Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-31
STRIKE TROUBLES NOT YET OVER
Summary of Last Nights Dispatches.
The Baltimore and Ohio Road

A HITCH AT KEYSER.
A dispatch from Keyser, W. Va, says: At
the conference of citizens and str kers with
Mr. Keyser Sunday night II was agreed that
trains should be started yesterday, but when
all effort was made TO start them We terday
morning the crews would not go out Sew
eral hours of conference followed, resulting
III a failure of ayr ement between the rail-
road abi the Il aders OF the strikers. II is nm
derstOod ful crews are on the way from Al
tmore to take trains west, and full Iraffi
will be ops ned up this morning. All east
bound trains have been started on their way
from Keyser.
Spt cial dispatch To the Baltimore SIM are
as follows: Tie train hands of The BalIi-
m9re and Ohio railI' al engaged in the strike
received word OF Sunday 10 report 10 The
company at Riverside for work Monday, or
Quit TO the service. The majority OF the
hands drew their allowance for time and left
the service OF tue company, though it was
sad ulat one or two of the leaders of line
str he had not come forward and shown
what their action would be. A few of the
strikers reported for duty, and other men
were freely offering 10 take service with the
company, so that there was no difficulty in
pIocurii greater number than we're suff-
cient 10 man all the trains which were To De
started. 1t app. airs that many men who
have been for some time past OCT OF employ
OF The company have taken the opportunity
OF the dissatisfied. on of the strikers to get
themselves reiEstattd The ma jDrity of the
men who have left the company are ilrem ~,
but from twenty ght to thirty engineers
elected 10 be paid of and discharged. The
majority of the conductors reported for duty.
Several fremen also reported, and some Of
them were promoted and given engines.
When men had been ObtaiDed more than
sufficient to run the trains the surplus were
sent up 10 keyser, as stated. One engineer
pho reported for duty was told that there
vas. 10 engine for him, and he went out as
fireman. 1t is Understood that the action
OF the mel in taking their time and being
discharged was in Consequence OF resDlu-
tons passed at tie meeting of the strikers In
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tion seems to have been anticipated and
provided agaiust by the company.
The IMBARGo WEST OF KEYsER CON-
1INCES
Ten freight trains which left Keyser and
three irem Cumberland arrived safely at
Martinsburg last evening Four trains east
from Parkersburg and two from Grafton ar
rived at Keyser, and six trains from Grafton
west arrived at Parkersburg, Notrains were
run over the Wheeling division, aud thu en-
barge on trains west from Keyser still con-
tinued last night. Twelve trains from VI ar
tinsburg came In to Riverside during the
evening. They were loaded with coal oil,
coal, lion and miscellaneous merchandise.
One large car contained a number of sheep.
The trains which left Baltimore were guard
ed by detail of s. U s. marines from Wash.
~ gton, distributed through the different sec.
Lieutenants Porter and B'ddle. They will
exchange with the guards of east bound
trains at Martinsburg, and return 70 Balti-
more.
AFFAIRS AT CUMBERLAND
were still In an unsettled state yesterday af-
ternoon, and no trains were sent west from
that point. The miners at Blaen Avon, At
lantic and Maryland mines went To WORK
yesterday morning but the men from Hof
man Hollow went over in body and com
PEELED them 10 stop WORK and leave The
mines. When the news was received in Bal
timore Gen. Barry detailed companies / and
M, OF the Sd U. $. artillery, 65 men, armed as
Infantry, under Captains Myrick and War
ner, 10 reinforce Gen. Getty's command at
Cumberland, and the troops lie r.. one compa
ny from Camden Station aud the other from
Mount Glare, on the o:l5 p. M. train TO toe
west.
Thirteen trains OF coal, grain and general
merchandise were sent east from keyser
Gould be found to man train for the west,
as they feared trouble along the mountain
division, which begins at Keyser.
AKsiEht I, OF ;s TRhiMs AT SihDMoST P,ed
mont, West Virginia, July Fl, a. m, rays:
The two freight trains from Grafton have
safely arrived here at this hour, and :. are ,
the blockade. Mr.. keyser says the noun
tain division lays open for traffic the entire
line of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from
the Ohio to the seabOard. These are the
first freight trains which have crossed the
mountain region In two weeks. The troop
s 81 n the Fear
Deer Park, leaving there about II p. m. A
detachment OF thirteen soldiers was placed
on, On me first freight and twenty soldiers on
end. The distance from Deer Park was
made slowly and cautiously on account of
Tans a" nsl the v H hss the
strikers that that the road is now practically
open, and II would be useless on their part TO
hold out further.
Cumberland (Md) Strikers.
A CANAL BOAT BURNT BY MASKED MEN.
On Saturday three steam canal boats, be-
longing TO Weld Il Sheridan, left Cumber
land loaded by the Maryland Coal Company,
f<.rf rn<N tNxH nnnfa ton. fsnf OH
which is 10 cents less than demanded by The
striking bOatmen now blOckating the canal
at Sir Johns run. Sunday night one boat,
Star No. 3, was tied up fourteen miles from
the blockade for the night. At II O'Clock IL
was boarded by q party OF twenty i've
masked men. who ordered the crew OIL aud
Set fire TO the boat, part of which burned aud
the rest sunk. Deputy Sheriff Odutt, with a
posse OF fifteen, left Cumberland yesterday
to protect the other two boats in the limits OF
the county said to be threatened. Several OF
the Cumberland miners struck yesterday for
an incI ease OF wages from fifty 10 sixty five
cents per ton. Others refused to work until
they could see what the mass meeting at
Homecoming to-day will do. Still other
miners were compelled To stop work by those
who had struck. Tie whole region Is In
feverish condition, and 1t looked last night
as If q general strike would take place
to-day.
The Pennsylvania Roads
MOST OF THE TRAINS RUNNING AS USUAL.
On the Pennsylvania road stock trains are
in readiness, and the trains which have been
delayed along the line are arriving. The
first three trains sent out ON this road were
under military guard. but no trouble having
occurred the trains are now running without
guards. The company Is not receiving
freights for shipment yet, but this is owing
to the fact that the tracks over the bur Mt dis
trict in Pitts burg are not yet Ompleted, and
will thus delay local freigLts day or two.
road The efforts are mainly directed to the
clearing OF the tracks of rolling stock, which
is strung along the line of the road for fifteen
miles below Pittsburg, and having the city
fTeiehts delivered. All the wOrk men in the
shops on this road resumed work yesterday.
On both the Pennsylvania and Fort Wayne
roads the officers have notified the engineers
and fremen that they can have their old en-
sines II they renort for duty at once. The
opening of the blockade on the Fort Wayne
road will open the Cleveland Pittsburs and
Pitisburg and Erie roads to business. On
the Allegheny Valley road the passenger
trains are arriving and departing on time,
and IT is expected that freights will be started
TO day. The Pittsburg. Cincinnati and st.
Louis road, Pan Handle route, are running
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