New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-18

tempt had been given up, and nothing was oone'
The place was deserted, SO the soldiers "eu'
back again 70 East Buffalo.
A. the inner Lehigh freight house, where there
are over 400 freight cars stalled. The Saranac
was moored 10 unload lumber. The lumber
shoyers worked upon her until o'clock, but
then she MAS no more than half unloaded. Un-
less some Of tho cars can be moved soen' IL
lsoks "A though tha lumber yards would pe
tied up.
The companies are not Idle OF head or hano' 10
ia evidenced by device that will De put Ia op-
Grafton tomorrow for the protection OF men max
ing I'D trains Flat or "gondola" cars are oelng
prepared with fixed benches running lengthwise
of the cars. These benches are to be occupied oy
sharpshootcrs we'll armed, and ono zach Of these
cars is 10 be hooked to the cowcatcher or buner od
each switching engine. Thus the crews WILL oe
constantly under ready guard.
A strong guard now keeps Queen-st. closed from
the I.ackawanna trestle north. The loafeb who
used TO congregate on the trestle over the heads
Of the soldiers have been driven of, end it Is to-
nioht occupied by the signal corps Of the 74th,
who are employed in transmitting orders from
hcadouarters from the high point OF vantage.
NO EFFORT TO RUN TRAINS MADE.
To-day. all through the Lchigh Valley yards
and the Buffalo Creek yards, down TO the Biand
and on the Tiff Farm, from Mlchlgan-sh' out
and around TO the Lake Shore "Y:" everything
was Quiet. dull, almost dead. Freight cars OF all
kinds and containing all sorts Of freight stood
in long lines, filing all the switches ana side
tracks! The companies did not try to 40 any
thing, so the strikers kept quiet. ana therc was
no trouble Of any kind. During the afternoon
there were not thirty men In the whole territory
of two or three miles square In the morning
Iehigh train OF about thirty cars OF freight was
drawn into the Lehigh yard from East Buhaio'
IL WAS well guarded by policemen and miitia-
men, and no opposition was met with In gettlhe
it into the yard. The district was patroiieo oy
CAPTAIN Quinn and twenty officers, and at each
freight house the Lehigh people had their own
watchmen. -,
All day long the Buffalo Creek road did not
move q car The Lehigh people would not az
tempt any work. becauses they said. there was nut
protection enough on the ground. There had oeen
no assaults or disturbances there as yet. But
they knew IL work should bo attempted there
would be trouble with >he strikers at once. At
4 80 o'clock Lehigh engine drawing nat car
loaded with police and militia came from East
Buffalo TO the "Y.' picked up twenty-three cars
OF soft coal and started back safely. The coal
effort was made to move IL farther.
Steam was kept up all day on half a dozen
Lchich and Buffalo Creek engines at the Lchigh
round house, and every hour or two one or more
Of them would run into the Ganson-st. tank for
water After taking water, each would run
hack to the round house, and none did any work.
The old Lehigh Hotel, large two-story frame
house. has been refitted with thirty cots and
nd ctcl
week. Workmen and soldiers might both be
quartered there.
The situation here this morning was not en-
couraging. The Central switchmen having joined
the strike made IL much more formidable. and
the Central yards this morning were under picket
guard Ii was feared the strike would spread
10 the other vanderbilt hncs--the West Shore
and Lake Shore roads.
Brigadier-Gencral Doye's orders resulted in con-
ccntra,ing the entire Fourth Brigade here to-
day and they were all needed, us the strike
covers several miles of territory. The bulk OF
the soldiery are in the big Chccktowaga yards
outside the city limits The companies ordered
10 Buffalo by General Doyle are as follows
Ist Separate Company, Of Rochester, seventy
men, 2nd Separate Company, OF Auburn, ninety
men: eth Separate Company, Of Rochester, eighty
five men; 18th Separate Company, Of James
town. 100 men: 2sth Separate Company, OF
Tonawanda, ninety men; 2sth Separate Com
many. Of Elmira, thirty men; 30th Separate Com
pany. of Elmira sevcnty-fve men, saith Sep
aratc Company, OF Geneva, thirty-fve men; 4lst
separate Company. Of Syracuse. seventy-hve men;
42nd Separate Company, OF Niagara Falls,
-cventy-Gve men; 43rd Separate Company, Of
Olean. ninety mon 45th Separate Company, OF
Cortland. seventy men; 4sth Separate Company,
Of Oswcgo. 100 mcn: 5th Battery, Of Syracuse,
scvcnty-fve men; the 65th and 74th Regiments
now on duty. about 700 men
THE DEMANDS OF THE CENTRAL MEN.
Before going down into the yards this morn
ing. General Superintendent Voorhees,, OF the Cen
tral. in a talk, was asked how many Of the Cen
trail men were out.
There are about 150 in all.
what do the strikers demand-fewer hours
or increased wages?'
That's Just what I'd like you 10 mako clear
to the public through the press. 1t is purely
strike for increased pay. The pretension OF tho
men that they want fewer hours Is all humbug
They have worked In the past. eleven hours
day actual work. and they expect TO continue
10 work that way, but they want their hourly
compensation increased by an amount which Is
practically 10 per cent Ii Is. rs 1 said before,
a strike for increased pay. The men have never
before made the slightest objection to tue number
Of hours they work.
They made formal demand for il?
"Yes The night force came TO us on TUESDAY
nj noon and made the same demand as has been
made an tbe other roads They belong TO the
Switchmens Union. and suppose they made up
their minds to do as the other union men did,
Their demand was refused. The men employed
on CHS road in Buffalo have been receiving more
ray than any other men performing like service
on this road in the State of New-York, and we
decided not to grant their demands
do you anticipate much trouble as result OF
these men going out?"
mo. There has been no demonstration as
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