New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-24
LACKAWANNA MEN GO OUT.
Continued from FIRST Pa &c.


| Of course they are caught in the act'
| these arc cases at random, and their counter
parts or worse, are occurring daily wifhin thc
| railway district, which has sweep Of twenty
miles. Naturally these who see and know OF thcin
| asl, what would be- the conditions OF men ana
property were the troops withdrawn ana Vhc
present ewitchmen left with only their FISTS fof
| protection rs they worked.
Shortly after midnight last night the guard on
duty On the dock, rear tie Ohiost bridge 'aw three
small boats each containing four men, creeping
up the river.
"Jorn rang ont the command. There was a
snl.sb of oars. and the boats were pointed for
| the other shore. .
| Fire was the next order. Bang, bang
won't the rifles of the guard but the boats did
not stop. The bullets few high, and the occu
| mnts OF the boats were swallowed mp in The
darkness OF the further shore The lncident WIS
scnsa ton in the neighborhood.
| About | o'clock this morning man who gave
| bis name as William Moran was taken 70 the
| Emergency Hospital suffering from bullet wo"h"
| in the leg. The story he told the phyeclahs "'e
that he was walking along llamburgst'' "neh
he was challenged by soldier. lie hah soi',o
words with the soldier and then started TO walk
og wherupon the sentry fire. five shots at him
| Only one took effect Moran also had siish'
|
soldier with the butt OF his musket.
| NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR MEALS
Tic 10th Separate Company, of Newourg' COM
,,.ir.d . NttIa to-dav of poor fare The company
occupy two passenger cars ON the Lake ohorc anu
Michigan southern, near Hamburg AMI Mills SIS,
Guarding the tracks of that road Lest nish''
said Lieutenant McCroslcry, I'VE had our sup
nor NJ 7 80; and we didn't get any brcaKias.
| mill 10 80 this morning. The food grows oc'-
| ter. however; but we have commissary Oh our
own and we ship and buy 1ood anu
manage to improve the grub ont OF our own
| resources Stree we have been here, we nave
teen seycnty.two hours on guard duty, ana we
| are thoroughly exhausted The 9TH separate
COMPANY are housed with the 9th kcginen'' vi
| Ncw-York in the old freight house OF the Lake
Shore and Michigan Sonthcrn. As with the lo'h'
thcir meals arc Irregular, they have com
| misary of their own 10 help In" State out. l'S
| morning General Porter visited both the l'th
| and ,tb srpurate companies and the 9th Rcgs-
| mcnt. complimcn,ing them on their appearance
| ACTION OF THE STATE BOARD OF ARBITRATION.
The State Board Of Arbitration has createi the
chief interest of the day by sending ont tins alef
noon to Grand Master Sweeney and the chci
| officials of each railroad the following circular
| State OF NcwYork Boord OF Mediation and Arbitration
Hotel Broeycl Buffalo. n. Y. August %, 1872
Dear Sir: In with the provisions oil section
O. Chapter Co. OF the Laws OF 1857 the S'a,e h.u VI
Mediation and Arbitration have decided TO formaE III
vest pato the cause ~ the recent strkc Z" en-
n,oves NJ tho Iebiph Valley and other railroads Such
investigation win begin Wednesday, August ~ at 10
O'Clock a. No.. Ncw-Era Hsii Swan and Main SIS our
company Is respectfully requested TO appear by IL Officers
or other representatives and take part IN snch h''s"
CATION Very respectfully
CHARLES j. MADDEN. Secretary.
I'VE will form a regular court sald ON
missioner Donovan this afternoon. We are SUD
poeuaine every one whose testimony Will Ire OF
Importance, and they will have TO testify under
OATH and before a stenographcr his H'es'l-
CATION is not complimentary, it il peremptoFy.
1T is the opinion OF the arbtrators that tho
strike az far as the switchmcn are concerned. is
over said Clerk j. H. Powers. The trains are
moving freight is being received ana delivered
and the companies say that they have all the men
they want. An attempt was made by certain
members of the board TO gain information on the
immediate prospect Of tine men, but il resulted un-
satisfactorv which possibly accounts for the
Fastening of the investigation. as the maJ'er ~
now generally regarded at an end. ana Tie
Switch mems Union as defeated. Without ald from
sister organizations the of the switchmen Is
| hopeless one
| THE TWELFTH WAS NOT IN ACTION.
The newspaper men ard the military were ths
morning alarmed by reports OF bloodshcd h'~'
| which came from OUT OF town. Local Newspaper
mon and cut-oftown correspondents conoiu"c'
their DISPATCHES last night rather earlier than
J usual, ard all hands went to bed hoping to get
| good nights sleep. After the hour OF a. M
when the papers 90 10 press, some person sent our
the story that the 9TH Regiment WAS salu ~ haNc
been in all engagement with strikers. Inc re-
port reached Buffalo from outside points. ana thl-
| morning il seemed that both troops and strike rs
ha., lid no tory mi M.
of the press a., they began their rounds this morn
ing and apprehension WaS instant lest there might
have been some slight conflict in the nIght some
where within the twenty miles OF railway tern,
tory which must h. covered. Every one doubted
the occurrence Of any fatal encounter, put cnch
WINS obliged 10 s,c the grounds, so that his Genial
might be absolute and explicit. drive OF twelve
or fifteen miles brought te correspondents 10 the
junction of the Erie, the Buffalo Creek and West
stands Camp /, invested by the l2th kegincnt
Tne ranking officer in command, lionel Dowd,
listened to thu tale that had come from cities far
distant and smiled.
We had bad no encounter with strikers o.
X, while on picket last night, were occasionally
targets fir stones thrown out Of the darkness
In such cases the men frequently fir" in tho
direction from which the missiles are thrown
Last night some Of the pickes crawcd under the
cars and from that position fired out IN the dircc,
ton whercc several time stones and scrap, OF
iron had been hurled The attacks ceased Such
incidents are, however, Of nightly occurrence
Nothing beyond the ordinary happened within
our lines last night. None of our men were in
jured nor any OF the strikers that we know o.
The 47th Separate Company, of IIornclisvil'c,
who were campcd near by, affirmed that not a
shot had been fired during the night by their
men. Two miles further down the tracks the
day outpost of the l2th Regiment was cnconn-
tered. The night piclets, when released this
| M rning. made no mention Of disturbance tie
pickle. lines during the night. \ track detective
OF the Erie said that nine scattering ,hot~ wcic
fired in the air last night TO warn away several
| knots of idlcrs. lie knew II no one being
wounded. Sergeant Young, of Company ], 5lst
| Regiment, when he came OF duty this morning,
| reported no disturbance tho Erie tracks wher.
lis men were plckcicd On the way out through
the yards many soldiers said they mad hoard
| sounds like vollcy firing near the lists head
quarters at the Erie shops and roundhou"' IN