Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-01-24
The Managers Of the Street Railways
Positively
Refuse to Accept an Offer t" Arbitrate
the Troub,s$Ss$
Less Disorder 3 IA Any Pre-
vious Day s :..SSle Strike Be-
gan-one Fatally Shot.
But Nc s Jus Conflicts Be-
tween Militia and MObS.
All Qh LAST Night-One Reg
iment w ithdraWn.

BROoRLYN, n. y, January 23.-There is
q greater puolic confidence in the main
tenance of public order to-day than on any
day since tue strike commenced. The city
is ABOUT free from the vague terrorism OF
nameless deeds by moos which kept the
public mind at high tension and
served TO increase the danger OF serious
collision and outbreaks. The mere rowdy-
ism which Is looking for trouole and wants
10 destroy property from wantonness mas
been pretty well suppressed. III has peep
demonstrated to those characters that the
militia will shoot 10 kill, II necessary TO
suppress lawleSsness.
Another aoortive attempt was made on
behalf of the strikers to-day TO induce the
trolley officials TO agree TO submit TO arol-
tration. The proposal which was submit
ted TO President Norton Of the Atlantic
Avenue Company was fatty refused.
Another man was shot, probably fatally,
by the military to-day. a TIN rooIer
named Thomas Kearney, at work on roof
in Hicks street, is said by the troops 10
have hurled bricks ana other missiles at
them. He denies this in the statement he
made TO the coroner after being shot. The
bullet, which nit him in the thigh, pene-
trated his abdomen was without douot
aimed at him aGd was not random shot.
There has Oeen no innocent oystanders nit
by the militia thus far, all three men that
have been hit having been IN parley with
the militia and shot az because they failed
to obey orders OF the militia.
There are no indications OF the liuemen
quitting work. They are under contract
with the companies for from 80 10 10 days.
The fact that the Thirteenth regiment
was this evening relieved from active
duty is believed TO be Indicative OF the
beginning of tue end.
This evening passed without sensational
incidents Of any kind.
The executive board Of District Assem-
biy -, *. of r., waited on President Nor
ton TO-DAY with an offer TO aroitrate. MIR.
Norton refused point blank.
The executive committee OF ID. a. 30 has
issued the following manifesto:
To whom it may concern: Our repre-
sentstives, agreeable TO instructions, called
on Benjamin Norton, Esq, president of the
Atlantic Avenue Railway Company and
presented or offered to accept Mr.. Will
liam J. Richardson, director IN the
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company, and
secretary-Ureasurer OF the American and
New YORK State Street Railroad Union,
of twenty-seven years. experience in rail
road affairs, as person TO whom we
would uuconditionally submit our grley-
auCes Tor adjustment IN accOrudnce WIN
the announced resolution, but that Mr.
/ Norton declined TO treat with our repre-
sentative in any way"
AT o'clock tonight Corporal Doyle, OF
Company II. Seventh regiment, while on
duty at the Knickerbocker avenue station
I Of the Union avenue elevated station, told
a crowd on the steps to move on. Ihey
refused. Doyle struck one man on the
/ shoulder with his cluboed musket, smash
| ing the musket and knocking the man down.
He also jabbed his bayonet into another
/ man deep enough TO draw blood. Botn
were taken away by their friends.
Fiftv-uine cars in all have been run out
of the EASY New York depot to-day
thirtv-one on the Fulton street and twenty
nine on the Broadway routes.
john Aims, the New York man who was
shot in the Jaw by the militia at Halsey
! street last night, died at the st. Mary
hospital at eleven o'clock this morning.