The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-27
Tho strike situation.

Tho Strike situation.
CLEVELAND, o.: July 2S.-The storm
centre OF the street railway strike has,
according to authorities, settled in
Brooklyn, suburb connected with
cleyefG6F By a lonslhigh bFlsSss A.
noon l5O employees OF the Born Steel
Range Company. blocked a car on the
bridge and dragged the motorman and
conductor from their posts, inillcting
with their fists and other weapons, In
juries more painful than serious. sol-
ders on guard at the barn. about half
4 mile away, hurried to the scene, but
the rioters had taken refuge in the fac
tory which stands under the approach
to the bridge. The factory was sur
rounded and the premises searched,
but there was no clew by which the
guilty ones could be picked out, so they
bent their efforts in assisting the blood
stained motorman and conductor to
move the car, most of the windows Of
which had been broken by stones.
General Axline. in command Of the
troops here, in order to personally view
the situation, took a ride to-day, on an
Orange street car. He was in civilian
dress, and the car was stoned Mt vari-
Gus intervals all along the route. A
rock came near hitting him. The gen
eral took other trips through the trou-
blcd districts, but declined to give his
view OF the situation. The vigilance
OF the guards while daylight aided
them, prevented trouble OF n serious ma
ture. Preparations for mass meetings
at various points were made during the
day. 1t Is expected that large one
will be held in Monumental square, In
the heart OF the city tomorrow night,
unless the mayor prohibits It. In pre-
paratIon for one. a platform was to-day
erected In Brooklyn, to protest against
the action Of Mayor Farley, Of Cleye-
land, who has assumed. under the au-
thority OF an almost forgotten statute,
supreme police power in cuyahoga
county.
Mayors on tne OhtH'
This leaves Mayor Phelps, of the sub
urb, together with his constabulnry,
shorn of their robes of power, and they
don't like it. The two mayors are not
on the terms that existed between the
storied governors OF the two carolinas.
The soldiers and the Cleveland chief
executives special police In Brooklyn
are not allowed to use the public
hydrants to get water. II Is said, and
upon various occasions bayonets were
OF n necessity used to convince shop
keepers that 1t was wisest to sell SOL
dlers what they wanted. Mayor Far
ley to-day mnied Mayor Phelps letter
in which he declared that II the Cleve-
land cohorts had any more trouble
about getting water. Cleveland, which
pumps the water to the suburb. would
attempt to abrogatc the water truce
and let the whole hamlet go thirsty.
Mayor Farley also issued statement
to the strikers In which he said that n
man who was more loyal to his labor
union than to himself and his country,
was n cownrd nnd bad citizen.
Cars Run ON Twelve Lines.
Cars were run on twelve lines OF the
Big Consolidated to-day and on most OF
the lines last night, From this the au-
thorltics take much hope for continued
Improvement. President Mahon, OF the
national union Of street car employees,
in an interview to-day declared that MS
the street car company, according To
his information was losing thousands
Of dollars every day, the strike would
have to bo settled soon upon advances