The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-03-30
The Erie striksrs,

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SUsQUEHANNA DEPOT, March 2S.-Thl
Sheriff and party ol deputies arrived
here at midnight, but have made no etior
10 recover the engines seized by thl
strikers. The works are held by thI
strikers, and travel Is suspended. The
paymaster's car has arrived.
SUsQURHANNA DEPOT, March 90
Five hundred troops with section o.
light artillery have arrived here. More
are en- route.
The following propositions were sub
mitted to the strikers:
1st. All trains to be run without turth.
er interference from the men, as soon as
they can be made up.
%. The paymaster will pay of all the
men for February and March, beginning
tomorrow.
Sd. All the men when paid of to be
considered out OF the companY's employ.
4th. The company will empty such
men as they think 1t Is for their interest.
9th. The men must pledge themselves
not to interfere with cars, trains, shops,
or other property, in any respect.
9th. II no interference or intimidation
Is hereafter attempted with the employees
or property Of the company, and all parts
OF the machinery are at once replaced, the
company will seek 10 make no arrests for
anything done during the strike. The
strikers refused to consider the PROPOSE
tons Of the company until tomorrow
morning. They have decided, however,
to allow passenger travel to be resumed
at once, but refuse to allow freight to be
moved. 1t Is expected that the troops
will at once take possession OF all the
property by force.
THR PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY CALLED
OUT.
SUsoUEHANNA, March 29.-Another
detachment Of seventy.flve soldiers has
arrived here. The following kilograms
explain themselves:
SUsoUEuANNA DEPOT, March 30.
To j. f. HartrantF, GoreInor Of PtnnSyl.
Tlnta
The undersigned citizens Of Susquehanna
Depot do most respectfully, but earnestly
protest against the introduction OF armed
troops into our borough at this time TO be
used in supporting the interests
Of the corporation against our own
citizens who ask nothing but their
hard.e earned wages due them from
said corporation. We don't believe there
is any such emergency as calls for ex-
treme measures. No peace officer has
yet been called on to interfere, nor has
any attempt Of yourself or any officer to
make an arrest been resisted. We also
protest against the employment Of troops
under command Of the paid counsel Of
the corporation in whose interest they are
to be used. We ask In the name Of hu-
manity that the order issued for such
measures be countermanded, as otherwise
we have reason TO fear great destruction
oil lie and property.
Signed by q majority OF the citizens Of
this borough. Reply Immediately.
Signed W. J. FALENnERG,
Burgess.
HARRISBURG, March 20.
To ". j. Falksnberg, Burgess, SuSQue-
hanna DEPOT
As an individual, may sympa-
thize with your people in their
misfortune in not receiving the prompt
payment Of their dues, but as the
chiet executive Of this State l cannot
allow creditors, however meritorious their
claims may be, to forcibly seize the pro.
perty ol their debtors and hold it without
due process;oi law. Much less can I allow
them to take and hold illegal possession
oil great highway and punish an limo.
cent public, either as passengers or trans.
porters, for the default Of q corporation
with which they have no concern.
Whenever tho laws Of this Common
wealth shall provide that the employees
OF a railroad may suspend all traffic on 1t
until their wages are paid, ! will acqui.
esce, but can not do 30 while the law
refuses to contemplate any such remedy.
My duty Is not to make laws or Crtticise
them, but to execute them, and that duty
must discharge without fear or favor
Gen. Osborne Is the officer in command,
and have implicit confidence in his i'm
partality, firmness and discretion.
/ have ordered him 10 confer with the
Sheriff OF your county, who Is It's proper
peace officer. II the laws are not set at
defiance the Sheriff will 80 inform Gen.
Osborne. II they are set at defiance,
Gen. Osborne has been ordered to enforce
obedience to them. If unfortunate con-
sequences follow, the responsibility must
rest with those who endeavor TO redress
their wrongs by violence, in contempt Of
the laws OF their country and Of the ohl'
cers whose sworn duty it Is TO take care
that they be faithfully executed.
LSigned ]. F. AARTRANFT.
PHILApRLPHIA, March 29.-The First
regiment, $50 strong, lett this evening TOR
Susquehanns Depot. The Second rcgi-
ment has been ordered TO hold them.
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