The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-22
KEnnY,a KICK

A. the C0hduet Of the FOREMAN Of the
ViEilAHt HHElns tiOphR last Night
thlsf AeeIea Takes = HAnd and Gels
HIS ESOII Ia II.
Ever SINGS the induction oil james 81.
Myers ss foreman Of the VigilRpt Engine
House there has been trouble In the
camp. Engineer Cots 800 began to ex-
hibit signs Of rsstiVsuess and finally re-
signed, telling an INTELLIaEScER man the
day he left that he could not stand to
work with st. Myers, 40 he was under q
constant espionage, and every move he
made was reported to the Chief in an ex.
sggeraisd form.
Next Tommy Kenny, the hostler, began
to think that things were not pleasant, %
the Chief would lind fault with Whist was
going on and ST. Myers was constantly on
the alert for anything aud everything
thai was susceptible OF misconstulc-
ton or misrepresentation to the chief.
Things have been going on In this
way Tor some time and the matter cul-
minated last night In n Of the most dis
graceful squAbbles that tbs peaceful First
ward has Q Q Tor many q day. Our re-
porter was notified by telephone that
something was going on, and going up
there found q crowd OF over o hundred in
the engine house aud on the pavement
and street outside. Within We found
Tommy Kenney, who began, "Well, Ec.
Giles, here are the reporters. Give your
sell away"
Mind your own business, Tommy"
said Eccles,
"Eccles has been logging me for
weeks" taid Kenny, "tryinE to Gust me
80 that Durk Price can get In here in my
place. st. Myers preferred charges
against me- At the last meeting oil
the Department, and l have had
no opportunity to vindicate myself,
have been off once or twice, but the
Ohiei said II l got my brother Billy To
stay in my place 1t would be oil right, He
knows Just Rs much Rs | do about the
horses and the engine, ECCles got to
carrying on here tonight, and l struck
him. He told me to quiet, but ] told him
he had no right to discharge me, and
won't quit"
By this time Nat. Kahn, the engineer,
was walked up and brought down stairs to
vlndic1te ECCles, which hs did as fol
love-; "Eccles came up here tonight
and said, Tommy has been com,
planning TO the committee about things
and | want this settled right here,
There has talk about Duck Price want
ing TommY's job, &c. Wake Tommy up
and bring him down, Tommy got excited
and began to d-n q little and Eccles said
he wanted that whole thing huahed up.
Tommy kept on talking when Eecles said
he would dIsCharge him, and told him u
quit the service, and ~ guess by CD I'll
quit too" said Kuhn, stopping abruptly
and walking out Of the house.
"YeB," said Tommy, "Eccles reached
for his revolver when | struck him. He
10 Always blowing about what good men
him and Sanity are, and l thought l would
Just give him : tussle for IT,"
Councilman Robinson was present at the
seAnCe and wan evidently an EcCles man
although Mr.. Zoeckler, another Council
man, and also Mr.. Wilson were Warmly
in favor Of Mr., Kennedy aud thought
that he had been imposed on by some
one, All the prominent citizens Of thG
. First ward were terribly In favor OF Kenny
t and for o few mOments we thought oul
clothing would be isrked of BY
the excited persons who wanted III
TO sec that Tommy got a proper send.of
, this morning, "As he had done nothing
bnt what was right" st. Myers had slunI
| of or disappeared somewhere, ss The
, Ohiei told us, and lett him 10 the tender
:, merCieS Of the crowd. na.
He afterwards come to this office ant
told Us his version OF the tracas. "Aitel
aupper last night, l learned that Ton
Kenney and Jim 1t. Myers were com
: planning 10 the committee, and ]
. went up to the Vigilsnt to find out about
! 1t. / found out that he was In bed and
got him up. He came down stairs and
went back into the stable, whom he came
} back with q pitChiork. He and st. MyerI
: then had some words, aud l interfsred
when he turned on and began to abuse
me. l told him TO quit the
, service, and went to the telephone
10 get Healey up when he came up be.
hind and struck me. He can't stay there
any longer. There 10 no truth In the
report that have been trying to get Duck
Price into his place. 1t is a fabrication
and lie." ~ t.I,,
St. Myers Is a disturbing element aud
should be removed in order 10 y the
efficiency OF the department. W..
The citizen OIL the First ward are unani
NOUS In their support oil Kenny and de,
mand his retention.