Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-06-23
Machiiniists
Gaining
From Everywhere Comes Re-
ports of Troubles Of
B. & O.
DRUNKEN "FINkS"
D"O'' RUN RAILROAD
comuany Finds 1t Difficult to
Move Passengers or
Freight.

passenger No. 101, 20 minutes
an freight trains are from l to
hours late leaving on account OF tnS
,,e,. Yards are full of freight and no
nower to move it, .
p0"'' SAME STORY.
porlsersburg, w. Va.-Engine SS5 on
aossanger No. IA, broke cross head
rnoine $50 on passenger No. broke
r;ston rod and lost hours and 81
ainures Engine 30S on F. F.. lost 5
nn,,rs and 40 minutes on account OF
ioal,,ng steam pipes. Engine would not
Sa',l five cars. officials here on the
Ard and took trip up the Li'rie
Kanawha.
Philadelphia, Paintings are very
o,iet at this point, the company Sc
a,red five new "Finks" from New
York and promised good wages, but
aftar going to work they asked how
a,',cb thew were to get and was told
% 1-0c ner hour, their was no trouble
IN Getting them to quit Engine 1882
as ant Of commission by jumping
witch and killing fireman, 1t is ru-
T,orad that the cause was sharp tire
fanges.
Eight ..Finks" quit today. Engine
1904 ont of shop with steam chest, PTS;
TONS and valve stems leaking very
nod Engines continue to pound anq
LAX so bad that it is almost impo ssf
-hlo for the engineer to see signals.
FOUR FINKSs QUIT.
Engine 2551 stripped rods and was
nanled to- shop. Engine 1853 threw TWO
h1n0lrnd mart N.
yard for two hours Second secrlois
freight engine 2729 1 hour and 10 rain
late. Express No. 4S, | hour ans lt
minutes late. Engine 1883 bumped the
track in the yard on account Of 81 arr
Aanges blocking five tracks for foul
hours Four night ''Finks" quit on ac-
count Of laying them Off Saturday a..
midnight, to keep from paying them
overtime. Engine 1906 on second d.
vision local, delayed 80 minutes on act
count of broken eccentric strap. En-
CINE 1872 broke eccentric strap after be :
ing coupled to train, delayed train crew
hour changing engines. The follow
49, ing enginesc are on the dead track
waiting their turn for the shops: 25S5,
1911 1915, 2215, 1862 There are seYera'
smaller class engines laying around
dead in different parts of the yard.
Three of the "Finks" were furlowea
Thursday. One of the best evide ices
that the strike is still effective on the
B. & o. happened here Monday A
gang boss by the name of Chas. Crom-
well who has been with the B. & y.
for the last is or 20 years and who
preferred to stay with the company anu
scab when we asked him to come with
us at the inception of the strike, quit
his job last Monday. He said tnat
when he went out to work Monday
morning he found things comp etely
tied up and when The looked at the
bunch of "Finks" that the M. M. ex-
pected him to do the work with he was
so disguised that he threw up the Joo
and went home. Schad, the Leading
traitor who deserted us last August,
has been off for some time. We just
learned for sure that he had been dis
charged for going a man't bail who
has since been convicted Of stealing
B. & o. brass, and yet he was one Of
the desirable" men who Mr.. Potter
gave the local officials permission Z.
take back. Now he has his reward
and We hope that every other traitor
receives the same dose.
PINCH EN-. i f
Connellsville, Pa-Engine 2S4S Out
yesterday after having eccentric
straps renewed, back today with frame
broken Two of the sFinks" were ar
rested for having broken seal Of cal
and stealing $500 worth of w1iskey
Ihey were tried and held for court Y
wait the action of the Grand Jury
Engine 1892 in with eccentric an
straps broken. They had been renewed
mere just a few days since. Ths
flnks that were arrested have beef
released from custody and discharged
ana along with one other that lived q
Inc same house have left here. Th'
company, we are informed, is short o
finks' at this point, Is having lef
IN the last few weeks but one cam
H. officials car No. 9O2 east bound at
taehed to passenger No. IA, left IS min
utes late.
TEN n l2S45s l2s45s 12s45s 12s4555
WRONG SIDE.
Cleveland. Ono. Il left As minute
late' on account Of one of the @Finks
putting the eccentric straps on the en-
glne upside down. Passenger No.
% minutes late.
Ihls day was quite large one 70
'he company on the east end, the frs
wreck piled up Is cars, along come
ahother train and piles up 5 more an
men the Benwood wreck train come
along and turn over ,tieing up the roa
lof l. hours. Engine S75 broke dow
near the wreck and had to. be set on {
era'n; took freight engine 22O7 for pas
sehger No. Is. fairly good time we
n'aoe, but on her return the nez
morning before she got so.miles out {
.own her accentric's We're bu ming U
and had to be-set on at Lester; usin
another freight a,,4,,,,a4 0eo5 e, = .,,,l