Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-09

rived here during the morning. They
were strongly in favor Of the men CIV
ing the deputies freedom of admission
and so were the advisory committee.
Mr.. Weihe declined to talk to reporters.
Word was passed around that there
would be a meeting and soon in the
afternoon about 200 men had assembled
in the rink.
President Weihe presided over the
meeting. BE had previously urged a
number Of the men to respect all legally
constituted authority and to endeayor
to so conduct themselves as to retain
the sympathy Of the public which was
now with them and must be retained II
the men wanted TO win.
he REPRESENTED TO THEM
that the State was compelled to enforce
observance Of the law, and could not
stand by aud see a government here un-
recognized by law. The firm must be
given possession Of the works. If the
Sheriff's men were not allowed to come
In and peaceably take possession, re-
resort must then be had 10 the next
means, which was the sending OF troops
by the government. Mr.. Weihe made
no public address, however, simply
introducing Attorney Brennan. No
reporters, known TO be reporters, were
admitted to the building, but what Mr..
Brennan said was substantially this:
If the Sheriff's officers are not admit
ted to the works and the property
turned over the firm, the militia must
be summoned and il is their duty to
obey orders regardless Of their sympa-
thieS or OF the results. The present
condition OF affairs cannot be allowed
TO continue when the military come.
They will be here in force and well
armed. They will surround the works.
New men will be put to work under
military guards and IL any one attempts
70 interfere with them he will be shot
for the militia must do their duty.
BLoODSHED AND CONFLICT
with the troops must be averted. II
any man imagines that the State troops
will Oe brought here to stand around
like posts, or be on dress parade, that
man is mistaken. They will be brought
here to act, and the men will act as they
are directed to do. They will shoot you
down. The history of the riots in the
coke regions show this to be
true. The owners know that what
ever may be the moral position
of the men they have the law on their
side, and that the Sheriff must put them
In possession of their property. The
people are against the Pinkertons, but
-. ~, in
to the Sheriff. He and his posse are
the legal representatives Of the peace
and are not like the PinkertonS, hired
band who are to act as their employer
directs. One OF the locked-out men
followed Mr.. Brennan in a speech Of the
same tone.
There were some others among the men
who were not of the same mind as these
speakers, and the slim attendance at the
meeting is probably due in part to tbs
funeral aud in part TO the fact that other
men :, ere opposed to the proposition.
The opposition of some Of the men TO the
Sheriff cropped cut in what they said and
they showed that they had distrusted him.
"They must come Unarmed" was the sig
nifcaut remark of one Of them after the
meeting.
They wanted the Sheriffs to assure them
that nothing would be done that would in
jure their proposition Of complete control
of the situation, and that the deputies
would not be used as means of introduc-
ing nOn-uniOn wOrkmen.
Talks with a number Of the men shows
that the conservative element and the lead
ers in the Amalgamated Association are
decidedly in favor of giving way TO the
Sheriff, and good sense would indicate that
aor,FFol though n N
of the younger ana hotter element are OPP
posed TO any yielding.
A call was made for a mass meeting Of
the steel workers at the Opera House some
time today TO take action on the matter Of
allowing the Sheriff and his deputies TO
come here and take possession Of the works.
The mass meeting was followed about
four O'Clock by visit from Sheriff Nc
Cleary. His escort consisted Of Deputy
Sheriff Samuel II. Cluley and Legal Ad-
visor Petty.
They came for the purpose Of raising
posse here. EX-Representative John Fox;
of Homestead, said the Sheriff had fur
nished him a list of names Of about humid
red persons who would act with him in
any work he had to do here and would be
sworn IN as his deputies.
The Sheriff came here 70 swear them in
aud waited in DR.. Gladden's Office for re-
cruits. About twenty persons were sum-
mOned, and some seven or thereabouts re-
spOnded. These seven refused positively
10 aid or assist the Sheriff in the work he
had 70 perform.
Several Of them made a grim Joke and
said they would serve if Sheriff McCleary
swore in II. &. Frick as one Of the deputies.
Late this evening a body Of the strikers
made a practical demonstration OF their
intention to eject newspaper men whom
they do not consider friendly to them.
Bob Herbert, a well known and popular
newspaper man on the Pittsburg Dispatch,
was arrested by the men, taken TO head
quarters and by a decree given escort out
Of town and put on a train.
Burgess NlcLuckie's attention was
called 20 thr matter. He said that he had
heard nothing Of it before, and that there
was nothing be could do about il.
AT o'clock a. m. everything was quiet
and there were no indications of any trou-
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