The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-20

The railroad men of Western PENN
sylvanla, Eastern Ohio and West Var
ginia will congrcgate In Wheeling next
Saturday and will participate In one of
the greatest meetings OF the campaign
at Wheeling Park IN the afternoon.
The affair is non-partisan-railroad
men of all parties who are united in
the fight for an honest currency will
take part and 1t would not be surpris-
ing to see 10000 visitors in the city.
! The meeting is to be held under the
auspices OF the Railway Mems Gold
Club, Of Wheeling. whose committees
are working day and night for the sue
cess OF the affair. At meeting to be
held tonight at the Terminal station
at 1880 O'Clock, the club will decide
many OF the details of the Saturday
meeting, and name the vice presidents
from among the employees of the sew
eral railroads entering Wheeling. 1t
is particularly desired that all mem
bers OF the club and all sound money
railroaders who have not already join
ed the club, attend to-night's meeting.
The speakers at the meeting on Sat-
urday will be Hon. John K. Cowen, OF
Baltimore, eX-representative from one
of the Baltimore City districts, and
now one of the receivers of the Bal;i-
more & Ohio Railroad Company, and
Hon. William a. Lynch, of Canton, o.,
Vile Railroad Company, and of the
Massillon 6 Canton Railroad Com
pany. Mr.. Cowen has spoken In
Wheeling before. but this will be Mr..
Lynch's first address. The Wheeling
railroaders who heard him at Massil-
lon a few weeks ago, on the occasion
of the West Virginians' visit to Can
ton, unite in pronouncing him one Of
the best speakers on the stump in this
| campaign.
Many large parties OF railroad men
have already signified. their intention
to come to Wheeling next Saturday.
The Pennsylvania employees from
Pittsburgh, will be here FIVE hundred
strong. A big train will come up the
Ohio River road from Huntington and
Parkersburg, and from out the Balti-
more & Ohio in the interior of West
| Virginia, hundreds will come via Graf
ton. The Ohio side roads, including the
w HtCllus az 1Ldhe IStle, SleNGl1uu,H La.
rain & Wheeling; Cleveland g. Pitts
nat, and Others, Will send numerous
| delegations.
4 There will be large number Of dis
tingulshed visitors, aside from the
speakers of the day. Foremost among
these Is ex-senator, johnson n. Cam
,den. Of Parkersburg, who has recently
come out strongly In favor of an hon
est currency. General Manager George
A.. Burt, of the Ohio River Railroad
Company will be here, as will ex- Gov
,ernor a. B. Fleming. of Falrmont, who,
however,, declined to preside at the
meeting; James NJ. Hall. Of Toledo,
general passenger ageut OF the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie Railroad Company;
James N1cCrae, OF Pittsburgh, firstYYice
president OF the Pennsylvania Com
pany: W. D., Woodford of Cleveland.
president or the Cleveland, Lorain &
Wheeling Railroad Company; A. G..
Blair, OF Toledo, president OF. the
Wheeling e Lake Erie Railroad Com!
| pnny; President Mooney, OF Woods
Held, OF the Bellaire, GAINESVILLE & Gin
cinnati Railroad Company: L&tE! Los
rec, of Pittsburgh. general manat.er OF
the Pennsylvania Company; joseph
Wood, of Pittsburgh, third vice presk-
dent Of the Pennsylvania Company.
The visiting delegations will be met
at the several railway passenger sta.
tons by the reception committees of
the local sound money club,and ESCORT
ed to the Wheeling 4: Elm Grove mo-
tor station, where special trains will
convey them to the park. Delegations
arriving In the morning can be taken
to the park ut once, II desired. as ar
ransGmentsa have been made for the
serving OF a thousand or more dinners,
IL necessary. Z -, J, t II, ::
| At the end of tn, meeting. ali wish
| Ing 10 return can take the regular
trains On the various roads. but those
who desire to stay for the big. street
demonstration over the Whecl!ag
thoroughfares In the evening, can take
the special trains for home ats It's con
| ,Cluslon. II "A, III. n n bS H.
The lst{of vice presidents and intht,,
Information az to The big meeting II
the railroad men will be printed inSth!s
paper.
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