Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-23
BLOCKADE RAISED.
Freight Moved by the Rail-
roads at Buffalo.
The Firemen Now Masters Of the
Entire Situation.
1t Now Rests With Grand Mas
ter Sargent Alone
WHETHER THE STRIKE SHALL COL
LAPSE OR SPREAD

10 Proportions Involving Immeasurabie
Loss TO the Commerce and Business Of
the Country. as Well as to the Partici-
pants in the struggle-Buffalo Ier-
chants, in sympathy with the Strikers,
Refuse to Sell the Soldiers Food-=sThe
switchmen Beaten Unless They Re-
csive Aid from the other Trainmen.
BUFFALO, Aug. 23.--The blockade has
been raised. Nearly all the roads are
moving freight. The condition of the
yards here is no longer congested.
The Erie made the first attempt to
start freight out Of the Black Rock
yards Sunday morning, sending six full
trains east.
Sunday afternoon the Central sent a
train Of hard coal from East Buffalo to
Black Rock.
This movement of coal suggests that
the yards are getting pretty well cleaned
mp. II is evident that the switchmen
are beaten unless their co-employes, the
firemen, trainmen and conductors, come
to their aid.
There was nothing indicating up to a
late hour Sunday night that the firemen
would be ordered out.
Merchants here in sympathy with the
strikers refuse to sell eatables to the sol
der boys.
The troops are becoming accustomed
to the p1ivations of war time and are
not grumbling 80 much over little mat
tiers. The commissary has improved and
this doubtless has its effect on the spirits
of the men.
IL Rests with Sargent.
Grand Master Sargent, of the Brother
hood Of Locomotive Firemen, arrived in
Buffalo Monday This is the latest fea-
ture in the strike situation.
Past Grand Chief Telegrapher Thurs
ton, of Vinton, arrived here Saturday
night. Now the heads of all the railroad
organizations, with the exception of the
engineers, are or have been ON the scene
and in position to intelligently discuss
the situation.
The fireman are masters of the situa-
ton and it is for Grand Master Sargent
to say whether the present strike shall
collapse or spread to proportions involv-
ing Unreasonable loss, not only to
participants in the struggle, but to COM
MERGE and business of the country.
Sargent was very tired man as he
stepped from his car. To reporter,
who asked him for an interview, he
begged to be excused at that time, but
promised one later in the day.
Sargent Interviewed.
Grand Master Sargent went from the
depot to the Broesel House. When he
had breakfast he was assigned to Room
t6. When he had rested he consented
to talk to reporter. His words seem
to strengthen the belief that the trouble
here is not over yet. Said Mr.. Sargent:
II came here in response to kilograms
from Mr.. Sweeney. You ask me what
the outlook is; | can not tell you yet |
am here sooner than was expected, for /
was quite i'll and did not at first think /
should be able to leave by bed. But
made up my mind that 1t was highly
necessary for me to come, and | started
Sunday morning"
"Rnt, Mr.. Sargent, are the firemen
going out? that is the question that in
terests the Buffaloians above all others.
1sThat I can not tell. But let me as
sure You If the firemen go out the en-
gineers, trainmen, conductors and rail-
road photographers will go with them.
That know. Mind you, now, l do not
say that the tiremen will go out, but
want you to emphasize that fact--that If
the firemen go out the conductors, train
men, engineers and the telegraphers
will go with them. The public have a
wrong impression in this matter and the
papers have been misleading them. The
papers have been talking of the firemen
as IL they were going to go out as a sep
arate body. That is not so. They will
not go out alone"
"What is the specific grievance Of the
firemen in this city?"
"They have none that | know of.
But it is now question as to whether
the railroad corporations or the different
bodies of organized labor are to succeed.
Suppose that the switehmen are defeat
ed In this struggle, what them In the
future whenever the firemen, engineers
or any other order of railroad employees
go to their corporations with requests
or grievances they will simply be ig-
nored.
sit will be sympathetic strike alto
gether-a struggle between the railroad
corporations and organized labor. III the
switchmen are defeated at this time it is
A serious blow to organized labor. If
they are supported and maintained by
their brother organizations and carry
their point it will tend to give the or
CARNATIONS their rights in the future.
As you might say, 1t is pnrelya struggle
for self-preservation.
"Can the local organization OF fire
men go out ON their own responsibility =
mo. ANY local organization is liable
to expulsion from the order for striking
without two-thirds vote and the con-
sent of certain executives of the organi
cation"
"How many ficemen are in the i'm
mediate vicinity of Buffalo, on the
roads centering in Buffalo|
II should say Buffalo. could produce
In the neighborhood of 300"
"In the case of the tiremen going out
do Won think the roads could get new
men enough to operate the linesT
mo, do not. Business is good and
the country is not overstocked with
skilled railroad men out of jobs"
How soon will II be determined what
action will be taken?"
THAT can not tell Mr.. Sweeney
has sent for the executives of the yarl-
Gus orders of railway employees, and
after a conference has been held IL will
be known. But let me assure you that
before the iiremen go out certain rail-
road officials will know it and probably
the public as well Our order is well or
ganized, and we do business in bust
ness-like manner"
do you know anything about a three
years contract tie Central has with its
menY
Nothing"
"Do YOU consider that it was necessa-
rv 20 bripg so ,naOy troODs into Buff