- Second Separ-
ale Company this afternoon. Central
traffic is gong forward without guard,
and the road now practically drops out
of consideration as to the etfecGs of the re-
cent strike upon its business.
The same is well nigh true of the Lake
Shore and Erie, and the other lines origi.
nally involved in the switchman's CAM
paign.
LOST on THE WAY.
Messrs. Sweeney and Sargent expected
Chiefs Clark and Wilkinson, of the con-
due ors and trainmen respectively at an
early hour this morning, out at this writ
ing they have not appeared and there Is
growing impatience over the delay.
There is a suggestion made that Clark
and Wilkinson may nave dropped off at
Cleveland to consult with Chief Arthur,
Of the enaineers.
The conviction has grown here that
Police Justice King, of this city, before
whom arrested strikers have been ar
raiGned for violence, has been dealing
with them in manner too lenient. Hence
the four riotous strikers who were COM
DaniOnS of Mapahar, who was YESTERDAY
shot by Twenty-second Regiment
picket, were etoday arraigned not
before the Police Justice, but before
Judge Green of the Supreme Court. They
were committed to Mwait the action of
the Grand Jury.
Manahar this moruing gave his state
ment to the Coroner. He will die, it is
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