The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-10-24
HAYES SATRAPY.
A Torchlight Procession Composed
of leo Ladies Stoned by
Scarlet-Shirted Hood
lums at West
wheeling, q.
The villains Escape Under Cover al
Darkness. Believing for
Hayes.

The Democracy OF West Wheeling |
held large meeting last evening under
the auspices of the ladies of that place
and the feature of the evening was the
appearance on the street,
of over one hundred ladies
bearing torches, who psraded throughout
the place to the music of martial band.
The meeting has been the subject OF con-
siderable gossip among the ladies ior
some time, in fact, since the Democratic
victories in the October states, and was
conceived and carried forward to sue
cessful termination Sub rosa, they lgnor-
ing the sterRer sex, fully determined TO
have meeting of their own, gotten up
through their own exertions. Last week
delegation visited Wheeling to secure
orators for the occasion, and Col. Arnett
and Mr.. John o. Pendleton were selected
as the gentlemen to entertain them.
Last evening being the time designated
for the demonstration to take place,
Messrs. Arnett and Pendleton repaired
thither, and were very enthusiastically
received by the ladies. But on their ar
rival at West Wheeling, they received
information that the Hayes men OF that
place were determined to break up the
meeting, and if necessary it was their in
tention to use force. Nothing daunted
the speakers, however, and Mr.. Pendleton
opened the ball in brilliant speech from
the stoop in front of Mr.. David Wagner's
paper mill, and while. speaking, kept
an eagle eye aloof on the lookout for
boulders. He escaped molestion during
the delivery of his remarks, the cowardly
ruffians fearing to attack the party while
all were in the open air. But slight
shower coming up, Mr.. Pendletcn cut
short his speech and the people present.
of whom a very large number were
ladies, retired to the spacious hall in the
second story of Mr.. Wagner's mill. Here
Col. Arnett was introduced and spoke at
length, confning himself principally to
issues of Importance to the ladies, speak
ing of the better times which were sure
to follow in the footsteps of Mr.. Tilden
were he TO be chosen us the
chief executive of the nation.
While the Colonel was speaking
the demoniac yells for Hayes on the out
side of the building disturbed him to
great extent, but the pandemonium
which existed among the hoodlums who
were thus disturbing the very pleasant
gathering, was unnoticed by theiparties
attending the meeting, except to express
regrets that man could possibly have
fallen SO low as to insult a number of
ladies at such gathering. Not being
molested by the parties in
the building. the scaret-shrted
devils grew bolder, and, renewing
their yells for Hayes and this Republican
party, opened an indiscrlmnate storm
of bricks, boulaers, aud other missiles,
on the building, many of which passed
through the windows and into the hall
where the meeting was being held, and
the lives of the party there assembled
were thus recklessly endangered, one
lady barely escaping being struck by n
large boulder on the head, and many
others having narrow escapes of a sim
liar nature. The gentlemen in attend
ance at the meeting Immediately rushed
from the building into the street, in the
hopes Of capturing the rufians on tho
outside, but the villains were too quick
for them and fed, and under cover
( Of darkness, escaped detection. If the
era has arrived in this community when
there is no protection for ladies from the
brutal attacks of Radical hoodums, then
indeed, are we in a sorry plight, and
the teachings of centuries have been in
vain, but our faith is too strong in our
citizens to suppose they will allow this
devilish act to go UNPUBLISHED, and we
hope that no stone will be left unturned
to ferret on and bring to justice the
vandals Of Radicalism who have thus
forfeited al right: to the name of m an