The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-28
TILE ARMY VS.. H0ODLUMS.
Tough Youths Have Fun With
SaIyation Soldiers,
THINGS THROWN AT THEM
And n rnndcmonlum Created In,
Front OF the barracks on the
az South Sidc-A Noisy Sabbath
Evening FOR the Ncighbors.

There wasa small sized riot ut the Saliva
ton Army barracks, on Main street, last
evening. A few months ago several
commissioned officers Of the army, veal.
ingIblue suits and caps trimmed with rcd
braid, made their appearance in Wheel.
ing and began a campaign. Tho wa1like
spirit In the Christian breast had been
subdued up To that time, aud those who
t.lt inclined to worship were doing 1t
In church. Ono OF the new officers has
what has been happily termed u pair OF
leather lungs, which he exercises regu.
larly on a silver cornet. The man who
sacks the seclusion OF his clothes. press
and plays tho cornet with the laudable
view OF becoming n Gilmore or a Levy
Is bad enough, bu.this new musical r..
era't got out into the street and blew his
cofnet until the echoes chased each
Other through tho back alleys OF the
South Side. lie Is accompanied BY an.
Other fellow who wears Il %licuteuan,'s
uniform aud plays the tambouriue like a
Spanish girl or the end man OF d negro
minstrel show. These two fellows gath.
cred together a lew Of the old time sol.
diers,, sort OF salvation veterans, as It
were, and oon had enough to make a
sln2le'lle six.deep parade.
They secured for a barracks the vacant
room at the corner OF Twenty. frst and
Main streets, and every evening since
last fall they have made their parades.
Tho route usually Ia from the barracks
10 the corner OF Twenty.second and
Market streets and back, with Salvation
drill at the market house. The boys
csught on at once, aud II hns for quite a
while been a question OF endurance be-
tween the boys and the soldiers.
Last Saturday night while the p,iyates
were doing grand marnnver to music
by the captain and lieutenant, some
boy threw 4 tin can through the tam.
BOURNE which tho lieutenant held aloit,
The same night the captains silver horn
was dlnged with a stone.
Last night these undaunted soldiers
got upon the street as usual. The bows
were there, too, to the number OF two 10
one. The parade was not q success in
some respects, for the tambourine artist
had to play with one hand and keep of
tin caus, corn cobs and mud with the
other. The cornetist vas in a worse
tx. While playing some rollicking tune
there would be II sudden break in the
music, and q most unesY:hly fox horn
b!are you'd be the result OF his remoy.
ing all three fingers from the keys at
once, to pick the mud from bis ears. .
They finally fought their way 10 the
barracks, but q crowd OF two hundred
people had collected, and the usual
open air meeting was adjourned to the
inside, the atmosphere outside being
entirely too hot aud thick With missiles,
The amy 10 not a popular institution
in the neighborhood IL f~requents, and
as a result the people do not use any
strenuous efforts to caase the boys to
desist from their attacks. The young.
sters kept up the iusilade ai,or the
soldiers had gone inside, aud Tor a full
half hour pandemonium reigued.
The officers on that bea. had been
transferred to do some special work, aud
telephone messages followed each other
in quick succession TO headquarters,
Chief pclbrugge and Officer Frohme
went down and found the streets
damned. The boys were throwing mud,
sticks, small stones, tin can aud corn.
cobs through the windows, and several
persons were struck, though no one was
seriously hurt. The officers drove the
assailants away. but it would take q
regiment with bayonets TO keep order.
General Booth, the head OF the Army h
England, once said that the Army's aim
is to create enthusiasm and make itsell
attractive. The Wheeling corps is un.
doubtedly succeeding admirably,