The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-16

front Of her house and trying to persuade
people from buying her bread is lawful.
AS showing the intense interest that
has been aroused by this case we append,
in extenso, the following article from the
New York Tims-yhich is only sample
Of the articles that are now appearing at
length in the papers Of that city day after
day in regard to Mrs, Gray audherbakery'
The grocery man at Hudson and Tenth
streets got hungry yesterday afternoon.
Hatless and coatless he trotted down Hud'
son street to Mrs. Gray's bakery. de
bought a big roll, and trotted back 70 bis
store. On the way he shook the roll I'M
der the nose otthe sandwich men VINO ere
patrolling the block for 81 day Tor ba'
sers Union No. /, and then took q geneI'
GUS bite. He stood in the doorway Of his
store and ate the roll, and halt an hour
later, finding that neither his appetite nor
his inclination to tease the bOycotteIs had
disappeared, he repeated the operation IN
all its details.
The boycotters say they have distrib'
uted 100. 900 circulars since they began to
drive away trade from Mrs, Gray'B place.
Most Of the sheets fud their way into the
yutter in three seconds from the time
they leave the sandwich mems hands. 10
an hour yesterday afternoon ono OF the
men found takers for two. Most people
ignore the circular and the distributors
utterly, Some avoid them as they would
plague. Now and then some demon.
stratiye young person knocks the offered
sheet over tina shoulder oil the distributor,
Three persons are benefited hugely by
the operations Of heboycOtters; Mrs' Gray,
whose regular trade, aside from the special
contributions, has doubled the saloon
keeper, u few doors above, at hose place
the spartan band Of nine sandwich men
and walking delegates and twice that num-
her OF sympathizers lounge and drink beer,
and the printer who contracts to Teplenish
the pile Of circulars. Ordinary customers,
who buy loaf or two OF bread, pass in
and out Of Mrs. Gray's store utterly OBJ
Ityious OF the fact that boyCotting circulars
are offered to them, Other people, pass
Ing through the street, notice the elements
of u moving crowd and say, "Oh, there i9
that bakery, let's go in and buy something
for fun"
The mail brings checks and special or
lers To the little bread maker TO such an
extent that she may have to engage y
book.kgeper and 4 shipping clerk, She
employed an extra baker yesterday and
thinks she may engage another to-day.
The place of one OF her force whose nerve
gave out and who lett a day or two ago has
also been filled. Several non-uniOn bakers
applied for work yesterday and the fore
man took their names and addresses, A
union baker also had the nerve to ask for
job. He didn't get 1t.
Some one who signed himself "Amerl-
can" sent Mrs. Gray $50 yesterday to pay
Tor goods 10 DO distributed az she pleased,
10 Grand d. Cannon sent S25 for bread to
be sent to charitable institutions. A young
man presented card bearing the mama
j. 0. Voute and five dollar gold note to
To pay for bread to be sent by express to
the Peabody Home Tor Aged Females at
West Farms, WestGhsster county, Sex
ton Jackson, OF Grace chapel, In East
Fourth street, rang five dollar gold piece
on the marble slab and said It would pay
Tor bread to be distributed among poor
people who are kept from work by the in
timidation OF strikers. Dr., W. A. Ham
mond accompanied, by two ladies' drove
up to the door in ali Lpen carriage, and
looking straight before him, aud foot
over the heads OF the men Of nerve and
Bakers Union principles, entered the
store with his companions. lie remained
lust long enough to order 50 worth OF
bread sent to st. VinCents Hospital and
pay for 1t, and departed as serenely I'M
conscious Of the presence Of half hun.
bred staring natives as II he had been one
OF the boyCoLters. Tho fifty dollar check
sent to the Times office Monday by "a
Friend OF Honest Labor, Justice ind Fair
Play" was sent to Mrs. Gray, aud 1t was
decided that the Children's Aid Society
should benefit by it. The officers OF the
and they will send TO Mrs, Gray list Of
prinCipals Of schools whose orders for
bread drawn against the $50 are to be fill.
ed. In the meantime the principals will
DO requested by the officers Of the society
to look up deserying families In their
neighborhoods.
Abustling old gentleman with gray side
whtskers entered the bakery ut about 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon and counted
out $50. After few inquiries as to the
progress oil the war and word or two Of
encouragement he handed Mrs. Gray,
with the $50, sheet OF paper, asked her
to make and sign copy aud send 1t by
mail to the Mayor OF Paterson, N. j., and
departed without leaving his name. This
was written on the sheet OF paper:
New York, April 10, 1885.
TO HE Honorable iayOrcfhe CITY Of PatT.
son: