The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-20
Strike on the Pennsylvania.
The Railroad War Expanding.
Firemen Abandoning the Trains.
No OneWlIIlng totaks their Places
The Panhandle and Fort Wayne
Likely to IOIn the Strike.
oOubl' TraIn', Single Crews, Long Runs
and Low Pay Cause the Trouble.

PIrnBuRaH, July l9.-At noon to-day
the freight trainsmen on the western diyi.
sion Of the Pennsylvania railroad reius.
ed to 20 out with their trains. The strike
is caused by the company incre asinS the
number Of freight cars In their trains.
Heretofore conductor and his crew ran
l7carS, an order lately issued doubles this
number without increasing the crews.
The strikers and their friends, In all,
nearly 500, assembled at the outer depot
and BY intimidation have prevented The
crews from going out. Otherwise they
would have remained at work,
A man while attempting to couple
the cars was attacked and severely beaten.
The ring leaders 10 the attack were ar.
rested. The strikers then moved out the
road towards East Liberty.
Aplacard posted about The depot, signed
BY the President Of the Tfainsmen's
Union, calls meeting Of the trainmen at
Phoenix Hall this evening. It's supposed
that this meeting is called to take action
outside.
The men on the Connellsville branch
OF theB. 80. K. R. are still at work, and
trains are running as usual.
$3.50 P. M.-Eighteen trains are now in
the Pennsylvania Railroad Companys
yards ready to 80 out, but without crews
to run them. The engineers are in read.
iness, but up to this time the company
have not been able to get men to take the
strikers places.
The new order requiring that double
train, provided with two engines and
consisting Of So cars, be taken out with
one crew, went into effect this morning.
The strikers claim that by this order two
ordinary trains are taken out to Altoona,
a distance OF ll6 miles, instead Of Derry,
which iS As miles. Formerly trip 10
Derry was considered days work, while
now the trip to Altoona is considered a
days work.
When the trouble commenced at the
outer depot this morning party Of the
strikers lost no time in getting out to the
East Liberty stock yards and held con.
ference with the train and yard men
there, which resulted in the latter Joining
the strikers.
The trains were run upon the sidiugs
and left there, The strikers then took
possession Of the main track and stopped
all freight trains east or west. Those
coming from the east were allowed to
proceed after the situation had been ex.
planned. In order not to blockade the
main thack, it was necessary that some
ol the stock trains should be pulled up 10
the sidings to be unloaded, and this work
was done by the Pan Handle engines.
None of those belonging to the Pennsyl.
vania railroad were allowed to be used.
The main track here is wholly in the
hands Of the strikers.
Awest bound freight train was stopped
at Brinton's this afternoon by party Of
strikers who had gone there for that
purpose. The train was allowed to pro-
coed, however, on the men intimating that
they would join the strikers as soon rs
they reached the city. The excitement
along the road is intense and it is feared
the Fort Wayne and Pan Handle men
will join the movement. The strikers
threaten to release Mccall who was ar.
rested for striking Superintendent Watt,
by force. No detention is offered pas:
senger trains and no serious collisions
have yet occurred.
PrrrsBURGH, July 20, l M-Every.
thing quiet about the yards. The strik.
ers still have possession OF the main
track and no freight is allowed to be
moved.
ASK FOR THE MILITIA.
PITTSBURGH, July 20-1:4O A. Mt
has been learned from reliable sources
that Sheriff Fife, Of this county, has tele-
graphed Gov. Hartranft OF his inability
70 suppress the rioters In possession Of
Pennsylvania railroad tracks, and asked
him to use his authority in the premises
by calling out the military for that pur.
pose.