Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-18
FEW PASSENGERS
ON THE STREET RAILWAY, YESTERDAY
DESPITE THE BAD WEATHER.
Vsry Few Distractions on the Tracks-A Large
Police Force on Duty in the Lower
Wards-The Events Of the Day.

yesterday was very quI0V Jay III
street railway circles.
Cars ran regularly all day on 'the
loop" and to the Island, but they did
not go to Benwood, as expected, the
Marshall county authorities not being
ready to extend the promised aid in the
way Of special deputy sheriffs, but they
promise to have them to-day. An at
tempt was made yesterday to obtain
spec lal officers in Benwood, but every
body seemed to have Job, TO be not
feeling well, or did not care to work. 1t
was stated last night that Sheriff Will
liams had secured the necessary men In
Moundsvile. and would bring them up
this morning.
Yesterday morning, Mayor Caldwell
swore in five extra police, and they were
sent on duty on the South Side, below
Twenty-seventh street, where Chief
McNichol also stationed eight or nine
men of the regular force. During the
afternoon two Of the five specials re-
signed, but last evening four more were
sworn in, and the detail for the South
wards this morning numbers eleven
officers, as follows: At Forty
eighth street, Officers Minke-
Meyer and McKamm; at Forty-third
street, Officers Carney and Corners; at
Thirty-ninth and Wood, Officers Meyers
and Pritchard; at various other points
in the Sixth and Eighth wards, officers
Schmitt, Lehau, Haley, Mara and Con-
nor. The extra officers will give the
regulars, who have been doing big lot
OF extra duty for good while. a chance
to catch up on sleep. The night force
have been doing day duty as well, often
in the rain, as on yesterday, without
sleep, and several of them stated yes
terday they feel pretty well Knocked
out.
The cars were patronized very lightly
yesterday, although the weather was
simply terrible for walking. On the
South Side, particularly, the cars were
empty most Of the time, while the
'busses and wagons running from Forty
third street to Twelfth were well filed
on every trip. An officer on duty at
Forty-third street stated last evening he
had seen but four persons in all In cars
passing that point during the day.
Those who did ride often got warm
reception from gangs Of boys. A large
crowd of boys were az Forth-third street
when young lady Of that nelghborhood
got on board a car to ride up town.
The boys hooted and screamed, but the
young lady remained in the car. 1t is
said she walked back, however
Very few distractions were placed on
the track during the day, and these were
confined to an occasional brick or a
small stone, handled by small boys.
This ives largely due TO the vigilance OF
the police and the notices circulated by
order OF the Mayor on Thursday.
As stated above, Sheriff Matthews
was in Benwood, and made every prep
aratlon to have deputies on the ears yes
terday after dinner Squire Riddle, OF
Benwood, looked around for available
deputies, but in the whole town he
could get no one to serve, as far as he
could learn. The Squire communi-
Gated with the Sheriff, who then swore
in five deputies from MoundSville. In a
conference with the Squire it was de-
cided, owing to the rough weather prin-
cipaly, not to bring the men on at the
at the time formerly specified. Sheriff
Matthews was in Benwood, yesterday,
and had conferences with Mayor Ma
hood, Squire Riddle and others. The
time for bringing on the newly sworn
in men was not fixed.
The linemen on the truck car in the
repair Of the street car wires have
been kept busy OF late, they say, in
lodging bricks and other missiles hurled
by boys. They wish it understood that
they are working for the Construction
Company.
George Earnest and Mike Segman,
the TWO men who are out under $500
bond each for the part they played in
the Forty-eighth street riot, will have
their hearing before the grand jury at
Moundsvile at the March term of Court.