Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-07
Run Riot in Mar8eilles, Doing Serious
Damage to Property.
THE MILITARY WAS CALLED OUT
After the Police and Civil Author
tiles Had Shown Themselves
Powerless to Quell the Disturb
ances-An Appeal Made to
James Gordon Bennett For Aid.
The Civil Authorities Said to
Favor the Strikers.

MARsEIILEs, November 6.-The
strike of the EN- Rloyes Of the horse car
lines in this city assumed a most threat
eninQ aspect to-day. The police seem
utterly unable TO cope with the MOB,
and it is probable that the soldiers Will
have to be called upon to suppress riot
ing. The horse car yards ana staoles
of the different companies are already
guarded by troops. and there is pros
meet of q collision between the military
and the rioiers before the day passes.
This morning a mob Of over 5000 rioters
assembled on the cannebiere, the widest
and most frequented thoroughfare
of this city, and overturned
fifteen horse cars which the companies
ATTEMPTED to run. In addition the RI
oters saturated one of the cars with pc
troleum and set fire TO it amid the
cheers and yells of the thousands OF RI,
oters crowding around the overturned
car. The men on strike demand more
wages and fewer working-hours and In
order to enforce their demands COM
menced rloting yesterday and burned
several cars which they had previously
saturated with petroleum. The rioters
also tore up the horse car tracks In a
number of places, cheered on In their
work of destruction by thousands OF
people who seemed to be in sympathy
with the strikers.
The rioting was renewed last unight
when q number of additional cars were
burned and all traffic on the street rail-
roads was stopped.
The Mayor of the city is doing his
utmost to bring about an amicaole set
element of the di7pute between the
strikers and their employers, but all
efforts tending towards pacihcatlon
have been fruitess up to the present
| time.
The employees Of the car lines refuse
to 90 to work unless the lines are
guarded by troops. The strikers this
| afternoon tore up more Of the horse cal
tracks in several places. Placards were
posted by the strikers saying that they
| depend upon the support OF the genera
public in order to enable them to trl
-hv IroVrhs was continued through
out the afternoon, the total twenty-five
cars being overturned and smashed an
the harness Of the horses cut 10 pieces.
The strikers have issued manifesto
urging the men to continue the strike,
and have written to Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett, proprietor of the New York
| Herald, ing for assistance and re-
calling t. . $50, 900 francs which were
given to the strikers of Paris.
A conference took place this after
noon between delegations from the
horse car companies and the municipal
authorities. during which one Of the
directors OF horse car line accused the
Mayor Of melting the population
against the company, and insinuated
that the municipal authorities had in
stigated the strike.
The Mayor and other municipal Of
fcers, indignant at the statement made
by the directors, left the room where
the conference was held.
The disorders continue. Fifty cars
were damaged by the strikers, and the
drivers were beaten and forced to flee
for their lives The police have arrest
ed sixty-two of the rioters. M. Miller
and, Jaures, Viviand and Roger have
been asked to come to Marssllles to or
ganize the strikers.