The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-20

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec, l9,-Tha
Traction strike situation tonight is
practically unchanged. Cars were run
on some lines during the day, under
heavy police guard, but at dusk they
were all withdrawn and tonight are
in their stables. Up to q late hour to-
night the electrical workers OF the
company were In session. They passed
resolution OF sympathy for the stTtk-
erB. The strikers nre willing 10 submit
their grievances to an arbitration COM
nlttee, but the company refuses 70
have anything TO do with anybody as
ISOLATED with the Amalgamated Assoc
ciatlon.
There was a marked Improvement In
the situation OF affairs throughout the
day. The presence OF policemen, mount
ed and on foot, was effeetual In suplu-
eating the mobs. There were few out
breaks and these were mainly in the
outlying districts. They were subdued
with little difficulty, although q num-
ber of arrests were made. A total OK
close to.two hundred cars ran over the
tracks OF several branches during the
day, without serious molestatton. THIS
was due only to the presence on each
OF four or more armed police. Some
lines did not run car Few persons
sought this method OF travel, preterring
to accept the less commodious but SAFER
method offered by furniture wagons. y
the suburban railroad lines could not
serve their purposes. Every imagtna-
bic kind OF conveyance was impressed
into service and their enterpTtsing own
ers thrived by running these lines 70
all parts OF the city.
Hthn Hunior of II.
Carriages OF all sorts are at a premt-
nm and II is next to Impossible to secure
one. There was an incongruous spec
tacle tonight in front of the Academy
OF Music, where the Boston symphony
Orchestra gave a concert, While prt-
Yate carriages were there In plenty, Il
was not an unusual thing for the cru
dest kind OF cart to drive up and de-
post q party OF ladies' and gentlemen
in evening costume.
During the day Market street was the
mecca OF the strikers and their sympa-
thizers. 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 order that all
gatherings containing more than five
persons should be instantly dispersed,
the street was all day lined by a solid
mass OF boIsterous humanity. The
heavily guarded cars were run on this
life with more frequency than on any
day since the beginning OF the strike.
They were invariably greeted with
howls from the mobs, but only one at
tempt Mt violence was made, youthful
tough hurllng a stone through q win
dow. He was promptly arrested.
Shortly after the noon hour, Market
street, at Ninth, where the postofiico Is
located, became so clogged with people
that Superintendent OF Police Linden
ordered charges by the mounted police
stationed at each corner. The on
slaught was unexpected and before the
mob had a chance TO break, the horges
were pushed to the sidewalk, and the
police. about twenty-fo in number,
bore down with swinging clubs. Sew
eral broken heads resulted, but the un-
ruly element was effectually checked.
At other points along the street there
were minor outbreaks, all OF which were
easily quelled.
The Last Card.
With hightfall. the liquor saloons
again observed Mayor Wawick's order
10 close, and every car was Withdrawn
from the streets. This resulted In a re-
storation OF quiet.
The employees OF the Hesterville, Nam
tua and Fairmount line, which is not
involved, because 1t is not In the Union
Company, to-day turned over SlSS or
their aggregate wages to the strikers.
A number OF projects are on foot oy
sympathiZers looking to financial aid.
and several popular subscriptions have
been opened.
This action is evidently timely, for to-
day appeals TO the committees began TO
arrive from the penniless strikers,
What is regarded as the companylB
last card. was issued this AFTERNOONS. 1t
was in the shape OF n notice posted in all
depots, ordering the men to report for
duty IA usual at o'clock tomorrow
morning and declaring that all who
fail 10 obey the order shall no longer
be in the service OF the company. II