The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-07-20

rioters, the others making their escape
About sixty in all were arrested, but
uearly all were discharged BY Judge
Hsnson,on the next day.
On November Is, 1884, Mr. German,
one of the contractors on the Washing
ton branch, about eighteen miles from
this city, was ssssiled IN his own shanty'
ard, with John Watson, 8 superintend-
ent, was dragged out and beaten. About
midnight on the 18Th they surrounded
the office where Mr. Watson was lying
suffering from mis- wounds, ard after
breaking open the door deliberately
murdered uim il u most barbsrous man
ner. William Messer, one OF his assist.
ants, was dragged out ot the othce ana
shot dead, and another OF the super.n-
tendents, Mr.. Ballan, Was killed. Several
others were injured. After the murders
the premises were robbed. On the 18th
detachment of the First brigade OF Ibis
city arrested nearly 800 laborcrs, who
were brough. TO this city and placed IN
Jail.
The strike OF gratest proportions oc-
CURED on the road in 1851. On April
20, the conductors and others having
charge of the burthen trains over Inc
first and second divisions OF the Foai,
stopped work and refused 10 do duty.
The men endeavored by force TO secure
their purposes. During the week the
woods from Baltimore 10 the Relay House
were interpreted with boniires, around
which they sat IN anticipation OF the ap.
prosch of the freight trains, but none
were sent out without An acconpalh-
ment Of an armed guard, The Crisis
took place about t,Gr o'clock on the
afternoon Of the first OF MAY. Az that
hour sheriff Pole, of Baltimore County,
with posse Of officers appeared ut the
Camden station and were placed IN An
old passenger car, which, being attached
TO one of the Tonnage trains, was started
for the main stem near Gwynn's tatls.
Here several trains from Mount Care
depot were drawn up and proceed
ed along Immediately after the
| olOneer train. They encountered no re-
| sistsnce until ~ the deep cut al jackson
| bridge Here man was seen ahead o.
the engine waving his hat for the engine
TO stop. put no heed was paid him, the
| train continued on and the man who en- &.
deavored to stop 1t jumped from the
| track barely in time to save himself from
| beng caught beneath the COW catcher.
| An onslau.ht on the train FOLLOWED,
| Pistols, short rifles then III vogue In this
| vicinity, and missiles of different kinds
were discharged and hurled ~ the en-
| uJlI "a
turn fired some thirty mus kets NJ tue
rioters, several OF whom were badly III
| iured Upon passing under the bridge
! rocks were hurled down upon the cars,
crus hing them in several places. The
train passed on, but the three that toll
| lowed were not so successful. Ihey
were surrounded by the rioters st tn"
bridge, who jumped upon them, put
! down the brakes, uncoupled the CARE,
and threw the coupling pins away. They
were not further lnteriefed with, and
returned to Mount Clare. The proceed
! ings Of Friday May |, were continued on
| Saturday and Sunday along the line OF
road from the city TO EliICOLts Mills.
Governor Lhgon mad u conference" with
! the officers OF the road, md issued pro
cisma,iou warning all persons t. keep
AWAY from the neighbornooG OF these
! q -turbsnces.' At o'clock Saturday
afternoon, by authority OF the governor,
| the Baltimorc-city Guards, Captain War.
ner. and the Independent Grays com
! manded by Captain Busch, were called
out. They were placed together with u
number OF the shcritis posse, in psssen-
ger cars in advance OF three burthen
trains. To the extreme end of the tram
was the paymaStcT car and u small trunk
EAR de- omInated 'Sebastpol.' Thus
prepared the entire trains moved of
together under the command Of Colonel
Shut and Coptain Rawlings No dltli-
Guilty was met with until reaching the
! deep cut at Jackson's bridge, here, rs
on the previous drv, rocks were hurled
! y. the ears and rovolvcrs fired a. their
occupants. In passing the bridge rocks
were hurled upon the cars beneath the
bridge but did no injury, SHOTS were
fired by the military on the engines aad
! ry the shcrIf's posse NJ their assallants,
! bHt none OF the rioters were injured,
! After preceding about mile further
the train, in passing through smother
! deep cut, was again the recipient OF n
shsrp fire The military fired One man
namei Henry Howser, vs., killed and
| several wounded. Howser Wa formerly
engaged ~ fireman on IN" road and
| lived near Noun. Clare On reaching
Lees station the train was brought to h
,and-stiIl, from tn, fact of the engine