Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-08-18
A DRAWN BATTLE.
The Strikers Overawed, but No Freight
Cars Ara Moving.

Inc SLr1korS OVerAWOO1 out NO Freight
Cars Are Moving.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 19.-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 l 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. ].
At midnight Sheriff Beck and Mayor
Bishop were induced to join in the follow
ing MESSAGE
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug 10.
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-
ton 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
Il - e. L. -
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
flcient blankets it is very hazardous tc
health. General Doyle said:
eve 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 II
| 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 ProbIematical.
| The widest rumors prevail as to tn,
| probable outcome of the trouble, which
strikers predict may extend from tn
| Atlantic to the Pacific unless their de
| mands are acceded to.
With trouble at Sayre, Hornellsvill
and Binghamton, and prospective
strikes at Waverly, Jersey City and Other
points the handling of freight by tn
men imported to take the place Of strik
ers must necessarily be impeded and it Il
not easy to foresee the outcome shoult
the difficulty extend, as the striker
affirm it will, from State to State.
An enormous amount of traffic will b.
tied up by this strike, as it will no doub
involve all the lines in Buffalo.
The Delaware, Lackawana an,
Western switchmen have plainl
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 it's consequences and disastrous t.
the business community.
The Central's yards are of vast extern
and in three different sections of the city
Four of the six switch tenders employe
in the New York Central depot in En-
change street have quit their posts. Al
rangements were at once made to sen
out an engine and crew to bring In tn
Lake Shore passenger train due here q
lao o'clock. A police escort was sen
with the engine. In the Central yard
at 2 o'clock all the men had quit wori
and all the engines were being laid NJ
twenty-five policemen under CAPITAL
Eicher were on guard In the yards,