The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-15
Five Cars Were Run.

The company had five cars in opera
ton yesterday, the same number on
Thursday, and they were distributed
over the line In the same manner-two
on the Bridgeport line and three on the
main line In the city. Two or three
trips were made through Benwood in
the morning. but In the afternoon the
cars turned at the Forty-eighth street
barns. Operations for the day ceased
at $40 p. m.
1t is believed the company will at
tempt more genera! service to-day,
when the cars will be protected by many
additional deputy marshals.
The Company's Side.
The business mems committee waited
on Vice President Peterson, Of the
Wheeling Railway company, Thursday,
and presented the resolutions passed At
Wednesday nights meeting. The COM
pany has sent the following reply to
the committee:
You cannot more fully realize or
more heartily deplore the demorallZing
effect of the present street railway
strike upon the business Interests Of
the community than do the directors
and officers OF the Wheeling Railway
company.
mo business man In this community
| will for moment believe that his bus
mess interests are more seriously affect
ed or involved than are those Of this
| company.
1.-THE interests OF the citizens and the
interests of the company are and ought
to be mutual.
1.-The relations OF this company and
It's employees ought to be harmonious.
and each should wish for and promote
the welfare OF the other.
"If YOU are led to suppose that this
company is unwilling to treat with Its
! employees the idea should be dismissed
at once. It Is great mistake. II you
have an idea that the Issue involved Is
looked upon by this company merely
as question Of the amount of wages
or the hours of labor OF Its employees,
| again You misunderstood the sltua-
ton.
"A communication has recently been
received by different members Of this
company. which throughout Is cour-
teous In tone. and which requests q
reduction Of the hours of labor and an
Increase In the rate paid per hour. II
1t had been. rs on It's face II appeared
/ to be. q direct communication from
the employees OF the company. 1t GER
! talnly would have received q direct re-
Spouse. 1t is signed. however, Local
Union No. 100, American Street Railway
Employees" followed by the names OF
elk officials, with the designation OF
their offices In such union.
Never before. since the reduction In
wages mentioned In that communication
did this company receive any request
for an Increase In wages or for change
In the hours OF labor from any of its
employees, either slngly or In body,
or from any committee Of any meeting
OF their own held rs such employees.
Possibly It would have been wise to an
| swer personally the men who signed
| the aforementioned paper as officials
! OF the union. but nll Indications are that
theT, did not wish to negotiate other
wise than ms nm organization. II the
company has misunderstood these indi-
cations It Is hoped that 1t Is not too
late for the misunderstanding to be
corrected.
ION or about September list. 1892, an
agreement called scale" was exc
cuted and formally signed between this
company. 4 solvent corporation, on
the one part, and Union A. F. OF l..
No. $685. an association not incorpor-
ated, legal myth, without assets. on
the other. In regard to wages, hours
OF labor. duties of the company, duties
OF the employees, md many other sub
Jects. The nineteenth article provided
that the agreement should remain in
force until September let. 1898. No &C.
curity was given or required for the
faithful performance OF the contract by
either OF the contracting parties.
"In the early part Of the following
winter this company. after n due inves-
| tlgatl0n OF the charges which we're
! brouaht against two OF Its employees for
wIlfully refusing to receive passengers
| on their cars. discharged these employ
es from Its service. The hearing was
given due notice. and In all respects
| In the manner provided by The scale.
The scale did not provide TINT tho
union should decide the question OF
Dismissal. but the union nevertheless
gave notice TO she company that the
| discharged men must be replaced In
| their positions within two days or the
road would be tied up. The company
declined to restore the men. At the
| expiration OF the two days, and Ill
though the term of service called for
by the 'Gcale' had more .thnn seven