Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-02
EXCITING Times
DOWN IN THE EIGHTH WARD LAST EVEN
ING.
A Fire at the Street Railway Stable Lsars 70 tx
citing RumoTs-StOnss IhrOwn-Asld
for An Examiaahon--Ihs
Days Events.


broken in cars, two men were struck oy
stones. and a few distractions were
placed on the tracks.
The most exciting incident OF the
day. however, was the FIRE, last evening"
at the Railway COmpany's stable near
the "barn" and just below Forty-eighth
street. The rumor came flying up town
about seven o'clock that the barn" IT.
self had been fired by persons in sym
pathy with the strikers, and that scene
Of wild disorder was in progress at For
tv-eirhth street. Fortunately this was
entirely false, but 1t created much ex-
citement for time.
INCIDENTS DURING THE DAY.
Cars ran to Benwood yesterday with
ont incident or trouble. except IN the
case of the first car in the morning. A
stone was fired through a window OF
this car on its first trip, and pasSen-
ger. whose name was not learned, was
hit. hut he was not hurt much. Inc
Railroad Company had men at work dur
ing the day keeping this part or the line
clear of mud, etc. One Of the employees
AZ the Company's "barn," the night
foreman, has beeu boarding at place
near the b. & o. bridge. On several
occasions he has been threatened, ana
Yesterday he said he knew that men
were LAYING for him" and he moved up
TO this city as a measure Of precaution.
AN OFFICER DISCHARGED.
Reference was made yesterday morn
ing 10 the fact that when CHIEF NC
Nichol went TO Twenty-sixth street,
Tuesday night. in response to mes
sage that the track was INSTRUCTED, he
found the officer detailed for that spot
absent. The Chief drove around the
ward several times but could not find
the oficer-FaheY. Yesterday the
Chief made inquiries as to where the
officer was, and on aScertainlng the
facts summarily dismissed him from the
force and appointed James Drilier in
his stead.
HELD IN $1,000 BAIL
Yesterday John Burke, former en-
Move of the Street Railway Company,
was arrested by the Sheriff on war
rant which charged him with having
thrown stones az street car last SUI
dav night, during the trouble on Wood
street. Burke was taken before Justice
Caldwell. who held him in $1,000 Tor q
hearing next Monday afternoon. Those
who know Burke say he worked Tor the
Company for fourteen years and give
him good reputation.
LAST NIGHTS FIRE.
Abont six o'clock last night people
living in the vicinity Of the Company 5
'barn" az FOrty-eighth street, saw
smoke issuing from the stable, which
stands lust east of the "barn," and
which is separated from it. Those who
first saw the smoke paid but little at
, tention to il, not thinking for moment
j of fire. but about twenty minutes after
i six it became certain that the building
! which is an irOn-clad structure
was on fire, and telephone mes
sage was sent 10 the Eighth
ward engine house, from which point
police Headquarters was notified. The
patrol wagon, with big force oil
police. was on its way to FOrty-third
street at the time, and g squad or the
eighth street, arriving almost as soon
as the engine company, ana were Iol-
lowed in a few minutes by Mayor Cald-
well. who had been informed OF the
alarming rumors current on the
streets. and who at once
decided TO go TO the scene
in person. Chief OF Police Nc
Nicholl also repaired 10 the scene and
took personal charge OF the force in
tho Eighth ward, with Lieutenant Gaus
in immediate command. The firemen
soon had a line Of hose on
the fire, under the direction OF
Chief Healy, and after about an
hours hard work the flames were
extin1uished. The loss to the Com
pany will hardly be over a few hun
bred dollars, as the horses were res
cued. From the best information OBJ
tanned last night, an electric wire IL re-
sponsible for the FIRE, as the wires run
ming into the stable are not insulated,
and old employees said il had often been
predicted that they would some day
cause fire. The stories OF ineendiar-
ism seem 10 be wholly without founda-
tiOn.
EXCITEMENT OVER TIE FIRE.
The alarm Of fire, as matter OF
course, added very materially TO the
excitement usual in the lower end OF
town and the upper part OF Benwood,
these evenings, and very large crowd
OF people, composed OF about eQnal
parts OF men, women aud children,
was attracted to FOrty-eighth street.
The line of hose across the railway
track prevented the movement
OF cars, and as the power
was shut off the cars stopped at all sorts
of places along the line, and this gave
color 10 the exciting rumOrS up town,
that a riot was in progress and that the
''barn" was burning. Some Of the
operators on the cars got ''rsttled" and
the crew OF a car at Thirty-tifth street
abandoned il and left the car to the ten
der mercy Of anyone disposed TO de-
stroy it. A policeman was placed on
guard over il as soon as Chief Nc
Nicholl discovered it was abandoned.
DISORDER AFTER THE FIRE.
About eight o'clock, when the fire.
men were preparing TO quit work, and
while about one hundred or more people
were standing about the intersection of
Jacob and Eorty-eighth streets, two en-
ployes OF the Company left the barn
and started up Jacob street TO man the
car which had been abandoned, as stated
above. As soon as the two men crossed
Forty-eighSh street into the city,the cry
OF There goes some sheep" was raised
and about fifty young men and boys
started after them. There were three
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