The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-23

other workmen."
This the men refused firmly to 10. III
enough workmen were found who wei
not inembeh Of the order, with gree
u hands and apprentices, 10 continue wor
y some measure aud manner at mos, {
tue p0,teries.
4 DREAE ~ THE tASHs.
Some weeks pgo one Of the potter
firms, AlesSrs. Wallace 4 Chetwynd, mad
somewhat Of concession, agreeing 10 re
eeiye back their employees upon their sign
! Ing modified agreement, oi which th
a following Is n copy:
I'VE the undersigned parties, for OIL
, mutual understanding, do hereby agree tc
! the following conditions, viz: !, -
. agree, TO work for -, at mytraJe, III,
. regular established prices, and do my worl
' In u good wotkinanlike manner.
"ln consideration Of which = agree.
TO pay the said - Tor his services ever,
two weeks, us Is customary, the necessary
stoppages or accidents excepted.
/. I'VE The above said parties do hereby
mutually, ignore the authority OF my out
side parties, committees or associations In
the conditions or performances OF this con.
tiact, which Tan only be- dissolved by
either ol the said parties giving two weeks
notice TO Tho other party, unless Tor bad
Workmanship or actions in opposition 10
our established rules and regulations"
This was hailed by the men rs promising
n way ont Of tho difficulty, but ono by one
the force vt work ut tho various potteries
was increased, until now they are running
with from half TO two.thirds OF their full
iOrcc, and augmenting the number OF
woIsmen daily.
The ELECTS OF the long itlleness OF the
potseTies are apparent Tie gcntml bust.
ness OF the town feels Il seriously, and the
city, which had something over 1000 In.
habitlnts In 1850, and about thousand
more last year, Is said by0bservin, and In.
telligenl citizens to have lost heavily In
population in the last year Many Of the
locked out potten have scattered 10 other
points, aud others expect to 20 to Canada
shortly, II few are employed Mt Wheeling,
and some ut Stcubcnville. The last poll.
l!cill rnlnpagn showed II peculiar result OF
the troubles. For some reason many OF the
knights conceived theidea that tho Demo.
cratic purity was the special friend OF their
order, and Mr.. Mckinley, the Republican
cIndidate for Congress, lost heavily here,
the town giving about 90 Democratic
majority instead its usual 100 Republican.
The system OF boycotting inauglra,c,l
had some effect. Merchants who rented
property from the owners Of the po,tcrics
were warned to move, or threatened with
the loss Of the Knights custom. Mr.. VIM.
Brunt owns an opera house, and things
were made dull enough for compani,s
which rented it.
THE "sCABs NAEcn."
One peculiar outgrowth OF the matter is
musical composition, which las lately
been making some STIR The iirst indus.
trial establishment visited here was n
barber shop. / was scarcely seated in, n
chair until young fellow VINO was sitting
near began whlStling very encrgc,ically ali
air IN which there was apparently but two
bans, aud which was more forcible than
harmonious. When walked up street
heard 1t nj every street corner. Finally
wns moved 10 inquire whnt il was. "rhal?o
said the gentleman OF whom incurred.
That's the Scab's March"
"Andpray, what is the Scab's March p
"rhe workmen who are employed in the
places OF the locked.out potttrs are called
'sc'ls. This tune is one the boys picked
up some place, or originated, and dubbed
'Scabs' March 1t Is recognized bv the
wotkmen, and is very offensive 10 tlem."
This found TO be so. At the dinner
hour to-day n hundred or So men, boysaud
girls, gathered ut all the prominent points
on the routes the workmen take from the
pottsries home, and when they appeared
the III ti1tnl ,,ttt, tta ,t.st r.t
mono,onolis march. The sound was audi.
bic for squares.
1t wns as result Of Just such n scene
that the arrests l alluded to in the begin
ming were made. Two OF the po,teries,
those OF Laushlin and Harter, are located
up the river short distance, aud the work.
men are obliged TO 20 to and from work
by the railroad. AT Il narrow pass crowd
OF the pOtters and their friends gather
nightly and whistle and sing and yell as
the so.called "scabs" pass. On one occasion
one ot the "scabS" retorted, and difficulty
ensued. Twelve oi the men were arrested
for disonierly conduct, but only four were
found guilty by the Mayor, who fined them,
The assistant engineer at tho Water
Works was mistakeu i0r one OF the work.
Ing potiers Il few evenings since, and greet
ed accordingly. lie resented the greeting,
and hred his revolver at the crowd, hut
fortunately hit nobody. Another uuoiIenl-
lnS passer.by WIS mistaken for one of the
workmen .and thrown over the river bank
by the slri rikers.bu, not seriously hurt.
TIE rEopAuLE OUTCOME.
The ultimate result it is hard to predict.
| have asked Il number Of boss po.ters wbat
result they expected, and they said with
one accord That the troubles might continue
10 embarrass them for some time vel. Int
eventually they would be able 10 secure
sufficient hands without taking back their
former employees. All wished TINT The
ALTAR was over, and one man frankly said
that he believed il the boss potlcrs Ind tito
DO over again they would not post any such
notice rs that which started the difficulty,
| interviewed Mr. John O'Seill, Master
Workman OF the Local Assembly, this
afternoon He says the knights have been
virtually beaten in most Of the potteries,
and that there nrc only two, llarler's and
lAuehlin's, in which he has much hope OF
seeing members Of the order reinstated,
The order now numbers 5li members
here. Recently 81 were expelled rs "scsbs."
l also dropped in at the meeting OF the
knights Executive Committee, which as.
senibles every afternoon ut the Town Hall.
y stranger is eyed with suspicion, but
when | introduced myself WAS welcomed,
Several OF the boys got basc drum, A
tenor drum and fife, and played t,e
"Scab's March" in fine style.
Mr.. James Gibbens, Financial Secretary
oi the Assembly, talked very freely. lie
says large number OF the idle po,ters
lave promises OF situations iu Canaia, and
will leave for there at IN early day. There
are now l25 idle polters OIL the pny roll Of
the order. That is, that number receive
weekly from the treasury OF the order
sum deemed sufficient 10 support their
families. Seven dollars is paid in mos,
cases 1t is this iact to which the length
and stubbornness Of the contest may be
Inscribed.
Let the end come when It may, the ieel.
ines cngcndered, the losses sustained and
tho other evil effects OF the lock out will
not be forgotten or erased for years. i Is
not probable that any serious trouble will
be experienced in the future. The PROMPT
action OF tho officials Inns rather aue!ltd
tho spirits Of the turbulent classes, The
difficulties will probably he gradually over.
come, but good feeling among all parties
may not be entirely restored for long
time. W,S,F.
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