The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-19


Last evening in the Intelllgencer edi-
torlal rooms, a meeting Of Represents
lives Of the four wheeling cycling
clubs, was held for the purpose Of maxi
ing arrangements for a great demon
straticn Of the strength Of the wheel.
men in this community. II was decided
Is give a lantern parade on the evening
Of Saturday, June 10, the day Of the
House 4 Hermann road race, when It
isexpstted that there will be many OUT
ofstcwn wheelmen in the city. There
has been no gathering Of the wneelmen
Of thisviclnlty for several years and Il
q known by those who have been IN
touch with the knights Of the Enlcker-
6oekerS that they arc ready to cooper
ate heartily IN the proposed lantern
parade II Is not modest Estimate to
say that nearly 1000 wheels should be
In line.
The representatives OF the local wheel
clubs, who are In charge Of the AFFAIR,
and who attended last nights meeting,
& are; Y. N. c, "A. Wheel Club, ". Smith;
Carroll Club CycleFs, y. W. Cochran;
NaImeless WheGiner, 4. g. Hubbard;
s wheeling Wheel Club, g. I. Mckelvey.
s The committee organized by the selec.
don Of Afr. Hubbard as chairman. and
& Nj. Cochran as secretary,
The committee named the following
ofidals;
Chief Marshal -Wjll' II. Mccoy.
Division hals-F'iRSt. George :.
Peabody: second Jason G. Stamp; third.
Herbert Riheldaffer; fourth. Lester r.
Dillon.
Each marshal will select four aids,
who Will assist him IN the manipuln.
ton % his division. The chief mar
Rhnl will also have four aids, one to be
selected from each Of the four clubs UNI
der whose auspices the parade u to 90
given. Afr. McCOy's Selectlon as CHER
m6rsllal Is particularly appropriate.
When he was notified OF his SELECTION
he incidentally informed the committee
that he purchased one of the hrSt
wheels brought to Wheeling,
The wheeImen who viii take part IN
the parade viii assemble on North
Main street At I o'clock p. M, sharp
On Saturday, June r. The line will
move probably thirty minutes later
The divisions and their formation Will
b q follows:
PIrst division. ladies' and their es-
cofts- Form on Main between Ninth
and Tenth streets.
Second division, ClubS-Form on
Main between Eighth and Ninth streets
Third division, ohi5-side wheeimen-
Form on Main between Seventh and
Eighth STREETS.
Fourth division, unattached wheeluen
slFprn on Main above Seventh street.
The line Of March will be over the fol-
lowing route: On Main to Zenith, to
Market, to Fourteenth, to Main. to
TNWenty.seventh to Chapline, to Thir-
fy.thlrd, to Eoff, to Thirty ninth. to
Jacob, 10 Forty-eighth; countermarch
on Jacob, up to Thirty third, 70 Eoh,
. d Twenty seventh, to Chapllne. 20
TWerty.secOnd, to Market, and on
Market to the Mcclure house. corner,
where an open air meeting will be held
with two addresses by well known
gentlemen.
a wheeling gentleman not yet Re-
1ected will make short address on
wheels and good roads and kindred SUB
4eets, and will be followed by Mr.. T. J.
Keen1n. ir., Of Pittsburgh. vice-cOn-
mi Of the Pennsylvania division of the
League Of American Wieelmeu, who
was last evening invited to make an
address to the whesimen. Mr.. Keenan,
s. one Of the most enthusiastic eyclerS
IN the country and will no doubt have
something Of interest to say.
Each club will notify Secretary Coch-
ran OF the number Of men It will have
IN line as soon rs possible. The Ohio.
side division will be made IN mainly OF
the WheeImen OF Martins Ferry.
bridgeport and Bellalre, who are cor
daily invited to participate In the pa
rade,
AS an Incentive to the riders to dec
crate their wheels elaborately, the COM,
mittee will give prizes for the most
taStefully and effectively decorated
wheel in each Of the four divisions.
.Op the third page Of this mornings
InteIllSencef will be found blank cou-
pom. Wheelmen who intend to partic-
ipate In The coming demonstration are
requested to MI and mall TO Secretary
Cochran, Of the committee, as II " Inn
poftant that he shall know the probable
number Of riders who will be in line.
.Wheelmen should not delay doing this.
The Committee adjourned to meet
again NEXT Monday evening, when the
chief marshal will act with 1t.