Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-15
II Is Said to Assume Mora Serious
Aspect than at
First.
= SERIES OF iNcEnolAay
riREs.
Several tara Demolished, Ofices Burned
and Other Property
Damaged.
ny 1tlcsrsph to tho SEwA
a sEHious AFFAIR.
The strike on the Erie aud LehiSh
Naiio3 gRiiruad.

y NItaNts AEEAEf.
The strike on the Eri. and Iehixh
NHiisS Haiiroad.
ButFALo, n. ", Aug. ig.-rhe 70
u NO luther dhRuisug the fact thut
the strike Of Erie * bthigh Valley
tWllehmen II Hsefiouz matter. Thefu
h1u bclu more or lees trouble Saturday
between uuc stfikUra anu their sympA-
thlkeisnnd the men who are doing Tho
hElhrn' work, ami IA few dcsuItofy US.
saui'l had occurred. Thugs begun to
Iul ON u more serious aspect at .
O'Clock this motning when a series OF
inccnuiafy nrcs broke ont simultan,-
ously IN the Lehigh Valley yards.
Eighteen Ur twuuty freight cans nlled
with tucl, cotton, hay aud various
olhet mtrohnunisc, two passenger
coaches ANA two watchmun,a housea
turned, The water tank adjacent TO
lh coal tfefbet WAS ennsheI and au
engine taxing water there wrecked by
u hlIlnE ut ten runaway coal cars that
hhl Teen turned loose ffOm the trcstlu.
n niue Office buildinggnd two Or three
height cars were iltst DESTROYED ia
The south yards. The names were
next Uncovered In tho passenger
ccaoh's used for the conveyance Of
Workman.
In tho yards east In Dlngen Street
l1iE lIBE nAGEp AsioNG 1nE CARS
OF MLkCiiASDIsK.
The fremen, however, prevented
tho destruction Of great number OF
cnTs. The Jillcers are unable TO lind
any suspicious charaCteus. rbe strik-
ere aud their - mpa,hirers-hsyo pulled
inc pins, turned the switches and
dtiyon oil the crews. Three mon arc
at the hospital and were badly
hurt.
one OF tho most cowardly thingB
done was throwing the switches under
passenger tmin No. IL at Williama
street at 1850 O'Clock tonight. Two
passenger coaches were thrown from
the track, but the conductor thinks
that none were hurt though many
were badly frightened.
fiity men boarded passenger train
NO. at IL O'Clock aud
MoLTsIID THE EMPLOYEES,
driving thum oil. The crow finally
succeeded In getting the train TO tie
station.
The mob took possession OF the
Seneca street switches three or four
TINES during the day ana drove OF the
signal men.
In the lehlgh yards at Cheetowaga
tonight the scenes OF last night were
repeated. Ii was plainly intimated by
Erie tilioials that workmen from tho
East were engaged 20 take the places
OF the strikers. This strikers insert
that the ROAD h losing heavily By not
having men 10 perform tue work OF
tho strikers. Two trains Of freight cars
standing ON the siding In CheesowOga,
railroad suburb OF Buffalo, were
burned tonight. The Lehign Valley
has called on the Grill for protection.
lie sent six depuuvs 10 the scene and
VIII swear Ia tiny more tomorrow.
Later at ! O'Clock firo broke out in
three places In the Lehigh yards again
tiu. ul,nueOusly. Tho ere department
las up,n unable To quenoh II. New
York express No. |, the Egie, was holl
two miles cut because II cannot pass.
New York express No. 4 has not been
sent out for the same reason.
At the same timU switun lights on
Tho Erie, between South street and
Western New York, and the Pennsyl.
vania target were stolen. At 2:i5 am.
the passengers on thu two trains ON tho
Lemgh and Enc, which wero ditched
ut William street, were brought into
tho station. Nobody was injured.
SuIerintcudo" llTunn reports that the
nro Is stii 20 ing among tho cars OF
morchaudise In the yards ut Cheeio-
wGga,and tays the sheriff seems power
less 10 interfere, though called ON u
protect the railroad property.
IHE sTRlKE MAY EXTEND.
NEW Nnal, Aug. 1.-the strike OF
sWitchmtn ana Train hands ON the
Lthigh Valley anu Erie Railroads at
Buffalo may extend 10 the yards OF
various railroads In jersey City. The
men In those yards receive pay aud
WORK Jus, rs many hours as the switch.
iuen ~ Buffalo, The switchmen ia
tho Lehigh Valley yards said today
that there would De meeting held
some Jay this week 10 consider tho
qu1ati0n Of ordering general strike on
all tho railroads In tho vicinity OF
jersey City.
4 TRAIN BURNED.
BUFFALO,, Aug, IL, . n. u..-Word
Inns Just been received that u train u
forty-two ears on the Eric road, oiled
with fine merchandise, n mile east VI
street Ia now burning flercely
with no protection.
EoN.UNlCN MES CONnNa.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. IL. - Fifty
men from points along the Reading
road were brought here today and lett
Tor Buffalo over tho Lehigh Valley
road. They nre all non.union men,
and will take strikeTs' positions.
Murdered aud Crematsd,
CHICAGO, Aug. li.-EArly this NOR
ming schoClhouse two miles north %
Fort Sheridan was burned. shortly
before the building was seen In flames
q woman wAH heard screaming aud
calling for help from the building. A