| Show ii4D op THE STRIKE Union Switchmen at Liberty to Return to Work orr SWEENEYS COUNCIL FRUITLESS Everything Remains Quiet at Coal Creek lenD The Arrest of tho Miners Still Continues Strike at Rochester BUFFALo N Y Aug 24At midnight Sweeney the bead of the switchmens order dflicially recognized the fact that i tho strike movement of the switchmen which was inaugurated twelve days ago had failed In official terms tbe strike was declared off The men will before daylight day-light be notified by local officials they are now at liberty to get back their places if they can i By noon today each of the labor leaders lead-ers save Arthur and Thurston were in i 4rthur the city At 4 oclock this afternoon the leaders went Into conference Sweeney set forth at length the position in which he and the men were placed At the conclusion con-clusion of Sweeneys statements Sargent reiterated what he had already said that his men would not go on I sympathetic strike unless all railway organizations did so I soClark of the conductors had no grievance and said that while they believed the de manda of the switchmen just there would be no strike of conductors save it was to redress the wrongs of conductors Wilkins ot the trainmen a former switchman leader said bo thought the demands de-mands of the switchmen were fair if ever demands were but his order could not consent con-sent tocooperation by a sympathetic strike In these statements Sweeneg received re-ceived his ultimatum The conference broke up about 7 oclock Sweeney proceeded at once to 1 conference of the beat representatives of the switchmen switch-men This proceeded until after 1 oclock Then representatives of the press were called into a small room adjoining the conference con-ference chamber and to them Mr Sweeney announced that a conclusion had been reached by duly authorized representatives representa-tives of the switchmen and that it was to the effect that the strike ended at midnight mid-night tonight TiE MEN RECEIVE TIE NEWS The word was carried out toward the East Buffalo yards at once by messengers and before dawn the idle switchmen knew that they were at liberty again to seek for work where they could I is estimated by Arbitration Commissioner Commis-sioner Donovan who called upon berai way officials in behalf of the men that ueuny M per centof the now idle switchmen will be reemployed I is probable that the troops will be speedily withdrawn the local militia being left to furnish such protection pro-tection as may be necessary |
