The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-18
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TO TIE DAILY LNTELLIGENCER
STRIKE At MARTINsBURG.
Faulkner's Military Attempt to
0uell the Disturbance.
They are Fired on and Return the
Compliment.
One Man Killed and Several
Wounded.
The Strikers Masters of the Sit
uatiOn.
The Strike on the Baltimore d
Ohio Railroad.

The Strike on the Baltimore d;
Ohio Railroad.
BALTIMORE, MD, July 1.-THE strik.
ers threw freight train from the Balti-
more Il Ohio track early this morning,
damaging the engine and some cars and
iniuring the engineer and fireman. There
is some excitement here over the attack
on the military at Martinsburg and the
shooting OF one striker. No freight
trains have left Baltimore to-day and
probably will not move until the block.
ade at Martinsburg is removed. The
strikers are said to be confined to the fire.
men and brakemen in Baltimore and at
Martinsburg. While quiet prevails in
this city. the wildcat rumors are aAoat
OF the strike this afternoon from Martins
burg. The latest dispatches say that the
strikers have absolute control OF every.
thing. Passenger trains are not molested
and are running on time East and West.
MARTENsBURG, W. Va, July l7.'-Capt,
Faulkner with rs Of the Berkeley Light
Infantry Guards, arrived with loaded
muskets and took charge Of one OF the
west bound freight trains that had been
detained by the strikers here and placing
his men on board the train attempted to
move it on its way west. The strikers
and their friends had gathered in strong
force, not less than 400 OF them being
present. They were armed with every
conceivable Ueapou and as the train was
about to start they rushed on it and cut
the couplings Of the cars. Capt. Faulk-
ner called on them to disperse and Or
dered them back, but these orders
were met with ieers and threats.
The Captain then threatened that
he would order his soldiers to FIRE on
them il they did not at once desist.
Scarcely had the words fallen from his
lips when fusilade OF small arms was
opened on the soldiers by the rioters.
One Of the soldiers was wounded by a
pistol shot and the commanding officer
Immediately gave the order to his men to
return the fire. The soldiers obeyed
orders and the FIRE was returned and one
Of the rioters killed outright; others were
supposed to be wounded, as several were
seen to be carried of the ground by their
comrades. This firing caused u scene OF
the widest confusion, and several times
the mob charged on the train, but the
military had reloaded and stood
firm and the rioters were repulsed.
[LATER.l
The riotors are still firm, and the
presence of the military only serves to
further exasperate them. The town is
wild with excitement, and the strikers
and their friends, numbering at this time
fully one thousand men, are marching
about bidding defiance to the military
and authorities. Some 70 or so engineers
are congregated here and none are allow
ed to depart. A committee from the
striking fremcn have notified the engin-
GERS that in case any engineer shall at
tempt to take train out OF town he will
be Immediately shot. At noon a cattle
train bound for Baltimore attempted to
start, whereupon the rioters tlocked on
board, and with drawn revoIvers placed
at the heads of the engineer and fremen
compelled them to run the train in the
stock yards where the cattle were un-
loaded.
THE VERY LATEST.
BALTIMORE, July 1.-THE situation
along the B. 4 o. road tonight is as fol.
lows: Between Baltimore and Martins.
burg there ia no disturbance. At Mar.
tinsburg the strikers have absolute con.
troll and refuse to allow any freight trains
to move. The strike extends west to
Wheeling on the main stem and also on
the Parkersburg Branch, numbering 500
men. 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 the train. At Martinsburg 70
trains, consisting Of about 1900 freight
cars, loaded and empty, two.thirds bound
east and one.third bound west, are held
by the strikers. Between five and six
hundred head OF cattle were on the east
ward bound trains, large portion OIL
which has been turned in the stock yards
or adjacent pastures. Many OF the car,
are laden with grain.
Governor Mathews is now at Grafton
with the Mathews Light Guard, number.
ing sixty men.