People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-19
NEW YORK In ARMS.
THE STATES SOLDIERY AWAIT
THE GOVERNORS ORDERS.
Buffalo Officials Ask for Troops, And
They viii Probably be Sent There
At Once

AT UncG1
New YORK, August II. - Just before
sunset yesterday q message was clicked
over the telegraph wires from the head
quarters Of the national guard of the
State at Albany to every armory in this
city. 1t was a general order frocZ Adju-
tant-GenerCl Josiah Fl. Porter for every
regiment ia this city to put every mem
Der OF its companies under arms and to
hold them in readiness to proceed at once
to the scene of the6witchmen's strike al
Buffalo. Men were sent to the rife
rooms, ard the clan%ling of bayonets and
the rattle Of small arms broke the silence
of the big buildings. Messages were
sent QUITO the soldiers of the regiments
living near to report for duty without
delay. The address books Of each reGi-
ment were brought out, and soon the
telephone bells were ringing all over
the city to connect the men with their
officers.
Before 8 O'Clock, uniformed men
crowded tho cars ON the elevated rail
roads. They were in unseetaly haste.
Their movements were like those Of
soldiers bent on serious business. When
they reached the streets they went in
double time to their armOries.
In the homes Of most of the soldiers
different scene was enacted. The most
of them were men who have to work
hard for a living. They parted from
their wives or theie parents and brothers
and sisters with hopeful words and en-
couraging smiles, but the wives and SIS
ters feh that their relatives were going
away to fight.
Later in the night the streets were
alive wish men in uniforms, hurrying to
their posts Of duty. Meanwhile all New
York lay asleep, unconscious that thous
ands Of CHER fellow-citizens were armed
and ready for serious fighting.
At the crack Seventh's army Adiu-
tant Landon said the officers Of the regi-
ment had received orders about 6 o'clock
from Ad{utant Porter TO hold themselves
in readiness to go to Buffalo. All the
captains of the companies were notified
to have their men ready at a moments
notice. Several men of each company
were ordered at the armory to act as
messengers in case further dispatches
were received from Albany, calling the
regiment to do active service.
At the Twenty-second armory every
sign portended war last night. A solemn
faced sentry stood guard at the door and
challenged every passerby without the
countersign. The silent armOry Of the
Twenty second had been transformed
into bedlam within an hour, and the
quiet young men of business who FIJI its
ranks into serious-visaged men OF war.
eve could move with over 800 men
right now" said Lieutenant Colonel
King. eff the order should come. Con-
sidering the short notice the men had.
they have been surprisingly prompt in
responding. If they had had any warn
ing we should have had 500 men here by
this time I have simply the order of
the adiutant- general to assemble and
await further orders. haven't any idea
when we are expected to move, nor to
what point. The men will go in heavy
marching order and fatigue uniform.
Each man will have sixty rounds of ball
cartridges and not a single blank. We
will take 500 men, though the full COM
Element of the regiment is 625 This in
cludes the signal corps"
The entire National Guard comprises
1880 men. Governor Flower, as COM
mander-in-chief of the State forces, is in
direct communication with the Erie
county authorities, and has taken such
measures that should the occasion require
it there will not be an hours unneces-
sary delay in moving the troops to
Buffalo or to any point desired.
A dispatch from Buffalo says "Grand
Master Sweeny made some serious
charges against the railroad companies
this afternoon. He said they burned
many of the cars themselves to gain
sympathy. Sweeny also asserted that
the switchmen stand ready to aid the
militia in preventing depredations. The
switchmen are not only not to blame for
the acts of disorder that have been com
mitted, but that they have not sanctioned
them in any way. The best proof of this
is that there have been none of them ar
rested"
That the Erie and Lehigh Valley roads
are afraid of an extension of the Buffalo
trouble was evidenced yesterday by the
fact that the agents of both roads refused {
to accept perishable freight for through
shipment except at the shippers risk
The officials of both roads admitted that