Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-06
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not do so, not thinking their mine came
within the limits Of the strike.
OUT THE e., L. g. W.
No Coal Trains Run YeSterday-The Hin
srs stin on Guard.
The c., L. & w. Railway moved none
of its coal from the Bridgeport yards
Yesterday. AS far as the hindering OF
the passage Of the non-union coal is con-
cerned, the miners were victorious, but
the Railroad Company is making ar
fragments to move the 200 car loads
now in the yards and the officials say
that this will be done, even If the mil
tia oversee its passage. 1t was the In
tentlon OF the officials TO try to take
some of the coal out Yesterday, but IL
was decided not to attempt it. 1t may
be a couple of days before the trial is
made. The Company wants TO get things
in good shape and then make the move
with the full intention OF carrying IL
out. How this is 10 be done is only
known 10 the head officials Of the line.
A REGISTER reporter had a talk yes
terday afternoon with Mr.. Woodford,
10 his special car, and additional facts
in the situation were learned. The
manager stated that he did not wish TO
subject the miners, who are, and have
been his friends, TO harm. II II had
not been for MIN before this time prob
ably troops would have been at the
scene. Sheriff Scott had sent word 10
the Governor for troops, but Mr.. Wood
ford hearing OF 1t, had The dispatch In
tercepted, and it did not reach the
Governor. Asked il the troops would
be called on in getting the trains along,
Mr.. Woodford would not answer di-
recsly. He said, however, that the
Company would put the trains through,
even if the State troops had to be called
on in the emergency. He said the
miners would be given due notice as TO
what they could expect, and in case
they did not heed they would have to
abide by the consequences. Mr.. Wood
ford said he was not in correspondence
with the Governor or the Sheriff. What
the move on the part of the Company is
to be, will be told only when the action
is made, but the manager iutimated
that the first move would be kiadly
one toward those who are obstructlng
the traffic. The manager stated that
at any time the situation might be
changed, and that some Of the coal
might be moved to day. Mr.. Woodiord
will remain with his special in Bridge
mort Yards to-day at least
There were no officials at the cut yes
terday. Sheriff Scott was called from
his home 10 st. CIairsVille in the morn
ing to a rumered disturbance out the B.
d O. at Franklin. He was seen as he
passed through Bridgeport By Mr..
Woodford, but had nothing new to re-
port as far as the situation at the
Wheeling Creek mines was concerned.
Yesterday afternoon reporter from
the REGISTER went TO the camp of the
striking miners OF Wheeling Creek
mines, in the cut just beyond bridge
No. 2l4, on the c., L. a. W., two and
one-half miles west of Bridgeport. The
miners to the number OF about fifty
were there on guard. On all sides, and
clear to Bridgeport could be seen groups
of them, sitting on the hanks and wan
derlng about. 1t is probable If one OF
the freights carrying the West Virginia
coal we're to whistle, that there would
be at the cut within few minutes fully
six hundred persons. The men have q
nice place for their camp there, and
they amuse themselves with various
games, and yesterday they instituted
horseshoe pitching and base ball. The
men are as firm as ever, there not being
a style break in their ranks. They are
all on the best of terms with Manager
w. r. Woodiord, of the c., Il. & W.,
and none Of them have anything against
the Railway Company itself
The miners deny that the strike is
about to be declared of, as was reported
in Bridgeport Monday. The leaders
say that the meeting was called in Co
lumbus only to get the sentiment Of the
strikers in the various localities. Ed
ward Davis, the Secretary OF Local No.
Is, to which organization the miners OF
the Wheeling Creek mines belong, was
seen. he bad just received telegram
from President Mcbride, Of the Mine
Workers, and in 1t he said the miners
over the entire country were as firm as
ever.
tits fact not generally known that
the proceedings of the miners at the cut
in stopping the freight trains,
was not ordered in the new Local
but was done OF their free will by the
employees OF the mines, and the Local
had taken no action in the matter.
The miners do not want TO have any
trouble, they say, else il they did they
could have had it before now They
claim that all they want is fair play.
But there are some OF the newspaper
men of this city that they have not the
kindest Of feelings for.
II was'rsported yesterday over there
that General Manager Woodford Ia his
special had left for Cleveland in the
forenoon, but this was not true, as his
train returned about four o'clock in the
evening TO Bridgeport, they having
been out the line as far as Uhriehsville,
nearly. He was out the line to look up
some contemplated improvements, and
70 see the situation In general. There
was no demonstration by the miners.
who lined the tracks as the special
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