Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-05-19
Strike Breaking On
The Bum B.& 0.
Why the Baltimore 8 Ohio Railroad
Cannot Give Decent Service.
WHITELEADING SCRAP
AND HAVE LATE TRAINS.
stRiveters'' Who RiVeted Buttons on
Overalls in Scab Garment Fac
tory.

If the people who ride on the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad company's
lines do not know what the matter
is with the service they are so loudly
complaining about, perhaps the fol
lowing compilation of reports from
all the points on the system will en-
tighten them:
Out of Service.
Flora, Ill.-Engine 10 is in such
condition that they had to take her
out of service. Engine 1859 on pas
senger No. 6 was hauled in by freight
engine on account of broken valve
yoke. Had to double out of here with
engine 693 ON account of no machin-
lists here to repair same. Engine 1878
cylinder packing blowing very bad,
was sent out with light train, no one
to make repairs.
Philadelphia, Pa.-The situation
is about the same as heretofore.
Trains continue to run late, and very
little work is being done in shop.
Strikers are as confident of victory
as ever.
Bad at Baltimore.
Baltimore, Engines are in
very bad condition, leaking steam all
over and can be heard pounding for
miles. 1t is a common occurrence to
see engines double-heading with 10
and 20 ca s. Engine 1241 had 9 cars
and stalled on level track; had to set
off three cars before she could get
away. Engine 1475 back in shop for
the fifth time. They tried to pull two
coaches with this engine but could
not move them. They don't seem to
know what is the matter with this
engine. We could not get close
enough to see what was, going on as
the ''bulls'' were on the job.
Everything Late.
Cumberland, Md.-Passenge trains
continue late, as do engines to come
in broken down. Yesterday engine
zoos coming from Mt Clair shop,
came in on one side with two broken
eccentric straps. One of the strike
breakers left his hammer on the
guides of engine 1902 and when en-
gineer went to start her, she broke
cross-head shoe and bent guides and
guide yoke. One of the night strike
breakers worked four hours trying
to put blow-off cock on engine
1852. He finally gave it up and they
laid the engine over, and sent crew
home after they were called for this
engine.
Scabs Quit.
May 7.-Engine 2677 came in OF
of the second division with right
main rod broke in two, bottom guide
broke off, cross head broke, top guide
bent double, guide yoke broke, piston
bent and jacs on back parallel rods
pulled off. The record in the Office
shows that in the last 10 days, Is
strike breakers have quit~and 6 have
been hired.
A New Scheme.
The master mechanic is trying a
new scheme to get men to scab. He
is going around hunting up men who
have worked for the company at one
time and who are familiar with the
work. He will give them a job in
the boiler gang or some other place,
and then tells them to go and report
to one of the scab foremen and work
for him day, or SO until he gets
straightened out. He has tried this
on two men and they both quit.
Thirty-five Left.
Newark, O.-Passenger trains con-
tinue to run late, and no attention is
paid to freight, as crews are sent out
on the road to relieve train crews
that have been caught by the 16-hour
law every day Engine 1912 was
sent to Mt. Clair for repairs. Thirty
five strike breakers left Chicago for
the southwest, but when they arrived
at Columbus they had but 10 left.