Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-03
TRYING TO START UP,
BUT FURTHER TROUBLE EXPERIENCED ON
THE STREET CAR LINE YESTERDAY.
The Arbitration Committee Of the Trades Assem-
bly, Makes a Satensnt-Managsr Jolly
Prepared TO Start the Whole Service
as Soon as Police Protection
Is Assured.

The street car strike remains I'M
settled, and from present indications
there is little prospect of an early ad-
ipstment. There were six cars running
Yesterday, mostly around the loop, no
attempt being made to extend the SER
vice to Benwood. During portion OF
the day cars ran over to Ktnaville, but
remembering the experience OF last
Tuesday, did not venture into the heart
of the town, but stopped at the end OF
the back river bridge, and then re-
turned.
While certain people appreciated the
starting up OF the cars, the patronage
is as yet light, several cars running
over the route with but two or three
peoDle in them. So long as the strike
is not settled, and in view OF the deDre-
dations likely TO occur at any moment,
passengers feel somewhat timid about
getting on the cars for fear brick or
an egg will come sailing through the
window or they will be struck with
broken glass. 1t is unfortunate that
this state OF affairs exists, as hundreds
who like to ride, regard the experiment
as too venturesome 10 attempt.
There was no attempt at a conference
Yesterday, and the matter now stands
as before. The statement OF the Arol-
tration Committee appears below. Man
ager Jolly states that he will have the
whole service ia operation as soon as
be can be assured of police protection.
There was a little more trouble on
the South Side, yesterday afternoon,
which interiered with the running OF
cars for a time. Between halt-past
three and four O'Clock mob OF bc7s
and not a few girls and young women
cengregated at the corner of t. envy
seventh and Main sire 5ts' 10
watch for down-to-'n car
and some of the boz began TO
Mace stones and b-iuR on the track
The evamDle was contagious, and In a
verv sbort time ulty boys and a number
- -irIs opd wen women were Juggling
Stones rick, boards, sticks, and all
me,lher of similar stuff, until quite a
large section of the track was well
filled, and cars could not move. a sim
liar state of affairs existed at Twenty
seventh and Chapline streets.
Word was telephOned to police head
Quarters, and Officers Fahey and Trlsch-
Ter went to the spot and scattered the
crowd after some little trouble. The
distractions were then removed sutli-
GENTLY to allow cars TO pass. Along
towards evening, however, other OBJ
structions were placed here and there
on the track, and as the railroad men
understood that n particularly warm re-
ception was TO be accorded cars run
ming down town late ia the evening,
three cars which happened to be up
town were kept near Tenth street all
night. This opposition to the running
of cars seems 10 centre on the South
Side below Twenty-ffth or Twenty
sixth streets, and in Etnavllle. No
car makes a trip without encountering
distractions in the Sixth and Eighth
wards and on the Ohio side, in the
shape of sticks, bricks and stones, and
after dark, mud, decayed eggs, snow
balls, and .other missiles are thrown by
unseen persons at the motormen and
conductors, or at the cars themselves,
and many car windows have been
broken in this manner.
At many points on the South Side,
Yesterday, crowds Of from twenty to
seventy-fve persons would collect and
boot all sorts Of epithets at the motor
men and conductors of passing cars,
and these men were often compelled to
leave their cars to remove distractions.
One stone, placed on the track on
Twenty-seventh street, required the
efforts of several men to remove it.