The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-08

The men intend that the works shall
not be taken by surprise They are
stronger now in numbers and death
dealing equipments. Besides this they
are reinforced by the prestige Of last
nights success, and the arrival OF q
number Of fellow workmen from out
side towns bringing with them as
surance of sympathy on the part Of
their co.laborers, and Of assistance,
physically and financially, Il needed. A
large number Of men, estimated as
high as eight hundred, arrived late in
tho fight from Pittsburgh. and to-day
small numbers came from various
places.
DELEGATION FROM WHEELING.
Wheeling, w. Va, sent twenty mill
men from the Ohio Valley iron region
well supplied with money as an advance
guard. They said that they were a del
egation from one thousand iron work
ers, who would lend financial aid, and
would come here to Gghtif their pres
ence were desired. They pay their own
expenses. What will happen if an at
tempt be made TO secure possession Of
tho works for the firm with other than
Pinkertcn men Is question to which
an answer cannot be made, as 1t will
depend on the conditions surrounding
the attempt and the disposition Of the
men. An intelligent man here who
sympathizes with the workmen, and
believes in the resistance to Pinkertons,
but condemns the after tragedy, said
this evening: ~ don't believe that II
militia were to come there and act as
militia should act, and not come here
fighting, that any resistance would be
offered to their taking possession Of the
works"
"What would be the effect II the mill.
tia came and the firm attempted 10 put
in non-union men?"
81 guess" said this gentleman, chat
the soldiers would have to be strong
enough to march the men in here and
keep them. They whuld not be al
lowed to go to the works il the men
could prevent it,"
"But, how long eau this last? The
firm will want 20 get the works going
sometime, and il both sides can't como
to terms, what then?"
81 don't know" was the response in
candid tone. II hope it won't last
long, and believe that il the matter
had been gone at right, they could have
settled the difficulty. There are many
who think tho firm did not care very
much if trouble did come. The men
must have 'slue' Of ammunition.
They had enough last night and now
have lots moro they took from the Pink
ortons."
A REMARKABLE SERMON.
This last sentence is stating mildly
what some OF the strikers state bluntly,
and is the key to the workmen's opin-
ion OF the reason the Pinkertons were
sent here and explains the stubbornness
of the fight they made. They say that
it has been for long time the pur-
pose OF the firm to make the mills non
union establishment and to break down
the workmen's organization. They
charge that the Pinkertons, notorionsly
regarded with the most bitter enmity
by organized labor throughout the I'm
tied States, were purposely sent here In
the expectation that there would be q
fight and for the purpose Of killing If
need be in order to carry point.
The expression OF the men found
backing from the aged pastor of one OF
the Methodist churches here. who, in a
very remarkable sermon preached over
the body of John Morris, the best
known and most popular of the killed
workmen, said in unrnistakeable words
that in his opinion the PinkeItons had
been sent here for blood, If that were
necessary to the instrumentation OF
the mills. lie gave commendatton to
the workmen, and evidently firm in his
belief that TO Mr.. Frick is attributable
the trouble between the employers and
employed, spoke of him in scathing
tcrms as o man with no more sensibili-
ty than a toad. This speech, aside from
the negative feature OF the almost utl-
natural quiet and hush OF the town,
was the event OF the day.
There were three funerals during the
afternoon, and it was not unnaturally
expected that they might culninate in
some sort Of disturbance, but they
passed off with all the decorousness that
should attend such q solemn celebra-
tlon They wero attended in one in
stance by over thousand persons, most
Iy fellow woriimen Of the dead men.
The looks ot como OF these men were
stern and hard, as of persons whose
thoughts were bitter and into whom
iron has grounded, but they said moth
ing, and It was with difficulty that they
could be induced to speak Of the occur
renee, Morris, whose funeral was the
most largely attended OF all tho men,
was Welshm&n, aud tho race traits OF
these people wero noticeable in many
OF those at the grave. One OF these
men, middle.aCed, sober, and prosper
Gus looking, would say nothing but that
the end was not yet
I'm to lato hour there arc no deaths
in addition to those mentioned. Three
men are in very dangerous condition,
and it is doubtful whether or not they
will recover. These men are William
Foy, George Retter, aud Richard Dur
ham. Foy was ono OF the first, II not
| the first, man hit in the fight. A bullet
struck him in the left breast and went
above his lung and lodged in his shoul-
der. He foil in his tracks and was re
ported dead in many OF the papers, but
was still alive this afternoon, though
very low. He is u man OF fino physical
health, and this may pull him through.
His mother Is woman OF Spartan
mould. She hud four sons in the first
fight, and to-day expressed herself in
exultant tones when she declared that
she could have lost them all and felt at
ease, for they had all behaved like
heroes.
no SALOONS OPEN.
Ono reason for tho peacofulness ol