Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-09

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Yesterday warrants were sworn out
before Squire Mason, of Bellaire, for
seven steel workers who are charged
with being implicated in the Bellaire
disturbance Saturday night. The de-
PENDANTS are charged with assault ana
battery, and will be given hearings
Wednesday. The probability of any
conviction of these parties is very
doubtful, as several parties state they
know and will testify that several of
the men were not engaged in the af
fair. The general opinion is that it
will be hard to place the responsibility
upon any person under the circum>
stances.
The parties who made the informa
ton are employees of the steel com
pany who were chased by the crowd
The situation at Bellaire remains abou,
the same. Since Saturday nights oc-
currence, the new men at the steel
works have been keeping inside the
pen,' and it is supposed that they
will remain there for some time. A
bad condition of affairs has arisen
since Saturday night. Nearly every
stranger who goes to Bellaire, partic-
ularly after night. is treated as if he
were a detested black-sheep. 1t is a
common occurrence for persons going
along the street to be rudely accosted
and eplthets applied when no atten-
ton is paid to their calls. 1t is to the
credit of the strikers that they are not
responsible for this kind of business
and do not take any part in it, 1t is
done by rowdies and lawless indi-
viduals who take advantage of the
present situation to cause trouble
Mayor Williams declared positively
last night that this rowdyism would
have to be stopped, and it would be
we'll for the striking steel workers to
assist the authorities, as such conduct
is likely to prejudice public sentiment
against them.
Last night was the time set for the
hearing of the negro Irwin who aggra-
'otSo al thC u OuDlt night anu
was locked up on charge Of disorderly
conduct. Irwin was released upon $50
bond being furnished, but did not put
in an appearance last night and his
bond was forfeited.
The case of another one of the non
union workmen by the name of Carter
who was arrested at Benwood by Off
Ger Brannen Sunday morning. Yves
called up before Mayor Sheppard last
night, but Carter likewise failed to show
up, and the cash security of SO posted
by the steel works officials was forfeited
The company thus let both cases go by
default, as they seem to have realized
that this was the best way out of the
trouble. A committee Of the Belaire
strikers were at the Benwood city build
ing last evening to be present when the
case came up for trial. The strikers
look upon the filing of the seven war
rants before Squire Mann as a pure
bluff" and say that the charges were
not brought with the expectation OF
prosecution or convicting any person,
but to scare them into submitting Win
out making any further contest. frh
strikers are still at work talking /an'
trying to persuade the non-union mel
to leave, and in a number of instance
are said to have succeeded. An Inter
esting fact of the Saturday nights oc
currence is that the workman, whip wa
rescued from the crowd by one df tn
strikers, agreed to join the unio}h ant
give up his job at the steel work.. III
slept with the steel worker referred t
that night, but Sunday morning crep
into the pen" again and is still a
work.
Bellaire people are still wopderinI
as to what the outcome of theI strik'
situation will be. 1t is estimated tina
$50 Bellaire men have been forced GU
of work by the strike and thair job
taken by that number OF outsiders
This number of men represents abou
a thousand or more people, who ar
dependent upon them, and the presen
situation comes like a calamity 10 Bell
aire, when the people were expecting
better times. What the result will b.
none can foretell. The company sa,
that while they cannot run the stee
plant to its full capacity witAnev
men, they are satisfied with thdrpros
pect. They do not seem to sho) an.
disposition to change their stakd o
make any compromise. They say tina
if the strikers would give up the strik
some of the old men would no
be taken back under any consideration
and that it is doubtful whether any 0
them would be reinstated.
The whole situation is an unfortu
nate one.