Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-16

Str1ke on the central ana WeSl
Shore.
BUFFALO, Aug. 16, a. m.-The Sixty
fifth regiment has been sent to Checktowag.
to guard the Lehigh Valley and the Erie
yards.
1:30 a. m.-The Seventy-fourth infantry
has been ordered out to protect the Cen
trail and West Shore property, it being
feared that switchmen on these roads may
go out tonight.
FREIGHT CARS WRECKED.
The City and County OF Buffalo
Must Pay for Them-Policemen
Placed on the Trains-No Perish
able Freight Received-A Sheriff
Tries to Run an Engine-President
Mcleod Talks on the Situation.
BUFFALO, Aug. TO- The police commits
sioners were busy to-day swearing in spe-
cial policemen on account of the strike.
The sheriff was also busy swearing in spe-
cial deputies for duty in the yards at
Cheektowaga, which is outside the city
limits and beyond the jurisdiction of the
city police. The sheriff will not call upon
the military, except as last resort.
At p. IN. reliable reports received from
East Buffalo and Cheektowaga showed that
the Lehigh Valley had lost seventy-two
freight cars by fire and the Erie fourteen.
All the railroad men profess to be utterly
unable at present to fix an estimate of the
loss. They are acting very cautiously on
this point, for the reason that claim will
be made against the city and county for
damages and the amount of course has not
been figured up. 1t is known, however,
The Erie train reported in earlier dispatch
es as being on fire did not contain mer-
chsndise of extra value.
Forty-seven special deputy sheriffs left
for Cheektowaga at 1910 p. M, and more
will be sent out during the afternoon. If
the sheriff finds he cannot preserve order,
he will appeal to the governor for military
aid.
Grand Master Sweeney in later inter
view on the strike said: "It has spread to
Waverly and will probably to Hornellsville
and Bradford, where the switchmen are
dissatisfied. It has not spread to any
other roads in Buffalo. We have come to
an agreement with the Western New York
and Pennsylvania on a ten hour basis, and
will have no trouble with that road. A
conference with the general superintend
ent of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg has been arranged for this afternoon.
He is coming here, and I expect that q
settlement on the ten hour basis will be
made"
TRAINS STALLED.
About 4:30 p. m. engine No. was pull
ing freight train into the city when about
thirty strikers boarded the train, set the
brakes, stalled the train, pulled the coup
ling pins, threw pins and links in stagnant
pools at the side of the road and disap-
peared. The engineer got new supply of
pins and links and hauled the train in with
a policeman on about every fifth car. Tho
event attracted very large crowd. The
only Lehigh Valley train that moved past
the Buffalo Greek junction to-day was
coal train which went out to William street
guarded by sight policemen. The Nickel
Plate moved thirtytwo cars of live stock
from the Lehigh Valley to the Lake Shore
tracks, but when the men learned of it
they refused to make the cars up in the
Lake Shore trains bound over the Central
for New York. Then it was learned that
thirteen cars belonging to the Lehigh and
Erie were on the West Shore tracks. The
men refused to handle them. Each man
was asked separately to go to work on
these cars and each upon refusing was dis
charged. In consequence the Lake Shore
switchmen stood in hourly expectation all
day of being ordered out by the union.
Out at the Philadelphia and Reading yards
the situation is about the same. Not car
has moved there since Saturday. A large
force of men are expected to morrow, and
an effort will be made to push the work.
The immense freight sheds of the road are
full of freight, and the Erie elevator Is full
of grain. About forty non-union men
brought from Philadelphia by the Phila-
delphia and Reading to take the places of
strikers reached Buffalo this morning. No
attempt was made to work them today. At
the local freight station of the Lehigh
Valley nothing but perishable freight was
handled. The only freight brought In was
went to East Buffalo nearly all his depu-
ties deserted him. Tonight at the Check
towaga yards an empty Lehigh freight car
was burned. The Seventy-fourth and
Sixty fifth regiments are assembled at their
armories ready to move at a moments no
tice. General Superintendent Bartlett of
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg sys-
tenn came here to day and held a confer
encs with the switchmen of his road. 1t
| is understood that he acceded to their de-
| mand for 20 cents an hour.
EXCITEMENT AT wAvERLY.
ELM1RA, N. Y, Aug. 15.-Great excite
ment prevails at Waverly, n. Y, and
Sayre, Pa, just over the state line, on &C
count of the strike of the Lehigh Valley
awitchmen. Fifty-one Lehigh men are
| out. Only four of the Erie switchmen 81
Waverly are union men, and these had moi
been ordered out this morning. Two L.
high freight trains slipped out, the train
men doing their own switching, but with
these exceptions no trains have gone
through Ssyre since Saturday night. Be-
tween 1900 and 5000 cars are tied "
there Sheriff Geer of Tioga county, N
ties sworn in and Sheriff Powell of Brad
ford county, Pa, is at Sayre with large
force of deputies.
Great excitement resulted from the at
tempt to run an engine and caboose out o.
Sayre this morning. The men surrounded
the engine and refused to let it proceed
Sheriff Powell turned the. switch himself
bat it was turned back by the strikers. A
start was made, but the strikers pulled
the coupling pin between the engine ant
cabooae and caused another delay. IT,
sheriff tried to arrest some of the men, bu
they were Immediately rescued by thei
comrades. Superintendent Stephenson an.
the sheriff mounted the pilot, but coult
not keep the men away from the engine
At noon the engine had gone about 20
yards, and the strikers were in command
of the situation. No trouble has occurre
at Elmira or Hornellsville. The alterca
tions between the sheriff's posse and tn
strikers have been conducted 30 far with
out any serious results.
A special received this afternoon say
that sixty men were ordered to report
,, Superintendent Stephenson to-day to tax
the places of the strikers. They reported
, but refused to go to work.
pprerDrNT M'IEoD's STATEMENT