Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-07-23

PROTECT STREET RAILWAY
PROPERTY AND EMPLOYEES. BUT
RIVATE PROPERTY AND
PEACEABLE CITIZENS AS WELL.
TWO SHOOTING AFF'RAYS IN
YESTERDAYS RIOTS - STREET
CAR STRIKERS ISSUE A STATE
MENT THAT FAVORS THE EN-
PLOYMENT OF FORCE = THE
NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN
STRIKES OVER.
CLEVELAND, O., July 22.-Orders
were issued to-day for the assembling
of four companies of the Fifth regl-
ment, O. N. g., located at Cleveland,
to do strike duty in the streets of the
city during the present stree. railway
trouble. The decision to call out the
Fifth was made after long confer
ence between Mayor Farley and Direc-
tor of Police Barrett. 1t was decided
that it was absolutely necessary, not
On4y LII IuC SdlCIy VI IllC piOPSA VI
the street railway company and the
lives of its employees, but for the pro-
lection of the lives and property OF the
citizens, that militia be called for adj
ditional to the service of the Naval re-
serves.
A serious rear-end collision occurred
on Ontario street to-day between a
Scoville avenue car, manned with a
non-union crew, and a Woodlawn ave-
nue. car. Four passengers were badly
hurt. The Woodland avenue car had
stopped to take on passenger. The
Scoville avenue car, which was closely
following, crashed into the Woodland
avenue car at full speed.
A big crowd OF people quickly sur
rounded the cars and. threatened the
non-union men on the Scoville avenue
car. There were shouts of lynch
him!" break his head" and the like.
The crowd became very threatening.
The police soon arrived. They struck
number of people with their clubs
before the crowd finally gave way.
A non-union motorman of a Pearl
street car fired a half dozen shots this
afternoon into a crowd of boys near
the bridge in South Brooklyn. None
Of the shots took effect The car was
in blockade and the boys were jeering
the non-unlon motorman and conduc-
tor
The driver of wagon for wholesale
grocery house was shot by a non-union
car conductor this afternoon and seri-
ously wounded. The car was passing
a grocery store in South Brooklyn be-
fore which the wagon was standing.
The driver stopped to pick up potato
as if to throw it at the car The con-
ductor drew a revolver and fired. the
bullet passing through the mans neck
and lodging in his shoulder. The car
did not stop and the conductors name
was not learned. The man had the
wound dressed at the Office of a physi-
clan in the neighborhood and departed
without giving his name
The company began the operation of
two of its suburban lines to-day with
out trouble. These are the Euclid Beach
and Collinwood lines, and pass through
a territory in which several riots oc-
Cured during the first strike. The feed
wires carrying the current to the South
Side lines were cut last night under HE
central viaduct. but the break was
quickly repaired to-day. The company
is securing new men every day. Thirty
five arrived to-day from Chicago and
most of them were put to work Ru-
mors to the effect that there had been
a break in the ranks of the strikers are
denied by the officials of the company,
who say they do not know of any old
men who have returned to work.
The press committee of the strikers
issued to-day an appeal to the public,
in which, among other things, contains
the following:
eve believe that force can be applied
in many instances, and that it is abso-
lutely essential in the present case. The
government protects life and property,
but does not regard labor in any light
whatever. When great sggregations of
capital defy law and wipe out compe-
tition, thereby diminishing the demand
for labor they must be met by an ele-
ment strong enough to render their or
ganiZation futile"
The first clash of the mobs with the
military occurred this evening at the
Wilson avenue barns of the street rail-
way company. A big crowd assembled
and began to jeer the soldiers. This
continued for some time when stone
throwing began. That was followed
by an order for the troops to charge
and they went at the mob in earnest.
The rioters were driven helter-skelter.
running into alleys and door-yards TO
escape the bayonets of the soldiers.
Nobody was hurt, but one man was
arrested and turned over TO the police
At about the same time a mob inter
ferred with the running OF cross town
cars on another part of Wilson avenue.
Stones were thrown at car and the
non-union conductor, revolver in hand,