The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-24
THE GREAT STRIKE.

strikers Cry Down All IncendtarS
Acts-sfoppage Of the East-bound
Trafn-Detachment OF the Express
Car-The Maehinfsts and Others OF
the baltimore and Ohio shops Join
I'm the Strike-One Hundred Men
Quit Work.
All day yesterday the excitement
caused by the great strike among tue
railroad men, and the acts oil violence
incident thereto, was kept at fever hea.
in this city, but the strikers and sympa'
thizers continue 10 condemn the Pits
burgh horror In the severest terms. Ihe
all absorbing topic OF conversation Is lae
strike, and so engrossed are the people
in the one subject that but little else l!
talked about or thought OF. That th'
strike is hsvings .
DAMAGING EFFECT ON BUSINESS
there can be no doubt, as several proml
nent Main street merchants have In
formed us that they might as well close
their houses, as nothing OF whatever ma
ture could be shipped. There are sew
ersl of our merchants, too, VINO are heavy
losers by the Pittsburgh riot, they hav
ing thousands of dollars worth OF good;
on the cars at that place waiting ship
ment for this point, which were burned,
and their loss is total, nothing being
saved and there beir & no insurance. liz
| addition To the merchants, the mills
| have been affected, and are now mostly
idle, with large stocks and untitled or
ders on hand. This beng the case, 1t /;
not surprising that the unanimous desire
is for an adjustment of sll trouble and
reopening of commerce. An unsuccess-
ful effort was made yesterday morning
TO snip an express car loaded win
freight, consisting of moving machines,
-four, and other articles, along with the
mail train. But large crowd, composed
chiefly ofmill men, became aware OF the
fact and
THE TRAIN WAS STOPPED
as it was moving out OF the depot. A
committee of four men was appointed TO
notify Capt. Devries, general agent OF
the road, that the train would not be
allowed to proceed unless the express Car
and contents were detached from the
train. This being the only course to
ADOPT, the car was Immediately detached
and An express wagon sent !or, Which
transferred the goods back TO the express
office, and the train moved out Wlthou.
molestation. A large crowd was attracted
to the depot by the occurrence, but no
demonstration whatever that ssvored Oh
riot or lawnessness was made, the crowd
seeming satisfied to have the train pro
coed with only the mails and passengers
and dspering immediately ate,
the departure of the tralnr
There was also some dissatisfaction
manifested by the strikers by the fact that
A STRANGE FIREMAN
was on the engine, No. I, they
surprising that the regular fire
man had "struck" and that the new man
had taken his place. But this was dis
PEELED when it was explained that the
regular fireman had "chsnged of " tor
that trip with the fremen OF engine No
1872, ana was then ut Grafton awaiting
the arrival of his engine. Because OF TIN:
misunderstanding, and like mistake
being likely TO occur, orders were yes
terday given that there be no more
changing off during the strike. In
this connection. however, 1t is well Il
state that the railroaders discounteuancec
| the taking of OF the express car, and the
| chief or leader of the strikers arrived IN
| this city last evening. and will use hl'
utmost endeavors to prevent repetition
OF tie occurrence. During the excite
ment yesterday, the men at the shops Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, mum
| bering
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED, JOINED IN TIL
STRIKE,
and as u consequence the shops are now
| idle and without hands TO do the neces
sary work Of preparing engines for pas
| senger trains, and the "booses" have beer
called upon TO perform that labor. The
| strikers at the shops are composed o
machinists, blacksmiths, carpenters, paint
ers, timers, copper smiths and laborers
and of the one hundred which compost
the party, eighteen are apprentices. Ii
an interview yesterday with number o
the strikers, they expressed themselves a
opposed to any act OF violence, and
further stated that as all the strikers were
residents of this city, and owned more
or less property here they would
spare NJ pains to suppress any attempt
ut any outbreak that might be made
| There are now about sixteen engines ly
| ing idle in the yards at this place.
AT BELLAIRE.
During the strike at this place the
strikers have conducted themselves very
gentlemanly throughout the trouble, and
have dicountenanced any wrong dong:
whatever that have been ascrlbed tc
them. Yesterday number of the
strikers assured a reporter that they had
nothing to do with the stoppsge of the
train on the bridge at tbs point, last
Saturday evening. They say it was u
mob made up of q number OF
certain class of people who live
here, and others that have
come in from other points during the
week past. Had it not been Tor mum.
Der OF the strikers, as we have been AS
sured by many OF the citizens, in sll
probability some serious damage might
have resulted in the affair, which was in
certain measure stopped by the strikers,
who went into the mob and dissuaded
them OF their intentions. The strikers
are all in good spirits, and assured US
that the company's property should not
suffer rs long rs troops were kept away
and no demonstrations made to
move the freight trains lying at
tn place. Should there not be an
amicable adjustment soon, and troops
sent here to force the men into submis-
sion, there will then be trouble OF the
worst kind, as there is a large number
of persons who are just lying of await.
ing the opportunity. The strikers are
men who are strictly sober and will not
allow one of their number 10 become
intoxicated. They are only asking for