The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-21


noon to-day the Pan Handle and r..
Wayne men will join in the strike The
strikers say that is case these roads JON
in, the Michigan Southern and Lske
Shore railroads will also 90 in, Snd thus
strong effort Will be msde 70 stop al
freight traffic between the Ess. Snd
West snd so bring the railroad comps
nies to terms. TIE Eighteenth regiment
of the National Guard has been ordered
out, and Will be taken - the outer depv.
81 eleven O'clock this morning.
At II o'clock lsst night Sheriff Fife,
in complis ce with = request from the
railroad officials visited The strikers -;
Twenty eight street and ordered them
- dIsperse. This they refused a. 81.
The sheriff renamed there until after
three o'clock this morning, but his sU-
thorlty was defed He WAS iniormri
that trains should not 20 out II lhey
could prevent il, and that they did u1,
care for sny posse he could muster, nor
for any troops that could bc brought cut.
Finding the strikers were not Disposed
10 yield ohiienoe 10 the civsl authority,
the railroad officers decided 10 call upon
the military.
In response - the rcQuision Of the
Sheri Il, the Eighteenth regiment ol
Pennsylvania National Guards WAS or
iered out TO sid in supprcssing the disor-
der
The strike insugurated on the Penn
syIvania railroad still continues, and the
excitement occasioncd thereby, has been
increased intensely by the determined
effort, made by the railroad author.
titles o. remove the blockade
which was established Yesterday
Throughout the morr Iug rumurs Of tho
employees OF the -Al,rosd> y,ntcriug here
Joining in the movement were freely car.
rulated and found ready credcncr, br.
up 10 this time, | Z. VI, no such demon
Stration has taken place The striker,
are hourly increasing IN strength Snd ~
the trains come IN they are met, Nud
the crews after taking the trains 10 III"
yards join the strikers. There are to-day
at the lowest estimate 100 loaded car
'yIng on the ,rsrk between the Union
depot and East Liberty while tho mum
hor cn route swclis IT, total 10 Loo
loaded cars This number will constant
.
soon be all occupied by an inert mass nt
rolling stock, heavily laden with goods
for AL parts at the wc.t and east.
This morning sixty eight cars ot stock
from the west, which had collected uH
the PonnsyvAnA railroad tracks near the
outer depot, were permitted by the
strikers to proceed to East Liberty stock
yards, and discharge their loads. Thirty.
eli, lat cars more OF cattle arrived over the
tl Wayne railroad at 10 o'clock tuU,
morning, and were unloAdcd also A
committee OF strikers accompanied cach
engine IN see that the crews did NO,
oppose the strike
An immense crowd assembled at the
outer depot nj Twenty eighth street, hul
up to Il q clock nothing oi moment hn.
occurred The strikers held meeting
AZ II o'clock. when one Of the number
mounted box and road :ho following
Dispatch, signed II J. Donahuc, which
WAS received with the widest cheering
lloKNELLsvILIE. \. The hrrm"n
and brskemcn on the Now York Ahd
Erie Railroad quit WORK this morning.
The arrival of the military served 10 in
Gen Pearson Sheriff Fife and Superin
Lcudent Pitcsrn The sheriff lmmedist"
ly mounted the tender and read the Gov.
nrnor's proclamation amid the hnots and
les o the spectators Ho cbis.e5
peace and quiet, NJ d assured them that
the law would be- enforced, cost what u
may. rhe crowd jeered nj him. and
hen he descended Gen. Pearson got on
the tender and addressing tho crowd, SAID
there appeared TO be n disposition 10 treat
lbe matter light. He warned them that the
affair was very serious one. No man
had more sympathy for them than he
had but he WAS under orders from the
Governor and those who knew him knew
he would obey. He assured them that II
WAS useless TO attempt 10 further stop the
working OF the road and that the trains
must 90 through. While speaking he
was interrupted with crIe- OF, "Who are
you?' "Give US esdr' etc. When
speaking of the trains one man yelled
uot: What trans Passenger trains
Certainly, we allow them 20 70 through
"Yes," said General Pearson, "and all
other trains, even II they have noshing
but pig metal on board" Another asked
TO be heard, and -ad he did not see why
the military were there. The men bad
done no act of violence, nor did they ~
tend 10 do any. "Wlll you allow trsin'
10 20 through" asked tho General NO
shouted hall dozen voices. One man
said they might get through to Torreno
City, but Lord help the men On tn"
trains after passing that point. The
track WAS cleared ani the engine turn.
cd 70 the city carrying the same party Il
had taken out The military called out
this morning and stationed nj the OutT
depot and points along the road are
lnAdoquate and could 1Ot sup
press the riot should one occur
There appears 70 be = determination
among the men ~ the yards n stop All
trains, notwithstanding the mIlItArr,
ard serious trouble Il anticipated II the
military try " open the blockade
a bout 40 members oi the Eighteenth
regiment, under Col. Guthrie, are at th"
East Liberty stock yard. AZ Tarren',
station there are 80. a large number
Of strikers had gathered there from the
outer depot and from other point
The men we're loud in their
deuunciAtion Of General Pearson and the
military. They say If Pearson sttsmpu
10 brIng the fret train through himself
a. be saId this morning he would, he
will be shOt. The meD nj the stock
yards .eem determined ~ maintain the
::trike and keep the road y blocadc, and
will resist the military ~ necessary, in
order 70 accomplish It. Up 70 thi. time,
r. ", there he's been no effort on tn
psrt Of the conpAo or military 70 move
cars, and very serious results will likely
follow the sttsmp, when made.
PHILADELPHIA, July D-The officers
Of the PennsylvsniA railroad say that
the immediate concentration Of troop
on the road Will be very large and amply
sufficient 70 restore and preserve perfect
order. The company D making ar
rsngemens for the protection oi ~
property and the safety Of i1 men Who