Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-18

are gerrlng swan pea with -four ana WITH
only the Lackawanna left to help them
out they will accomplish very little to-
wards keeping up with eastern business.
The receipts of grain are SO heavy that
the elevators will soon be full. General
package freight is accommodating so rap
idly that the warehouses are overflow
ing with it.
Superintendent Fennell, of the Lehigh
Valley, stated Tuesday night that for
the present the company will pay par
ticular attention to the lake freight
business. "We will soon be in good
shape to handle our business" said Mr..
Fennell, las we have sixty men in East
Buffalo now ready to go to work"
Superintendent Brunn, of the Erie,
expressed himself as satisfied that every
thing would be running smoothly
Wednesday, although the company will
not attempt to do any night work while
the strike lasts.
Plenty of Men.
Word from Philadelphia was received
Tuesday night that President Mcleod
was prepared TO send ON all the men
needed as soon as he was assured Of
proper protection. This he will get
for General Doyle has ordered all of the
Fourth brigade to report to him here.
Shops Feeling 1t.
The effect of the strike on the big rail.
road shops is already becoming apparent
Cars for rebuild and repair are growing
fewer in the shops, while they are piling
up ON the read.
"If the s, ike continues much longer, >
said one of the Lehigh Valley men Tues
day night, "the road will be compelled
to make serious reduction in its shop
force"
Conference Rumors.
Many rumors of conferences between
high officials of railroads and also be.
tween grand officers of various orders
of railroad employees were current Tues
day night, but so far as is known moth
ing of the sort occurred. The report
that President Mcleod was coming here
and the presence of Vice President
Webb, of the Central, in this city,
probably gave rise to the first report
More Troops Ordered Out.
Representatives of all the roads went
before Judge Green Tuesday and repre-
sented that their property was not suffi.
GENTLY guarded by the troops called out
by the sheriff. The Judge granted an
order to General Doyle, who also issued
general order calling out the entire
Fourth brigade.
The Fourth brigade comprises fifteen
companies from different points between
here and Syracuse This brings an ad.
ditional force of LAO men on the scene,
making a total of about 1000 men under
arms here. Some of these arrived
Wednesday morning.
Strikers Withdraw.
The strikers have withdrawn from the
Erie and Lehigh yards, where the mil.
tia are in control, to the outside terri.
tory, where they can have things more
their own way.
An instance of this was late Tuesday
afternoon, when a large number OF
strikers interrupted an Erie freight 81
Laylor parl near Alden, and stalled it.
pulling all the coupling-pins and setting
the brakes. The train was backed to
Alden and laid there all night. Troo, 4
were sent out to that vicinity Wednes.
day.
Wednesday morning passed without
incident, and at 10 o'clock all was re.
ported quiet at the scene of the trouble.
A general order was issued from the
brigade headquarters at 10 o'cloc'
Wednesday, assigning the troops to pc
sitions. The Sixty-fifth regiment will
cover the territory between Tiff farm
and Babcock Street junction ON the Lee
high. The 5eventy-fourth will have
charge of TIE Lehigh from there into
the city. The Thirteenth. OF James