Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-16


sentative Hall, But Can Get no
Warmth Nor Any Vic; : 3
Republican and POpulist Vol
unteers Aiming and Moving
Toward Topeka-The State Mil
itia Guarding the State House.
Doors Battered Down.
Topeka, Kas., February 1.-THE hrst
conflict between soldiers and members OF
the Republican House took place late To-
night fu the corridor leading 70 Represent
ative Hall .,--...,
Representatives Davis and BreidenthaL
who had escaped 20 get lunch, were chal-
leured by guards on the way back.
Breidenthal drew his revolver and toid
the guard III he did not lower hls DayOnet
that he would blow his blank head on.
The guard considered that discretion was
the better part Of va,Or and allowed the
member 20 pass.
MDN1eHT-At midnight the situation
rerDai1s unchanged. The Governor at II
o'clock called again upon the Sherlu 70
summon q posse TO preserve the peace and
the Sheriff again refused 70 obey.
Col. Hughes, who is a member or the
House. appeared before the House IN uni
FORM az IL 80 and, addressing the mem-
hers. informed them that, as commander or
the troops. they had nothing TO Tear from
him. --.,
than carry out an oder 70 eject the hepuo-
hcan House.
his command would withdraw from the
militia with him II they were ordered 70
use force 20 drive forth the legally elected
and legally organized House OF Represen-
tatives from the hail provided oy law Tor
theiruse
He intimated that the orders to the
guards in 50 lar az they related 70 taxing
, of provisions into the Capito. for the use OF
the Republican mem 1ers had oeen relaNed,
and that members could procure provisions
BY letting down a string TO the ground
floor
col. Hughes retired amid cheers, and in
less than q minute O string was dangling
from every window lu shorter time tndn
that. baskets ilIld with substantial lunches
were holstld uD and the Republicans
broke their long fast
Information from the Governors Office
is 10 the effect that 90 attempt IS 70 oe
made TO eject the Republicans 20 morrow
morning.
keeping "a strict watch lest they be sur
prseC 0y an unexpected attack.
Their lunch has cbeerel them up and has
bput new life into them.
They are now, lu rua words OF member,
'in good fighting Trim and ready Tor any
emergency"
qoPEKA, KAS.. February Bleed
ingl Kansas nearly CIed again to-day
NOihing but the wiser counsel OF the
ealmer lead rs OF the opposing parties
10 the struggle for the control OF the
lower House % the legislature pre-
vented q serious cOlG.ct aGd the she'd
ing OF blood.
The Republican members anticipat-
iug opposition 90 their entrance 90 Rep-
resentativc hall, gathered tn o -1dy az
the Copeland Hotel early this morning
and marched % The capitol. There
they found the corridor aud the stair
way leading 20 the hall iu the posses
sion Of a PopuIiSt guard Of twenty
men. In a hand 20 hand fight,
In which several rcvolvers made
their appearance, out were not put 20
use, they fought their way 90 the doors
of the hall. which they found bad been
locked and barred. Two sledge ham,
mers had been provided for that emer-
Rencv, and their vigorous use by Speak
er Douglass and Speaker pro TEN Herr
soon gave the Republicans entrance.
Having gained entrance they oarrl-
caded the doors from within and pre-
pared for am assault. Tney had not
prepared for siege. however. and they
are now suffering the paugs of hunger
and the uipS OF frost. Soon after they
entered the hall the P0puliSt Janitor
turned of the steam The military
guards permit no one 70
enter, and the Republicans have
no way OF supplying themselves with
food or with artificial heat. The Re-
publicans have become masters OF Re-
publican Hall. Only two means of dis
Logging them presented themselves 20
the POpulist leaders. One was TO put
them out and the other was 20 starve
them out. The hot headed leaders ad-
vised that the militia be called out and
be ordered TO enter the hall. More con-
servative council prevailed and Gov.
Lewelling decided 90 lay seige 20 the
citadel and starve the occupants into
submission. IL was decided that troops
were necessary to effect the object, and
the Governor ordered several companies
OF the national guard to repair az once
10 the State House. Two local compa-
nies were soon placed In the field, and
during the day several more companies
arrived. At niEhtiall 400 men had been
pnt in active service, aud 500 more are
en- route to the city. They were put
under command Of Col. Hughes, Third
Regiment, who disposed the men about
the Capitol In such way as 70 prevent
all egresS or fngress.
They were under orders % allow no
one TO take edibles in any form into the
building, and the starying-Ont process
WAS begun. Before the guards we're
established, the Republicans succeeded
10 providing themselves with sand
wlch lunch at noon. Since then, how
ever, they have been unable 70 get any
? thing to eat, and the prospects are that
they will De starved into surrender, un-
less they are relieved by reinforce
ments.
Right here arises the probability OF
An armed conflict between Republican
guards and the State militia. The Re-
publican members have kept the wires
hot all day sending messages 20 their
constituents. informing them Of the
desperate situation OF affairs and call
ing for Republican volunteers 10 come
70 Topeka az once and lend their aid 10
the Republican House.
Pasn0nsas have bean received from