Evening journal., 1892-08-19


tago. A force Of specials under command
Of Deputy Pond has been sent to guard all
points of access on the Wyoming county
side, while the Livingston county sheriff
has force on the opposite side Of the
river. II is believed that anarchist dyna
miters are about the only persons that
could successfully wreck the great structure,
and All suspicious characters lurking around
It viii be sent away.
A Passenger Train stopped.
The Gordon Of police and military which
had been on duty at the Louisiana street
crossing Of the New York Central Were
withdrawn and within an hour the Roches
ter accommodation was stopped 10y open
switches. The men were afraid TO close
them, and il was not until a squad OF police
arrived that the train was allowed TO 90 on
its way.
General Superintendent Blodgett, OF the
Lake Shore, was seen in his Office In general
charge of the affairs OF the company. He
had just heard Of the Nickel Plate switch
men going on strike and remarked, "Misery
loves company"
"What measures have you taken to re-
open your road n was asked.
z f'None yet. When we get the mon can
tell you far better We are at present sit.
ting still. A little work is being done in the
yards, but very little. As we cannot either
receive or deliver freight TO our connecting
lines, we are obliged TO sit still until they
can receive it,
eve have five switching engines at work
and have sent out three trains already
said Superintendent Brunn, Of the Erie.
owe expect to send out more tonight but
viii not work the men In the yards after
dark for the present We are taking grain
at the elevator right along and are caring
for all the business offered We are now IN
good trim to keep things moving"
The situation at East Buffalo and Cheek.
towaga, the scene Of the strike, is quietness
itself There was no disturbance and no
apparent indication Of any, although this
may be accounted for by the fact that few
trains were moved about
Another soldier Killed.
There can be no doubt but that before
yielding this fight the leaders win extend
their strike west, even 20 Chicago, and east.
ward to New York, ultimately calling out,
perhaps. not only switchmen. but fremen
and trainmen. The strikers look for wide
developments in the next three days
Another chair was made vacant yester.
day in a militiaman's home, and another
mother Is left TO mourn the loss of a son.
This makes tive lives sacrificed so far TO the
strike. This victim is Charles O'Hara, OF
Oswego, aged twenty-one. He was n mem.
Der OF the Forty-oighth Separate company
and was on sentry duty at the southern
end Of the "Yn yard, about a quarter Of
mile out East William street. on the New
York Central, when the accident occurred.
When last seen O'liaa was patrollng his
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shade Of three cars which were kicked by
string OF about twenty-five others. ANY
way, he was found with a wheel on his
body and his life slowly ebbing away.
O'Hra was taken to the hospital, but was
beyond medical aid and died in about Ave
minutes. He was conscious TO the end, and
his last words were "My Godl What will
my poor mother dot She'll 20 crazy with
grief. Help me all you can, boysn The
body win be sent 10 Oswego for burial
Tho Troops Under Arms.
The following is the list Of troops In serv-
ice awaiting orders and available il
wanted. Those already started or in active
service at tho front are: The Seventy
Aourth and Sixty-hfth regiments, Buffalo:
the Twenty-second, Twelfth, Ninth and
Seventy. first regiments, New York, and the
following separate companies; The Fourth
Yonkers; Fifteenth and Nineteenth, Pough-
keepsie; Sixth and Twenty-hrst, Troy;
Thirteenth, jamestown; Tenth battalion,
Albany; Thirty-fourth, Geneva; Eighth,
Rochester; Twenty-sixth and Thirtieth,
Elmira; Tenth and Fifth, Newburg; Tween
ty-ninth and Thirty-eighth. Oswego; Six
teenth, Catsl0ill Forty-third. Olean; Sew
enth, Cohoes; Twenty-third, Hudson; Thir-
ty-second, Hoosic Falls: Fortieth and Forty
first, Syracuse; Thirty-sixth aud Thirty
seventh, Schenectady; Twonty-eighth and
Forty-lourth, Utica; forty-second, Niagara
Falls; Thirty-ninth. Walton; Second, Au.
burn; Forty fifth, Catskill
The Ninth and Seventy first regiments, OF
/ New York, started at midnight, as did also
the Twenty-third company, Of Hudson, for
Buffalo
The troops ordered under arms and await
/ ing orders are the Seventh, Eighth, Sixth
and Sixty-ninth regiments, Of New York,
and the Fourteenth, Twenty-third and
/ Forty-Seventh regiments Of Brooklyn Sep
arate companies; Ninth, Whitehall; Seven
teenth, Flushing; Eleventh, Mount Vernon;
Fourteenth, Kingston Third. Oneonta;
Twelfth, Troy; Thirty-htth, Ogdensburg;
Twentieth, Binghamton; Thirty-third, Wal
ton; Thirty-hrst, Mohawk. Not yet on.
dered out; Separate companies-Twen
seventh Malone; Twenty-fourth, Middle
town; Twenty-second, Saratoga, and Eight
zenith, Glens Falls