Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-17

fury, yesterday; after the efforts to
patch up a truce Monday night had
failed, and there will be a lot of lively
skirmishing up about the Second ward
market to-day, as there was yesterday
morning at Centre market.
1t leaked out yesterday that an agree
ment between the retail interests was
virtually reached, at one time Monday
night but the arrangement was upset
again, and yesterday the feeling was
more bitter than ever.
AS will be seen by an advertisement
elsewhere, the Cleveland Provision
Company is not acting with the other
wholesalers, and the Company says its
course all along has been consistent
and that it is now doing business as
usual
The Council Committee on Markets
was called to meet at four o'clock yes
terday afternoon for the purpose Of
hearing a complaint from the retail
butchers regarding the action OF the
market master in renting a stall in the
Second ward market to a wholesale
butcher. There are two retail butchers
ON the Committee, they being Messrs.
KalbitZer, who was the complainant in
the case, and Hess. Both were present,
with Messrs. Potter and Halter.
Mr.. Kalbitzer said he had sent up to
the Second ward market in the morn
ing and told the market master he
| wanted three particular stalls in that
market as per a verbal contract on
Saturday. Mr. Kalbitzer said his mes
senger told Mr.. Davis to make out the
certificates, and the latter said all
right. Later in the day, however, when
the money for the stalls was rendered,
! Mir. Davis said he had rented one Of th1
stalls-No. 3-to a representative Of thu
Swift Beef Company. Mr.. KalbitZer
had called the Committee that it might
learn the facts, and TO demand posses
sion of the stalls.
Market Master Davis said the Swift
| people had spoken for stall No. 3 as
long ago as last Friday. 1t was true
/ Mr. KalbitZer's messenger of yesterday
morning had said he wanted three
| stalls. but before he came back the sec-
ond time the Swift representative
came in and paid the money for stall
! No. 3. as he said he would Friday. He
! said the messenger sent by Mr.. Kali
| bitter said he wanted three stalls, and
ne said all right" intending that stall
| No. 3 should be one of the three in case
| the Swift man did not come up, as he
! had promised. The Swift man came,
/ however. and Mr.. Davis said he did not
| see what else he could do than let him
| have it.
Mr.. Kalbitzer said he had an under
standing Saturday he could have the
stalls, if he got there before the Sniff
man. Yesterday. He sent his messen-
ger up a little after six o'clock, the
| Swift messenger had not been there,
and he thought he was entitled to the
stall. He further thought home men
should have . preference over for
| eign corporation. He said in addition:
Il don't want the stall
for myself. I want it for our people.
We are going in to see this thing
through, and will sell meat as low as
anyone if no. a little lower. We've
COTS lots Of backing, too. 1t looks to
me as if there was something behind
the bush. when our own people are
treated this way Ii was thoroughly
| understood Saturday that if we came
before the Swift men we should have
the stalls. We got there first, and mott
fed Mr. Davis. yet after that he gives
stall No. 3 to the Swift people"
The Solicitor said it appeared to him
that The Market Master had made an
! error. He suggested that Market Mas
ter Davis 90 to the Swift Beef Co. rep
! resentative. tender the money back and
demand the certificate. If he did not
give up the certificate, and refused to
| leave. there was but one way to get him
out. and that was to take legal meas
ures.
Mr.. Davis said the stall had been
rented for three months, and he reiter-
ated his statement that he had prom
ised The Swift man on Friday he could
| have a stall. and the representative
Of the Company selected No. 3. and
said he would let the Market Master
know about It in time to fix ii up for
! Wednesday morning. When the Swift
man came yesterday morning, Mr..
Davis thought he was bound by his
statement of Friday, notwithstanding
Mr. Kalbitzer's messenger came up
| first, yesterday.
The Solicitor said if Mr. Davis had
made fiat contract on Friday with the
Swift man. that person should have the
| stall. but il the Swift man merely asked
about the stalls, or said he guessed
! he would take it, or he might take
it. that would not amount to a con-
| tract. and Mr.. Kalbitzer ought TO have
the stall in question, and the Swift
man ought to have his money back.
MI Davis said the cash had been
paid to the City Receiver, and it could
not be paid back without an order
| from Council.
Mr. Potter said the trouble was the
Market Master had made bargains with
two men. The Swift people were in
possession and would never surrender
without a law suit.
Mr.. Haller moved the Market Master
| tender the stall to Mr.. Kalbitzer and
! give the money back to the Swift man,
/ and this was adopted, although no one
expected it to go.
The race in this case appears to havs
| been to the Swift.
At Centre Market, yesterday morn
! ing. the wholesalers had several retail
stalls in full blast. and to say they did
a big business is to state it mildly.
| Meat buyers We're present from all over
the city, and even from the Ohio side
of the river, and an enormous quantity
OF this sort of food was disposed Of.
In another column of this issue will
be found a long card to the public from
/ the Wheeling Butchers Protective AS