Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-09

NORFOLK AND WESTERN MEN REMAIN
AT WORK.
ROANOKE, Va, july 8 Alta meeting
held here TO day of the Brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, employees OF
the Norfolk and Western railroad, il
vas decided By that body to remain at
their posts and to take no part in the
strike.
DO NOT FAVOR THE STRIKE.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July s.-Eugineers,
iremen, trainmen. and labor organiza-
tions here do not favor the strike OF the
A. r. L. While one or two lodges OF
labor organizations have passed resolu-
tions Of sympathy, none OF the men are
disposed 10 strike.
WILL EXPRESS SYMPATHY.
New YORK, July s.-The Central
Labor Union to-day discussed the rail-
road strike and appointed a committee
to confer with committees from Typo
graphical Union No. 6, the X. Of H.,
ana other ORGANIZATIONS 10 hold n mass
meeting to express sympathy with the
strikers. This meeting will be held In
few days.
REFUSE TO HANDLE FREIGHT.
DETROIT, MICH, July s.-Psssenger
trains are moving with almost their
usual regularity ia Detroit. A Wabash
train for Chicago guarded by deputy
marShals passed through Deray this
afternoon without interference. Freight
is badly blocked here as elsewhere
At Port Huron to-day, the Grand
Trunk freight handlers refused TO
longer handle freight, which will prob
ably complete the freight blockade.
GENERAL TIE-UP AT TOLEDO.
TOLEDO, Ohio. July s,-A general
strike mas bean decided on all the
Toledo reads at O'Clock In the morn
Ing. The Ohio Central will 20 out at
midnight, and the Wheeling and Lake
Erie will be tied up at the same time.
j. c. Spence, one OF Debs' lieutsnants,
arrived here this evening and will take
charge OF the strike. The effect OF the
strike will not be noticeable until
morning, as neither the Wheeling nor
the Ohio Central have any more trains
tonight, and but two engines are
working In each of the yards.
MADE SOME ARRESTS.
CAIRO, ILL, July s.-The situation
at CairoSand Mounds Junction to-day
was very quiet aud there
was no excitement outside of the
arrest of several parties by
Deputy u. S. Marshal Everhart, charged
with obstructing United States mails.
Among those arrested was E. A. Dwyer,
President OF the Cairo branch Of the
American Railway Union. All those
arrested were taken to Springfield.
FEDERAL INJUNcTIoNs IGNORED.
WABASH. IND, July s.-The antlcI-
psted improvement in the railroad
situation has not materialized, aud the
blockade is almost conf plete' on the
Michigan division Of the Big Four.
The strikers are sta. gai.Ed and con-
Rdent, aud their to the rF6therhood en-
gineers at this point have caused the
latter TO waver in their support of the
company. Two trains on this line,
both very late, came in last night and
were held here by strikers inducing the
fremen to quit work.
The federal ipjunctions are ignored
by the strikers, but there have been no
arrests. The Benton Harbsr passenger
train went north this morning.
On the Wabash traffic is paralyZed
But one passenger train has been run
on the main line in "a hours, and no
stops are made at the division point.
The Eel river division Of the Wabash is
also tied up, but one train having gone
out within "a hours.
REFUSE TO ORGANIZE.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, July S.-The
attempt to form branches OF the A. L.
U. among the railroad employees OF this
section has failed. A commit
tee of agitators from Chicago
have been working among the
men for three days past,
but left for Buffalo to-day, thoroughly
disgusted. The railroad men have not
yet recovered from the effects of the
Lehigh Valley strike OF last year and
hence are not enthusiastic over the
prospect of going out again.
STRIKE OVER AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July s-The great
railroad strike, so far as ST. Louis is
concerned, may be said prac tically to
be approaching an end and the only de-
sideratum now is ability to transfer TO
autlying railroads traffic originating
here and hauled over divisions having
ST. Louis as the originating point.
NO CHANGE AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July s.-There
has been absolutely no change in the
strike situation here to-day. Trains
have run to-day the same as yesterday,
and there has been no attempt on the
part of the strikers to interfere. A
meeting OF the strikers is being held
this evening.
BLEW Up A TRAIN.
PUEBLO, Col, July s.-The most das-
tardly piece of work in Colorado since
the beginning of the strike was done
tonight. A freight train on the Santa
Fe road left here shortly after S
o'clock, and when but short
distance out terrific explosion occurred
and the locomotive was lifted from the
track and the train partially wrecked.
Investigation showed that some mis-
creant had placed a stick OF dyna-
mite, with Illuminating cap attached,
among the coal in the tender. When
the firemen shovelled it into the fire box
an explosion followed Immediately.
The engineer and fireman were badly
shaken up but escaped serious injuries.
1t is sight worthy OF an artists