Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-19
AN ARREST YESTERDAY
GROWING OUT OF THs RECENT OBSTRUC-
TONS ON TIE B. & O.
For.ign Miners at Wheeling Creek Acting Ugly
TIE Last Of the Soldiers Leave Marshall COun-
B-Ihs Situation Over IN Ohio.

There was complete or partial re-
sumption of work in about all the coal
mines on the West Virginia side OF the
river, in the vicinity of Wheeling, yes
terdaY morning, and to-day many add
tiona! men will resume the labor inter-
rupted more than two months ago by
the great strike. At some OF the mines
a day or two will elapse before the full
force gets to work. but this will not be
because OF any troubles or misunder-
standings, aud is only the natural re-
suit of ;he long idleness.
On the Ohio side OF the river the sit
ustlon is not quite so happy. AT YORK
willie and two or three other mines south
of there along the river the men went
10 work. At Laurelton and Kelley's the
men went to work in the morning but
laid down their tools before the day
was over. At Wheeling Creek the
American miners wanted TO go to work
aud upon notice from uperintendent
Walters President Landers, OF the
miners union, ordered the drivers and
day force to report for duty. A num-
Der OF them did so but the order 10 go 10
work did not suit the foreign element,
and some OF the Europeans who had
i'm bibed a good deal were very demon
strative and made all sorts of threats
against any one who should go TO work
for less than 20 cents. This. sort OF
thing discouraged the Americans who
were anxious to work, and all but few
declined to enter the mine. The min
ers made two or three attempts
to hold q meeting during the
day, aud finally succeeded late in
the afternoon, but what the result was
could not be ascertained. There are
hopes that the men will get to work to-
day or tomorrow, at Wheeling creek,
and like resumption will probably fol-
low at Maynard, Barton, PaSco, Flush
ing AID other c., l.. & w. points. The
convention announced to meet at CO.
lumous to-day seems TO have tZzled out.
and this has left the Ohio miners q good
deal at sea, aud IL will take some OF
them two or three days 10 find out
where they are at 1t is predicted by
those best acquainted with the situa-
ton, however, that by Thursday every
mau OF them will be at work.
A telegram received last evening
from Cleveland said:
"ReportS received from points along
the Cleveland, Lorain and Wheel
ing road this morning show that work
was resumed at only two mines on the
entire length of the road. These mines
were at Rock Hill In the Masslllon
district not q man went TO work, the
miners having decided in mass meeting
not TO abide by the Columbus agree
ment. They will hold out for 10
cent differential over the rate paid in
the Hooking district The militia con-
tinueS to guard all bridges and trestles
along the c., L. Il w. outside OF
Belmont county.
IN conversation with the miners at
Camp Blee to-day, they stated that as
the ditferential was withheld not a
pick would be raised and that if scabs
were chosen in their stead there would
be the biggest riot IN the history OF the
country, and shat the militia would be
of little consequences to suppress II.
The miners In the New Lisbon district
returned TO work to-day on the basis
adopted by the Columbus conference. I"
Yesterday afternoon the two COM
panieS of West Virginia military al
Benwood Junction-F, Of Burton, and
ID, OF Warrington, under command OF
Major Shaffer, left for home, and the
war" in West Virginia is az an end.
About one o'clock yesterday morning
Special Officer John Shorts, of the B. 81
o., arrested John Smith, alias Boil, a
miner, on warrant sworn out by
Shorts. The warrant charges Smith with
interfering with trains on the b. IL o.
during the recent trouble at Boggs'
Run and Ben wood. II is alleged that
Smith was one of the men who placed
articles on the tracks to prevent the
running of trains.
The arrest was made at the home Of
Smith. In the Eighth ward. Smith was
in bed at the time. He was at once
taken before Justice GillespY, who COM
mitted him to jail in default OF $500
bond, for his appearance for hearing
next Monday morning at ten O'Clock.
Later in the day Smith furnished bond
and was released. The charge against
him is a very serious one.
Matters are not yet so arranged that
the employees Of two mines OF the BoggS
Run Mining company can go TO work.
By reason OF this many old employees
will leave to-day or tomorrow for Ohio,
where they will 90 to work in the mines
there.
The miners Of the Bellaire nail works
mines went 20 work yesterday morning.
There are forty OF them now at work,
and they were about the last in this
locality TO join the strike.
The miners OF the LaBelle mill bank
went TO work yesterday morning.
There are thirty Of them.