The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-08-02
BOYCOTT
SPREADING in
CLEVELAND.
Many Merchants Have the Man.
hood to Refuse to Take
any Part init.
GEN. AXLINEHAS FOUND A Way
To Smash it, so far as 1t Affects
the Troops..DeplOrable
Incidents Cited.

CLEVELAND. o.. Aug. 1.-This Is
the sixteenth day OF the present street
car strike In this city, and apparently
# is no nearer a settlement now than
when 1t began.
Late last night some unknown per-
sons pushed an electric freightcar load-
ed with ties, from switch on Mny-
field heights, Just east Of the city, onto
the main track and down the long,
steep hill towards Euclid avenue. Half
way down the incline 1t collIded with
an upbound car with terrific force.
Both cars were badly wrecked. Two
passengers were on the upbound car.
strange to say neither they nor the
crew were injured beyond shaking mp.
The Big Consolidated officials to-day
state that every line In their system is
in full operation, and on the more i'm
portant lines the regular schedule is
being maintained.
The cars running down town on the
Euclid and Cedar Avenue lines were
fairly well filed this morning. on the
other twelve lines in the Big consoli-
dated system, however they were COM
paradvely empty at an hour when they
are usually crowded.
Boycott Spreading.
The boycott movement has spread so
rapidly that 1t has now reached the big
down town wholesale and department
stores. In many cases the proprletors
OF these establishments are requesting
their employees not to ride on the Big
Consolidated. In some instances, how
ever, the merchants have refused to
take part In the boycott and declare
they will have nothing to do with 1t no
matter what the result may be.
a special from sanduslSy, Ohio, says:
Late last night sympathlzers with the
Cleveland street railway strikers began
making attempts to wreck the cars of
the Sandusky and inter-Urban line
here. Large stones were placed on the
track. stakes were driven between the
rails and pieces OF plank spiked across
the track, so as to throw the cars on
II possible. As soon as the plot to de-
-FlsI- the cars was discovered detnch-
ment Of police was sent tolEuaFd the
line. The sandusky and Inter-urboa
line is controlled by President Henry A
Everett, of the Big Consolidated COM
pany at Cleveland.
No material damage has been done so
far.
To Smash the Boycott.
Adjutant General Axllne said tonight
that he had found a way to smash the
boycott, SO far as it affected the troops
Every day since the soldiers arrived
they have been subjected to petty an
noyances, because of the refusal OF
merchants to sell them necessary sup
plies. General Axline pointed out the
other day that these merchants could
be prosecuted under the civil rights law
which requires oil keepers OF Inns, res
taurants and places Of public amuse-
ment and accommodation to serve all
people alike. Tonight General Axline
declared that II any more complaints
of discrimination against soldiers came
to him, he would appoint judge advo-
cate general to proceed against the
merchants and thus seek to bring them
to time.
The result seems to be disposition to
stir up trouble among the employees Of
the Little Consolidated company. More
than half OF them have been initiated
into the union Of the Big Consolidated
former employees and q dispatch has
been sent to Senator n. A. Hanna, who
is in France, asking him II he. US preA-
dent OF the Little Consolidated COM
pany win recognize the union, No an
swer has yet been received to the ca
blegram.
PItlablc Cases.
A prominent physician tonight gave
IN incident Of how the boycott Is being
enforced. He says he was called to see
a little girl who was dying. He was
met hy two men, who told him he had
better not attend the child as its father
was "scab." He replied that they
ought to serve notice of the boycott on
the Almighty and inform him that they
would not go to heaven, for the child
would be there in a short time.
Last night n man was refused medl-
icne at two drug stores, even though
he was in n critical condition, simply
because he had ridden on Big Con-
solldated car The man who was boy