The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-10-15
WAR IN PROSPECT.


III lNAAEAAANNAA1
HANDS.
Eight strangers came to town yes
terday and they were all locomo-
tive engineers. They have heretofore
worked on the Pittsburg Division Of
the B. & o., and they came here with
the expectation Of taking the places Of
some Of the dissatisfied local men. IL
is very evident TO good many Of the
officials that the men are not at all
pleased with the manner in which they
are being treated by the Railway Com
pany.
/ Since the end Of the First Division
and the beginning Of the Second Divis.
ion has been transferred from Martins
burg to Brunswick the trouble has been
perpetual, and as one Of the officials
said one day this week, " There has
got to be change for the road cannot
stand the way that things are going
now
This same official said that he did
not want to see any Of the Martinsburg
people suffer, for they had always acted
faithfully towards the company.
i The actual facts ascertained BY a
| WoRLD reporter are that the REGULARS"
are very much displeased with the way
in which they are being worked.
There was time said an old en-
gineer, when things were different. !"
Continuing said the same engineer,
"There was d time when ] thought
! that / was acquainted with every cross
tie and rail joint that passed over.
There has got to be tail end as well
as the front end to every train. The
engineer ought not to be depended
upon to do it ALL
~ do not want you tognse this said
another trainman, "but there's trouble
brewing, and don't you forget it,
"We drivers, or slaves might sound
| better, have come to the conclusion that
we have some rights that are bound to
be respected, corporation or no corpora
tion.u AS things are going now we
take our lives in our hands and we
have not the slightest conception as to
what is going to happen
Why there was time when the
Martinsburg engineers had time for
sleeping and time for eating, but
| these days they do not know what to
Iexpect A watchman will call you at
lany hour Of the night. He will make
| the simple announcement "Get your
basekt filled, we want you to go out on
train number so and SO"
The reporter gained knowledge
enough to convince him that there
! was screw loose somewhere OF that
Ian eccentric had slipped" to use a
! railway mans parlance. Ever since
, Brunswick was made the end of the d.
vision the damage to the b. q O. has
been considerable amount. There
have been wrecks every day and the
company has found out that they will
ave to pay more for demolished cars
than they viii derive from the real
i estate investment that they have
entered into at Brunswick. They
have found out that lots are not sell
j ing as rapidly as was expected and
J that people cannot be induced to To-
J cate there. Those who are living
/ there now say that malarial fever is SO
prevalent that IL takes all that some of
, the railway men make to pay doctors
bills. More than that the employees
say that they do not propose to stand
the squeezing process" that the com
Ipany has adopted. It was only a
| short time ago that several ladies, the
4 wives and sisters Of trainmen, started
out with the intention Of picking out
some lots at Brunswick. Some of
them were put off before they had
reached their destination because they
ibid not have transportation.
| There is war coming sure and The
World will in aAfew days be prepared
to give more details.
il
i Oscar A. Hadra, the representative