The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-26
4 GLOOMY OUTLOOK
For an Amlcable Adjustment OF
Differences Between the
STREET CAR COMPANY And MEN,
The Power House Men Have Been
ordered out-lt looks as Though
an Extended and Bitter Fight is on
Haad-what ono Of the Strikers
rhtnks-Last Nights Meeting.

The situation in regard TO the strike
Of the Wheeling street car employees
took decided turn for the worse yes
terday, aud a long, bitter fight between
the company and employees now seems
inevitable.
The actions Of the street car company
officials point to the fact that they in
tend to fight the union, In support o.
this opinion, it need only be cited thai
non.union men are being brought here
from Beaver Falls, Pa, whore Mr., LYDIA
who is a large stakeholder in the local
company, controls the street car lines
Several cars were running yesterday
manned by these new men, aud one o.
them said yesterday afternoon when
questioned that more men from Beaver
Falls were coming, some OF whom were
expected TO arrive last night and this
morning, who wero at once to 50 Il
work on the Wheeling road.
General Manager Jolly, when seen
Yesterday evening, said there was no
change in the situation. The matter
was In abeyance until the arrival oi
President Kimball. He said he didnot
know whom the latter would arrive here,
as no is n very uncertain quantity, bard
to reach,
1t Geyelopes that tho union men EN-.
Moved at tho two power houses Of the
street railway company, at bridgeport
and South Wheeling, have been called
out by the street car employees union
and they will probably quit work to-
night and stay out until settlement Of
differences Ia effected. This action was
taken yesterday afternoon, and was
caused, soft is said, by the failure Of Mr.,
Jolly and his associates TO come to q
decision about the strike.
One Of the men was seen by an IN
TEtLIdENCER reporter last night and
said he did not think they had been
fairly treated by the company
''Nlr. Jolly" said he, promised us an
answer IueIiay morning at nine clock,
but when the arbitration committee oil
the labor assembly met him at that
hour he claimed he could do nothing
until President Kimball arrived, whom
he said would arrive thenext day. This
afternoon We saw him again when he
said Mr.. Kimball had not come and he
didn't know when he would arrive, but
that as there is to be an election OF
officers next Saturday he would prob.
ably be here then, though he could not
say positively. We know the company
is bringing in men from Beaver Falls,
right in the midst OF our attempts to
settle with them through the arbitra-
ton committee OF the labor assembly.
This We don't think is right, and con-
slider his attempts at delay very flimsy.
II has theEelore been requested that the
power house men come out, and
they will probably quit tonight.
1t looks to mo as though there 10 going
to DO a hitter fight. Mr. Williams,
whose complaint brought on the strike Q,
saw Mr.. Jolly Tuesday and asked him
to take back the two discharged men.
This, Mr.. Jolly seemed willing to do,
but he made the very significant re.
mark that the men who went out on
tho strike, had discharged themselves,
aud that the question Of taking them
back is another question"
A wildrumor was circulated around
town last night to the effect that a
crowd OF drunken strikers had assaulted
one OF a crew Of a car down on Jacob
street, near Thirty-eighth, and had
chased the conductor up town. 1nves-
tigation proved that there was some
ground for the rumor, though not in
tho aggravated form 1t had reached
when told up town. 1t seems that one
Of the carsin charge Of non-union men
stopped in a crowd Of about a hundred
people, come OF whom were strikers,
and some ono, said to be a striker,
pulled the trolley pole off tho wire, so
that when tho notorman turned the
lever, no power came on. The motor
man went around the rear end OF the
car and reset the pole. In the mean.
time somebody turned off the con-
nections with the dynamo. About this
time the conductor became scared and
abandoned tho car, coming up town
afoot The motorman pluckily stuck
to tho car, and after making the con-
nections ran the car on up town. One
eye witness said no snow balls were
thrown.
LAST NlGHr's MEETING.
The striking street railway employees
motlast night at Nolte'shall, Eoff street,
South Side. There was a big attend.
ance, and a member OF the arbitration
committee Of the labor assembly was
present. Tho sentiment OF the meeting
was almost unanimously in favor OF
continuing tho strike. The ground was
gone over, and the union Is satisfied
that Its stand Is right s3
Immediately aitcr lthe meeting the
chairman Of the working committee
made the following statement to the
lNTRLLIdENCER;
"We want the grounds on which We
struck distinctly understood by the gen
oral public, who can then determine
whether or not we are right. Mr.IWill-
iatns, Of Forty.sOventh street, who
made tho complaint, hailed a car ahead
o. tho ono manned by Mutrins and
schmittlo, but "a IL did not stop exactly
where he wanted 1t Il no would not
take that car. Murrins and schmittle
arc both mill men, AZ 10 Williams, who
once "blaCksheeped.n MURINE was on
committee and offered Williams So o
Gay to come out with tho strikers. This,
Williams refused TO do, and there has
S ms! been onmity between the men.
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