Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-20

Philadelphia, December 19.-Thera
was a marked improvement in the situ-
alton of affairs throughout the day.
The presence of policemen, mounted
and on foot, was effectual in subjugat-
ing the mobs. There were few out
breaks, and these were mainly in the
outlying districts. They were subdued
with little difficulty, although a num-
ber of arrests were made. A total OF
close TO two hundred cars ran over the
tracks of several branches during the
day. without serious mOlestation. This
was due only 10 the presence on each
of four or more armed police. Some
lines did not run car. Few persons
sought this method OF travel, however;
preferring to accept the less commodi-
Gus but safer method offered by furni-
ture wagons, if the suburban railroad
lines could not serve their purposes.
Every imaginable kind of conveyance
was impressed into service and their
enterprising owners thrived by run
ming these lines to all parts of the city.
CARRIAGES OF ALL SORTS
are at a premium and it is next to i'm
possible TO secure one. There was an
incongruous spectacle tonight In front
of the Academy of Music, where the
Boston Symphony Orchestra gave
concert. While private carriages were
there in plenty, it was not an unusual
thing for the crudest kind Of cart TO
drive up and deposit party Of ladies
and gentlemen in evening costume.
During the day Market street was
the Mecca of the strikers and their
svmpathizers. This was because Of the
width of this thoroughfare and the fact
that a double line OF cars is operated
there In spite of the authorities or
ders that all gatherings containing
more than five persons should be in
stantly dispersed, the street was all day
lined by a solid mass of boisterous hu-
manity. The heavily guarded cars
we're run on this line with more fire.
ouencv than on any day since the be-
ginning of the strike. They were in
yaria.Iv greeted with howls from the
mobs but only one attempt at violence
was made, a youthful tough hurllhg Z
stone through a window. he was
promptly arrested. Shortly atter une
noon hour, Market street, at Nlhth'
where the postofiice Is located, became
so clogged with people that Superin,,
tendent of Police Linden oruereu
charges by the mounted policemen sta
toned at each corner. The onslaught
was unexpected and before the MOB had
n chance 10 break the horses were
nnsbed to the sidewalk and the police
about twenty-four in number, bore
down
WITH SWINGING CLUBS.
Several broken heads resulted, but the
unruIv element was effectually checked.
Al other points along the street there
were minor outbreaks, all OF Wnlch were
easily quelled.
Wi.h nightfaH the l.quor saloons
again observed Mayor Wawicks order
to close. and every car was Withdrawn
from the streets This resulted in
restoration Of quiet.
The employees Of the Heatonyille,
Mantua and Fairmont line, which Is
NOT involved. because It is not in the
Union Compay, to-day tured over $l83
of their aggregate wages TO the strikers.
A number Of projects are on foot by
sympathizers looking to financial a'd'
and several popular subscriptions Lave
been opened.
This action IS evidently timely, for
to-day appeals TO the committees began
to arrive from penniless strikers.
What is regarded as the company's
last card was issued this afternoon. 1t
was in the shape of a notice posted in
ell depots, ordering the men 10 report
for duty as usual at o'clock tomorrow
morning, and declaring that all who
fail to observe the order shall no longer
be in the service Of the company. 1t had
NO annaranf effect ON the men