The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20
MORE RIO7ING.

AT Clcycland-Strcet Chr Strike MS
Far From Being Settled as Ever.
Demonstration to Inlucncc Council.
J CLEVELAND, o.. June 19.-Up to 4
O'clock this afternoon this promised to
be the most uneventful day In the big
street railway strike. At that hour nm
other riot broke out in an entirely new.
quarter and one non-union man was
sent to the hospital In consequence.
The company began to-day the oper-
alton Of two new lines-those on Sco-
VII and Central avenues. The cars
were protected by policemen and until
afternoon no trouble occurred. Just
before 4 o'clock two Of the Scovill cars
approached the crossing OF the Penn
sylvania railroad. Thete they were
met by a mob OF more than 1000 men
and women. One Of the cars wns ta-
ken across the railroad safely. but the
other was held up by the mob. a per-
feet shower Of paving bricks and
stones fell about the cur md crashed
against the vestibule at the front end,
behind which the motormau was con-
ccafed. Women threw bricks and
handed them to the men who We're In
the front Of the crowd. The windows OF
the car had been lowered and the bricks
crashed against the seats and fell upon
the floor of the car. The conductor es-
capped injury, but the motorman, A. J.
McGrew, Of st. Louis, was struck or
the head with brick and rendered un-
conscious. He was taken to q hospital.
The patrollnun on the car was also hit
with brick. but was not seriously
hurt. A Gull was made FOR the police,
but when u detachment OF officers ar
rived the mob had dispersed and no ar
rests were made.
The company and their striking en-
ployes held no conference to-day. Mr..
Bishop Of the state board of nrbitra-
tlon. however. was In consultation with
the company officials for several hours.
The meeting arranged for Saturday
failed through misunderstanding.
The board Is now at work patching
up this misunderstanding and trying to
bring the employees and company to-
gethcr.
Early In the morning men and women
set to work srcaslns the trucks ut the
corner of Pearl street and Clark ave-
nue. and at the corner of Scranton ave-
nue. and Clark avenue and also Mt the
corner Of Jennings avenue and Clark
avenue. The tracks were SO we'll
creased with soup, oil and other sub
stances that the operation Of cars was
effectually prevented.
The demonstration which had been
planned for tonight to influence the
action Of the city council with respect
to the ordnance prohibiting the en-
ployment of motormen who have not
had ten days experience operating cars
In this city, consisted of q parade In the
downtown streets with torch-lights,
drum corps and brass bands. "A crowd
OF five thousand persons assembled, but
all Of them did not participate In the
parade. The crowd was demonstrative
but not disorderly. n
AT the meeting of the council, there
was a scene Of great disorder. The
gallery and lobby OF the chamber were
packed by large crowd and every
speaker who was inclined to give the
railroad company Il fair show, was
hissed. This continued until Mayor
Farley made q speech. in which he de-
clared thnt he did not propose to sub.
NIT to intimidation.
Ile rIAlllE liIS
mcnts for motormen was passed Under
Il suspension of the rules a resolution
was also adopted requesting the COR
poration counse! to report whether the
franchise Of the company could not be
forfeited II It failed to run cars on al;
It's lines. Several other resolutions were
offered and referred to committees. A
special meeting OF the council Is to be
held next Wednesday evening and In
the meantime a committee which was
appointed tonight VIII seek to bring
about settlement OF the strike.
The leader OF the strike said tonight
that about the only question ut issue
now was whether nj! the old men would
be rc!nstated'if the strike was declared
of. The demand for the absolute rec
ognition of the union appears to have
been abandoned. President Everett
snys he cannot agree to take back nil
men, for some OF them can never be
rclDstated,