The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-15
THE BRAKESMEN'S Strike.
The situation Unchanged.

CINCIENATI, August l1.-Ihe sltna
ton along the line Of the Ohio and Miss
issippi railroad is practically unchanged.
All Is quiet at Seymour. AT North
Vernon several of the strikers are hold
ing freight trains on both tho main line
and tho Louisville branch. At Mitchell
all is quiet, and it is reported there are n"
strikers there. At Vincennes the situa-
tion remains unchanged. Since last
night no freight trains have been allowed
TO move east or west,
The Strikers IaV ng Full Possession
OF the Track.
The Sheriff has made two appeals to Gov.
Hendricks for force necessary to restore
order, saying he was unable, wlthout
martial aid, to keep the peace. Gov.
Hendricks is expected ut Indianapolis at
IL +. NJ. tonight, when il is believed some
decisive measure will be inaugurated.
General business at Vincennes is re.
ported
Seriously Affected
by the detention of freights, and the cit'
zens are anxious for some prompt
measures to put AN end to the dead lock.
The leaders of the strike at that point
are represented as belonging to the
toughest class OF railroad employees,
who have forced others into going
with them gainst their inclinations. The
employees at Flora, Illinois, on the
western division
Struck this Morning.
The railroad authorities at once applied
to Governor Beveridge, of Illinois, 10
preserve peace. lie at once tcegraphed
To the sheriff of that county to arrest any
and all persons that were engaged in
stopping trains, and if the sheriff was un-
able to do so, the governor would send u
guard of 100 men to his assistance, and a
company of
State Troops Were Placed I'm Readi-
ness.
awaiting further advices. The st. Louis
special police who had been escorted
across the Wabash river at Vncennes,
last night, were taken from Lawrence
vile, Illinois, to Flora, to-day, and sworn
in by the sheriff at the latter place,
and have arrested several of the ring
leaders, who will be taken to the Clay
county jail at once. 1t is believed that
this prompt action will prevent further
trouble IN that locality. Superintendent
Waldron
Issued a Notice
to-day, TO all employees and others inter-
ested, as follows: GAS there is a seeming
misunderstanding of the position as
sumed by the company in Its dealing with
the strikers, desire to say for the bene-
fit of all interested that the proposition
advanced, is simply that the men shall
at once resume work at the reduced rates;
that tho June rolls will be paid as soon
as a pay car can get over the line, and
that the July rolls will be paid as soon
after AS falling due, which is on an aver
age for the line the 10Th OF the following
month, as is consistent with the reve-
nues, which are now stopped. This pro-
position the men decline, demanding all
their overdue wages and no reduction.
The strikers neld q. meeting at Vim
cennes this evening and the committee
which had been appointed to wait on
Superintendent Waldron with their pro-
position, made report. The proposition
was in effect thatt the
Men be Paid In Full
the ,wo months wages now due and re-
taned in the employe of the company
regardless Of the strike. The reply was
that the company were vnsble to
meet the frat part OF
their demand, but were willing
TO pay the June wages IN cash and give
them checks for the balance, payable IN
September. This was not deemed salts
factory and the men declined. Tho
meeting is reported as being orderly and
attended by nearly two hundred persons.
Moderation and frmness wss the pre-
vailing sentiment Of the speakers.