Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-05
THE WORKERS TROUBLE.
How Chicago's Street Car Strikers
Spent the Fourth.
Troubles Among The Lumbsrmen at
the Docks.
Quiet Rsisns Among the Cleveland
Strikers.
Their Force Increasing
Weihe TO Organize.

CHICAGO, July 4.-Everything is quiet in
the West Division this morning. No at.
tempt has or will be made to run cars and
there are comparatively few people in Madi.
son street the scene Of yesterdays disordsr.
a fex Of The strikers are loungins around
in the neighborhood Of the compsnyss
bic, apparently on guard as at the strikers
meeting last evening. 1t was decided to
keep watch over the cars during the
Fourth, though with little expectation
that the company would attempt to
run any cars, and to be on hand at the
usual hours Sunday morning to prevent
the cars from being started. The report
which was circulated last night that a man
had died from the effects Of the clubbing he
received from one Of the policemen seems
to be untrue. A mass meeting Of the
strikers and their sympathizers has been
called on the Lake front this afternoon. In
addition TO the street car mems strike,
there has been considerable
Trouble on the Lumber Docks
here within the past few days caused by the
lumbermen attempting to unload lumber
with their own gangs Of men instead OF em.
pioying members OF the Lumber Showers
Union. In several cases barges have re-
mained unloaded several days because the
lumbermen would not employ union men
and the latter would not permit them to
employ any one else.
What might have been serious riot
occurred at the dock Of S. b. Bar
ker & Co. 1t seems that the
I. W. Harvey Lumber Company, owners
of the barge st. Joseph, who use their own
men in unloading their boat and ignore the
Lumber Showers Union, attempted yester.
day to deliver consignment OF lumber to
s. B. Barker & Co. Before reaching the
dock of the latter firm the boat took on
number OF non.union showers, who upon
embarking at the dock, were met BY
couple OF hundred members Of the union
who began to attack them. The captain
Immediately ran the boat to the opposite
side Of the slip.
Mayor Harrison Wants Arbitration.
CHICAGO, July 4.-Mayor Harrison has
written letters to Presiient Jones, Of the
West Division Street Railway Company,
and to the President Of the Car Conductors
and Drivers Association, suggesting that
each side to the present dispute select an
arbitrator and that between taem they select
third making an arbitration committee OF
three, whose decision with reference TO the
strike and It's antecedents shall be final.
No replies have yet been received.
Agree to the Mayors Plan.
CHICAGO, July AT meeting to night
the strikers and their allies passed resolu'
tons accepting the Mayor plan for settling
the differences with the company by arbitra-
ton, and appointed committee TO wait on
the Mayor 10 ascertain whether the plan is
satisfactory to the other side. The plsn is
indicated in former dispatch for the ap-
pointment Of three arbitrators, the thlrd
to be agreed upon by both sides. In view
Of this apparent possibility Of arbitration Of
the differences, the meeting took no action
as to operations on Monday.
Mass Meetiog OF Strikers
and sympathizers held this morning passed
of quietly without any programme having
been arranged for tomorrow. 1t is expected
that at the meeting now in progress the
strikers will decide upon what action will be
taken should the company attempt TO start
The cars in the morning