Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-05
LABOR TROUBLES.
The BsIlalrs Street Car Strikers
at Unlawful Work,


Some days ago Superintendent Chris.
Bippus Of the Bsllaire street railway, dis
charged enc of his drivers, as he had no use
for him. The rest of the drivers dishked
the action of the superintendent and went
out on q strike. They wanted Mr.. Bippus
to do as they dictated. He was told that
the drivers would return to work when he
had reinstated the man discharged and
when their wages had been increased Is
cents per day. This was Friday morning,
September 25th. Mr.. Bippus, finding there
was no other alternative at that time than
to do as his employees asked, decided to
AcQU1EscE TO THEIR DEMANDS,
and after several hours delay, cars were run
ming again. The drivers afterwards al
lowed the discharge Of n man, but the
President found before q week had elapsed
that he needed the extra q Another
hand was employed, but it was not the one
that had been on before. The s~uperinten.
dent gave all employees fair warning that
when he discharged men for striking thst
he had no use for them after that. The
presence OF q stranger on the cars appears
10 have somewhat outraged the old hands
and the 6res that had been burning in their
breasts could not be smothered. On last
Friday night after the days labor was over,
they held
AN INDIGNATION MEETING
and adjourned, after resolving to demand
twenty-five cent? more per day. One OF
the drivers was not present at the confer
ence but he was made aware Of the proceed,
ings and desiring to aid the management,
told them what had been done. That same
night, after much skirmishing, Hostler
Charles Schramm succeeded in finding
enough men to take out the cars on Sstur-
day morning, and the old drivers were dis
charged, with n exception. 1t
was the intention of the dis
changed hands not to say anything OF their
intentions until it was time to run out the
cars on Saturday, then they were to stand
firm for the increase of twenty-five cents.
They supposed the second increase would
be forthcoming as easy as the trst, but II
this they were sadly mistaken. Everything
moved as usual all day Saturday under the
direction Of the new drivers, but about 8
o'clock in the evening trouble commenced.
On the grade south of Cuumius at the
upper end of Gravel Hill distractions o
every kind were found
PILED on q TRACE
This is q very dangerous place, and had the
rubbish not been seen in time, might have
rbrewn q car over the em5ankment. On
Jefferson street, below the street car stables
a yourg chap wearing a straw hs
ran ont from a vacant lot snc
threw 8 half brick into one of the cars thu
vas passing. Mrs Arthur McClain va
sitting close 10 the window that was broken
by the brick and narrowly escaped injury
Later in the evening some. one attacked
Tom Selby's car on his down trip aud
broke windows with rocks. On the up trip
Tom met with more misfortune. All a.
once there wss
AN EXPLOSION
and a fall of glass. The driver felt himself
sIl over and found that he was not injured
Having n desire to stop for further particu,
lars, he whipped up, and, as it was his las,
trip for the night, soon put his car away,
President Blprus, of the car line, is Of
the opinion that the men he discharged
are at the bottom of the whole trouble. H.
thinks they are not doing the deyilmenJ
themselves bat have confsderstes, A young
boy is known to banked up in the affair
-ATe4ard has been offered for evidence thai