Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-30

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PUNISHMENT-A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND
GENERAL. AXLINE-GOVERNO
SIDES WITH THE GENERAL.
ANOTHER CAR BLOWN UP
WITH DYNAMITE.
CLEVELAND, O., July 29.-Now that
order has been practically restored
within the city, the street railroad
strike has resolved itself into gen
eral boycott of the Big Consolidated
Company and every one who rides on
its cars. Apparently the strikers have
the sympathy and active cooperation
of all the labor organizations in the
city, and not only are merchants being
punished for riding on the tabooed
cars, but they are warned against sell
ing goods to other people who do ride,
on threat of losing the trade OF union
men. Instances are given in which
druggists have refused to sell medicine
OF people who were accused of patron
izing the Big Consolidated, and physic-
ians have been boycotted for riding on
the cars While going TO see their pa
tients. The boycott is most severe on
the small dealers, who do business on
streets that are populated largely by
union men and their sympathizers. A
number of those merchants have pub
lished advertisements to-day, offering
rewards ranging from $25 to $500 for
reliable evidence that they or any OF
their clerks or relatives have ridden on
the cars since the strike began, and a
number of communications have been
sent to the papers by physicians, groc-
ers, butchers and Others, protesting
their innocence of the charge of having
patronized the street cars. As yet the
big retail merchants have not felt the
effect of the boycott seriously, though
it is said some of them have forbid
their clerks to ride on the cars. Thous-
ands of workingmen are going to and
from their homes in buses of every
kind and description, from huckster
lions of the city the cars are run with
few passengers. This is not true OF
tho Euclid cvcnuc, Cedar, Central and
Wade avenue lines, which run through
the best parts of the East End. Tneir
cars are pretty we'll filled. The boy
colt of the troops has aroused the ire
of Adjutant General Axline, who de-
clares that there is a State law to pun
ish people who interfere with the mill
tie. There is one section of the stat
utes which provides maximum PEN
atty of $1,000 fine and six months Inn
prisonment for every person who tries
to persuade or discourage member of
the National Guard from responding to
a call for riot duty. Gen. Axline says
the boycott and the threat of certain
employers to put on the blacklist those
employees who turned out with the mill
tia are covered by this law and he
threatens to institute prosecutions
against dealers if the boycott is con-
tinued. He says also that actions may
be begun under the civil rights law, and
he sent several soldiers to restaurant
to-day for dinner with the express pur-
pose of beginning such an action
against the proprietor if he refused to
serve them.
inc cd hu ho
strikers continues to spread and at
tempts are now being MADE to cause
1t to become effective against the SOL
diers on strike duty in the city. A
prominent grocery firm with whom a
contract had been made for supplying
food to the troops failed to deliver the
same to-day at the time specified. In
explanation they stated that they pre-
ferred on account of the boycott, not
to furnish the goods Adjutant General
Axline was furious when this informa-
ton was conveyed to him. AS the re-
suit of a threat on the part of General
Axline to take summary action against
the firm, the supplies were speedily
forthcoming.
The strikers have a number of spot
tiers at work, who promptly report the
udul6S OI MERCHANTS VI tHSll tLlpiOy CO
who ride on the Big Consolidated cars.
The police have begun to deal with
the rioters more severely. Heretofore
they have been arraigned for INSIDE
meanors. Hereafter they will be charg-
ed with felonya One prisoner was
bound to the grand jury to-day on the
charge of stone throwing. The maxi
mum penalty for that offense is three
years Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary. Two other prisoners were ar
raigned on the charge of placing OBJ
structions on street railway track.
The maximum penalty for that offense
is eight years in the penitentiary. This
action was taken by the police on the
order of Mayor Farley, who insists that
the rioters have been dealt with too
leniently in the police court.
The blowing up of Euclid
Beach suburban car last night
has demonstrated the fact that
the danger point has not yet been pass
ed in connection with the street car
strike in this city.
AS a result of this fresh outbreak of
lawlessness the plan to release the
military force early next week will
probably be abandoned and the sol
diers retained for an indefinite period.
Contrary to previous reports. it is
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