The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-08-23
BUFFALO PER4URBED.
Strikers Waiting For the
Chiefs to Confer-Vio-
lenCe Meantime.
SEVERAL VOLLEYS FIRED.
All the Roads Moving Freight
A Yard Engine Stoned and
a Striker Shot.
SEVERAL yOLLEYS FIRED.

| S"ltchDeu III bne employ OF Uno W eStefn
New York and Pennsylvania road went
on strike yesterday afternoon. They had
been asked to handle some freight from
the Lehigh road on Sunday and refused
to do so. The Lehigh had been sending
much freight out and forwarded
a big string of the Western
| New York and Pennsylvania cars. The
| Western New York and Pennsylvania
tried to induce its men TO handle the Le-
high freight, but did not threaten them
| with dismissal for declining to do SO. The
men, however, who have all along shown
more than an inclination to go out, de-
cided that they could help their brethren
| by going out, and SO took that action
Master Workman Sweeney, of the
switchmen. showed yesterday that he was
| playing what seemed TO be his last card.
| He invited Chief 2. M. Arthur, of the
| brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers:
Grand Master F. E. Sargent, of the Fire
| mems Brotherhood; S. E. Wilkinson,
| head of The trainmen's union, aud E. e.
| Clarke, Grand Chief of the Association of
| Hallway Conductors, to come here aud
| confer with him as to the situation.
| CONFERENCES AHEAD.
In response to that invitation, Mr.. Sar-
gent got nere yesterday. Chief Arthur
was expected to arrive this morning. Mr..
| Wilkinson, it is thought, will arrive this
| evening.
1t is thought that there Will be meet
| ing between Sargent, Sweeney and Will
| kinson tonight. Tomorrow Clark will be
here and another conference will be held
| between the executives.
| The result of this last conference will.
| it is thought, finally decide the action to
| be taken. The belief kept growing today
| that this action will be an abandonment
of the strike. The plan, it was said, was
to let the switchmen down easily. The
| conference will advise peace.
| Sweeney will have to yield gracefully,
| and the striking switchmen will go back
| TO their places If they can or will seek
| work elsewhere.
ALL MOVING FREIGHT.
| All the railroads with the exception of
| the Western New York & Pennsylvania
| were this morning moving more freight
! than yesterday. The officers of the last
| road affected are confident that they will
| have freight moving within few hours
Before night they expect to have good
| force OF men at work, and while the
business will not move SO rapidly as he
| fore, they will keep things moving. When
| help may be obtained SO quickly to I'LL
| the places of those who go out. it shows
| plainly that the influence aud power of
the strikers is not what they woufd- wish
| it.
The New York Central was this morn
l business
| that came to it. Since Yesterday there
| has been but little. if any, delay in the
| transaction of business.
| On the Lake Shore also freight was this
| morning moved with almost the usual
promptpess that characterized the road
before the strike was inaugurated.
| The Erie was rapidly clearing out th q
| freight which had accumulated in it,
yards. There Is great deal of it. but it
| is going out rapidly. The same is true of
the Lehigh Valley Road.
| WILL THE TROOPS COZ
What the troops will do within
! the next twenty-four hours is a
| lerest here as any other feature
of the present difficulty. The tax.
| payers here want to see the soldiers
| leave for home. The arrival of the
troops has made mathematicans of a
| great majority of the taxpayers. Every
Gay tney get out pencil and paper ana
| figure out just how much more the
taxes of Erie county will be increased by
| the presence of the troops.
That is why they want the troops to get
| out. The natives are taxing every re-
| source to induce the authorities, both
civil and military, to send the soldiers
| home. They call upon the Sheriff and
| Mayor every moment In the day and be-
seech them to have the troops dis
missed.
There is no doubt that in such an event
| much trouble and of a serious nature
would ensue, particularly in the existing
| conditions. There is vicious spirit here
among either the strikers or those who
| sympathize with them which Is kept in
l. subjection only by the large force OF SOL
| dfers on hand. Not much Is seen of 1t
except at night, aud Jheu it CROPS out in
! all directions. Last night furnished
| many instances OF it.
u
One such incident led to the report
| shortly after midnight that pitched
| battle was going on down at the Tiff
| farm between a large force of
| strikers and the 22d Regiment. To q
reporter who was near there at the time,
| was going on. In the direction of the Tiff
farm all was darkness. Suddenly there
was cry of Haiti Who goes there?"
| There was no response A shot rang
| out. 1t had been fired from the bridge
| across the creek. There was cry aud
| was fired. The crash and Swapping of
| wood, with the cries of fear and pain
| from men followed the volley. Then
| all was still until voice called out IRE
| turn TO the shore. Don't try to pass this
bridge again Tonight The soft swish
of paddle was the only answer, and then
| all became quiet again.
What led to the firing was the fact
that skif full Of men had tried to pass
the bridge where Company e OF the ed
| was on guard. Strict orders had been
given to allow no one to approach the
farm. particularly i'll boats. Those in
the boat had not needed the order to
| stop.
The volley was fired at the men in the
boat and they pulled in to the shore and
didn't come back. If any of them were
hurt the soldiers do not know it.
MORE SHOOTING.
A few moments after that firing broke
out again on the Tiff farm. There was
a rattle of muskelry and a cry for the
corporal of the guard. Then came more
| shots. The figures of soldiers scudded
over the ground. Every couple of sec
| onds one would halt and then a streak of
| flame would leap ahead of the pursuers
| aud show that the soldiers had fired at
| some one.
After moment that, too, ceased. A
| squad of men belonging to Company G.
had been doing the firing. A man whom
| the soldiers supposed was striker, had
come up behind one of the boys on guard
and struck him with a coupling pin, The
squad to which the soldier be longed
| turned and chased the assailant, firing
at him as long as he could be seen. He
! escaped In the darkness.
Other incidents sof the night showing
the temper of the strikers were the
storming of the Erie yard engine, viii ch
was run without the ordinary detail Of
soldiers. Every pane of glass in the ca b
/ WAS gn asheu