Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-06-06
RAILROAD STRIKERS.
THE KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIFFICULT.
TIES BECOMING SERIOUS.
a freight Train stopped. Uncoupled an< W
che Engineer Ordered - the Round
House. A yruitlcss lGssting-AF-
rests Made Labor Troubles.

CINCINNATI, June THE kentucky CO
trail railroad strike CONTINUES with unahaA1d
determination, nearly all the Covington en-
ployss now being unemployed. In answer
to the emergency w. B. Rydsr, supeTinr
tsndsnt OF transportation Of the Chssapeake
q Ohio railroad system, came from nich~
mond, Va, to Covington and called moee-
ing in Superintendent H. r. Huntington'ss
office. Yardmaster VIM. O'Donnsll, 6upeE-
intendsnt Huntington and Yard Torsmen =
d. johnson, r Jones and Charlss Anthony
attended, the last three - representative Cf
the striking yard men.
Ryder made speech In which - stated.
substantially that the foremans wages e1.00<
per day, was enough for than TO live o. :.
He know what IL cost for man to live ina
this country. Did the foremen ever expect
to BE- advanced In the company's employF
II they did they would regret this step. Her
Ryder) had been advanced to his present.
position not by antagonixing the company,
but by his faithfulness to It.
In reply Foreman johnson said:
1.-THE work No and our fellow workman do
al yAidmen Ii hazardous In the extreme, and
the wakes W receive should be- high In pro-
portion They are, however, 70 low that We
cannot live on them comfortably, much lees
lay anything by. Our fellow workmsn have !
QOU9fIuluoO W kSSiAb Uf10 IouUCtlOus W. DIV
fer the good will Of our fellow workmen to-
the odious name Of ssblack Sheep" and will
therefore hold out until wages are restored.
We win permit committee Of our men to
ssnd of the passenger trains ON time, how
ever, IN we have been DOING
Ryder became angry at this and ex-
claimed: Il don't want you to touch . link
or pin. You can come In the morning. re-
ceive your time checks, aud consldsr your
selves discharged
This ended the meeting. and further steps
were taken by the management Of the road
to sxtricate itself from its troubles. Mr..
Ryder left Covtngton, but the result Of his
visit became apparent. An attempt h being (
made to secure mon In place Of The strikers.
A dozen extra policemen have BEEN stationed,
about the yards, and vigorous sxsrtions are
being made to send out freight train,
which are being - vigorously opposed By
the strikers Tho striking yardmsn are
scattered all over the yard. Many spectators
are watching proceedings with interest. So
far no violence has been resorted to.
None of the strikers ha w returned 10 work,
but Superintendent Huntington claims to
have enough new men at reduced wages TO
man the freight train. Local Freight Agent
Walker claims that he can secure all the
freight handlers he wants at S36 per month
All passenger and no freight business, ex-
cept as above stated, Is being done. The
engineers have not heard from their com
mittee yet, and are in doubt a. to what they
will do. 1t is rumored that G. A. Smith,
general manager at Richmond, granted the
engineers committee conference, but the
result is unknown.
An attempt was made to pull the freight
train out OF the Covington yards Tho
strikers, who were on hands in force, un-
coupled the train in the middle, uncoupled IL
from the locomotive, and then ordered the
engineer to take his engine into the round
house. This the engineer did, Excitement
was intense among those interested at tho
time of the occurrence.
At Paris, KY, there are 100 strikers who
have five freight and construction trains
side-tracked, and seven locomotives dead"
Gus Jessop and VIM. Hisrey, leaders Of the
strikers there, were arrested for persuading
and OBTAINING other employees from work.
They gave bail The strikers, in retaliation,
had Henry Farwick, q siscabn engineer from
Maysville, arrested for drunkenness In
Paris, - in Covington, all freight business ia
at standstill
Machines to Replace Mon.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, june The min
ers employed at the Soddy coal mines, In the
upper end Of this city, $50 in number, have
struck. They demanded that the coke oven
hands, who struck last week, should b. re-
stored, and this was refused and they were
in turn notified that . ten per cent reduction
of their wages would ne made. They imme-
diately went out. Coal digging machines
win be put in the mines.
Striking Shoemaker
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June 4.--Only
about one-sixth Of the male help at Hathn-
way, Soule 81 Harrington's shoe factory IN
at work A committee waited on Mr.. Hath
away, who refused to negotiate, but said he
would talk with any man engaged on the
same work. The committee reported to tho
men who are staying out, and they voted