Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-17

BrrrIo. y. Y, August III A. Mt is
now stated that the switchmen on the Cen
tral have been ordered out.
A reporter who climbed a target In the
Central wards saw engines switching up to
and after midnight
BUFFALO, n. y, August 15.-2 a. m.-At
/ O'Clock the Central switchInen abandoned
eli work in the freight yards. Itis what
has been feared all day and rumored to-
night
The presence in this city to-day Of H.
Walter Webb shows that the Central Off
GERS expected that their men would 80 out
Switch tenders in Central passenger
yards and train houses are included In the
strike. This means that not man in the
CenuaIs employ as a switchman IS at
work.
BUFFALO. n. Y. August 17.-2:3O a. m.-
Pie West Shore men will 90 out tonight.
The Buffalo, Rochester and Plttsourg
men have already gone out, despite the
fact that their terms were acCedGd 70.
Atthis hour the hremeu are housing the
engines in the rOuud-LOuses and all hands
are idle.
There is no disturbance, but every train
man seems determed on his course OF &C
tiou. Strikers say this does not measure
the extent Of the strike
BUFFALO. y. Y, August 16.-The back
bone of the strike appears TO be broken, II
no further disturbance occurs tonight or
tomorrow, the railroads will have won the
fight
This has been brought about by the ac-
tod Of Brigadier General T.. Doyle, who
is also general northern freight agent of
the Lehigh, in calling ont the Seventy
fourth and SiXty-ifth regiments and mold
ing all others under his command IN readj-
ness TO move at a moments notice. 10 is
perhaps fortunate for the Philadelphia and
Reading % have miIuamen OF high rank
in its employ.
The military have stood guard since
O'Clock this morning over the scene OF dis
pute at the William street yards, and uu-
der the protection thus afforded the Erie
and Lehigh Valley have been enabled 20
move their freight trains to-day for the
first time siCce the blockade Of Sunday
morning.
iFrpm 80 to $50 imported "scab" switch
men are Qudrtered ia the Lehigh shops az
DInEenS street, under the protection OF Lue
police. militia and special detectives OF the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad sys-
TEN.
They were at work all day shifting cars
and making up trains, and five or SIX en-
gines were Kept busy. The quiet that pre-
vailed this afternoon made 10 seem almost
unnecessary that the militia should have
been called out.
There was no trusting % such appear
ances, however. An engine with several
scab sWitChmen aboard was standing az
the Dingens street crossing. Private
Ormsby and others of the militia and the
officers mentioned were there. One Of
group OF three strikers pointed a revolver
at the scabs and threatened 20 shoot.
Detective kranze and policeman Patton
each caught one Of the three men. The
one who had the pistol escaped. Two hun
dred aud fifty switchmen from Philadel-
phia and points along the Reading road
have been working all day and making as
good headway as possible.
A dozen of these men rode on every en-
gine to learn the switches and all the ius
and outs OF the yards. The men feed and
sleep in the brick shops OF the company on
DinEens street TraiumasterS Mcnamara
and smith, of Reading, were as busy as
bees directing the movements about the
yards.