The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-19
Baltimore & Ohio n. r. Company,
vs.: =. G. Snodgrass-.A Voice from
the People.

VS. EsCs bn0uBraSBssA VOICE from
the People.
MAENIEGToN, w. VA, March 16,-Pur-
suanttq previous arrargemenls, The citi.
zens Of Warrington and vicinity, assem-.
bled en- HasSe al The store room ol ]. b.
Nay this Saturday evening, March 90,
1872, for the purpose Of giving an expires.
sion Of their feelings In reference TO the
mode and manner Of procedure against
the d. d 0. r. r., by Z. q. Snodgrass, q
citizen Of Warrington.
The meeting was organized by the cleo.
ton oil DR., 7. d. Youst, President, and
A. W. Khiotts, Secretary.
Mr. +. II. Burt, offered the following
!. ResofEed, That the President Of the
meeting appoint five persons from this
5o SSt asa committee 70 dram resolutions
The President hereupon appointed as
said committee, +. II. Burt, Hin. A. Prlch.
ard, pE, FLA. Ryrner, Jas, II, Furbee and
]: 3. Nay: a'''h T"', 80, o', l.
The committee withdrew from the
meeting, and was absent perhaps some
thirty minutes. During the time, telling
speeches were made on the subject under
consideration by Rev. p. s. Barrlck, B.
PM!LNeeley, U. A. Clayton, and others.
Chairman Of the Committee on
Resolutions appeared upon the floor Of the
meeting and begged leave TO submit the
following preamble and resolutions, which
were read and adopted by the assembled
crowd with cheer after cheer 3.
WHEREAS, II has been made known TO
the citizens Of Huntington and vicinity
that there Is q legal difficulty now existing
between the d. & o. Railroad Company
and E. Q. Snodgrass, ofour town, in refer:
enoe 10 tlie'tltle to a lot on which the said
company propose TO erect the depot; and /,
whereas, Il is further made known to US
that when the employees Of said B. q O..
hRailroad Company did commence the
superstructure OF the depot building for
the purpose Of first class station, said 4.
q. Snodgrass did have warrants issued for
tho arrest OF said employees Of said road,
and by this means did deter said EN-.
ployees from proceeding TO tho construc-
ton OF said tiIstclass depot building;
therefore he 1t .t 'l.''i ,l'i5 .,''
uooOSOoUi 1uhb W. tuo CllLAGuS VI uIuu-
nington and vicinity, shippers and re.
fceiversof freight over the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, In meeting assembled, do
enter our protest against this method OF
procedure. That II said Snodgrass has
alegal claim to said property upon which
the said depot Is proposed to be built, he
should settle this before the legal tribunals
Of our State and not jeopardize the inter
est Of and prosperity Of our town and
country aud, further, We most emphat-
ically declare that We have no sympathy
with his course Of procedurein thwart-
ing the wishes Of the masses Of our people
in proposing to arrest the railroad en-
tployes that propose to erect tirst.class
station /; be It t.-.." ..s
ReSolued, Further, that we will in no
wise give countenance to proceedings Of
any kind, by any party or parties, that Is
calculated to interfere with or impede the
progress Of thebuilding Of a depot with
a view Of makingM annington o tirst.class
station. i'7
ReSalued, That the proceedings of this
meeting together with the resolutions be
be forwarded To the Wheeling INTELLI-
aENcER and Register, and to the !Li6eraliSt
and West Pf1ginidn, at Fairmont
E.et .tHP. D. YoUsT, NJ. D., ReSt. I
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