Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-08-15
SERIOUS STRIKE.
Travel interrupted By Strikers
and Their Sympathizcrs.


BUFFALo. N. T., aug. ios
/. no further Disgusting the fact that
the strike Of the Erie and the Le-
high Valley switch,nen is q serious
matter Things began to put on a
more serious aspect at 2 o'clock yes
t,rdav morning when series Of
i,cendiary fires broke out simultan-
eously ia the Lehigh valley yards.
Eighteen or twenty freight cars
flied with fuel, cotton, hay and var
ions other merchandise, two passen-
oer coaches and two watchmen's
ho,,sas were burned. The water
tank adjacent to the coal tresties
was smashed and the engine taking
water there was wrecked by strint
or ten runaway coal cars which hau
been turned loose from the tres'''
A little Office building and twoo
three freight cars wers first destroy
ed ia the south yards. Flame
were next discovered Ia two passel'
Ger coaches, used for the eonven-
jence of the workmen. In the YARD
east of Dingen street the fire rager
among cars of merchandise. Int
firemen, however, prevented the
destruction Of greet number o'
cars and the loss Of property. a
doxen or 50 Of cars were thrown
from the Lehieh Valley tracks anc
a similar number from the Erie bs
,.,,splaced switches. The offic r.
we're unable to find any suspiciour
characters. The strikers or then
~ mpathizers have pulled the pins,
turned the switches and driven Oh
the crews. Three men are at tn
hospital badly burt.
one Of the most cowardly thing
doae was the throwing ofthe switch
es under passenger train No. IL al
Williams street at 1880 o'clock Two
passenger coaches were thrown from
the track, but the conductor does
not think anybody was hurt, though
many were badly frightened. FIT,
men boarded passenger train NJ. .
at IL o'clock this morning ana
moIested the employees, finally driv-
ing them of. The crew finally sue
Gee led In getting train to the
station. The mob took possession
of Seneca-street switches three OF
four times during the day, and drove
of the signal men. In the Lehigb
Valley yards at Cheetkowaga thr
sc i es Of last night were repeated.
1t Is plainly intimated by the Erie
officials that workmen from tho
East have been engaged to take the
places Of the strikers. The Lehigb
valley officials have called on the
sheriff for protection. He sent six
deputies to Cheetkowaga and will
swear In so more today. Later al
/ o'clock fire broke out In three
places In the Lehigh Valley yards
again, simultaneously. The fire de
partment was unable TO quench II
for a long time, and New York ex-
press No. over the Erie, was held
two miles out because 1t could not
pass. New York express No. 4 was
not sent out on time for the same
reason.
BUFFALO, Aug. l5.-Word was re.
celved ut Pa. IN. that train of AZ
cars on the Erie, filled with mer-
chandise, mile east of William
street, Ii now burning fiercely, with
no protection. At the same time the
switch lights on the Erie between
Smith street and the Western New
York Il Pennsylvania were stolen.
At2.45 q. m. the passengers on two
trains on the Lehigh Valley and
Erie, which were ditched at William
street, were brought into the station.
Nobody was injured, but all had an
unpleasant time. Superintendent
Brunn reports that the fire Is still
rigging among the cars of merchan-
disc In the yards at Cheektowaga,
aud says the sheriff seems powerless
TO interfere, though called upon to
protect the railroad property. The
strikers deny any Of their number
had anything TO do with the fires or
the throwing of the coal trains down
the trestle. There was significant
incident In connection with the work
Of the firemen. When they arrived
at the yard and began TO couple the
hone 10 the hydrants, they were ap-
preached by number Of men, who
told them not TO hurry, that they
had plenty OF time. This action
seems to have been concerted, for the
engineers Of the steamers We're told
by other men 10 take II easy, as the
hosemen had trouble with the hy-
W48Mt@f @AS ths'S Ah'Sht 90 Wcii SMUT
OH steam. just what the exact dam.
eRe will amount 20 Ia not known as
vet, and cannot be learned until all
The bills Of lading are received. The
Ioss 10 the company ia the destruc-
tlon OF its cars aud building by th,
0re, and the smashing OF water tank
md coal ears which were lot down
The trestle, will amount To more than
~, ,0o0. 81 least, as the men In charge
can estimate. All the burned ears
are loaded. 40 the loss OF their con-
tcn(s must BE- large. The coutents OF
cnrs, which were not burned were
cnakod with water. and the fruits
ond meats In the refrigerator ears
woeo almost baked by Intense heat,
md, of course. VIII be a loss.
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