The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-24
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midst since the present railroad troubles
began In the main it was an orderly and
we'll disposed assembluge. There were,
aa matter OF course, few turbulent
spirits who seemed bent on some species
Of fultraism, and who we're not disposed to
acquiesce in the general expression OF the
speeches in favor ofla and order.
1t was perfectly evident last night that
the real working men in our midst-those
who are known to all classes OF our Citi.
zens rs such-are not aiders or ubeItors
Of violence and disorder. This was no.
tably true OF those who spoke for the
railroad interest. Their utterances were
consistently and firmly on the side OF
peace and order. One Of the railroad
speakers struck the common sense OF the
whole situation when he remarked that
to destroy railroad property was simply
to cut off the resources Of the company
for the employment Of labor when the
present difficulties are settled. ltwould
be the same, he remarked, as destroying a
mill in Wheeling the night before a con.
ference and compromise, and then ex.
pscLiug the owners, after compromise
had been made, to furnish employ.
ment 10 those who burned the mill,
How could they do it? II would
be impossible. The case is not different
because the present difficulty is between
a railroad company and its empIoyes,
but precisely parallel. Just in proper
tion as railroad company Is disabled,
just in that proportion will il be un.
able hereafter to RiILrd employ
ment to those who look to it
for situations. It il, therefore, "a the
speaker iorcibly put tit.-simPly cutting oil
our noses to spite our faces to think OF
destroying railroad property. Some body
very appropriately remarked, in COM
pliment to this utterance, "that fellows
head is level" The salutation was we'll
timed and we'll deserved. 1t was q
plain common sense remark that every
body could see the force Of.
One Of the best speeches Of the evening
was made by Mr.. Frank Kline, the we'll
known boiler in the Belmont Mill. Mr..
Kline is a representative working man.
He made some very forcible remarks and
in such commanding voice, too, that every
body could hear him. He expressed his
sympathies as being fully and entirely
With the employees Of the Balti'
more & Ohio road. He said that the men
deserved and received the public sym.
pathy because Of the inadequacy Of their
pay. As long as their conduct was char
acteriLcd by abstinence from violence
they would continue to deserve and re.
Ceive this all important support from
public opinion. As for these demonstrN.
tions and meetings on the part OF others
than the employees Of that company, he
did not see the necessity for them. Ev.
erybody understands that this fSht ia
an issue between the railroad company
and their employees. We all understand
the real nature of the difficulty. It i.
not matter to be made an excuse for
outside public excitement. 1t is not lie.
gitimate to drag into it anything that
does not belong to it.
Mr.. KIines remarks were we'll received
by the large audience, and at times were
greeted with cheers. He is evidently a
popular speaker, albeit he makes no pre-.
tensions to oratory.
We feel bound to commend the good
spirit shown by the railroad men here in
Wheeling and elsewhere, and those who
speak for them. Aspecial dispatch from
Grafton in this mornings paper shows
that they do not encourage destruction oil
railroad property They are not willing
to tarnish their record for patience and
forbsarance by any such deeds. They
believe themselves strong in their present
position, and correctly estimate the value
oil public opinion by abstaining from al
deeds calculated to turn 1t against them
In this connection it is proper to mott
the fact that both at Pittsburgh and Bal
timOrc it has been discovered that tn
number of railroad men who took par
in deeds Of violence were very few in
deed So few that the discovery has eI
cited general attention, andhaS awakene'
the public to the knowledge that tn
real perpetrators Of these deeds o
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