Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-27

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MING ON ALL BUT THREE
LINES = COUNCIL COMMITTEE
= TO MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT TO
EFFECT A SETTLEMENT.
CLEVELAND, July 26.-That the
presence of the sI1ong force OF militia
now doing services In this city has al
ready had most salutary effect upon
abe lawless element was evidenced this
morning by the fact that the obstruc-
lions placed upon the tracks of the Big
night was found to be much less than
at any time since the strike was inaug-
urated.
Cars on four of the most important
lines in the Big Consolidated system
were operated throughout the night.
This morning practically the full quota
OF cars were running on all the lines
except the Abbey, Union and Clark ave-
nue.. 1t was, however, notable fact
that most of the cars were either empty
or carried only very few passengers,
even during the early hours of the day,
when traffic is usually the heaviest.
Either through fear of violence of out
of sympathy for the strikers a very
large proportion of the people decline
to ride on the lines, and in most cases
in Nd 10, ha
cars of the Little Consolidated Com
pany, which is not involved in the
strike.
About 1900 troops are now acting in
cooperation with the regular police
force of the city, under direction of the
mayor and the command of the head of
the military power of the State
This force will probably be further
augmented during the day by the ar
rival of several additional companies of
soldiers from outside points. The ma
jority of the soldiers now On duty here
served throughout the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. With such a force at his com
mand, Mayor Farley believes that he is
in position to promptly suppress any
further rioting.
President Everett, of the Big Consoli-
dated, has modified his statement to the
effect that none of the strikers would
be re-employed, by announcing that he
will take back $50 of the old men pro-
vided they will apply individually. He
adds that possibly this number may be
increased as vacancies occur as a result
of the wedding out" process to take
place among the new men employed
since the strike began. The strike lead
ers, however, still insist that everv man
must be taken back, and, above all, that
the union must be recognized by the
company. They claim that their ranks
remain practically unbroken. and thar
they are IN position to hold out in
definitely; that the Big Consolidated is
losing money to the extent of MANY
thousands of dollars per day. and SOON
er or later will concede the demands of
the strikers.
Inc storm centre of the strike has
settled in Brooklyn, a suburb connect
ed with Cleveland by a long hipb
bridge. AT noon $50 employees of the
Born Steel Range Company blocked n
car on the bridge and dragged rho
moforman and conductor from their
posts, INJECTING with their fists and
other weapons, injuries more nainful
than serious. Soldiers on guard at
the barn, about half mile away. bur-
ried to the scene, but the rioters had
taken refuge in the factory which
stands under the approach to the
bridge. The factory was surrounded
and the premises searched, but there
was no clue by which the guilty ones
could be picked out so they bent their
efforts in assisting the blood-stained
motorman and conductor to move
the car, most of the windows of which
had been broken by stones.
Gen. Axline, in command of the
troops here, in order to personally
view the situation, took a ride to-day
on an Orange street car He was in
civilian dress, and the car was stoned
at various intervals all along the
route. A rock came near hitting
him. The General took other trips
through the troubled districts. but
declined to give his view of the situa-
ton.
1t is expected that a large mass
meeting will be held in Monumental
square, in the heart Of the city to-
morrow night, unless the Mayor pro-
hibits it. In preparation for one,
platform was to-day erected in Brook
lyn. to protest against the action of
Mayor Farley. of Cleveland. who has
assumed, under the authority of an al
most forgotten statute, supreme po-
lice power in Cuyahoga county. This
leaves Mayor& Phelps, of the suburb.
together with his constabulary, shorn
OF their robes of power, and they
don't like it. The two mayors are not
one the terms that existed hefwanu