Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-07-23
THE RAILROADS.
LOCAL NOTES FROM YARD, TRACK AND
DEPOT.
What is Going On About the Various Lines Cen
teriug in This City-SOms
Personal Points.

Francis Clair Lodge. No. 60 OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Trackmsn,
held largely attended business meet
ing yesterday forenoon beginning at
1920 o'clock at the hall Of Walther q
Dueker, at Twenty-siXth and Chapline
streets. The new lodge is prospering
and the outlook for it to become very
strong in these parts is now very bright.
There were several new members taken
in yesterday, and the number OF
members now is between thirty
FIVE and forty. The next meeting will
not be held until the first week in Sep
TENDER 1t is the idea Of the trackmen
TO get many of their fellow workmen in
the interior of the State into the organ
| Zation.
Word reached the city yesterday OF a
bad accident to A. c. Gross, widely
known railroader, form erly Of this city.
For long time Mr. Gross was an en-
ploye of the b. e 0. in this city as
brakeman, but left some time ago, and
has since that time been at work in the
PIN Handle yards in Pittsburg. A few
days ago there was wreck in the Yards
aud one of the cars run over portion
u
the West Penn Hos pital Pittsburg. 1t
is thought that his life will be saved,
but one Of his legs will have to be ampu-
tated.
Samuel Johnson, brakeman on the
! miranda, known Ia this city, was
killed at Wheeling Junction, Saturday
afternoon. Mr.. johnson was making
the coupling OF a song freight train and
slipped beneath the wheels. He was
not seen and several of the heavy cars
ran over him, killing him instantly.
His body was so terribly cut up that 1t
could be placed 10 basket, when found.
He was middle-aged man and leaves a
wife and six children to mourn his loss.
His home was at Golfers, this State, and
he ran into this city every afternoon.
Every Sunday now for some time
there has been large shipments OF live
stock from the interior OF the State
coming to this city by the Ohio
River Railway. Twenty-Five car
loads came on the through freight yes
terday. They are transferred from the
Ohio River to the Pan Handle to be
taken to Pitts6urg.
N. Voters track force Of ten men,
doing work between this city and Ben
wood Junction, have been laid of in
definitely owing to the hard times. The
company is still trying to make expenses
less by laying of the trackmeu.
William Armour, telegraph operator
Of Washington, Pa. and j. Welshons,
an operator Of Pittsburg, were in the
city Yesterday, and were the guests OF
accommodating Edward Deegan, oper-
ator OF the b. & o. yards.
Thomas Purcell, David French and
John Tulley, we'll known b. d o. track
men, are home from a delightful trip
TO Mountain Lake Park. Mr.. Tulley
is that we'll known staunch Democrat
OF the South Side.
Trade is on the increase at the B. &
O. platform. Some OF the men made
overtime last week, some Of them get
ting in II hours day. All the employees
are at their regular positions again.
NJ. L. Prince, Of the Panhandle
freight platform force, will be home to-
day from his vacation trip, spent Al Hol-
liday's Cove, this State.
Mrs. Downey, wife of the we'll known
B. & O. employe, John Downey, is
home from months visit in Pennsyl-
vsnia.
Yardmaster B. j. Patton. OF the B. &
O. Wheeling yards, is off work and has
gone for a pleasure trip down the river.
Isaac Hill, OF the b. 81 o. track force,
who has been i'll for the last month,
will be able TO go to work this morhing,
j.. j. Rafferty,, Of the Il. & o., was of
duty and was the prime mover in de-
lightful basket picnic out the road.
The Pan Handle yard forces are max
Ing four days a week. More Of the
crews will probably be put on soon.
Cashier Nay, OF the 3. d o., was In
Moundsyille yesterday TO take in the
Prohibition Assembly.
Mrs. P. J. Horn, wife OF the accom-
modating track foreman Of the b. 81 o.,
is visiting at Warrington,
The second OF next month Is the time
set for big Atlantic City excursion by
the B. & o.
Freight Conductor u. Crow, of the B.
= n is al MoundSyilla camD Sroupds