The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-17
IT WILL Be ENFORCED.
The Baltimore & Ohio Insurance
Order and the Trouble
WITH THE ROADS EMPLOYEES
In Consequence-,General Manager
Clements Says the Order was not
Reyoked-ofioials do not Fear
a strIke-Inspectlng Tour,

PITTSBURGH, PAu April lb'-A large
party OF Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
officials arrived in this city this morn
ing, coming both from the east and west.
Among the gentlemen from the east are
W, NJ, Clements, General Manager @,
o, scull, General Passenger Agent, and
B, F, Bond, Eastern Passenger Agent,
all Of Baltimore.
Among the officials from the west
were W, W, Peabody, Of Chicago, Cen
eral Manager Of the lines west Of the
Ohio riyeri ], H, Stewart, Of Cincinnati,
General Manager OF the O., Wa B,
Railroadi r, T. Devries, Superintendent
OF the Central Ohio Division; 7, II,
Britain, Manager OF tho Chicago Dlvis'
ion, and W, Z, Rebbert, D. r. A. OF the
Columbus Division. With these gentle-
men were Superintendent Johnston, OF
the p. 4 w, Railroad; Superintendent
Snyder, OF the United States Express,
and L. D. Smith, Division Passenger
Agent Of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
in this city.
Manager Clements and party arrived
In the city from Baltimore this morning
in the managers private car "West Vir-
ginia," General Manager Peabody and
the officials from the West arrived in
Mr.. Peabody's car "0hio." Both cars
arrived In the city about the same time,
and were run into the platform OF tho
new station. The gentlemen had break
fast on the cars, and then proceeded to
inspect the new depot. They all seemed
pleased with IT, and afterwards went to
the Monongahela House, where a meet.
ing was held to arrange the summer
time table.
The following special telegram sent
from Philadelphia to-day, is self.expla'
natory:
"T6e Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
Just avoided a general strike among Its
employees. General Manager Clements
recently issued an order virtually com.
pelling certain Of the employees TO join
the Relief Department or leave the road.
Many OF them refused, and q meeting
was called 10 take action in opposition.
It was decided to strike il the order
should DO enforced. Manager Clements,
however, has just revoked the order, and
trouble will be avoided. A prominent
railroad man said yesterday that the case
was exactly parallel with that Of the
Pennsylvania railroad some years ago.
II was attempted to make the insurance
scheme compulsory, and strike was
avoided only by change Of 'front.'"
Mr.. w. NJ. Clements, General Manager
OF the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad, in
speaking OF the above dispatch, said: II
have revoked no order, and the matter
stands as 1t always has. I was not In
Philadelphia yesterday, and came here
direct from Baltimore. never heard OF
the order being revoked until you men
toned It 10 me. At any rate, II the or
der was revoked, 1t would be revoked
by the President. However, you can
state that the insurance matter stands at
present as II always has"
One OF tho local employees said: "
think the insurance is little high, and
II the company forces us, think there
will be some trouble. The majority Of
tue eulplVye5 III Lulh Clty Will uO uUuDt
join the insurance organization now, but
l do not think they would have permit
ted themselves to be coerced. Notwith.
standing the reports to the contrary,
there has been no meeting OF the EN-.
ployes 10 take action on the matter.
There has been considerable talk, how.
ever, and had the company resisted
there would have been trouble. A man
whose salary is only $i5 per month has
to pay 81 % a month insurance, and Il
he is sick six days or longer he gets a
dollar per day. II he Is sick only five
days he gets nothing. You can readily
sec that the insurance Is too high"
A local official Of the road, when spoken
to on the subject, said: "The employees
Of this road have been handing In their
applications for insurance right along,
and seem 70 do it willingly. do not
think Mr.. Clements order revoking the
compulsory insurance will make much
difference, as the men who have taken
out insurance will not withdraw, and
the men who arc not in 1t will 90 In be.
cause the others are in"