The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-22
LlSEMrS VIRTUALLY STRIKE.

- ~ o'AV SioSAt uHu nOl htOHo or
other miasile, were fred at them OIL the
route.
LiSSNEH VIRTUALLY STRIKE
No cars were sent ou. after half paat
o'clock on this limo and all the new
men are held in tho depot to prevent
tho strikers coaxing them away. One
ct the members Of the strikers board
sRid: The linemen have determined
TO reiuae to make tho necessary repairs
TO wires, etc, when called upon to do so
By tho companies.'
This action on the part OF the line.
men is equivalent to their going on
strike.
As trolley cars Nos. !, 800 and 1884 Of
the Gates avenue line, in charge Of Mo.
tormen Theodore Alter and William
tssoi were passing through Gates
avenue near Central avenne at 6:9J this
evening they were assailed by iusil-
ade OF stones from the house tops aud
the windows on both sides OF the
avenue. The crowd which lined the
sidewalks joined in tho attack and sont
volley after voIley OF stones into tho
cars. Patrolman Coolihan's nose was
broken and Bush and Shackelton re-.
ceived several confused wounds about
the face. The cars were stopped when
the s,one-throwers ran away.
At B:i5 p. m. Us car No. 1916, OF the
Halsey stree: line. was being taken in.
to the depot at Broadway and Halaey
street, mob Of over 1000 men and
boys gathered there and threw stones
ut the car, smashing all the windows.
Pickets OF the Seventh regiment sta.
toned there, made repeated charges
| and finally drove the crowd back. The
ranks OF the strikers in Brooklyn to-day
were swelled by tho addition o. gangs
OF tramps and loafcr. from New York.
All day long through the rain and fog
these hoodIums tramped from New
York over the Brooklyn bridge, bound
for tho point where instinct told thom
there would likely be more trouble.
1t Is estimated that during ono hour
thi, morning 5000 persons crossed the
bridge by the way OF the promenade.
THREE cAEs WRECKED.
While three cars on the Gates avenue
line were on their way down town at
6:S0 o'clock this evening they were
surrounded by bowling mob at Gates
and stuyvesant avenues. Missiles Of
every description were hurled at thu
man in chnrgo OF the cars and at the DO
lice who were escor,ing them. A Dor.
tion OF tho mob had gathered on tho
house tops in this vicinity. and from
this vantage ground bricks. taken from
chimueys, were hurled with terrible
effect on the police, several OF whom
were badly injured.
Emboldened by the fact that the lat.
ter were comparatively powerless to
make resistance, the mob pressed for
ward and number OF shots were fired,
several OF which took effect on Police.
man Patrick Colligan, thirty-two years
old, and Jane, Desan. thir,y-two years
old, OF the Second precinct, who formed
portion OF the guard. Degan wns shot
through the arm aud Colligan through
the hand. They were taken to 4 neigh.
boring drug store, where their wounds
were dressed by an ambulance surgeon
who was summoned, after which they
werc taken to their homes.
Tho mob. after this, succeeded in
wrecking tho three cars, which were
taken down opposite the Ninth pre-.
cinct police stntion on Gates avenue.
BY reserve which had been summoned
from there and which finally succeeded
In dispensing the crowd. During the
melee, Kate Karney was detected
throwing missiles from Il window. She