The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-19
I'LL OInINI
Governor Mathews Makes
Proclamation to the
Rioters.
Call for United States
Troops.
The Requisition Promptly
Honored.
Two Hundred Federal Sol
diers En- Route to
Martinsburg,
Proclamation by the Presi-
dent of the United
States.
Excitement at Grafton Sub
siding.
Trouble Brewing at New
Greek.
The Situation at Baltimore
Trouble Brewing at New
Greek.
The Situation at Baltimore
Strikers Receiving Rim
t0rcementS.
Bloody Work Anticipated
TO-DAY.

GOV. MATHEWS CALLS UPON THE MAYOR
OF MARTINsBURG FOR INFoRMATIoN.
Before deteru r ing how far ii was his
duty to interfere in the affair at Mar
tinsburg, Governor Msthews telegraphed
to Mayor Shut, of that city, to know the
exact condition of matters. Mayor
Shut furnished the Governor full psrtic
ulsrs, in which he stated that the rioters
were fully five hundred strong; that the
people of the vicinity were deeply in
sympathy with them, and that he WAS
powerless and sorely needed the help OF
the Governor. The railroad author
tiles sent repeated and urgent ap-
peals to Governor Mathews not only
to seld such companies OF State volun-
teers as might be At his command, but to
ask the assistance of the United States
authorities Having ordered forward
the company of volunteers from this city
the Matthews Light Guards" and sent
a special courier to Moorefeld calling
upon Captain Cnipley to report without
delay at MartinsbuIg with his company.
his power was exhausted. The only
other two companies i'll the State are locaL-
ed at Martinsburg, and are largely made
up of railroad men and their immedists
friends. There had been u company ut
Piedmont, the Jacob ZDusves,' but 1t
disbanded last March. There is no en-
rolled militia in the State, and no pro
vision of law under which the Gov
ernor could call upon the mill
TIA to act. He therefore had
exhausted his power to aid the civil
authorities of Msrtinsburg, and yet the
civil authorities reported they We're
utterly unable to make arrests OF those
who had deted the laws and committed
breaches OF the peace.
Yesterday morning, about 10 o'clock,
we received from our special reporter
the following telegram:
oMINOUs SILENCE OF THE STRIKERS.
MARTINsBURG, july Is.
Special 10 the Register.
The Light Guards have arrived. No
disturbance rs yet, The strikers have
forty stand OF arms, belonging 10 the
Berkeley Blues, in their possession.
Ominous silence and whispered word.
among the strikers, which portend ms
chiei.
After our arrival, Col. Delsplsin read
a proclamation to the rioters from the
Governor, the substance OF which WAS
that rehsble information had been COM
municated to him that combinations had
been formed here for the disturbance OF
the peace and proper execution OF the
laws and the enjoyment of citizens N
their rights. lie, ~ the executive officer
of the State. had nothing to do with the
difficulties between the railroad COM
pany and the employees ss to their con-
tracts or their wages, yet as the execu-
tive officer, it was his bounden duty 10
see that the laws were enforced and the
peace OF the community WAS undisturbed,
and for that purpose he called upon all
good citizens to aid in the preservation
of the peace of the community snd ali
persons to return to their homes. q.
About the same time, Gov. Mathews
received from Col. Delsplain the follow
ing dispatch, asking him to
CALL FOR UNITED STATES TROOPS:
MARTINsBURG, July Is, 1877.
Governor Matthews:
The feeling here is most intense, and
the rioters are largely cO-operated with
bv the citizens. The line of action that
[ think best is to try to take some of the
principal ringlesdersi to have the civil