Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-24

morning. Several persons left the
steamer there, aud returned to Pitts
burg by rail- The fighting during the
night bad been pretty general, and so
much noise was made that no person
was allowed to sleep.
The steauAer left Pittsburg in gala at
tire. National flags fOated in the
breeze from every point, and the hurri-
cane deck and Texas presented a natty
appearance. In the cabin hung baskets
OF artificial, flowers, and the furniture
was neat aud bright.
AurS OF VANDALISM.
As soon as drink began TO tell on the
faces and Ia the conduct OF the crowd,
some person plucked flower from one
OF the hanging baskets for bOuton-
Mere. This was the signal for gen.
eral Onslaught, and In a short time moth
ing but shreds Of wire, twisted and
bent, hung suspended from the ceiling,
while every man and woman on the boat
was decorated with flowers. A
Pittsburg band, said to have
been the Great Western, was
stationed In the saloon, and rendered a
programme of dance music. The story
of the drunken orgies enacted In the
cabin. as related by passengers, would
be unfit for publication. Drunken Cy-
prlans, from the lowest resorts In the
Smoky City, were guilty Of the most
brazen acts OF indecency, aud their
male companions, who Outnumbered
them seven 10 one, clamored and fought
for the favor of the courtesans.
NJ, porw,ffta1 than calvaa m kn Drpn0
TO blows by the most degraded females,
and at times chairs, glasses and other
portable articles were flying about the
cabin in lndeScribable confusion. All
night the Bacchanalian revel continued,
and with the dawn Of day the floor OF
the cabin was found to be covered with
clotS of blood, mingled with stale beer,
cigar and cigarette butts, and the at
mosphere filed with the smoke from
the tobacco used by both men and
women. Anumber of the men received
scars in the fsticuffs, and all were more
or less used up.
THE BAND LEAVES.
Just before reaching Steubenville, it
Is said that woman engaged in fight
with a nah who was jealous of her at
tentionS 10 another, and she was badly
beaten. While the boat was making a
landing at the Steubenville wharf, two
men engaged In fight which ended in
both falling over the guards into the
river. One OF the boats passengers
told q REGISTER reporter Of the occur
renee, adding:
Zone oflthe men was fished out"
''And what became Of the Other?"
"0h. be, will be fiShed out later"
Conflicting statements were made re-
garding the drowning at Steubenville,
but it is doubtful IL there were dozen
men on the boat sober enough to know
whether the mans life was saved or
not.
The me mbers Of the band, who had
been playing nearly all night, left the
boat at Steubenville and returned TO
Pittsburgh The crowd was too tough
for them and they placed too high a
value upoh their lives, to even think OF
making the round trip.
Between Steubenville and Wheeling
the Andes and Sunshine had a spirited
race, which ended In a victory for the
latter. She stopped at the Fharfboat
and the 81 cursion steamer lahded just
below.
ARRIVED AT WHEELING.
When the gang plank ttpched the
wharf thd crowd swarmed oy the land
lag and oyer the streets in p central
part Of The city. No. re lying
f.h;ld-eul Crv for Dit as4cr;..