New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-17
CENTRAL'S MEN MAY STRIKE.
FEW OF THAT ROADS ENGINES IN BUFFALO
AT WORK

FEW OF lHAl hOAD'S ENUlNEo lN DSfi-A
AT WORK
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF BY sTRIKElS-rIIE RLAD-
ING RECRUITING ITS FoRcE-THREATs OF
THE MEN-GENERAL DoYLE's FIRM
ATTITUDE-sTATE BOARD OF AKBI-
TRAnoN ON THE SCENE.
tsY TELEGRAPH TO THE THIBUNEI
Buffalo, Aug. H. a. MT is now stated that
the switchmen on the Central have been ordered
out. A reporter who climbed target In the
Central wards saw engines switching up to and
after midnight
The situation is becoming exciting The police
| and militia at the city line are constantly coming
into small collisions with the strikers or their
friends. At the Lackawanna overhead bridge
several men on a switch train were for some
time making trouble with the soldiers by throw
ing down stones on them. Captain Wood. OF
Company II, 74th Regiment, at last stopped them
by suddenly firing a pistol as he saw man
drawing back to throw stone. 1t
ia not supposed he intended to hit anybody.
clubbing affray in which the police took part re-
suited In fracturing the skull OF man who is said
| to have been a nero spectator OF an alteration
| between the-poce and strikers. The latter were
Joined by women, who were exceedingly bold IN
defyng the authorities. So far as can oe learned
none Of the non-union men sent up by the road
have been put on. Greater resistance VIII oo
provoked when that Is undertaken.
| The danger OF big strike on tne
Central brought Third Vice-President IL.
Walter Webb here to-day. After consnlfa-
,on OF officials, word was sent TO Sheriff Beck
| that n strike was expected on the Central and
| that protecion was demanded for its property
| "If II had not been for the calling out OF the
militia, said Mr. Webb, | believe our men wouid
| have gone out OH strike this morning. we are
now paying the wages the Erie and Lehigh striKers
ask for and our have Therefore no cause
for compaint but il i, hard for them TO hold out
against the taunts of the strikers. Now they are
protected. and. / think our road may not suner
| Grand Master Sweeney says however, that unless
the Reading road backs down all the swtchmcn
from Maine to California will be called OUT.
The Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg preveh'e"
| strike on its road to-day by conceolhg V'e
| demands of its switchmen. The Erie ana heau-
ing officials say they will fight 1t out 10 the emu
| The trouble has not extended Deyoho 'hese V"o
roads vet. and Sweeney said to-day that 1t would
not spread for the present 1t Is strongly hin,e''
however that if the freight blockade is broken
| to-day decisive steps will be taken. the strike
wiu he extended 10 all the roads in the city aud
down through the State, and the locomotive i'c-
| men will join the movement.
The rough element among the strlKcrs say
| that if the non-unlon men 20 10 WORK III ."c
| wards they will be killed Killed, not Ike
| mra. but like dogs" one fellow eNpr,Sse'
il. But there is little chance of the strikers
| killing anybody in Buffalo. At dayofeak o'c
| s5tb and 7Ath Regiments Of the National Guard
appeared at the Erie and Lehigh freight yards
| ct In Cheektowaga after march oil uircc
bours There were about 500 men In all, under
command OF General Peter c. Doyle, who' as IL
| banncns il General Northern Freight Agent OF
the Lehish Valley road.
The National Guard is never ordered out al
,.;an,rh, % nut dawn a riot armed with blank
cartridges said he. Every man carries thirty
eight rounds Of ball cartridges prepared TO shoot
| II there /. any necessity for shooting, you may
dencnd upon IL there will bc hot work. This
| recmcnt has fine record at rifle practice, ana
| was never i'm letter condition for duty than now
| The cuartsmen slept last night without tents
| and many Of them came near getting no preaN-
| last this morning, their rations being delaye"
until o o'clock. In consequence OF their presence
freight moved much more freely to-day, and In
| only n few cases were the switchmcn at work
| intcrfcreG with.
The Lehigh Valley people assert. that they
got four trains out Of the yard this morning
They say tina: they will have no difficulty IN
moving freight after to-day Just before noon
a long train, that had been lying in the yard
since last night. was started. gang ol nun
union men, evidently green. were marched down
10 do the work The coupng-pins had all Deeh
pulled. and the first thing TO he done was to re-
pany. 65th Regiment accompanied the gang.
Lieutenant Lambrccht, with one platoon, marched
along one side Of the train, while Captain
Fogarty. with the other platoon, kept guard on
the other side Thus protected, the men replaced
| the pins, and the train was started
| A few freight trains were Seen on the move
| early this morning, but they were short AZ noon
4 long loaded freight passed in on the Eric, ana
| in about ten minutes IL was followed by another.
There was no general movement of freight, how
ever.
The military lines extend from the city limits
70 the Iackawanna coal trestle in Cheektowaga.
A territory of about mile and q half is covered
by the troops.
Shortly after dark last night, fire broke out
in an empty box-car opposite the L@ckawanha
brick hotel 1t was believed to be OF incendiafy
origin Battalion Chief Pctzing and his men pu, t
out the fire. confning it TO the car In which ~
started After the flames qucnched a tram
came along and cut the hose, TO the great aillse
ment of some strikers or sympathlzers, who hai
gathered. After this incident there was qiie.
until the arrival Of the military: few trains n.
passed through, but no attempt was mlaae .,,aJ ~
moest them The strikers were scattered
through the yards, and were seer, here ami there,
evidently doing picket work. Every now S, an! tIn
then torped, es were exploded. indicating that tNc
strikers had a code Of signals
The Reading has been recruiting men all along
the line. number brought IN Yesterday mco were
induced by the strikers to go back again at once,
but those brought in to-day were, guarded by
soldiers and the srers S0da not se' thc
Rradino will cali upon all employees OF the Lehigh
Valley division not already on strike and ask Their
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