Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-22
TRAINS ARE MOVING.
Strikers Appear to be
Losing Ground.
THEekEY TO THE SITUATION
In the Hands of the Firemen but
They Probably Will Not Strike.

WILKESBANllE, Ia, aug. Ia - lO ~
rumored here that there is 20 bc q
general tic up within the next twenty -fou,
hours on the Lehigh Valley, Delaware
and Hudson and Central railroad Of New
Jersey. but nothing definite can be
learned.
BUFFALO, Aug ea.-No strike If the
engineers or flremen had boon ordered NJ
To this morning. and whether one will be
or not Is speculative. Tho local lodge o!
brotherhood OF Firemen held meeting
last night. but whatever action they took
in regard TO a strike Ia a secret. One
thing they did was to telegraph No Grand
Master Sargent to come here Co advise
them
The most sapguine al the striking
switchmen can no longer deny that the
Roads are Moving Freight
Sinoo tho resumption Of work Saturday
morning, the Central company has moved
more cars than ordinarily and tho pros
poet Of events arising that would impede
further progress IL hourly diminishing.
The congested condition OF the yards az
Bloch Rock has been relieved To such an
extent that oil embargo ap western
freight Is practically removed and cars
that have been held back along the Mich
tg0n Central arc being showed across the
International bridge 10 numbers that ox-
ceed the ordinary influx
Since the first train was started for East
Buffalo Saturday morning trains have
continued 10 run over the belt limo bl>
tween Black Rock ana East Buffalo yards
az fast MS they could bo mode up by the
non-union cr6wa Stock, dairy products
and other perishable freight have been
given the preference and have moved
with promptness.
The Central. Erie and Lehigh arc oil
working vigorously at East Buffalo. The
soldiers still patrol all yards In which
there has been trouble. and have bod 70
deal moro with crowds Of spectators
than with disaffected railroad men Tbe
Lake Shore Is moving some freight 9nd
fhade several deliveries TO tho Centra
Yesterday Tho Nickel Plate pusbet
some stock and refrigerator beef on TO th,
Lackawanna connection.
Food for ron-Union Men Ia Scarce.
40 supply food TO non-upion men q,
even soldiers Ia regarded by those In sym
pathy with lhe strikers as a high crime
Any saloon man or Inn Keeper who under
takes to ca ter to either members OF the
militia or tho non union strangers has the
assurance OF boycott from oil organized
laboring men. The forces In the neigh
borhood Of the Lake Shore tracks ON Elk
street, who arc In district where the sen-
timent Is strongly In favor Of the strikers
attempted TO get something TO cat yester.
day. but were repulscd at many doors,
though they offered TO pay for the food.
"Tho 1femen have tho whole thing In
their hands" said q railroad man "Ii
they 20 Qua you will see tho greatest
strike the world ever knew. IL will not
be confined Co the freight trains alone,
but passenger trains also will be involved.
When the liremen 90 out the engineers
qre practically out too. Chief Engineer
Arthur does not believe IN strikes, but he
wonld not allow his men TO go on the road
with greeu 1remen. The flremen art
very well organized. but they
Are Slow to 90 Out
and really am doubtful about the report
that they are going to strike. They are
too well paid and they have no grievanc,
of their own. IL Is not generally thei
policy To enter u sympathetic strike. Bat
b3hould they go out all along the line pas
sengcr and freight business will be nearly
or entirely stopped Nearly the entir,
military force Of the state is modified
here. II there should be trouble at any
other city what would soldiers do with
trains al a standstill"
Preparations that arc being made indt
cate that tho troops viii not ho withdrawn
for some time at least. Talk about not
getting away before October wAs hearl IN
somo Of the camps Many d the moo trc
becoming uneasy. fearing that they yill
lose their business positiona