The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-02

Tie unprecedented events OF the past
Few weeks, which began with the efforts
If Mayor Grubb u enio,ce the laws Of the
;ity, advanced thrr u Sh varying scenes OF
excitement, the shameful effort to be re-
venged Of tho Chief Of Police, and the put
.iLg to shame Of his few advisers, to the
.riumphsl ncqnittai Of the Mayor, falsely
charged with grave misleede. eliminated
Saturday evening in popular demoustra:
ZION never preC"Gented in the history OF
Wh"eI'Ng im MANY OF its ciF"H 'a"cas.
This demonstration was first proposed
BY citizens who felt no interest in Mayor
Grubb'g fight except that which is shared
by all lovers OF justice aud all admirers OF
law and order. The proposition met with
ready response wherever hroached. The
1nlv preparation made was 10 se' tlre
band and o quantity OF red fire. 1t wGs
the intention TO have the affair occur at an
earlier hour than was finally chosen, but
It waa found that the handg would all be
engaged, and it was therefore necessary
TO wait until the performance at
the Opera House was at an end in
order 10 securc the Opera House
band. Later, that excellent organ!-
zalion, the Black Eagle Drum Corps, vol
unteered it's services. Just as the curtain
was rrrg down the inspiriting strains oil
martial IDusic were heard in front Of the
Opera House on Fourteenth street, and
quickly large crowd gathered, growing
from q few ecores 10 hundreds OF people.
Red tiro torches were burned, their glare
attracting rev additions to the throng,
until when the band arrived and began Il
lively air, Fourteenth street from Market
west 10 tue alley wss jam Of people.
AN IMPRoMrTu PROCESSION.
A procession was formed with the band
in the lead, and the line Of march taken
IN on Market street 10 Twelfth and back
by the opposite sidewalk to Fourteenth.
SO rapidly did the procession lengthen out
that when the head tnrned into Four
teenth street eastward, the other end was
still gradually taking lorm on the other
side OF the street, and the crowd lncontl-
nently dashed across the street and up
Fourteenth, the ranks spreading out half
way across the street. Up ChGpllne street
the procession filed, until the residence OF
the Mayors tather'in'IAWI mr. H. O. DeIE-
plain, was reached, where a halt was
called and the mnsic Of TIE band was
drowned by the cheering and cries OF
"Grubb."
Some Of the Mayors friends pushed
their way through the crowd 10 tHa door,
and as it opened lie was pulled out into
the face OF crowd which certainly did
not number less than 5000. Cheer alter
cheer rent the air sud dCZsls oi red fire
sticks bla1ed out, painting the entire
vicinity vivid hue, and rejecting III the
clouds
At the suggestion OF somebody IN the
crowd, two ttalwart men, Frank Dow and
Robert Frew, picked Mayor GInbo up
bodily, and placing him IN their shoulders
against his protest, led the procession
again up Chapline and down Twelfth 70
Charley shsy's Academy. The crowd f)l-
lowed, the band playing ard the men
shouting. up stairs and into the hall.
Such scene was never Witnessed IN
Wheeling. Nor was there ever such a
series OF events to inspire the people to
make such scene.