Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-12

and he was knocked from the mule, and
got a painful wound In the head. The
man who hit him was arrested, and will
be tried this morning. A little after the
first fight the trumpeter OF the Four
teenth Regiment was hit with club Ia
the hands OF one of the boys Of the
Fourteenth Regiment. The trouble
started about the giving OF an order.
Both men were arrested, and will be
tried this morning. The trumpeter
got bad cut ABOVE the eye in the
scrap.
NOTES ABOUT THE CAMP.
The detachuents sent last Sunday to
Barton, Flushing and Maynard still re-
main there.
Bathing 10 the creek. by soldiers,
was stopped yesterday, by request OF
the Bridgeport authorities.
The elegant field glass was taken to
Bunker Hill for the first time yester-
day. The battery is still stationed on
Bunker Hill.
The soldier could not be found yes
terday who did not praise the REGIS
TER's full account Sunday OF the pro-
ceedings in general at Camp Wheeling
Greek.
Manager II. Brennaman, OF the
Wheeling Bakery, states that the re-
port that his bakery wagons delivered
bread to the Wheeling Creek camp is
untrue.
The Railroad Company moved FIVE
trains OF coal before noon yesterday,
making over $50 LOADS. About one
hundred empties were returned before
the bridge was burned.
About four o'clock yesterday morn
ing, one of the pickets on the South
hill was fred on twice by some one In
ambush. The picket was not hit, and
the fire was not returned.
Captain ]. f. McFaddsn, OF Colum.
bus, who has been in camp ever since
il was established at wheeling Greek,
will leave FOR his home. His duties as
lawyer makes his presence there
necessary.
At o'clock yesterday. all was re-
ported quiet at Flushing, Barton and
Maynard, and at o'clock, word came
from McClainesvlle and Mineral Siding
that the situation had no new develop
ments there.
1t was reported in Bridgeport and
around that Governor Mckinley would
be at the camp to-day, owing TO the tel
egram sent oy the miners saying they
had been misrepresented. There Is moth
ing in the rumor.
Colonel A. Z. Colt, OF the Fourteenth
Regiment, is one OF the most efficient
officers in the camp. de Is jolly
fellow, and has the distinction Of being
a red hot Democrat, aud the only Col
| onel in Ohio of the same persuasion.
Charles O'Hare, Of engine No. 81, a
well-known fireman OF the c., l.. Il W.,
reported for work yesterday after oeing
off duty IS the result OF being hit by a
stone thrown by one OF the miners as
he was passing Wheeling Creek mines.
Capt. George B. Donsvin has been
given charge OF the train which runs
between Bridgeport aud the camp. Thi:
train is used to carry provisions. Large
quantities Of provisions are now being
received from this city by the way oil
Bridgeport.
Yesterday morning some OF the Of
fcers went to Bridgeport and asked
that the officials of the town pay them
visit. They supplied them with
passes, and last evening, they all went
| out and were shown around, and had a
pleasant time.
Engineer Al. Burke, OF the c., l.. &
W., wishes the REGISTER to say that be
never said that ten cents a ton was
enough for coal miner 10 get for his
work. Reports that he said this has
been reported widely among the miners,
and he wishes it known that the re-
| port is false.
Drill is the name OF the little postoffice
near the camp. Since the soldiers came
the little Office has been doing more In
one day than in month formerly. Two
Western Union operators are on the
ground, and they found IL necessary tc
send for another. The Railroad Com
pany has hired two additional men, and
they are stationed in the postofiice
building.
The Sixteenth Regiment is the
largest one in the camp. This is
the only detachment, too, which
has a band in the camp. Orders
were received yesterday from Co.
lumbus that the Regiment should
be ready at any time TO go &c
Columbus, as there is danger OF riot
near there. Two hundred OF the mem
bers OF this Regiment are already al