Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-05-07

| STEEL PLANT MEN, AND THE
RIVERSIDE MEN JOINED IN THE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BY
| HACKETT,S BAND. THEY PA
RADED THROUGH THIS CITY AS
FAR NORTH AS TENTH STREET
CONSIDERABLE ENTHUSIASM,
BUT LITTLE DISORDER-ONE
| ARREST MADE-AN IMPORTANT
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AT
TERNOON-TO-DAY'S SESSION
OF THE TRADES ASSEMBLY.
| The event of yesterday in connection
with the street railway strike was the
demonstration of last evening by the
mill workers Of Benwood, in sympathy
with the old employees of the road, now
out
The parade was organized by the en-
ployes of the Wheeling steel plant and
the Riverside employees fell into the
idea, and joined hands with their wage
working brothers. Hacketts Bellaire
|
band was employed to furnish the
music, and the column was headed by
about fifty of the former employees of
the railway company, who marched in
front of the band in two platoons of
about twenty-five men each. John
| Blake, of Benwood, was marshal of the
parade, mounted. with two or three
mounted aides, and many men in the
capacity of officers were scattered along
the column, to preserve order and re-
peat commands. The column left Ben
wood about half past seven o'clock,
and started on the long march north,
proceeding as far as Tenth street.
which was reached about quarter of
(, ten. There was
MUCH ENTHUSIASM
along the route, but no disorder worth
mentioning. At several points red fire
and fire works were burned, and there
was a good deal of cheering, and a
generally kind greeting for the parad-
ers from the thousands of people on the
sidewalks
| In accordance with the arrangements
| for the demonstration the employees of
| the Wheeling iron and steel works, to-
gether with a number Of the Riverside
mill employees and other Benwood
| workmen, assembled at the city hall
in Benwood promptly at seven O'Clock
| and an impromptu mass meeting was
held The meeting was in session for
about half hour and was a very en-
| thusiastic one.
Harry Stewart, the prominent steel
worker, was chosen as chairman, and
in accepting the Office made a few
pleasing remarks to express his appre
citation for the same. Mr.. Stewart
again addressed the assemblage and
| after. stating
THE REAL OBJECT
of the demonstration, besought the men
to refrain from acting in a name,
which would tend to excite criticism,
and to march along the route of thel
procession in as orderly manner o
possible.
The chairman then introduced Street
| Commissioner Joseph Manhood, who're
sponded in his usually cheerful way,
and made quite a neat speech thlch
| was literally applauded and cleered.
Mr.. Mahood, during the course OF his
remarks said that the present difficulty
was not only strike of the street. car
employees, but
STRIKE OF THE PEOPLE
of the vicinity. He then called atten-
ton to the recent publicatpn of strike
communications in the Tally papers
and severely criticized thepress in con-
| nection with the strike, saying that the
city of Benwood had Isen denounced
| unJustly. In CONCLUSION Mr.. Mahood
facetiouSly remarked hat he did not
want the men to mara as heathens. as
| they had been termed recently by a
commercial travelling man.
AT the conclusioi of Mr.. Mahoods
address the meeting was adjourned
amid deafening cheers from the audi
ence.
John Blake was appointed as mar
shall and James Mahood, Felix McGees
| Harry Stewart, Joe Mahood and VIM.
Gerry as aides
The PARADE.
The column was then formed and
moved at 1870 o'clock sharp, going
north on Main to Fourth, west on
Fourth to Water, south on Water to
Eighth, east on Eighth to Main. north
on Main to Fourth, east on Fourth to
Marshal, north ON Marshall TO Third,
west on Third to Jacob, north on jacob
| to Thirty ninth west on Thirty-nintn
| to Eo1, north on Eoff to TwenIy-sev-
enth, vest on Twenty-seyenth to Chap
| Nine, aorth on Chapline to Twenty-sec-
ond, west on Twenty-second TO Main.
north on Main to Tenth, east on Tenth
| TO Market, south on Market to Six
| tenth, where they disbanded.
SOME INCIDENTS.
| AS the procession crossed over the
MARSHALL county line into Wneeiing
there were three hundred and ten men
In line by actual count Every man
| wore an III Walk badge on the lapel
OF his coat and quite a number of the
| marchers carried sticks of red fire
along the entire line of march. the
| men were followed by at least five hun
dred small boys, who occasionally gave
vent to their feelings and cheered
Justify whenever they were passed oy
| a street car. Some Of the boys tested
their lung power in blowing fox-norns
| While others exercised their arms IN