Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-07-19

TO leave the ngine, both acquiescing in the
I request TO do so.
THE SITUATION At MARrINsBURG LAST
A dispatch received from NJ irtiusburg a.
! ii clock last night says: "No further de
| nonstratlons have been made by the stri kerS
! other than on the arrival of the Wheeling
| military. The tracks have not been Oh
| slructed, and no damage Is Threatened the
compaDy s property. The strikers aud their
| friends continue strung along the tracks here
and there in small numbers. They are
coolly, but with great determination. 4
| riI gleader said this evening we dOnOt want
| to hurt the company, nor the citizens, but let
| them attempt 10 take out train and We Will
| see some fun" The troops are expac.ed here
| hourly. and on their arrival a consultation
/ Will be held by Col. Della plaiue, Vice Presi-
dent keyser and Mr.. Sharp, when line OF
| action Will be determined. The United
! Sales troops, with cannon and nIuSketS.
| will no doubt be- stationed at the switches to
| keep them closed, ana Will doubtless IRE Oh
| any one attempting to open them. The
| Wheeling militia company will aid. They
! are now quartered in the courthouse. Near
! " hundred engines are on the track win
hres ready to start There are several miles
! OF freight cars.
GOVERNOR MATTHEWS WAS STONED
at the Grafton House, Grafton, Tues lay
/ night by a crowd, who had previously at
tempted To intimiiaIe the detachment OF
! Wheeling militia and rescue the prisoners.
/ stone weighing several pounds was thrown
! through the window OF the Governors roam
Is he was retiring, and fortunately missed
! nm ana fell on Inc bed.
| MIDNIGHT REPORTS FROM THE SEAT OF
! are TO the following effect:
| The strikers al Key>er received intelli-
/ gtnce that the MOoTetield W. Va Guards
! lnieLded 10 reach that point some time last
| nlght and Ia he the train east 10 MartinsOurg.
| The strikers sent word To the officers in
! charge that If they attempted 10 board any
tram the company would be torn % pieces.
Scouts just in from Martiusburg report that
from go 10 coo men were crossing from
q. a - fNi
posed TO be canal men. AT the Sand House,
one mile north OF Msriinsburg, the head
| quarters OF the strikers, about $50 men had
fortified themselves and prepared for a stub
| born resistance. Handbills of the proclama-
| ton of President Hayes Will be sent To all
stations along the railroad line in West Nir-
gina Tor posting. A heavy rain at midnight
somewhat cooled the ardor of the strik, r.
| The special train from Baltimore and Wash
lngton with the United States troops, under
Gen. French, had reached Harper's Ferry,
ami would probably remain there until day
| light.
| TIE TROOPS APPROACHING CAUTIOUSLY.
| A dispatch from MartinsDurg at a. m
says: The train with troops is apprOa ching
cautiously from Harper's Ferry, three mites
an hour, as a matter of precaution against
| any attempt to wreck or untrack the train.
| They Will get here at daybreak, and will
PROBABLY remain in the cars for some hours
| until the movement is made to release the
trains. Should crowd assemble they will
| order them 10 ulsperse, and in case OF re-
| fusal the ringleaders will be arrested. IL is
impossible from present appearances TO get
men TO run the trains out. The strikers had
| a meeting here aud decided TO demand -
per day for firemeu and brakemen, aud no
reduction for engineers and conductors
1hey appointed committee of four, q fire.
| man, engineman, conductor and bra KEENAN,,
To cooperate with a similar committee on
| all other sections. The committee have gone
| 10 the third and fourth divisions TO confer
and insist on a general strike. The strikers
say tonight that IL overpowered by troops
at Martinsburg they will blockade AZ other
"a a m rryka. a
| road.
A MILITIA COMPANY DESERTS To THE
| STRIKERS.
| telegram from Martinsburg says: Capt.
shaefeTs company of 10 men. KNOWN as the
| West Virginia Guards, of Marrinsburg fully
armed aiIG EQUIPPED, Went over To the sIri kers
In u body yesterday morning. Capt. Faux
| ners Berkeley Light Guard, il rs sa id, can
nol ne depended upon as whole for service
| against the strikers. There is another local
| military company not yet fully organized.
| Ii may be well 10 state that the extent of
| Capt. Faul<ner's orders from Gov. Matthews
yesterday was TO protect any OF the employees
OF the company willing 10 work. AT the
tire the shooting of Nandergriff and Poisal
| freight train ran away. Capt Faulkner then
| notified the railroad company that he would
| protect any men they could induce 10 run the
italns. but as no men could be had there was
| nothing more for the captain TO do. Wander
grif, whose arm was amputated was still
| living yesterday morning, but not entirely
a
| slight one, and he was out on the street YES
terday after the shooting.
| SYMPATHIZING BOATMEN.
AS Is well known, the Chesapeake and
ONO Canal runs for some distance paral eli
with the Baltimore and Ohio road and the
strikers on the canal form another body of
habit OF riding free on the trains of the road
but yesterday, ii Is reported, party OF them
attempted 10 get on at st. Johns Run to
come up To Cumberland, and other points
| when the conductor refused them permi SIS ion
One OF the canal strikers placed a pistol to
| the conductors head, and the result Of the
men.
THE STRIKERS FULLY ARMED.
The strikers at Martinsburg numbered be-
| tween five and six hundred desperate and de-
termined men. They are armed with guns
| pistols, bowie knives, sharpened irons and
every eve conceivable weapon: Taeir weapons
anxious 10 meet the u. s troops of whose
| coming they have been fully Informed 4
later despatch from Martinsburg states thar
the strike are becoming more determined
and il Is believed there that there will bs
great trouble and blOodshei before the strik-
| ers are brought into subject:on. Tie strikers
declare that if tie company attenip.s 10
move any trains from there that they will
prevent II at all hazards.
INTERFERENCE AT GRAFTON.
Ihe strikers are very hostile here They
nave destroyed the rubber connections Oh
tiie engines, removed bolts, and Otherwise
rendered the rolling stock of the freight en-
glnes helpless. They have notified the non
STRIKING employees that If they attempt To
slart any trans they Will be summary
dealt with. The mayor OF the town has Is
sueo proclamation warning the strikers
thai The laws must and will be enforced re-
gafdless OF consequences: but mp TO this time
very little attention has been paid 70 the law
or the proclamation.
THE STRIKE RAPIDLY SPREADING WEST
strikes are expected TO take place on the
central Ohio and Chicago divisions of the
road. The strikers are very trou bIesome al
keyser, and everything is in their hands
The civil authorities are powerless, and are
unable to make arrests. The men have uoti-
Ned all In the service OF the company that il
they attempt TO run any trains past that place
they Will be shot. Tney held q meeting yes
terday, when learning that a militia com
paDy was on Its way TO Martinsburg from
MOorheld, and asserted that IL they attempt
ed 10 pass that point they would stop them.
THE FIRST FALL E LECrIoNs OF THE
YEAR Will be held on the 9Th of Au gust in
Kentucky and Alabama to choose leyisla-
tors. California and Vermont will vote on
the OH OF September, and Maine on the 10TH
Tor members of the leg isatura and state of
nc6IS. Colorado will hold an ANIMAL alac