Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-08-23
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Disorder ut Buffalo.

ing by gangs of strikers and their
friends. They crept up to within
stones throw of the camp, hiding I'M
der cars and behind trucks, and then
threw stones and pieces of iron at the
soldiers. The soldiers answered the
attack with bullets. Atabout the same
hour bullets began flying all over the
freight yards and it is reported that a
regular engagement took place in the
Erie wards one mile from town. The
latest report from the scene of the
shooting is that four men have been
killed and two wounded and that q
number of other men have been wound
ed by the soldiers bullets in other
yards. Gen. Porter says that he be-
lieves the situation just now to be
more critical than at any time since the
strike began.
General Doyle was at military head
quarters this morning and was asked If
he heard of any trouble in which the
18th regiment men were engaged last
night. He said he had not and that if
there had been any killing he certainly
would have heard oft. Troop A has
returned to their post at the New York
Central yards. According to statements
of soldiers met on the streets there was
more or less shooting in the outposts OF
both the list and 22d regiments. 1t
was said to have been prompted by
stone throwing on the part OF small
parties of men. As far as known no
one was hurt. There was shooting all
along the front last night from the Ohio
street trestle to the Tiff farm. Out on
Seneca street many shots were fired.
So far as could be learned this morning
they were from usual causes-gay
night breakers throwing bricks or mys-
ferrous forms scudding through the
darkness.
An Associated Press correspondent
visited the camp of the 10Th regiment
this morning and received positive
denial from the officers of the reports
that a man had been killed there last
night. There had been no trouble
whatever. A few shots had been fired
by the sentries in the yards at shadowy
objects which the men took for strikers,
but no one was hit as far rs known.
This desultory firing occurs every
night.
One of the most treacherous acts that
has been committed by the strikers
took place at the bridge between 9 and
10 O'Clock last night. A freight train
was pulling cut bound for Buffalo,
when a switch just east of Lewiston
avenue was thrown. The engine and
four cars had passed and were on one
track when the train broke in two and
the rear and the greater portion Of it
sped toward the Cantilever bridge on
the Michigan Central track. At the
end Of the bridge there is gate, which
is opened for each train. AS soon as
the gateman saw the train coming he
made hurried effort TO open the gate,
but he was too late, and before he could
escape the cars dashed into it and he
was struck and two of his ribs were
broken, his hands hurt and he was 9TH
erwise injured. The train when it
came to q stand was all ON the bridge.
The collision Of the train with the gate
might have resulted in the derailment
of the train and its precipitation off the
bridge approach, or perhaps into the
deep gorge. After the collision occur
red the switchman had his lantern
kicked out of his hand bya bystander.
Grand Master Sargent of the fire.
mems organization said this morning
that he was awaiting the arrival of the
executive officers of the railroad union,
whom Grand Master Sweeney had in
vited here for Il conference. Exactly
what day this conference would be held
Mr.. Sargent did not know, but he
thought its deliberations would be
brief
Mr.. Debs, secretary of the grand
lodge Of the brotherhood of locomotive
fremen, said this morning that
a strike can only be legally au-
thorized by a two-thirds vote of
members of the whole system and
that the grand master has no more
to declare a strike than he
has to declare war against Canada.
The board of arbitration have de-
cided to begin an investigation on the
cause of the switchmen's strike to-mor-
row and the summoning of witness has
already been begun.
New YORK, Aug. 23.-Third Vice
President Webb, of the Central, return
ed this morning from Buffalo. "Well,
I'm here" he said heartily, "and you
can rest assured if L were apprehensivo
of further trouble 1 would not be here.
As far as the Central is concerned, the
strike is thing of the past. We have