Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-18
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Strike

THE BLOCKADE AT MARI ISSBURG.
The strike of the employees of the Bllti-
more and Ohio railroad continues YeSter-
day no freight trains left Baltimore. and
none will probably be moved until the block
ade at Martins burg is over. The strike is
said to be confined TO the firemen ana brake
men. No engineers, conductors or other en-
ployes so far have taken part in il. East of
the Ohio river the road has about $40 fire.
men and three times that number of brake
men, say 200 of this number. The firemen
and brakemen In Baltimore and AT Martins
burg only are engaged in the strike. From
Nartinsburg the latest dispatches state that
the strikers have absolute control Of every
thing. The military under command of Col.
Faulkner, SympathiZng with the strikers
nave been Wlthdrawn. No freight trains are
permitted TO pass east or west, but paSsen-
ger trains are not mOlested. and are running
on time east and west. The town is wild
with excitement, and the strikers and their
friends, numbering fully loo men, are
marching about bidding defiance to the mil
itary and the authorities. Some - or - en-
gines are cOngregated there, and none are
allowed 10 depart. \ committee from the
striking fremen notified the engineers that
in case any engineer shall attempt TO take q
train ont OF town he Will be Immediately
shot At noon cattle train bound for Bal
tlmOre attempted to start, whereupOu the
rioters hOcked on board. and. with drawn
revOlvers placed at the hea i of the en-
gineer and fireman, compelled them TO run
the train INTO the stock yards, where the cat
tie were uuloade1.
No further difficulty seems 10 be apore-
hended in Baltimore al present.
THE SITUATION LAST NIGHT.
Officials al Camden station furnish the fol-
lowing as the situation along the line Of the
road last night: Between Baltimore aud
Martinsburg, IN West Virginia. there is no
disturbance. AT Martinsburg the strikers,
numbcllng about one hundred men. have
absolute control, and refuse to allow any
freight trains 10 move, but passenger trains
are not stopped. From MartinSbUrg the
strike has extended west to Wheeling on the
main stem, and also on the ParkerSburg
branch, numbering a total OF five hundred
men. At Wheeling about twenty struck. AT
Grafton violence was attempted, but was
promptly checked by the civil authorities.
At keyser the new men were forced from the
trains by the strikers, who threatened to
shoot any one attempting TO move them. At
Martinsburg seventy trains, consisting OF
about twelve hundred freight cars, loaded
and empty, wo-thirds bound east and one
III ird west, are held by the strikers. Between
five hundred and SIX hundred head OF cattle
were Oh the eastward bound trains, a large
portion of which las been turned into the
stock yards or adjacent pastures. Many OF
the cars are laden with grain.
THE MARTINsBURG SHOOTING.
Gov. Matthews, of West Virginia, is now
at Grafton with the. Matthews Guards, num-
berlng sixty men. The statement that one
OF the rioters at Martinsburg, w. Va, was
Killed yesterday morning by the fire OF The
Berkeley Guards was an error, The facts
are as follows: One of the rikers, named
Nandergrif. shot one of the sOidi ars, named
POlsel, dangerously injuring him. POisel
returned the fire, and shot NandergrIT in the
hip, but not fatally.
THE BALTIMORE RIOT.
The hearing in the case Of the three men
ARE sted in Baltimore charged with melting
riot, which was TO have taken place yeSteT-
day, was postponed til Thursday.
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