The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
TROOPS HOLD TONAWANDA.
PRESIDENT STANLEY DECLARES THH
VILLAGE UNDER MARTIAL LAW
No Violence Thu, Far by the Strikers, but
Every Prccsution Taken 20 Prevent a.
Outbrenk-Two Hundred More Troops.

No Violence Thus Far by the Strikerp, but
Every Prccsution Taken TO Prevent a.
Outbr~nk-Two Hundred More Troops.
ToN,wASD,. N. Y. juno lit begins to
look as II the two Tonawandas will be upset
with the lumber showers trouble all summer.
To-day the residents OF North Tonawanda Gro
| WATCHING the strange sights OF soldiers march,
ing through the streets and wondering what
the knots OF sullen Polish strikers and lock-
ed. out union lumber showers will do. II any
thing. The Twenty-flfth Separate Company
OF TOnawanda and the Forty -second Company
OF Niagara Falls guarded the island all night
and are doing picket duty to-day. Col Welch
OF the Sixty-ffth Regiment OF Buffalo IL In
command OF the troops. aud has established
headquarters in Smith, Fassett 4 Co. o ONCE
Col. Welch notified Gen. Doyle at IL 80 this
morning that he did not have enough soldiers
on duty here and asked for reinforcement Re
requested that the whole OF the First battalion
OF the sixty fifth Regiment. comprising 200
men In oil. be sent. and they have been
ordered to report hero at o'clock tomorrow
morning. The men will bring blankets and
rations for three days
II think 1t better to have these men here.s
Col. Welch explained. II do not anticipate
trouble. but I'll send the Twenty fifth Company
back to its armory in the morning and may
possibly relieve the Forty-second Company. I
aTu CONSTRUCTING now. Will -OO ueu lkOin
the SiNty.afth to relieve them. I can dismiss
the Twenty fifth Company tomorrow anyhow.
They viii then have been on duty two nights
There has been no disturbance and there II
not ely 10 be any until the lumber dealers
begin importing new mon. The striking Poles
manned In Buffalo this morning. The few who
came down In the morning train are mot likely
r whs sas
the outlook. and believe that they will eventn-
AT > O'clock this AFTERNOON Village President
George W. stanley issued proe. . oo call
Ths tsfs % sreassd
thu sssd
II believe this is the very best thing could
martial law declared he soldiers are free to DO
their duty, and have been asked by the lead.
Want Rs rspsen o % and
| showers to understand that the soldiers are NOT
called ei out to TO- do u' " ~ ND' "o'A '''' wa"
Asked to teIl what he thought the outcome
ys eS say sys ts
II they decide that they cannot get tn cir boats
| unloaded; they will agree to close down for the
~ expected an outbreak long before yestsss-
| day. IL the old union men mad not lntorfereQs
| They filed those Poles full OF beer and then
told them we were roohtng them. At one time
| thought the six m en- In Smith. Fassett d Co.'S
ri how long viii these troops remain here -
| he was asked.
Il have not the slightest idea Imagine
they'll be here for week at least The min.
| These union men know We will never recog-
| nize their union. and they are getting desper-
! ate and ugly. and whom they know the sol:
| era not ready to BuDpreSS them they Will
| do something that will shock this end Of the
| State. don't wish TO put the county to any
! more expense than is absolutely necessary.
but am going to see that there Is no vio-
The lumbermen held 8 secret meeting this
afternoon They decided not to give up
ths, eh Agents 81 the NE. yd EF
| Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. and Boston. to col.
| lect laborera to take the strikers places. and
with plenty Q, non union Iabor. which the mil
| itary will protect. There is total suspension
of business here at present. Fifty men. who
were brought down from Buffalo: where laid
plans to carry on their work next week.
ripple OF excitement occurred this after.
| noon when two union men rowed oyer to the
| Co.'S dock. guard OF the Forty-second
prodded them with his bayonet and drove them
| back into their boat. Groups OF old union men
asi ssnd today and de ooek
| is guarded by a etachment Of the Twenty
FRI CSmF9 ab Thsy showed If n up
| bristling steel as impenetrable as a stone wall
| No boats were unloaded to-day. None arc
| waiting to be relieved Of their cargoes. big
| there will be big blockade OF vessels ~ tho
| lumbermen do not succeed IN hiring large
| force within few days