The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-07
STREET CAR STRIKE.
General Manager Jolly Tells How
He Thinks It Win End.
TRADES ASSEMBLY MAY WEAKEN,
Seeing, AS DO Most People, That 1t is
a Lost Cause.-The Company viii
Never misunderstanding to he
Gained by Continuing the Strike.

The street car strike has not been the
absorbing topic OF late, that it was q
few weeks ago. This has been caused
by the absence OF any riotous proceed
ings such as marked the earlier days oil
the strike. The cars now run along MS
quietly as II no strike was on hand, and
astranger in the city sees nothing I'M
usual denoting trouble.
There seems TO DO no doubt that some
OF the strikers who were not in favor Of
1t at the start would like to go back to
work. Iu fact several did apply to the
general manager in the early part OF
the week, but were headed of by strik'
ers, and told if they returned life would
be made miserable for them.
One or two OF tho labor leaders, too,
are Of the opinion that the strike is
lost, and that the best thing to do is to
declare 1t of.
1t was hoped the carette line would
hold the body OF the strikers in line by
giving them remunoratlve employ.
ment, but 1t Is learned from reliable
source that the union line OF cabs and
carsttes is paying little over expenses,
and the approaching hot weather will
more than oyerbalance what is now
made. At present six horses day are
required to handle the union vehicles.
The liveryman who furnishes horses
for the line said the other day that in
hot weather they would require ten
horses day, and that IN the pleasant
weather there is demand for livery
rigs which must be supplied, and which
pays better than putting tho horses on
the line.
General Manager jolly, Of tho street
railway, was seen last night, and asked
what he thought OF prospect for an
early ending OF the strike. He, Of
course, eliminated any idea OF its being
ended by surrender on the part OF his
company, saying the road is making
little over expenses right now, with
traffic increasing, and that even il it
was sinking money, it would fight for
what 1t considers matter OF principle,
for a year, or two years, II necessary.
II consider the men who make up the
Trades Assembly" said Dir. jolly, ito
be more than ordinarily intelligent, and
when a matter becomes generally up
parent TO other people, they are not be-
hind. have not had personal contact
with many Of them, but those whom l
have met, members OF the arbitration
committee, made the best presentation
possible OF their case. 1t Is relying on
the shrewdness OF the delegates to the
trades assembly, that l anticipate an
early settlement OF the strike. through
lite being declared of by the. assembly.
They must see by this time that tho
company does not intend to surrender,
and they are asking themselves what Is
to be gained by prolonging the fight.
OF course we are not making any money,
but we are doing very we'll, better than
the cab line. The situation thus re-
solves itself into hopeless contest
which must in the natural order OF
events work out Its own end. The con-
stituents Of the delegates to tho assem-
bly,, in the meantime, are put to much
annoyance and expense, being pre-
vented from riding TO and from their
work on the cars, as they did previous
TO the strike, and tho harm done 10 the
city is. l think, appreciated as much by
the workingmen in general US by tho
business community. This being the
case, anticipate the early ending OF
the strike on the recommendation Of
the Trades Assembly"