Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-16
MANY DISTURBANCES
Along the Line Of the Street Railway,
Yesterday.
DISORDERLY SCENES ON THE SOUTH SIDE
The Car Tracks Blocked, Many Stones Thrown, and
Car Windows Broken-0ns Arrest Made By
the POlice-A Conference With the
Mayor Last Night
DIsORDRRLY SCENES ON THE SOUTH SIDE

There was more than the usual
amount of disorder along the line OF the
street railway. in the Sixth and Eighth
wards, and in Benwood, yesterday. .
Many Instructions were PLACED on the
tracks during the day, from Twenty
Seventh street down, and bricks and
stones were thrown atnthe cars and at
the men engaged in running them.
No one was hurt, but that is matter
of good luck, and is not at all the fault
OF the disOrderly people who made the
trouble.
The most serious trouble or the day
gan at Twenty-seventh street, about
half-past five o'clock, and ended at
Thirty-third street about half-past
seven.
1t has been the recent custom for the
Company to make the five o'clock trip
the last one, the cars going down to the
barn as fast as they reached Forty-thlrd
street after that hour, aud the police
patrol wagon has been sent down about
five to bring up the men doing extra
day duty ia the lower wards TO answer
six o'clock roll call and 90 10 their reg
ular beats. The police say this custom
was carried out on their part last
night, as they had no notice that the
cars would run longer than usual,
and that about quarter after i've
the men were gathered up, commenc-
ing at Forty-eighth street, and brought
up town, while the cars made an extra
trip. However this may be, car "Pansy"
reached Twenty-seyenth street, bound
south, about half-past five, and found
the track INSTRUCTED with stones, bricks
aad other stuff, while yelling crowd
of half-grown boys aud an occasional
man lined the sidewalk, this not being
the first obstruction Of the day at that
point, as will be seen later on. The OBJ
structions were cleared away by the
men on the car, but on Chapline street,
between Twenty-Seventh and Twenty
eighth streets, more distractions were
found, and there the crowd materially
increased, and the car was again brought
TO a stop. Word was telephoned 10 the
City Hall and the patrol wagon
with Chief McNichol and officers
Buch, Moran, Daum and Snider, went
TO the scene, and after some trouble and
delay the track was cleared and the car
proceeded. The crowd kept pace with
it, however, the boys keeping up all
manner of yellS, only TO be again
brought to q halt at Thirty-third street,
where the track was obstructed by logs,
bricks and stones. Here the crowd
several hundred, and they
made a general raid on the car, many
stones being thrown. Conductor WI
son and Operator Haines abandoned the
car, which was thrown from the track,
and most of the glass was mashed out
of it by missiles Here car No. 40 caught
up with "Pansy," while the police en-
deavored to drive back the mob and
get things In operation again. The
crowd obeyed the officers fairly well
with one exception, man named Casper
Alblnger. He refused to move aAd was
put under arrest and taken to the City
Hall. After the lapse of considerable
time, while waiting on four men sum-
moned from the barn, the street railway
people concluded it would be inexpedi-
ent, if not impossible, to get the cars
down to Forty-eight street and into the
barn, and about half past seven they
started back up town and were taken TO
Tenth street, where they remained all
night. After this was done, SuDerin-
tendent Lotus and Manager Jolly held
D conference with Mayor Caldwell, at
the office Of the company. The Mayor
Is strongly inclined to swear in a force
Of special police, and may do so to-day.
OTHER INCIDENTS OF THE DAY.
About noon yesterday, at an interval
in the running Of the street cars, boys
piled bricks and all sorts of stones and
wood, on Twenty-seyenth street be-
tween Main and Chapline streets. For
D whole square the tracks were literally
covered. A down town car ran of the
track, aud soon three more were there.
As usual, the boys took things into
their own hands, and acted very dis
as on previous occasions. Off
GERS Wilkie and Donovan arrived and
luieted the disturbance.
Yesterday forenoon car "Olive" was
run to Benwood On it was Superin-
tendeht LOTUS and several other men.
They were closely watched on the trip.
When the car was making its return
trip it was stopped by the tracks
being blockaded. Stones, ties and
boards had TO be cleared from the rails
before it could proceed. Another trip
with the same car was attempted later,
but the tracks were so covered with all
sorts OF rubbish that IL was necessary
to run the car into the barn. No further
attempt was made to run the car to
Benwood during the day.
A boy named Travis, Of BOggs' Run,
yesterday hurled q brick at conductor
on street car at Thirty-eighth street,
and the employees escape was narrow
one.
The piles of brick left on the east side
Of Jacob street, between Forty-third
and Forty-eighth streets, by the street
car Company, where they were repair
Ing their tracks, were never relished by
citizens there. During the present diff
fculty this feeling toward the Company
IN leaving the bricks there has been
augmented. Chris Viewig, one Of the
best known citizens, went TO work yes
,erday and dumped the bricks in front
Of his place into the gutter.
Mr.. Newton, of the street car Com
pany, who was so terribly beaten by the
mot at FOrty-eighth street, few days
ago, was able TO be out few minutes
Tor the first time yesterday. He left
his room on South Jacob street and
went 10 a neigh boring house. When he
was returning he had become so weak
hat he nearly fell before reaching the
rouse. The other man, Hartman, who
was beaten, does not improve as rapidly
Is Newton.
The warrants are still at Squire
SchulIz's Office, and unserved, for the
arrest Of MeSsrS. Wright and Newton,
If the Street Car company, for the
Of firearms and the carrying Of