Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-23
LAKE SHORE BLOCKED.
Five Thousand Strikers and Sympthihers
Capture All New Men.

Five Thousand Strikers and sympthihers
Capture All New Men.
CHICAGO, April 22-Tne special tran
over the Lake Shore road, containing the
deputy sQerifFs and new sWitchmen bound
for the yards at Forty-third street. made
stop at Thirty-third street. Here a COM
mittee of striking swltchmen waited upon
Supt. Amedem and asked him to allow one
Of the men to go into the rear car and ad-
dress them. 10 accordance with the re-
quest Tom Collins got on the train end
spoke as follows:
I'VE want you men 10 hear our side OF
this matter. You have heard the compa-
ny's side and you should hear both sides:
Come over to our hall and hea: US, and
if you do not want to go
there fix any other place. Come ont and
tax it over. This is q question between
eapital and labor, and the timS h2s come
that the conflict has to take this shsPs.
We don't want 10 irjure the compsnys
property, bat We want our rights.
SEVEN CON- EGrs.
Collins then left the car followed by thrae
of the imported switchmeu and the cars
were surrounded by strikers and their
friends, who used every argument they
could 70 persuade the switcnuen to leave
the cars. Up to , o'clock, in all seven
men had left, some going through the
wipdows and some out of doors.
About 1000 men surrounded
the train at Root street.
The crowd increased every moment until
) 600 men were in the yards. The critical
moment was at $50 p. m. Engine No.
I5g with Engineer Mike Csddy, came out
of the round house Changing its bell. Ten
deputy shereffs guarded it IN Ssolt, rear and
sides. Before the engine reached The main
track
TIE DEPUTIES WE'RE ALMOST LOST
in the mass OF excited nsn who crowded
tbs tracks. Tom Collins moaGtea TIE en-
zine and began to talk to the engineer.
The wheels soon stopped, when Collins was
heard TO say: BE kind enough moi to do
this. You are no capitalist. For God
sake run that engine back for us laboring
men. Do it, will your The engineer
reached for ais lever, the greAs wheels re
versed and the
ENGINE STARTED BACK TO The ROUND HOUSE,
amid deafening cheers from the switchmen
and their friends. When opposite the
tank Superintendent Wright got on the en-
uins and talked with the engineer while he
engine stood sill, and there was a silence
over the great cFoEd. Caddy shook his
head and ran the engine into its slaiI.
Supe,intendent Wright was asked 1t ne
| could rot get q man to run an engine
and said, u vii try again. lhinf
car"
The officials of the company had repeat
| sd conference with individual members
and with the cepmittes of strikers, but nc
arrangement was arrived 81. On the out
skirts were many women IN esl
risses Who waved their handkerchief:
Vhsn an eugius backed into the stall
The eoumittee Of strikeTs kept st Wors
at the switchmen who hsd been Imported
nv the company. They argued With them
thew begged them to show themselves meI
| suS get out of the car. They told them
rHx CASTLE Yog ARE " NOW WILL rUNBL1
down and the railroad aud mAgsstes vii
be buried with you in the ruins. "Hsv
Vou cot q family So have we. Here
Is for you to come ont, sGa here's sl'
more" and the bills were PIT NJ 6etos
} the window. "It you don't come With u
Won can 90 to the uttermost psRts OF tn
! sSr,h and the odium will follow you." d
70 1 O'clock the rsiirosa officials we're
, ESpEEvoRISe USsuccESsyulLr TO GET Ne
, 10 run an engine on the main track en-
strikers were laborirg with the switehmer
/ no try and make them give up. At
; O'clock Is of the new men had joined th
strikers, and the suppOsiton then vas tbs