The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-06
THE COLoRED ROLLERS.
Their First Days Experience nj
Pittsburgh,

From tho Commercial Of yesterday.l
The colorGd boilers, whose arrival at
the Pittsburgh Bolt Works has already
been noted, commenced work yesterday
morning, the fires in the four furnaces
having been relighted for their use, Short
ly after the new men got to work the ex-
press train on the Pittsburgh, Washington
6 Baltimore Railroad arrived, bringing
anothcr gang Of colored men for the works
those who were to, haVeiCOme on with
the first party, but missed the train. By
this time two or three hundred Of the
strikers and their friends had assembled
about the works, and although they were
quiet and orderly, the officers Of the Bolt
Company became alarmed, rs they did not
know what were the intentions Of the
strikers, Apprehelding that the old boil
ers had COnC0Cted some scheme OF mis-
chief, and that the crowd were only await
ing d signal to commence demoifshing
things, the President u the company, Mr..
Kaylor, requested the police squad Of
twelve hnen-to dispetse the crowd, The
police refusing to obey this order, dis
patch was sent to MI, Lynch, the Secre-
tary Of tho company, at the office on Lib
crty street, requesting that gentleman to
walt on tho Mayor and ask for M order
placing the police atthe disposal Of Pres
ident Kayl0r. The contents of the dis
patch were made known to Mayor Nc
earthly, whOrefsrred the Secretary to the
Chief Of Police, whereupon that officer
sont instructions to tho lieutenant com.
manding the SQUAD on duty at the works
to obey the orders Of President Kaylor,
Sheriff Hare had by this time received
notice Of the state Of aHhifs, and at once
proceeded to the works, accompanied by
Major General, Pearson and q number Of
men. 'al'' ,-. -t..,.r.
The crowd in the meantime had large.
" increased, and when the Sheriff arriv-
cd at the works 1.-THE assemblage in they'll
cinity Of the pudding department was
alarmingly great. The men were quiet
and peaGeablc, however, and on this &C.
count itwasIleemed best not TO interfere
with or attempt to dispense them, The
object Of tic strikers, as II turned out,
was to bring to bearall the pressure poss-
ible to influence the rollers and heaters
employed in the works to suspend opera.
tions. N M |
About twclve o'clock, committee Of
the men employed In the finishing mill
waited upon President Kaylor and In.
formed him that they would not work
any longer. They stated that they had
received several anonymous notes, threat.
Gning them with personal violence II they
continued to work. Mr.. KaylOr wanted
to know who had written the notes, hut
the parties could not or would not tell,
although they exhibited the notes, and
placed tho original in the possession Of
Mr.. Kaylor, The President then asked
tho men to sign their names to the slate
ment setting forth the reasons which in
duced them 10 suspend work, but not one
Of them would nccede 10 the request, Mr.,
Kaylor took the names Of the seven COM
posing tho committee, and Mr.. y, II,
Armstrong and several other gentlemen
who happened to be In the office at the
time, subscribed their names as witnesses,
The works are now idle In every depart
nent except that Of the boilers, where the
Colored men IRE still employed. Thecom-
pany, unless they can prevallon the heat
ers md rollers TO return, will be compel.
ed to import other workmen to take their
plnces. 5,,-l.
As soon as the rollers and heaters left
the works the crowd quietly dispersed,
and from their remarks il was evident
that they had accomplished the object
for which the had assembled. Had they
failed in their efforts to compel those
men 10 leave their work, we would not be
wide of tho mark II we were TO say q
riot would have resulted. -sTa
General Pearson ordered out two com.
panies Of his command, the Washington
Infantry and the Heath Zouaves, which
assembled at the City Hall about seven
O'clock last evening, to awais further
ortlTs. I'D. lIl n.qGf u
General Pearson, in response to dis
patch sent by him TO tho Governor, was
informed that the military would not be
called upon until II became manifest that
Tho civit authorities we're unable to pre-.
serve the peace. Tie companies ywere
tllereupon dismissed. 4 detachment Of
police were sent out last evening to guard
The Bolt Company's property and en-.
ployees. AS yet there has been no dem.
from the congregation
II the large crowd referred to-that
could be constructed into mn intention on
he pntt Of tic strikers to resort TO vio-
ence, butt Ia CminpntIy proper, under
I'll the circumstances, that the authorities
'hOuld takeeyery prerauiuu to prevent
i gOutbtGak. t1iI ilh ~ bl,nts I