Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-26

A Gala week-The Coming EncamP.
ment-A Sham Battle-A Grand BALL
Condition of the Coal Strike.
Hpectul % ne Re0lasy.

A Gala Week-The Ceming Encamp.
m<nt-A sham Battle-A Grand Ball-
Condition o. the Coal Strike.
Special 10 tie Re1tk~.
CuxBERLANp, Nd, July 25.-All Cumber-
land is astir and actively preparing for the
military encampment commencing day
after tomorrow and lasting two days. There
will be companies OF militia from Garrett,
Frederick and Hagerstown, making in all
Eve companies including two Of Cumber-
land. Reduced rates have been secured on
| all the lines OF railroad entering the city,
and Thousands Of people are expected 70 be
in the city on that day.
Aside from the military parades and
/ competitive drills, there will be three special
features of enjoyment to the public. The
| first is the domestic drama. Kathleen Ma
yourneen will be performed in the academy
Of Music, Miss Emily N. Ritchie, Of Fred
erick City taking the leading part, and
supported by Cumberland amaseur troupe.
Miss Ritchies is the daughter Of Hon. John
Ritchie, of Frederick, o gentleman prom.
inently and most favornbly known through.
out the State of Maryland.
The box sheet OF the Academy was
opened yesterday morning, and before 10
o'clock all the choice seats in the house
were taken. 1t is decidedly manifest that
every seat will be taken by Thursday even
ing, the date Of the performance.
The second feature will be the sham
battle which takes place on Friday, at the
fair grounds, Just outside Of the city limits.
There will be several hundred men engaged
in the conflict.
THE third and most enjoyable season to
both ladies and gentlemen, will be the mil.
itary ball to be given on Friday evening In
the large dining room OF the Queen City
hotel, equal TO the most spacious ball rooms
in the State. and having o floor Of the
smoothness that makes the tripping OF the
light fantastic delectable. The beaux and
bellies are making every preparation for the
affair which will beyond question be the
event of the season.
Cumberland needs something OF this kind
to enliven itfor IN consequence Of the pro-
longed strike in the mining region, thecity
has been exceedingly dull for two months
past. Nor are the merchants of Cumberland
and mining towns alone in their firing or
this enforced idleness upon the oommuni-
ty, but the miners themselves are beconi-
ing impatient, and though the situation re-
mains at the present writing unchanged,
there is no question that something will
soon turn up, for some Of the miners are
now no longer blind to their own interest.
In commenting upon the situation, on Sat
urday last, one OF them, in a bitter tone,
asked, "Who are the workingmen that are
holding the fort and are standing the
strike by staying at home with their fami.
lies as good and true men should do instead
Of going off and stalking through the coun-
try as towards and blood hounds, seeking
work without hardly consideration as to
the price paid or to the number OF hours to
be worked, robbing the laborer Of his hire,
f@q form. hAesss In word, they " are
taking from the laborer what rightfully be.
longs to him, working for mere song,
when by working for tie coal companies
| they could earn three times the amount OF
money and not interfere with the laborer's
| hire" But there are some promises OF this
| strike soon being brought TO an end. Some
| of them have expressed their willingness TO
resume work on the companys terms.
| One or two are already at work, and II Is
| confidently believed that the entire region
will be at work in few weeks.
The cost incurred by this strike can never
be calculated. Thousands upon thousands
of dollars have been withdrawn from circu.
lation in this county never to be recovered;
hundreds OF miners will he forced to seek
employment and find new homes out OF
the region, because OF the introduction OF
new labor; scarcely anything has been
done on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal
whose revenue is almost entirely depend
ent on the transportation Of coal; and rail-
road men have been forced TO seek work
elsev here because there has been no coal
to be transported.
1t is hoped indeed. that such q state Of
affairs will not continue this fall. As IL Is
it will be impossible for the county TO re-
cover itself before winter sets In, even
should the most active operations be re.
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