The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-15
RIOT AND INCENDIARISM
pH1aH VALLEY WITCH ME N
BURN FRBIGHT OARS.

sanVer Trains-A Water Tank
v7rac.ed to Cut the Fire Engines
off From a supply-Men at Work
BADLY Beaten-T rain Crews Driven
of.
PrFFALo, N. Y, Aug. 14.-There Is no
further Disgusting the fact that the strike
of the Erie and Lehigh Valley switchmen
is a serious matter. Riot and incendiarism
mark its tidal wave.
Things began to put on a more serious
aspect at O'Clock this morning. when a
series of incendiary fires broke out stimuli
tsueously in the Lehigh Valley yards.
Eighteen or twenty freight cars filled
with wool, cotton, hay and various other
merchandise, two passenger coaches and
two watchmen's houses were burned.
The fires occurred at places where the
fremen could not successfully stay the
flames on account OF the absence of water,
besides the difficulty of access to the fire.
WATER TANK SMASHED.
The water tank adjacent to the coal
trestle was smashed. and an engine shat
was taking water there was wrecked by a
string OF pou runaway COul OdNb bhos hoN
been turned loose from the erestle.
A dozen or so cars were thrown from the
Iehigh tracks, and a similar number from
the Erie by misplaced switches.
The first intimation of anything wrong
was when the coal cars were set loose and
demolished the water tank. Then the fires
broke out simultaneously. Police officers
we're unable to find any suspicious oharac-
ters in the yards.
That briefly is what had happened up 20
daylight this morning, but that was only
the beginning. The strikers, or their SYM
pathlzers, have pulled pins, turned switches
aud driven off crews.
THREE MEN BADLY HURT.
Three men are at the hospital badly hurt.
One man was assaulted at 3 O'Clock this
morning, two others at II and another at 8
O'Clock this afternoon.
One Of the most cowardly things done
was the throwing of the switches under
passenger train No. II at William street at
7:9O o'clock tonight. Two passenger coaches
we're thrown from the track but the con-
duotor does not think anybody was hurt,
though many were badly frightened.
Fifty men boarded passenger train No. 8
at II O'Clock this morning and molested the
employees, driving them Off. The crew
finally succeeded in getting the train TO the
station.
mob took possession of the Seneca
street switch three or four times during the
day and drove OFF the signal men.
In the Lehigh yards at Cheektowaga to-
night the scenes Of last night were repeated.
NEW MEN ENGAGED.
10 is plainly intimated by the Erie officials
that workmen from the east have been en-
gagged to take the places of the strikers.
Three stalwart policemen were stationed at
the landing and in the hallway leading to
the Offices Of Supt. Brunn and bis associates
to-day. The strikers say they are deter
mined to win the fight. and they assert that
the roads are loosing heavily by not having
men to perform the work of the strikers
They say the Erie is thoroughly demoralized
on account of the strike, and that every
side track on the Buffalo division Is COM
pletely blocked.
Two trains Of freight cars standing on the
sdings at Cheektowaga. the railroad sub
urb Of Buffalo, we're burned tonight. The
Lehigh has called ON the sheriff for pro-
lection. He sent six deputies to the scene
and will swear in fifty more tomorrow
morning.
The police have the yards in seven out Of
eleven precincts In the city to guard and all
the reserves are called out.
man arrested to-day for assault has
oeen charged with rioting.
ANOTHER FIRE BREAKS OUT.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. Is, A. NAT 1
n O'Clock fire has broken out in three places
IN 'he Lehigh yards again simultaneously.
4ue nre department seems unable to quench
IT, New York express No. 1 on the Erie
Foaa Is held two miles out because 1t can
Ho' pass New York express No. has not
Oeeh sent out for the same reason.
CARS ABLAzE.
BUFFALO, Aug. 15, $3.50 A. M.-Word has
JUST oeen received that a train of forty-two
cars on the Erie road, filed with fine mer-
IuAhdlse, mile east of William street,
70 now burning 1ercely with no
# Po'echon. AT the same time the
o"''oh lights on the Erie between Smith
q"'ee' and the Western New York and
yIVania target were stolen. 1t is i'm
ro'a.o.e 70 tell how the switches were set
oupt' brunn started with an engine and
w.. W. coaches to bring in passengers from
Na'u NO. l on the other side Of the fire,
EXTENDING TO OTHER TOWNS.
.. ElAIRA, N. Y, Aug. 14.-The strike of
Tr1 ue S"ltchmen at Buffalo has extended to
,"aVerly and Sayre on the Lehigh and all
'oElt traffic on that line is at a standstill.
- - 'iain OF beef stands on an Erie siding
0ie' the switchmen refusing to allow it
- Oe switched to the Lehigh
rHoN to proceed to its destination.
uVision superintendent Of the Lehigh
& s'aphed to Owego for the sheriff to
He 10 his aid, although the men are max
s No demonstration. Tomorrow 1t is ex-
,r ,9o'e1 the Erie men will also go out and
a4on al! traffic through those towns will be
S'anostiil. The men are non-communi-
a,'Ve and their future movements are un-
NoN-UNIoN MEN AT WORK.
IHlLADELPHIA, PA, Aug. Ia. Fifty
- from points along the Reading railroad
a. ofought here to-day and left for Buff
o A.