Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1892 — SOLDIERS SHOOT TO KILL. [ARTICLE]

SOLDIERS SHOOT TO KILL.

Over Two Hundred Shot* Sent After Skulking Buffalo Striker*. A Buffalo, N. ?., special says: A concerted attempt was made by the strikers or their sympathizers to-night to “do up” the militia all along the line of the Nickel-Plate and New York Central Roads from the Ohio street crossing to the south of the city, away out to the Clinton street crossing of the NickelPlate Railroad. Over two hundred volleys were fired, but so far as known no one was killed. The trouble broke out shortly after midnight and every sentry on duty was assaulted with stones and coupling pins. Several sentries were struck. They replied with shots from their rifles and revolvers and called out the guard. In all the yards the guards were doubled and it is feared that before morning there will be serious trouble. The heaviest shooting took place at the Clinton street crossing of the Nickel Plate, where company K of the Twelfth regiment is stationed. The sentries were attacked here by six men who stoned them. They called out the guard and scoured the yards. The men must have been hiding in cars, for they were not found. .Hardly had the guard returned to quarters when the sentries were attacked again and the bullets whistled over the houses. Ten volleys were fired on this raid, but in the darkness the men were missed. Twice more was this repeated, and the firing continued till all the people living in the neighborhood were aroused. On the last sally the corporal of the guard reported that he believed one of the skulkers had been hit. The Twelfth regiment companies at Seneca street, aud the Thirteenth at Ohio street, were kept on the jump all night shooting at strikers who pulled couplings on trains ready to start in the morning. Out at the Tefft farm, where the Twenty-second Eeglment is on guard, the shooting began at 11 o’clock and continued until daylight. It was reported at 2 o’clock that two strikers had been shot to death by the guard. There were four meetings of strikers at different points to-night and threats were made that the militia would be “done up” before morning. A policeman in citizen’s clothing overheard the threats and notified the company commanders. Two men were bayoneted to-night while attempting to run the guard on- the Lake Shore tracks. The yards are surrounded by the militia, and orders have been issued to shoot every man dead who attempted to leave the yards. The sentries have orders to kill anyone who throws a stone or pulls a coupling pin. Gen. Porter was awakened at midnight by the report of the attack on the militia. He said he had not ordered out any more troops, but he regarded the situation as more serious than at any time since the strike began. He said he had feared trouble all along, and that to-night’s skirmish is only ths beginning of serious ■‘rouble. Gen. Porter and his staff are now canvassing the advisability of calling out extra troops. The Fourteenth, Seventh and Sixty-ninth are under arms in reserve and they may be ordered here. The latest report of the result of tonight’s shooting is that four men have been killed and two wounded in one place in the Erie yard a mile outside of the city, and that a number of other men have been wounded by the soldiers’ bullets in other yards.