Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-01
TWO CARS ATTACKED.
ASSAIL ANTS GROWING BOLDER IN THEIR
ASSAULTS-DOINGS OF YESTERDAY.
How the Strike StandS-The Arbitration Committee
Meets Manager jolly But No Settlement as
Yst-The Proposition Advanced
Notes Of the Strike.


Manager Jolly, of the Construction
Company, was seen early yesterday
afternoon concerning the present phase
of the street car strike. Mr.. Jolly said,
There is nothing new" Six cars were
running, three in the Loop and three on
the Island, and had been since morning,
1t was asserted that u npleasantness was
experienced in their running, the ma
ture OF which the manager did not
care 10 state.
About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the Arbitration Committee Of the
Trades Assembly arrived at Mr.. Joily's
Office. From the chairman of this com
mittee the result of the conference was
learned. He stated that they saw Man
ager Jolly was determined TO do moth
ing with their demands Of the day pre-
vious. Then the committee offered TO
arbitrate the matter by choosing three
disinterested parties and abiding by
their decision. After some discussion
the committee proposed that the street
car company choose one man and the
strikers one, and these two persons meet
and choose a third, their decision
TO be final. Mr.. jolly would not an
swer. but said he would communicate
with the Directors and then give an
answer. No time was set for giving
the decision. The chairman OF the
committee stated that this mode OF ar
bitration was last resort on the part
OF the committee. The meeting was
conducted in good natured manner oy
both parties.
1t was learned that the six cars run
ming in the forenoon yesterday were
stopped before o'clock in the after
noon. It was stated that more damage
was done the cars yesterday than on
any previous day, and that the COM
pany had to take the cars from their
tracks.
There was serious trouble at two
points on the street car line yesterday,
at Ttnaville and FOrty-third street.
These are the instances to which Man
ager Jolly referred.
1t was about noon when a street car
coming toward Wheeling was stopped
near the Standard mill in Etnaville.
A large crowd of boys and men tried to
take things into their own hands. Two
men from Beaver Falls had charge OF
the car. Bricks were hurled
and the windows broken.
The passengers escaped from
the car, after making narrow escapes
from being hit with the missiles. The
rioters next tried to take possession OF
the car. The crew attempted to defend
themselves, one with the iron crank,
and the other with the switch iron used
on the cars. The crowd was driven
back, and the shattered car taken to
the car barn. No other attempt was
made yesterday to run the cars on that
division of the line.
Similar was the Forty-third street
difficulty. 1t was about o'clock yes
terday afternoon, when car No. 3, Nina
was coming up town. A hooting gang
OF boys, who had been there all day
shouting, became holder, and piled
bricks on the car tracks. The car was
brought TO a standstill, and the crowd
began TRADE On the car and its occu-
! pants. Stones, snow-balls and bricks
were thrown at the car, the occupants
by this time found shelter inside. The
car was broken, the trolley rope cut, and
man on the car got Slugged
with a brick. The street car men ven
tured outside, to clear the tracks. Here
new missiles in the form Of large peta-
toes were thrown at the men. To say
that they were battered would be put
ting it In a mild form. Then older
heads appeared and told the men to go
back with their car, or they would kill
them. The men then took the car
back to the barn.
A passenger who had bad battering
was very indignant. His clothes were
soiled aud he had been hit with brick.
Another passenger said: "The mat
ter has now come 20 such a pass
that it is necessary to swear in deputies
to protect not only the property, but
peoples lives"