The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-07-28
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The last, reduction of 10 per cent.
on The wages of those employees Of
the B. d o. r. r. whose pay was
more than 81 per day, gave rise to a
trouble, which, though small at first,
has rapidly assumed gigantic proper
tions, spreading East and West, and
has become already the greatest strike
on record in this country. The end
is not yet. The telegraph. is freight
ed, daily, with tales of bloodshed, ar
son and pillage, at which the blood
runs cold. The reduction, taking eff
feet on Monday, July 10th, was fol-
lowed by the almost simultaneous
strike of all hands, from engineers to
'brakemeli inclusive, at Baltimore,
Martinsburg and all ends of divis-
ions, west of the Ohio. s'f as
FIRST TROUBLE AT MARTINsBURG.
Here thestrikcrs refused to run out
freight trains themselves, nor would
theySallow others to do it. The off
GERS. of the road Immediately called
upon the civil authorities to protect
their property. The mayor endeav-
ored to quell the disturbance, but the
sympathy of the citizens being with
the strikers, he was unable to accom-
plish anything. The Governor was
Immediately called upon for aid in
supporting the civil authorities.
THE MILITARY CALLED OUT. s..
BY telegraph the Berkeley Light
Guards were ordered out, but, after
volleys were fired by both the militia
ry and the strikers, were forced to re-
treat. The telegraph acquainted
Gov. Matthews with this fact, and
the Light Guards of Wheeling start
ed for the scene of action. The .ex-
element at Wheeling and other
places along the line beggars descrip-
ton. Business stopped-everything
in an furore. The start of the militia
was propitious; at Grafton, however,
they met the first resistance and were
compelled to lay over for several
hours. Threats of violence were free
ly made, but daunted not they pro
ceeded and reached Martinsbrg
Thursday, July 10th. BY this time
everything was wrong, at least 1900
freight cars were blockaded and the
arriving trains but swelled the num-
Der. Col. Deleplaine, aid of the Gov
ernor, seeing that his force was IN
sufficient advised the calling out of
more troops. No more troops being
in the State, an act Of the Legisla7
tnre forbidding the formation of a
State militia. The Governor was
forced to ask s..s al4 1;q,sss sd45 ~
AID FROM s'uNcLE SAM" a,
President Hayes honored the req
uisition; several companies of the
End artillery aud 200 marines were
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ordered to report at Martinsburg, un-
der command of Gen. French Proc
flamations by the President and Gov
ernor were issued commanding the
rioters to disperse before noon of ,Iu-
! ly 10Th. The soldiers arrived, and
the strikers seemingly gave up the
struggle, allowing several freight
trains to be run out both east and
west. 1t was onlysa seeming yield,
however. The strikers changing their
base of action to Cumberland and
Keyser; at the latter place they were
joined by canal men and miners, from
the Georges Creek Mines. "A proc
lamation was here issued by the
strikers calling upon all to
STRIKE AND LIVE"
Threatening to burn shops, tear up
1 track, and she'd their blood if neces-
sary. The trains are blocked at
Keyser, the force of troops not being
sufficient to guard them further. I The
strikers are quiet, but determined
No mail trains, as yet, have been stop
ped, but grave doubts of such are ex-
pressed. At the present. in West
Virginia, all is comparatively quiet;
a spark, howeveI is only needed to
ignite a disturbance, which for an
archy and ruin, will not have been
equaled since the civil war. At all
large places along the line business
is suspended, as no freight can be