The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-19
Several Hundred Cars of Related Freight
Moved from the BlOckaded Tracks BY the
New York Central with Military Aid.
Orders Issued by Governor Flower Call.
ing Out Nearly 5000 More Soldiers.
Fully 5000 Troops TO Be on Guard In the Rail.
road Yards To- Day-No Likelihood of the
Firemen Being Called Out
EIGHT HUNDRED MEN OUT.

EIGHT HUNDRED MEN OUT.
All switchmen on the Vanderbilt System al
Buffalo on strike-Ths Situation.
BUFFALO, Aug. 1S-The sixth day of the
switchmen's strike In this city closes with
increasing comp iications. The leaders Of
this strike have witnessed the movement
and massing of troops with growing de-
termination to meet every advance of theiI
opponents with counter-stroke. Before
tomorrow shall have.dawned 5000 troops
in the State service will be upon the field
here to watch and control about 500 strik-
ers. The presence of so large q number Of
soldiers is relied on by the railroad off,
cials as cover under which they may put
to work non union men already engaged to
break the freight blockade. What the
counter stroke of the strike leaders may
be to this situation was, at nightfall to-
night, problematic. but 1t is not beyond the
range of near possibilities that the firemen
and the trainmen on all the lines where
strikes are now prevailing may be called
out.
The situation may be broadly stated
thus: The latest addition of strength to
the striking switchmen was ninety men In
the Nickel-plate yard, who struck because
they were required to handle boycotted
freight. So it is now that the switchmen
upon the entire Vanderbilt system in this
vicinity are out The Lake Shore men, tc
be sure were working on the Western
schedule at the same rates for which their
colleagues in Buffalo went on strike last
Saturday. They went out solely TO add
their strength to the movement of their
oil ha MI at M " N
out to-day, struck only out OF sympathy,
for they are receiving at least 10 per cent.
higher rates than the men who originated
the strike. The Michigan Central, which
is part of the Vanderbilt system, prac-
tIcally has no yards In Buffalo its switch
ing being done on the CentraPs tracks. So
stands the Vanderbilt system, so far as the
strike in this city is concerned.
The leaders of the striking men held to-
night that the Vanderbilt roads are tied
up and inactive at this point. They urge.
In addition, that the Erie, the Lehigh VAL
10y and the Buffalo Creek roads are like
wise paralyzed by the strike. They feel
that the movement against the roads by
the men has now reached such magnitude
and completeness in this locality that it
may not be necessary for any men in allied
trades to be called out at this point Their
ground for operations is n possible calling
out of the switohmen on the Delaware.
Lackawanna 81 Western, the Buffalo.
Rochester & Pitteburg. and the Western
Il
relations of these roads with strike
leaders are extremely amicable 4 they
will not be called out except to Ia. he the
strike absolutely complete In this vicinity.
Indeed. it is more probable that the fremeR
and trainmen will be called out on lines al-
ready affected by the switchmen's strike.
MAY SPREAD TO OTHER POINTS
The writing of this digest of the situa-
ton at the hour of o'clock is embarrassed
by the fact that even before dawn of to-
morrow switchmen of the various roads
affected here may be called out at Sus-
pension Bridge, Hornellsville. Jersey City
| and possibly Rochester and Albany.
The Delaware, Lackawanna * Western.
| which has already conceded the rate de-
msnded by the men. went further to-day
and formally notified its employees that
| they would not be asked to handle pound
| of boycotted freight The result IL that
| the men OF this road are extremely loyal TO
| it. One of them in the yards to-day re-
| marked that he and his colleagues would
| be ready even to tight TOR their employers.
| The strikers regard the Western New York
| x Penrsy lvania officials and the Rochester
| d. Pittsburg officials as gentleman
| ly lot" Feeling so sure of this re-
| serve ground in Buffalo the presumption
| is that the strikers prefer the open counte-
nance by the roads of their cause TO the
moral support that might arise from the
| going out of the men on these roads in re-
sponse to a call. Hence, the counter
| strokes to be dealt the contesting roads I'D
! the future must fall upon their interests at
other points
There can be no doubt to- night but that
before yielding this fight the leaders will
extend their strike west, even TO Chicago,
and eastw ard to New York, ultimately call
ing out, perhaps, not only ewftchmcn. but
firemen and trainmen. The strikers look
| for wide Developments IN the next three
days
| mems ORDER Is here tonight, and IL Is said
| that his men are ready TO loln the switch
1 men whenever ordered.
| Ii Is well TO remember, In Weighing the
| claims and statements of the strikers, that
| this movement. unlike that of two years
| ago, upon the Central, bears the stamp OF
| OH cial regularity. 1t has been handled
| and directed with deliberati0n, and the
| strikers tonight say that, If deemed neces-
| sary, within the next three days the move
ment Will be extended from New York TO
| Chicago.
| AS to the condition of the tied-up roads
| in this city their officials make statements
strongly contradicting the claims of the
| men that the roads. as TO their frei ght traf-
| fic. are paralyzed. SO lar as the New York
Central Is concerned, the strikers are in
| error. That road Is moving freight, not in
| desultory way, a few cars at q time, but
in trains. Thus to-day the Central. be-
| tween A. NJ and 4:l5 p. Ne, delivered TO
| the Lake Shore lS3 cars IL took from the
| delivery-tracks of the Lake Shore all that
road had to offer. and tonight there are
seven clear Central tracks. AT the Ohio
| street elevator and freight-house. where
lake freight is handled, the Central o-day
loaded out seventy cgrs of merchandise
| and seventy five cars of grain. These cars
were then moved from Ohio street. through
the city, TO the yards at East Buffalo IL is
| tonight claimed by the Central officials
that their frei ght traffic IN and out of the
| Buffalo yards is progressing without inter-
| ruption. Beginning tomorrow the Central
will resume work at the Black Rock and
Erie-street yards. The officials feel that
they reckon coDeervatiyely that by Mon
day the freight business in their Yards Will
he moving normally. lt should be borne
in mind that no night-work in the yards