The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-19
VOL. XLlv.--NO. 522.
RAILROAD MEN FIGHTING.
eor yirTHEus NikIN" hfrLlCA-
,,nx ron rEDFR H. ASSISTANCE
,., fr.n Warrington md Fort
1r".p, ,p,,an,, 10 the scene of the D''t"rbnnce-
,,'''.,. p,.arming thc state militia
l"' ,,,rehrndrd ON the Trunk Lines.


,,, n, further violence has occurred on
h'' - fh, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
arr s,rit.r- hNa full r,ss ssion OF the road,
.n,t mn fr Kit trains arr allowed to move. At
Wart,rsltr.. at noon to-day. the strikers went
to the workshops Of tn compnny and ordered
,bc tnnn t1 stop work. which they refused to do.
wien the strikers retired.
The Matthews Light Guard. of over fifty men.
from Wheeling. arrived at Martinsburs ut "a
This morning. and NJ To- o'clock still occupied
the cars of the train thntbrought them in. They
mr. waiting the result of a consultation between
their officers and Attorney General White Mr..
WIN. Kry-cr Capt. r. h. sharp. and other
officials as O. the best course 10 pursue. What
measure. may hr adopted will shortly be known.
Gov Matthews who was understood to be- on
his way to Martinshurs. got rs far rs Cumbcr-
Land last night and returned to Wheeling.
AtGrafton. where the strikers made some un-
ruy demonstrations against non-striking fire.
men. several Of the riuglcadcr- Of the strike
have been put under arr st by the local civil
authorities and held under guard by men de-
tai cd from the Wheeling militia company. Tho
Mornleld Guards. another militia company or
dorcd 10 the scene of difficulty at Martinsburg.
had not arrived this morning rs was expected.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF iEsrERDAYs FIGHT
The sun publishes special this morning
whieh gives an "e'ouh' "i inc co"lslon "' mar
nnsburg yesterday morning between Capt.
Faulkn"r's militia and the strikers. follows;
THE militia company was dcpoyed on both
.,aos,s,,r,i, vhi.b WA. about starting nm on
tlu'N '' u ~" "N'' - va" ~ " w ~
glhe'r "h" l'''"'h la, '',H '''uii','iou " Wa
As the ram r'ach'u u'' sW''en' one .. .iie
strikers. William Nanlrrcrn. seized the switch
ball TO run the train on th' side track. John
roisal a member of the militia company.
,u,,,.,i FROM, the. t,tlDt .f tho puvinN nnl nt-
t.m,,.A /, raulna. tn, SWITCH Vnndergrifr
a .t,,. ~, p...l ,.,,.. ,,a,,s,r.,a ~ sIi,.ht
nreu W' Sno'S az i''9.'" ,"' s"e"
r.,,trp,i ,l,.. fire shn..tIu., \unI.r.ril through
,he hin several .,hnr sLnts wnr. fired
We MP H'N'r"' ''''' SINUS N'ic htou
at Van l'rEriN. striking him in the head
md arm. When the firing WAS heard very
= ti. i't -. - ~,
n1rEe %. wa ol run ''"''9 "'' '''"'ns '''i'''-
Cd. AMI iae feeling h' "mr intense The volun-
nus 20 -, .. '.",,' i"'
on as s'"n "s 'ne S"'' '''nE kun C"p'' f"u'N-
her then mad" the statement that he had per
t,rn.I his iutv md IL tha trnin mon d,s.rte1
~ . 1i -. - ~,
M p'9'9 "' ''"'t "' u ''"'nH NOR H.
s,norv ,,,,' onJ ,n'.lorou.ly li.londnd Iaayin' a
-,
IN''r~ lh possession ol inc Ueli. ana th' roai
blocked ny with standing trains on the sidings.
A.. Vnni.rgritr j. lviut, in "A very lan.,.rous
a.,ii,t', ,,'','...','.,''- " -, - o.
eohdltloh IN cohseIueh'" oil ms wounds. one
Of his arms had 10 be amputated. Private Poi
cal is conductor on freight train. but is not
.'i,'..,t. ~ -,.,,. M, III .'..,.,..
sphW .'i Nitn NY 9trIh.. IN strlh'rs Justify
oycr-,.lrinc his duty. ns IT, had no orders
rom t'at't TnnlEnnr 10 eiose the switch. Poi-
b!s injuries are slight
UNITED STATES TEoors ORDERED TO THE SCENE
Ih" strike having ns~unet 81 ~ character
AM proportions in West Virginia that il could
iles 4, ~ Wn,,r,.v.rt ~ I'm Stai. to.lnv mnde
iorma, aprIi,a , TO- The iresdemt for tr9eps
5 s.'tian "f tn1 t-,,iu,i''n 6f ih, init.'I
STATE. Ih" Pr lent - responded ia,ora-
ha, or.l l.r,d fsn. From Ii. with ,he tro'lsuul"r
his command. about 80 In number AZ The ars.-
b., "a, N washington ',lyi an Inr tt2opS rom
other un'uts ,yher. t..,.--',rv T., suurr"s. tIa
t,il & ,&t, l,I ,', sa.1 I,',a'n ~ ,i, ,ni,i
m""rs t T., NM ss ~ a7is,19' ana WIZ
lut on the train. The -trlk. IT, growing more
sl-n.ou tll. Central OIio and Chicago ,liy,-i,ns
a. d'~lalrh from Nhrelng says that & y,
d. not provide ior Organization orenrong u
rs, ',it4r cnniiou.. -, H.. SIM ,1 ~
.rd,r +, project tn lives N mon ana ureycnt
il'"1-' d" was nomp"i' u ask for Federal
trui-. Tie rioters took forty stand oi arms
300 2 volunteer companies to-day. The
u Nrri w.- very rciu tuut To- call for Federal
a.. tHf ...u..l Ii necessary 90 DO soto Ir.yeIt
u tr-iil % of lives and property.
Th"i Wing i H." t''"graphir cores pond
'''4 - Wv wn,.i,re '' i2' wr., t'gVpS vs n,y -
rh'fr'7'g q p mr.. il.,i.ptot a, tpo,t Sa,'.,
fncd u , M lcr li, l''n'. +, Is alel. i1e
mn c'na e. es,ci,r ' +. Il ~ ' law. M
s...4r. ' 'Ne In'ei >iaic- military To- protect the
law rNiin- people oi tu state a-alu-, incsc s!o,nc,
,, s M len,' , o gs ieT ILe l;,si,l,
r 'i ,r M Ken ~ VI 'nei.tm's q. ,n, iGfee ..
Ssra,'a,:i w.,ersln' No ,o psapaiae, viii NEE,
hfNNf VI MAltht"s ""f'fhor q" West virginia.