Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-03-24
A DARK OUTLOOK.
All Hopes of a Speedy Settlement
Now Gone.
THE RAILROAD STRIKE EXTENDING
And Growing Disastrous lit May Include
the Whole Country---A Stand
still at ST. Louis.


to confer with Mr.. PowderlS; the efforts oi
Governors Martin and Msrmaduke have
failed to effect settlement; the manage
ment of the road declines to treat with any
Of its striking employees representing the
Knights OF Labor; the latter low announce
that they will accept no terms from the
company unless offered to them as
memberg Of that organisation; and now,
ss last resort, the strikers have called
upon the merchants of this city to assist il
bringing about a state Of affairs which will
make possible arbitration between the rail-
way officials and striking employees, and in.
terest in the present difficulties nov centres
in the probable outcome Of such efforts,
should they respond to the address issued
| to them last night. No action has as yet
been taken by the merchants with the view
of opening negotiations between the COM
pany ar! its employees, but several business
men state that such course would be glad.
IL pursued by them if both would agree 10
abide faithfully by their decision.
A FIGHT FOR RECOGNITION.
A member Of the Executive Committee
said at late hour last night: The worst
is yet TO come. | dread it, but there is no
help for it. If we were to submit now and
return TO work without having been recog.
nizsd as Knights OF Labor. i: would be
defeat not only for US, but also fer labor
unions, the Trades Assemblies, and for
every labor organization in the whole
country. We feel that the
issue must be met, and now. The pres,
ent conflict is between uS and the rail.
roads only. We VIII wait three or four days
in the hope that some way towards a settle
ment may be opened, and then, if the sitU
alton remains unchanged for the better,
every freight train on every road running
out of st. Louis, and every freight train on
every road running out OF Chicago will be
stopped. We will leave a sufficient force
OF men upon the roads to run tho mail
trains aud q few accommodation trains,
but not wheel of single freight Car
shall be turned until the Knights
of Labor ore recognized. If this
shall! fell 10 force tue companies TO
recognize u.s. the strike will then De ex'
tended to all Eastern and Southern roads,
embracing the entire county, and if it
comes 20 the worst the strike will be made
to embrace every large mandatory and
every extensive business industry or the
country.
An official OF the country says: Great
numbers of Applications from men who
want TO 60 to work have been received,
aud we are now notify suck Of these men
as we think will be acceptable workmen,
to come to different points along the road
and accept places.
THE SITUATION PRACTICALLY UNCHANGED.
The situation in this city, so far as the
traffic on the Missouri Pacific road is con-
cerned, is UNCHANGED. II is reported that
q. some tune during the day an attempt
will be made to start out a freight train
under the protection law. Tie switchmen
aud yard men employed by the various
roads in East St. Louis were at work as
usuai this morning aad No srrike Is ex-
pected TO OCCUR in this place, unless the
merchants and business men Of this city,
to whom the address of the strikers was
issued last night, shall fail to effect set
tlement. 1t is now stated that they have
no grievances which have not been remed
led BY their employers, nnd they will re.
main Ct tEeir pOsty until tpe olieE iar the
extension Of the present strike shsll be
made, if euch an order shall become neces
sary.
The Attempt to Move Freight Fails.
Sr LOUIS, March %, | P. M-The effort
to start a freight train was made at $40,
when AZ eagiue ealAe .roGi The shops
crowded With policemen apd detectives.
As it slowly backed down By the street
crossing the fireman sprsDg from the
cab, and was greeted with Voiley OF
cheers. then detective took the fireman's
place and tie engine proceeded to the Sew
enteenth street yards, where the train was
10 bs made up By this time crowd OF
| 500 hundred men had gathered. Train Mas
ter Clark was making up the train assist
| ed by a detective, when the latter insdver.
tentiy threw switch the wrong way, and
the result was the partial denolishipg Of
several cars, aud tVo cars we're dersileo.
The unlocking crowd gseeted this perform
spoe with another cheer. Then the eingi-
neer was asked to leave his post and re-
fused The moment after o start was made
With the four cars, when surging mass
of men sWarmed about ard the train part
ed In us r.any pieces s1 there were cara
While attention was attrscted to one side
by the rush, ths work of uncoupling the
tra;n hsd been done on the other side un-
seeu. The engine, freed from its burden
shot ahead on the track, but stopped and
returned 10 ,he scene, but alter calling
uuou all the reserve detectives in the yards
} for guard duty the st.enpt was then absn-
doned, and toe engine returned to the
shopa. As the engine returned TO Ewing
avenue it was greeted with the widest de-
light By the crowd. Thus the first
sttemp. to run freight trains in the past
week, results in more failure. TIE hard
worked oficlals are as 1.ss--:-- as -.
strikers ere iabilaDt.
stlI Another Fruitiess kaort.
sEpAlIA, No, March 23-Tbe railway
officials notified the city aud county au
thorities yesterday morning they would at
|, tsmpt 10 run train AZ two O'Clock IN tns
afternoon, end requested them to have
, suficient force en hand TO pFeFept snl
: troab!s. The Mayor had the entire pohc,
I, force or thu boHpanIa grogad, ent
r the Sheriff and twenty-five deputies, taEer
from the business men Of the city. At
D m, the train wss ready TO start whel
= man named William Freeland, clerl
4 who vss laid of after the strike Va
r started. stepped up to tie train sn'
!. gave tie engineer, fireman and brake
! man each Q note, which read: You ar
f hereby earnestly requested, for the sake
8 humanity, not to 60 out on this engine.
;. The train started out, and as 1t passed he'
York avenue q torpedo exploded under th
engine. Al the city limits the hrema
came down from TIE engine, and the ttsl
soon came TO stsndstill, and then backe
!, mn TO the yard. After consultation, II
= officials decided to not make another 9