Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-08-27

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Becoming Unruly-Several Flights Ot ur
Some Freight Moving.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 2O.-Friday
night Lake Shore engine with crew
of men was engaged in switching cars
of perishable property. Switchmap
Albert l.. Bowen was on top of car.
AS the car approached the Lee
high bridge & at Hamburg street
one of the striking switchmen
climbed on top of the car and
attacked Bowen. Officer Mattison saw
the attack and started to the rescue.
Before he reached the car Bowen had
driven the striker off the car. Bowen
received severe cut on the head, but
proceeded on the car toward the freight
house, Officer Mattison being on the
engine, wsa
Crews were at work handling freight
cars at the Ohio street freight house
of the New York Central until shortly
before IL o'clock Friday night. Then
work was abandoned. A crowd of
men, one of whom was recog-
nized as switchman who was
in the employ of the road until
the strike was begun, had gathered
on the Lackawanpa trestle which cross
es tho Central tracks at Ohio street
The crowd jcered at the men who were
at work, and finally began throwing
bricks and stones at them. Not one of
the workmen was hit, but two sol
diers were struck by missiles, though
not seriously hurt. The Thirteenth
regiment of New York is sta
toned at this point, and detachment
was sent up on the trestle to drive the
mob away. They had all fled, how
ever, before the soldiers mounted the
structure. Mr.. Voorhees, communicated
with Gen. Doyle, who advised that no
further attempt be made to handle
cars.
Word was received from military
headquarters at East Buffalo late Fri
day night of trouble there. 1t was re-
ported that trainload of soldiers had
been attacked with stones by strikers
and that several arrests had been made.
Shots were fired, but no one hurt.
Some freight was moved; not hun
dreds of cars, to be sure, but enough to
show that bayonet is good argu-
ment. The Lehigh Valley had eighty
six new men at work, but they did
little labor and were glad when quit
ting time came. The New York Gem
tral, however, did better. Last night
it was loading grain at its elevators,
and during the day and evening thir-
teen trains left the city. The Erie was
in luck; it had ten engines, III men at
noon, and twenty more before night
fall. Three trains came in and five
went out The non-union crews of the
Lake Shore did little except look after
live stock and perishable freight
Gen. Doyle, commander in chief of
the troops, does not think the strike
will last much longer, and expressed
his opinion that freight will be running
out of Buffalo just as smoothly and
rapidly as ever in a day or two. In re-
ply to question as to the need of any
more troops he said:
81 notice by some of the evening
papers, that the impression has gone
abroad that the force is preponderously
large. Let me tell you that every few
minutes l am getting telephone mes.
sages from the officers in command OF
the various camps stating that they
have not men enough to properly patrol
districts assigned to them" -'
BUFFALO, n. Y, Aug. 2O.-Grand
Master Sweeney, the Acknowledged
head of the striking switchmen, in an
interview said:
This strike is bound to be success
full Notwithstanding the fact that there
are so few men out, for there are only
375 switchmen on this strike, and
know what l am talking about. They
are men who stand to win. They want
ten hours work for ten hours pay
and if they work eleven hours they
want pay for that extra hour at thG
regular rate. Every minutes work
over time must be paid for by the rail
roads from now on. That is the sun
and substance of their demand and tha
concession will end the difficulty"
ALBANY, n. Y, Aug. 2O.-Gov
Flower said. Friday night that he die
not expect any further trouble in thi!
state from the present strike. Thes!
views were coincided in by Adjt, Gen
Porter. There, are $500 infantry
and 200 cavalrymen in the Buffalo
yards Gov. Flower will leave fo
Watertown to spend Sunday with hi
family. Railroad men in this vicinit,
are satisfied to be left alone, and tn,
engineers and firemen deny that ther,
is any combination forming between
them and the switchmen.
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