The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-06
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wv - Housp Demolished.
Tho daso miners, out along tho
wboeling & Lake Erie railroad, are
.,oyinr anything but desirable addi-
,ion to tho population Of that section.
Ain Almost every pay day or holiday there
Ian biz row. The Fourth was no ex-
.,,,ion according to tho following from
the SteubcnyilIe Herald:
Tho residents of those cosmopolitan
ci,ies OF LRurelton, Dlllonvale and
Lang lang Run, iu the lower part OF this
a a,Ur II they have not a duo apprc-
Siotion OF tho political benefits con-
;arred by the event which is commetu-
o ty on July 4, yet have lively APP
~rcciation Of tho advautages afforded
he tho day itself towards getting up
Sy,t.class row. Warren and Mt. Pleas
an, townships, being both prohibition,
I I"y NO saloons. But 1t would
not do to infer from this that all the in
babitants composing thoss townships
yestrict themselves to cold water as q
beverage. Very far from it. When n
rain stops at one Of the stations above
named there Is presented the curious
.nSctacle OF n goodly proportion OF the
male population Of the village vending
is way towards tho baggage car. In q
law minutes the procession moves away
Sgain in single file, each one bearing u
tsS Of beer on his shoulder and the
"Ts is explained. Consequently
there are rows and fights innumerable,
md Yesterday being q holiday tho Cd.
ncrtunity for this sort Of amusement
Was unusually good. In justice to these
localities however, it should be stated
hat Mondays racket did not begin at
home, but on the Wheeling & Lake
Erie Train coming from Martins Ferry
IN tho afternoon, on which were q
number OF Hungariaus returning homo.
They had pretty we'll filed up with
Wheeling whiskoy, and an Englishman
m the train having excited the wrath
Of one oil. tho Hun2arians, a light iol-
lowed. There was moro or loss fighting
until Portland was reached, and alter
cars were changed it was removed, and
speedlly became a free for all. Women
IN tho car became alarmed. and man
in cndeavoring to protect one OF them
from the rutiaus had his eyes BACKED
onL was badly beaten. "A railroad
bridge contractor was attacked by
tLc druukcn crowd, md knocked
six o! them down fact before
they camc to tho conclusion to let him
alone. George Mccartney, who be-
longed to Longs Run, was also in the
itacas and whom the train stopped at
Iaurciton no picked up piece of wood
with tho intention OF cleaning out the
Hungarian contingent. His good IN
tentions, however, wore frustrated by a
blow which knocked out his front teeth
and laid him temporarily h0rs du CONDUIT.
When tho contingent landed from tho
train 1t was joined by the home forces,
and the fighting continued until not less
than dozen persons were more or less
injured. The, occupants Of one OF the
buildings having excited the fury OF the
drunken mob, they proceeded to de-
moIish the house, a cheap frame, which
thew did etTectually. AT this point the
superintendent OF the coal works sent
word to Mt. Pleasant that the rioters
Stable McMasters summoned posse
large enough tc kidnap the state of
West Virginia II necessary, and about
dark left for the seat Of war. Four OF
the ringleaders were arrested and taken
TO Mt. Pleasant, where they were repos.
ing at last accounts, DR.. Mercer
dressed tho wounds of hall dozen Of
those most seriously injured, who were
cut and sIashed about the arms, head
and body,