The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-22


train Of cars was drawn up In 'front.' Of and
above and below the Nail City Boat House
on the B. & o. road aud stopped. Then
the engineerc tt his engine loose, and was
going TO leave the train as 1t was,
when Councilman Wait and superintsn.
dent stnsel had some words as to
the b. 4 o. obstructipg the alley that ter.
minatesthere, and two policemen mounted
the engine to arrest the engineer, when he
moved his train from the disputed point.
Engines then began to be moved toward
tile B7& O. depot, and at the point where
the track, or rather ~trestles, diverHe from
the main track and run into river, the
work Of the last two days. A body Of u.
4 o. men were on guard here. Daniel
Lamb, Esq, counsel OF the b. &
o., went over the route in process
OF construction BY the Pa W. 4 KY,
but would not be interviewed on the
situation. Capt. Devries stated to us that
he did not propose to do anything but
ascertain II their property was disturbed
or destroyed, and who did It At points
between Twenty-second and Twenty-third
streets no excitement whatever vas up.
parent until halEpast two O'Clock, when
the breaches between the cars masSed
between Twentieth and Twenty.third
streets was again closed, and orders yer
issued to the men on the trestle TO hold II
at all hazards.
Mayor Sweeney said the reason Of this
night movement was, that Mr.. Becker
thought the crowd would be 50 great as
to Interfere with the movements OF the
workmen as IL 1t were done in daylight.
A car had been thrown off the
track earlier in the evening. This was
now thrown off the trucks to one side Of
the road and track laying continued as
far as the creek bank on the south. Most
Of the men were now sent to the Twenty.
third street track laying.
Tux hITUATIgN Al O'OV ~ NJ
At the above time We made our last trip
to the scene Of hostilities, but there was
nothing Of a war-like appearance to
crafty hungry and anxious gaze. At
T%wenty.thlrd street a large gang was at
work laying down their tracks, while here
and there were a few B. 60. employees, who
on ordinary occasions and used for similar
work, were perChed on orosstiss and
speaking in their native French to the op.
position employees. Capt. Beck and City
Surveyor Peterson were placidly contem'
plating the progress Of the work, or now
then offering a suggestion as to the a
Of doing it, and all around were massed
cars OF all descriptions belonging to the
Baltimore and Ohio Company, while
eyeay now and then a monster camel
back would puff sullenly past and be lost
in the darkness. Messrs. Lamb, counsel
aud Sinsela and Whitescarver, S~uperintend
entS, looked on the work, and retired t.
the 3. < o. office whittier We alsC
followed them. There were Captain De
vries, Dunlap and Haase and several sub
ordinates. The Captain Devries) as the
representative OF the B. Il o. Co., was In
very philosophical humor at the turn at,
fairs had taken, and was not unless incur
sions were made upon their private pro
perty disposed to do anything, thi
would have to be settled in another wa,
andat another time. Another reason 10
his easiness, we upprehsnd, was the arr
val in an hour or two at tarthest, OF VIM
KeYser, the Second Vice President, whit
is expected at 5:45 this morning. HI
(DevriesJ had nothing to offer in thu
matter; We were as well aware OF event
and perhaps better than he was.
Near the "Pewiky" freight depot wert
Major Sweeney and his police, Mayo
Sweeney, Hon. c. D. Hubbard, the Presi
dent Of the road; W. P. Hubbard, o.
the counsel and others, all watch,
ing the efforts Of the hands in thei
efforts to upset a refractory B. & o. freigh
car that INSTRUCTED their passage to thu
creek bank. The ~trestle, they informed
us, was not to be disturbed at all; the!
Almost accomplished all they had project
et, and would sOon do the rest. This wa
all, and we, glad Of it, retired.
The whole affair was conducted viii
consummate skill aud execution on the par
ofthe "Pewiky'' authorities, and if they ar,
equally fortunate in the future they will
have a road to Benwood.