The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-14

The feature Of the troubles at Wheel.
ing Creek yesterday was tho arrest Of
several ringleadors, causing not n little
excitement among tho miners. W. W.
Ramsey, OF tho firm Of Ramsey, Max.
well & liatnaey, tho counsellors Of tho
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and
Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling rail-
roads, and Deputy United States Mar.
Bhal Edward schlcsinscr and twenty
llvo deputies, all OF Cincinnati. left that
city OF Tuesday evening and arrived
yesterday. They went out to tho coal
works at an early hour and began to
search for tho ringlCadcrs Of tho min
ers who stopped coal trains. Tho mr.
rests were ordered by Judge Taft, OF
tho United States court at Cincinnati,
aud the marshal and his men were
armed heavily.
The first miner arrested was Charles
Heidi, and lator his brother, August
lIoldL. The next miner arrested was
Michael Malsilki, followed by George
Ballick.
ChurlosH oldtand Malsilki were hand
cuftcd and August lleldt and Eallick
were fastened together. Tine four men
wero placed in the guard house and
carefully guarded during tho day. They
were we'll fed and received good treat
ment at tho hands OF tho Ro!diora and
deputies. Capt. Schlesinger told these
men that they would DO taken to Gin
c%innati; that they would have to stay
there some time; that il thoy wished to
SEQ any OF their families or wished any
clothing he would attend TO the matter.
Charles ucldt said he had never beun
in Cincinnati and did not know what
kind OF clothing they needed in that
place. Tho men supposed they would
70 to the county Jail at ST. Clairsville
and were astonished TO hear thoy werC
going to Cincinnati. or rather the two
Heldt brothers were. The others did
not seem to know the difference between
Cincinnati and BenwooG.
The Heidi boys wcro neatly dressed
and are not bad looking. Charley is
tveRty-three and August twonty-one.
Their f%atler, who was Z miner, died
six years ago, and the family live in
their own properly on the pike near
the coal works. Their mother visited
them yesterday and the scone was
affecting. Mike MaIsiiki said he thought
he was about twenty-thrce and Ba!lick
twenty-onc. They Understood English
only fairly we'll and have been in this
country several years.
Tho boys said they had harmed moth
ing, but if they did 20 tho penitentiary
they would be as well OF as digging coal
ut fifty cents a ton. 1t il understood
that tho railroad company has positive
evidence against them, and they will
each get terms in the p~cnitentiary.
Judge Taft says he gave them lair warm
ing, and is very angry.
Low many arrests tho marshals will
make is not known. They have n NUM-
ber OF names and other arrests will be
Iuade further up the road. 1t seems
reasonably certain that several will get
from Two to ten years and others q lon
ger term. Ono or two may get 4 life
eentence.
Can't. Schlesirger says he has an c1-
ceilcnt iorce OF deputies. nil Cincinnati
men and most OF them policemen.
II CAMP WELL GUARDED.
Two hundred men wero on guard yes
terday, and very few visitors were ad.
mittcd because Of the presence OF depu.
ty marahals and arrests made.
Tuesday night was an exceedingly
quiet ono in camp, tho quietcst yet.
The only shot heard was tho accidental
discharge OF n musket.
Word was received Mt headquarters
that the miners had n annon on the
hill at AEidva!e, and this would bo cap
tured by Col. Colt. Several shots were
fired and stones thrown up there On
Tuesday night.
Early yesterday morning Sergeant
Smith, OF tho Third, fell through bridge
No. aud was hurt. During the night
he commanded Il squad that drove back