Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-27
-FOUR SHOTS Fired
ALlITLE EXCITEMENT IN STREET RAILWAY
CIRCLES YESIERDlY.
Stones Thrown in Marshall County and il the
C!y-A Car Jumps the Track and a
Crowd Gathsrs-Brcks Thrown and
Shots Fired, But No One Hurt


there were several exciting and inter
esting little episodes in the southern
end of the town and in Benwood, yester-
day afternoon and last evening, which
eliminated, about half-past seven
o'clock, on Wood street, below Fortieth,
in two or three bricks being thrown at
a car and four shots fred from the car
IN return.
The first trouble OF the day occurred
about half past four o'clock. on the Ben
wood extension Of the line, Ia the neigh
borhOOd Of Boggs' Run. There 40
unknown individual threw a stone az q
mOtormaD, the car was stopped and
lively little interchange Of person
alities more forclbls than
polite occurred between operator the
and the unknown, which attracted the
attention Of number OF people, and
the news OF which came up TO the lower
end of the city in an exaggerated form.
Nothing more occurred until about
half-paSt Eve o'clock, when a south
bound car jumped the track az Forty
fifth street. One story was that some
boys had placed stones and sticks on
tho track at this point, while this was
denied by others, and still other persons
on the ground az the time could not say
whether the car left the track
from this cause or not. At any
rate the efforts OF the ears
crew to get the wheels back on the track
were futile for a long time, and three or
four more cars ran down Jacob street
and stopped above the scene of the acci-
dent A large crowd Of curious Specta-
tors were attracted 70 the locality, and
there was some jeering aad guy
Ing of the men on the cars, princi-
pally by boys, but as several
police officers were on hand no violence
was attempted. The car was finally
gotten back on the rails, but not being
quite in position the wheels again left
the track about a square further south,
and falling into a place where the paw
ing bricks had been removed, the last
situation was worse than the first ana
great deal of time elapsed before the
car wheels were again on the rails and
the string of cars had moved down to
the car barn below FOrty-eighth street.
A good many people who had been
spectators of this incident walked on
down 70 the city line at Forty-eighth
street out OF curiosity, and a number
remained there.
When the cars had all arrived It was
seven o'clock and quite dark, but car
was run out 70 bring the wOrkmen in
the barn up town, as is done every even
ing. While the car was on the Jacob
street extension in front OF the barn,
and below FOrty-eighth street, some Of
the spectators got excited al seeing q
revOlver-Or what vas claimed TO be a
revover-in the hands of one OF the
wOrkmen on the car, and the atten-
tiOn OF Officers Devlin and Meyers was
called 10 the matter, and they were
asked TO interfere. The officers told the
complainant they had no right 20 say or
do anything, as the car was SKILL outside
the limits OF the eth, which was true.
Meanwhile some excitement began 70
manifest itself, and threats were made
towards the men In the car, some OF
the crowd claiming they were
all armed. The car then ran
across FOrty-eighth street into the city,
when il was stopped, and there were re-
newed demands that the men in the car
be searched and disarmed, one man on
board being pointed out as being 10 pos
session OF a pistol. Officer Devlin en-
tered the car and searched the man who
had been pointed out TO him, but could
find no pistol, although number Of
persons insisted he had one. Con-
stable Wilcox, who had been on
duty on che cars for the Company, got
on the car, and amid some excitement
the car moved off. When the car
Into Wood, good many people being
cOngregated In the vicinity, some one
threw brick or stone into the car, and
Constable Wilcox fired a shot-in the
air, as he claims-tO deter any further
onslaught. This shot only added 70
the excitement in the neighbOrhOOd,
but the car run on until il got up
about FOrty-secOnd street, when the
Constable fired two more shots, and
little later a fourth. The shooting
brought people out OF their houses all
along the street, and many supposed a
regular riot was In progress. The po-
lice were on hand, aud the car having
stopped through an accident 70 the
trOlly, Officer Meyers told Wilcox be
must not shoot again, as 10 could not be
allowed. The Constable and others on
the car claim the shots up about
FOrty-secOnd street were in response TO
3 brick thrown into the car by someone
hidden from sight, and claim they had
reason 10 fear a general attack on the
rar, while people on the sidewalks say
they saw no stones thrown, but that on
n in ha
erouched down behind the dashboard
aud In other sheltered places, with
drawn revOlverS, which could be seen
shining as tire car went on its way,
and that the men In the car
seemed TO be aiming at people along the
street and ready TO shoot. At the same
time this charge was made IL was admit
ted that the car was dark inside, all the
usual lights in 10 having been eXtin-
Kuished. and that il was hard 10 diStin-
guish what was going on inside and
upon it.
No further trouble occurred after the
car passed Fbrtieth street, and Il came
on up town Without event. The police
on duty in lhe Eighth ward were on
hand right along during the Skirmish-
Ing, and say that they did what they
could to Dreserve the peace.
There is continued complaint in the
Eighth ward that the men on the Com
panyS cars are OiscOurteOus TO the pub
lie, that they DO not stop for passengers,
particularly ladies, aud that they seem
Inclined 20 make trouble generally IN
that part of town.
CHANCE Of the season 10 get a fine
Umbrella cheapl J. G. DILLON & Co.