The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-01

A'issasieo ff7rssa1o 20 rpY e p.bd-
1sn Camp @eilcs.--Sorry They
Oion't Vote for Bryan.

PIttsburg, Pa. paper shows how the
promised wave ofprosperity is work
ing in that section. The article
says:
President McKinley's pictures
3 ere torn to sheds and trampled
aer foot by angry workmen at the
stinghouse Airbrake compan,
l. ly. -Four hundred employees OF
IL corporation had just been indie
fl. V suspended. Business de-
press. nd lack of orders were
as amt as the cause of the com
fAy's elict. Immediately afteI
the notices were received the worb
men rushed to the fitting room,
where campaign banners and repre-.
sentations of the president hung
Many of the men dropped from
the company's pay rolls are among
\ the most skilled mechanics employed
at the big Wilmerding workshops
A large number have been with tn,
concern for periods ranging from II
to 10 and II years. A great num-
Der of these men became members
of the John Dalzell Republican club
of Wilmerding during the recent
Bryan-McKinley campaign They
wore costly uniforms; the best grade
of capped mackintoshes, white plug
hats, ETC., and carried rich gold.
colored silk umbrellas, indicating
they were for mckinley and an
honest dollar, protection, reciprosity
and good times" !" They went to
Canton, logged in their campaign
regalia, to hear how the mills would
be opened and how after they were
set going the mints would open them
selves.
The working force of the Wilmer
ding plant consists of 5000 men.
November the company could find
employment for only 300 of them,
owing to the silver agitation, it was
said. Many believed Bryan should
be elected and hesitated before join
ing the Dalzell club. When it be-
came known that all the workmen
were expected to make the trip to
Canton open rebellion was talked Of.
1t was considered best, though TO
! go.
Pictures on the Walls.
After the campaign all the pic
lures, banners and "honest dollar"
emblems were beautifully framed
and hung in the fitting room, the
largest in the workshop, where men
of the highest skill were employed
Among the various other things was
a picture of President Mckinley,
heroic size in a frame, 6x3 feet.
Beside it hung another great frame,
containing a picture representing
Mr.. Mckinley pulling aside cur
tain displaying great mandatory
with dense columns of smoke belch-
ing out of the smoke stacks. "Pros-
perity's advance agent was bidding
a great number of workmen, starved
looking individuals, who were sup
posed to have had no employment
during the Cleveland reign, go with
in and find employment. All the
guady banners were there, too.
Soon the force of employees began
to be reduced and cuts in wages
ranging from Is to 25 per cent were
, announced. About o'clock yester-
day workmen on the first floor Were
i, called into the office and received
their notices. They hung about
= awhile. Finallyit became known the
orders of dismissal were quite gen
eral. Each floor and each depart
ment was relieved of goodly pro
portion. About the time the mel
from the fitting department wer,
being called, some one rushed int
the fitting department and calle,
out;
1.-The ripper is passed."
Mckinley Torn to Shreds.
, Everyone wanted to know when
and the man yelled out: "Just now
/, down in the office" just at tina
time several men from the depart
: ment, who had then received thei
notices, returned, followed by abou
:, 200 others of the unfortunates
Z They ran up the stairs, and in
. moment the big picture of the presi
. dent was sent to the floor. Cras
. went the glass. The frame wa
! jerked apart, and the big pictur
was grabbed by hundred hands
1t was torn into shreds and cas-
about on the floor. Simultaneous
y the picture of the advance agent an
II the smoking factory was pulle
q down. 1t met asimilar fate. l
10 hardly more time than it take
q to tell it, all the banners, picture
gilt emblems, etc., were jerked frol
their fastenings and totally destro,
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