Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-13
Al UHRIOHsVILLE.

The Situation There in Detail up to Last
Night--Five II undred Troops Now Along
the railroad at That Point.
Since the starting OF the coal trains
by the State militia at Wheeling Creek,
on the g., L. & w. railroad, Saturday,
the Tuscarawas Valley has been in
turmoil of suspicion and actualities in
attem pts TO destroy railroad property
for'the purpose Of hindering the trans
portatlon of coal by the c., L. & w.
Rail road Company from the B. 81 o..
transfer at Bellaire. Saturday morning
General Manager Woodford, who had
been diligently at work on the southern
end OF the line for ten days, wired
Sheriff Adams, of Tuscarawas county,
as follows:
1--WE have reason to believe, from in
form alton received, that our coal trains
will be interfered with while pass
ing through yonr county. Trains
will begin 10 arrive this afternoon. We
demand the lawful use Of our tracks,
locomotives and cars"
The miners were thoroughly organ
lied, and had a system Of signal sta
tions on the hilltops, ready at a mo-
ments call. About two hundred men
came over from Sherrodsville, in Car
roll county, 20 join in the work Of stop
ping traffic.
Monday morning, Sheriff Adams sent
Manager Woodford the following mes
sage:
There are about two hundred miners
lying in ambush awaiting the coal
trains. consider myself powerless, as
our militia has gone TO other points.
Requisition was finally made on Gov
Mckinley for aid, ana the Fourteenth
Regiment, together with two additional
companies, under the able command OF
Colonel Colt assisted by Colonel Rog-
ers, very able young officer, arrived
al Uhrichsvile at l:40 o'clock
yesterday morning. Mr.. Woodford
came at the same time in his private
car. The troops were taken TO the I'M
spanned stream at Midvale, and they
were transferred across and reconnoi-
tered the surrounding hills. Two hun
dred guards were quartered in the
Royal Clay Manufacturing COmpany's
mammoth plant, which is a handsome
four story brick structure containing
eight acres OF flooring and owned prin,
cipally by Wheeling capitalists, with A.
j. Baggs as President and gener-
al manager. The plant is now
idle and makes an excellent
quarterage for the boys in blue. The
remaining troops were brought back TO
UhriChsylle and at 6:30 CLOCK were
sent via Newcomerstown over the Pan
Handle and Cleveland and Marietta rail-
ways TO Canal Dover, about twelve
miles north of Urchsvllle, but forty
miles around by the road. They are
stationed along the c., L. & w. at
Strausburg and Massillon TO guard
bridges and other property. Canal
Dover is made headquarters for the reg.
iment.
A large force OF men are at work re.
placing the Midvale bridge aud 1t will be
ready about Thursday for the eight hun
dred cars Of coal stored along the line.
General Manager Woodford assist
ed by Superintendent p. Brunner,
General Yard Master w. A. Wood
and Agent h. Besreene are diligently
pushing matters toward an early re-
sumption OF traffic. The miners are
quiet now and as regards the purpose OF
the strike, have the sympathy OF the
people, but their conduct toward the
Company's property, $4,000 worth Of
which has thus far been destroyed. and
TuscGrawas county probably put to con-
siderable expense for damages, is,geneR-
ally abhoFred and regretted. The sarike
has now been continued fSR dfty-four
DAYS. During q siailAe Pofiod last year
the c., L. i ". Cempany hauled 800
cars a day OF Ohio coal. or 49, 200 cars,
and $50 cars day OF B. &. o., or s,10O
cars, aggresating "a, 800 cars more than
this year. The loss to labor in
handling this has been $4,000 a
day, or S2l6, 600, not including
railway employees. This labor was at
the mines alone. The compromise at
Columbus is met with distavor by the
miners of this district; which will cause
further delay Of the present deplorable
stagnation OF business in general II
similarly met in other localities. On
account OF the quietude that prevails,
what is to cone cannot be foretold.
Colonel Colt reinforced Point Royal,
1T Midvale, at o'clock yesterday, by
companies A, b, c. and OF the Four
teenth regiment, and battery 81 from
the Canal Dover post There are now
about Eve hundred troops at Uhrichs-
Vile. Colonel Rogers went last night
to report to General Rogers at Wheeling
Creek. The situation last night was
quiet and hard to fathow, particularly