Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-12
THE CAR STRIKE.
ABOUT A DOZEN CARS RUNNING YES-
TERDAY.
No So rious Disturbance During tho Day, bat a
Few Missiles Thrown at EotOrmsn-
Incidents Of the Day.

Street cars, to the number ofa dozen,
ran steadily all day Yesterday, but were
only patronized to moderate extent.
There was no very serious violence
during the day, the opposition to the
employees taking the form Of cries OF
'.black-sheep,, and "Ba-a-a" and the
throwing OF few stones at men and
cars, at odd times.
No one was hurt during the day,
however. The cars stopped running at
about six o'clock, In the evening, but
will resume operations to-day. Chief
McMicho had double force Of men on
duty on the South Side roads all day.
The men are beginning TO feel the
strains of Ioosing so much sleep, as the
night force has been doing day duty
also during most Of the week.
During the day three Of the employees
of the Company quit work. A crowd OF
persons was standing at Forty-third
street yesterday afternoon when car
on which was Assistant Superintendent
Tucker and two new employees came
down town. Mike Speidel motioned to
the men and said he wanted to speak to
them. They both left the car, and
Speidel said something to them, and
! both Quit right there. Mr.. Tucker was
left TO run the car to the barn, and the
two men lost no time in starting for
Bellaire.
At Thirty-eighth street, yesterday,
some men on the sidewalks were sue
| cessful in getting a conductor OF the
street car. They marched him up
street, and from all appearances ne has
quit for good.
The statement in yesterday morn
| ing's IntelLiqencer that Sheriff Mat
thews, of Marshall county, had gone to
Benwood with posse and arrested four
OF the ringleaders, who were bound
over in the sum of five hundred DOL
lars, was the subject OF much converse
ton yesterday, because the en-
tire item was false from be-
ginning to end. In conversation
with the Sheriff, be said there was no
truth in II; that he and Deputy Nc
Combs had gone from Moundsville to
Benwood in the afternoon, but-when
they got there the riot had been Quelled;
that Constable Sprouts had arrested
one man, as stated by the REGISTER,
who had been bound over TO the Grand
Jury by Justice Riddle, but that he mad
arrested anybody, or that there was
any disturbance while he was there,
was all fabrication. He laughed about
| a
mad no doubt but that had il been nec-
essary he could have organized posse
I'm BenwOod in q few minutes. The
REGIsTER's account Of the riot was re-
liably correct, and the paper was much
sought after all day yesterday.
All was serene, apparently, at Squire
Shultz's corner yesterday Afternoon,
when there was great explosion heard.
People looked from their doors and win
dows, aud seeing street car, thought
awful things. 1t was found that per-
sons, not known, had placed very
large dynamite torpedo on the tracks,
and downtown car had run oyer it.
Yesterday street car at Thirty
eighth street was compelled to stop,
owing to the fact that the power failed.
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assembled. Adam Shrum got brick
aud hurled 1t at the motorman. 1t mar
rowly escaped his head, and hit by
stander, Adam Honicker, on the neck.
1t nearly knocked Adam down, and he
was compelled to take TO his bed. Late
in the evening he was able to be about
again.
Warrants have been sworn out before
SQUIRE Schultz for MeSsrs. Wright and
Newton, OF the street car company. IL
is said u warrant will soon be issued FOR
Mr.. Tucker. None OF these warrants
have vet been served. The charge is the
pointing of firearms.
DR.. Baguley made the statement yes
terday that Mr.. Newton was getting
along as well as could be expected, and
that he would not lose his eye. Mr..
Hartman's condition is very critical, and
there are grave fears that he is injured
internally.
There was an event at VIM. Knoke's
| place on the South Side yesterday, that
was rot without its amusing features.
| An old gentleman wearing glasses was
riding up town, the only passenger on
the street car. He next came rushing
into Mr.. Kuoke's place carrying badly
broken pair of glasses. He stated a
stone had been thrown through the car
window and he had made sush narrow
escape that his glasses were swept from
his face, without being in any way in
jured. He decided TO and did walk
| then.
Cabs, 'busses and wagons ran all day
Yesterday between Twelfth street and
Forty-third and did big business, es-
pecially in the evening.