Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-07-25

full combinations and domestic violence
now existing at Martinsbnrs and at 9TH
OF points along the line Of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, tits impossible with
any force at my command to execute the
laws Of the state. I, therefore; call up
on your excellency for the assistance of
the United States military to protect the
law-abiding people Of the state against
domestic violence, and to maintain the
supremacy Of the law. The Legislature
is not now in session, and could not be
assembled in time to take any action in
the emergency. A force offrom 200 to
800 should be sent without delay to
Martinsburg, where my aid, Colonel
Delaplaine, will meet aud confer with
the officers in command.
HENRY NJ. MATTHEWS,
Governor of West Virginia.
MARTINsBURG, W. Va, July 49,
The situation in reference to the stri-
kers Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
remains unchanged. No trains have
taken quarters. The hands working in
the repair shops were naiied -bysthe
strikers to quite at noon to-day, but so
far they have paid no attention to the or
der. The officials Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, among them Vice Presi-
dent Keyser and Thomas R. Sharp,
master of transportation, are here wait :
ing for the action Of the governor OF
West Virginia. There had been no
acts of violence as yet on the part Of
strikers, but a bulldog determination to-
hold on is apparent until the company
accedes to their demand. The citizens
Of Martinsburg generally condemn the
action Of the law breakers. Business in
every section Of the city is at a standstill,
and the crowds ofcitizens on every corner
indicate intense excitement. All mail
and passenger trains are running with
out molestatien. .-r
There is but little fear that the train
bringing the troops here will be OBJ
structed, but to guard against such a
possibility it will proceed but slowly,
and will stop until daylight about
twenty miles east of Martinsburg, COM
ing on to reach here about I in the
morning. All passenger trains have
gone through this evening without de-
lay, and the strikers permitted two
cars of per!shable freight to be attached
to the western express and sent on.
They still declare, however, that no
| freight trains or locomotives shall leave,
troops or no troops, but the railroad
officials feel confident their courage will
ooze out at sight Of the troops. The
strikers claim that the strike was not
preconcerted, but originated with eleven
firemen and one brakeman, who intiml-
dated the engineers and conductors,
and that now the general strike results
chiefly from the sympathy caused by
the shooting of one Of their men. The
railroad officials, with reason, call this
humbug, and say the strike was general
and preconcerted and adroitly managed,
so as to appear as that Of few fire.
men, +-le.s olt ..r ~
KEYsER, w. VA, July 18.-l0 P.
M.-The strike still continues, and no
freights are being moved. The railroad
men have control Of matters. Though
the men are excited, there has been no
disturbance or breach Of the peace yet
at this place. Most all the citizens
sympathize with the strikers. The
miners of Piedmont and Wssternport
have offered their assistance to the rail-
readers here, if needed. A meeting of
workmen was held here tonight, and
the following resolutions were adopted ::
RESOLVED, That we, the men Of the
Third division, will abide by the decis-
ion Of our brother divisions, in regard to
wages in the future, and that we will
stay by them in the present trouble,
until such decision is arrived at, as We
have been oppressed by our superior
officers beyond endurance. a
RBsoLNED, That we, the men Of the
third division, have soberly and calmly
considered the step we have taken, and
at the present state of wages which the
company have imposed upon US that we
shall not 1--we and provide our wives and
children with the necessaries Of life, and
that we only ask for wages that will en-
able us to provide such necessaries.
RESOLVED, That We uphold the 9th
er divisions in the step they have taken
in regard to the present trouble,
Good order and the utmost harmony
prevailed, but there is full determine
ton ct hold out. The Hardy Guards,
thirty-fve strong, under Captain Chip
ley, are encamped four miles from Key
ser, awaiting further orders. News Of
this has created intense excitement
among the railroad men. Threats are
freely made, and squads of excited
men are parading the streets at this
hour, though it is dark and raining.
While all eyes were turned towards
the military operations in subduing the
railroad strikers Instruction at Mar
tinsburg, West Virginia, on the line of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, yes
terday, the labor complication was ren-
dered still more difficult by the news of
the strike ofthe freight conductors and
brakemen on the Western division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, headquarters at
Pittsburg, which point is also connected
with the Baltimore and Ohio system.
In Baltimore the striking fremen re-
manned quiet, awaiting the action Of the
strikers in West Virginia. First Vice
President John King, Jr., remained at
Camden Station during the day and
night, with Mr.. Robert Stewart, super
inteudent Of telegraph for the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company. The off.
GERS Of the company last night were