Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-17


it neared Twenty third street and Fifth
avenue, those on board found their fur
Their progress impeded by stalled car
near the Fifth avenue barn. Here a
crowd of some 500 people, many OF
whom were women and children, had
congregated, and the motorman of the
Ampere, Howard Jackson, was attack
ed by several men who were strikers or
in sympathy with them. The motor
man
RECEIVED SOME NASTY BRUISES
on the head and legs. Secretary
Wickes was one Of the first to run to
the mans assistance, and he was final
ly rescued from the mob. Six arrests
were made and the track was soon
cleared. Throughout the afternoon
boulders and large pieces of granite
were taken from a nearby yard and
placed on the tracks in the vicinity OF
Greenwood cemetery, and as cars came
along at intervals of twenty and thirty
minutes their further progress was
considerably delayed until these OBJ
structions were removed. No sooner
did the cars pass than the boulders
were laid On the tracks again, and the
police were unable to stop the efforts
OF the obStructionistS.
During the day three hundred addi-
tional police were sent over from New
York, and a close watch was kept all
along the Brooklyn bridge to see that
no person could interfere with the troll
ley wires. The only cutting of wires
reported to the Brooklyn police head
quarters was the partial destruction of
the fed cable on Flatbush avenue, but
a score of linemen soon repaired this
in a temporary manner, which sufficed
to reopen the line. Late in the after
noon a conference was held at police
headquarters. Among those present
were Police Commissioners York, Hess
and Sexton; Chief of Police Devery,
Deputy Chiefs Mclaughlin, of Manhat-
tan, and McKelar, of Brooklyn, and
President Rossiter. General McLeer
was also in attendance, but he said that
as far as he could see, that there
WAS NO NECESSITY
for the calling out of the militia or in
reference in any way by the military.
President Rossiter said that he was
anxious to bring the patrons of the sew
eraf lines back from the seaside roads
as soon as possible, and had made ar
rangements to handle the Coney Island
patrons as far as practicable, by trolley
service, but that he had advised his
assistants to arrange for the transpor
tation of the majority of the Coney Is
land crowd back to the city over the
elevated railroad lines. The Police
Commissioners informed Mr.. Rossiter
that his patrons and the public in gen
eral, as we'll as the company's property
and all other properties would be suf-
ficiently protected by the police force.
In addition to this, Commissioner
Hess informed Mr. Roster that he
thought the sending out of his private
car was non-politic and to use his own
words it was like shaking a red rag
in front of an enraged bull
Several arrests were made during the
day, among the ranks of the strikers
and their sympathizers, but no disturb
ances of very serious nature occurred
up to o'clock.
Mr.. Delehanty, of the arbitration
commission, had a long talk with Col
Williams about the propriety of ar
bitrating the alleged dispute. l did not
see him. Col. Williams told him there
was
NOTHING TO ARBITRATE,
and that is true
How many men went on strike this
morning."
Between 700 and 1000. Not more
than 1000 at the outside. About zoe
out of 500 or 900 of the Nassau men re-
manned loyal to the company and ran
their cars as usual, and about 200 Of
the $500 or 5000 Brooklyn Heights men
went out with the strikers. Two hun
bred out of $500 does not make 8
large percentage when it comes tC
striking, and the result shows what
we have held to be true all along, that
the Heights men would remain stead
fast. They realize that there is moth
ing to strike about
What about tomorrow"
'All can say is that we have enough
men to run every single trip to-mor-
row and will do so if We are not inter
fered with. Of course, if the striker;
should be permitted to pull our motor
men and conductors off the cars and
cut wires it would be difficult to handle
the usual amount of traffic. We will
do the best we can. We have consid-
cred it wise to stop running tonight
on all the suburban lines after
O'Clock, and the cars on the main lines
will not be run after II O'Clock. Few
people will be disconnected by this, as