The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-10
ARE they WEAKENING :
-Four of the Street Car Strikers
Apply for Reinstatement,
CARS TO BENWOOD THIS MORNING
Ia tho Announcement of General
Manager Jolly-Three of the Strikers
Arrested, Charged With Assault and
pattery-The Company's Course
Regarding Its Old Men.
m thO strikora Moakening?

ment yesterday.
There was radical and startling
change in tho street car situation yes
tcrday at noon. Four OF the union men
who arc out on the strike applied ut
that hour to General Manager jolly, Of
the company, for reinstatement. They
will probably be put to work at once.
Heretofore the striking employees have
presented a solid front, and II was not
suspected that thoro were any weak
places in tho line, The weakening OF
these men will probably have similar
effect on some OF the others, and it
would not DO surprising ii other appli-
cations for reinstatement were made
soon.
The company was running cars over
the Island and loop routes yesterday in
considerable numbers, and though the
traffic was not as heavy in volume as
before tho strike, still o very fair pat
ronago was given.
As will be seen below the street car
company intends putting cars on the
Benwood run to-day. This isa
SOMEWHAT STARTLING MOVE,
rs heretofore since the strike com.
monced the company has only run it's
cars a, lar down as the Forty-eighth
street barns, excepting on the first day
Of the strike, when an assault was made
on those in charge OF car.
General Manager Jolly was seen yes
terdav evening and asked about the re-
mort that four OF tho strikers had asked
10 be reinstated Said Mr.. jolly:
AYES, We received to-day the applica-
tons OF four of our old men who went
out on tho strike"
"Will they be reinstated"
'Yes intend TO put them back at
work. They arc good men, who will
give us good service, and think have
seen that the strike Is not founded on
good grounds"
Mr.. Jolly, supposing eweakeningof
these four men has the effect OF break.
ing tho back OF the strike, what will
your course BIO about taking back into
your tlIlllOy bllG SbllGk
Some Of these men have by their
acts made it impossible for them to
again DO employed by this company,
but in the event that our old men
should ask for reinstatement, those
whom we know to be competent will,
while there are places remaining for
them, DO given employment We OF
course do not intend to discharge the
men whom we brought here since the
strike. Some OF these men are as fine
street car operators as there are any
where, and when they came into our
employ were assured OF permanent jobs.
Some OF them are union men, in fact We
do not make any distinction, all we de-
sire is competent men, who will abide
by the reasonable rulesof the company"
do you intend to start cars on the
Benwood run tomorrow"
"Yes, We will put cars on that run to-
morrow"
."Iave you been assured OF protection
down there%
well, not exactly, but We do not an
tiCipate any trouble"
Mr.. Jolly said tho old men wanted
would be taken back as individuals, but
that the company held it had the right
to hire whom 1t pleased. He denied
that he was an enemy of unions, as has
been stated, and said that the,union in
Beaver Falls had disbanded OF its own
accord, and that demands made by the
men there had been acceded to.
THREE MEN ARRESTED.
Wednesday afternoon warrants were
sworn out by the non.union men in
charge OF one car for the arrest of
three Of the strikers, John ConitI, j. NJ.
Johnson and William Meyer, charged
with assault and battery couple of days
ago The warrants were served yester-
day afternoon. Conitf and johnson
were taken before Justice George Arlilc,
and held for their appearance before
him this afternoon at . o'clock. Meyer
was brought before Squire Phillips and
held to appear Monday morning. The
outcome Of the trials OF these iaen will BIO
watched with interest, as il will develop
whether the strikers bavn been con-
nected with the assaults aud destroying
tho company's property.
Last evening Officer 2ich Wiikie, OF
tho city police f0ruo, who was or duty
OH the street car line iu ihc Eighth
ward, found number OF torpeioes or
tho rails ut tho corner Of Chaplinc and
Thirty-third street. These were oriin-
ary railroad torpedocs, made of dy-
Mantle in tin caps, bot several OF them
were bound together by wire In such
way that had Il car run over :hetn, they
would probably have done considerable
damage when they exploded. Tho Of
ilCer brought thom to the city building
IN the condition no found them on tho
track. Even il only intended 10 cause
little scare, they were likely 10 iniure
lbystanders with flying pieces OF tin.
There Is q clue towho placed them on
the track.
DoEsN'T DELIEvE IT.
A member OF the arbitration commit.
tec Of the Trades and Labor Assembly
was seen last night aud:askod what no
knew about tho weakening OF four OF
THO Strikers. llo was surprised, not
having heard OF II. When he had re-
covered from lila surprise, he denied
tho truth Of the report, aud said that
during the afternoon meeting OF tho
strikers thOrc had been no weakening,
nut they wcro as firm at at tho start OF
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