The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-22
The SWITCHNEN HOPE
But 1t Seems Certain That
Their Cause Is Lost.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE FIRM.

No Indications of sympathetic Move
ment on the Part of the Trainmen, Upon
which the strikers Were Depending
Incidents which Have Hurt the Men In
Public Rcgard--The Troops to Remain
Until the Trouble Is Overall the
Roads Moving Freight in Large
Quantities.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug 22.-"The strike
is ended. The men are beaten. They
acted prematurely, were i'll advised, and
If they cannot make terms with the COM
panies within 49 hours their places will
be lost to them" This is the summary
of the situation as expressed this morn
ing by Florence F. Donovan, member
of the State Board of Arbitration. He
has been a sympathizer with the men,
and therefore his opinion is of value.
! The side strikes at Niagara and Ell
mira are inactive; the firemen have not
gone out; the railroad telegraphers have
made no move; the trainmen are in an
aggravatingly hesitating mood, and alto
gether the unfortunate switchmen, in the
face of the defeat which stares at them,
| have the added grief of realizing that
they went into action without having
taken the most elementary steps to-
ward forming sympathetic alliances that
would almost surely have been able to
pull them through.
Freight traffic was resumed with ven
| geance by all the roads to-day, and the
! officials of all the lines give out the most
encouraging reports. Within three or four
days the freight blockade will probably
| be removed.
The Erie is no longer crippled. Supt
| Charles A. Brunn told United Press re-
porter this morning that his road sent out
13 full freight trains yesterday, besides
opening up the Black Rock and Suspen-
sion Bridge yards.
81 have ten switch engines at work
to-day, and they are kept busy, too. We
have to-day begun loading our grain cars
and in day or SO our elevators will be
relieved of the blockade"
The Central no longer feels the strike,
30 far as its road is concerned. To day
they have full force of switchmen at
work The new Eastern hands are turn
ing out well, but those from the West are
failures, with few exceptions. Freight
trains in the big East Buffalo yards are
being sent out regularly. The Black Rock
and Niagara Falls yards are open too,
while the Ohio street yards, where the
grain trains are made up, are being
cleared up rapidly.
There is a marked improvement in the
Lake Shore, West Shore 'and Nickel
Plate and Lehigh yards. The new men
are being broken in rapidly, and as they
become acquainted with the track and
switches their work improves All the
yards did a good days work yesterday
and most of the roads resumed the night
freight service.
Two very unfortunate affairs have done
much to turn public sympathy against
the switchmen. One was the derailing OF
the Erie train and the other was the cap
ture last night of Daniel Cahill who con
fessed himself a striking switchman.
William Kaye, a non-union man, was
turning a switch at the Lehigh Junction
East Buffalo, when Cahill set upon him
and assaulted him. The timely arrival OF
the guard alone saved the mans life
Cahill was arrested and turned over to
the police. He confessed the assault, said
he was striker, and that he committed
the act because he felt that a man who
took his place deserved to suffer for it,
The authorities are hard at work en-,
: deavoring to locate the miscreants who
came so near wreoking the passenger train
late Saturday night near Linden station
1t is reported that five suspicious charac
ters were seen in that vicinity during the
afternoon, and the railroad officials thinl
they are the victims of a conspiracy, but
until fuller information is obtained it il
impossible to tell whether the attempt
emanates from the strikers or from tough
characters, large party of the latter being
In this vicinity.
| hot tba nt raI to ,
mystery. While running at good speed
the engine jumped the track and tn,
baggage car followed.
Prompt application of the air brake
brought things to standstill with I
: shock that threw the passengers int
CONSERVATION and they swarmed from
the cars thoroughly alarmed. EXamina
tion of the track showed that fish plate
had been wedged in blind switch anC
|: judging from the remnants, what ap
peared like a freight car door had ais,
been placed across the rails.
John Brown, Thomas O'Brien, Johl
\ Hughes and Michael Fallen, all striking
switchmen, were arrested last night il
/ the East Buffalo yards of the Erie. The
a were acting suspiciously, ans the polio
; thought they meant trouble Brown wa
a In the act of throwing a coupling pin a
some of the Erie switchmen, and other
|. were urging them to leave their work
,. They were locked up and will be sent Il
J the penitentiary.
1t is reported that a meeting of tn
: telegraphers employed by railroads Il
Q this territory was held, but it is though
= hardly probable they will take any specia
Z action unless the situation should be
], come more extensively involved than nov
: seems probable.
Corporal Becker, of Company l. an
i, private Gould, who were injured durin
i the hand to hand battle with the mob q
strikers Saturday night, are still confne
to the hospital tent. Becker has a ba
cut received by blow from couplin
pin, and Gould's injuries consist of cut
! on his body
. The strikers were pretty badly pune
tured with bayonets, one of them, probabl
fatally.
, Notwithstanding all the hubbub abou
there being too many soldiers here it il