The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-05-17

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Street car Strike organtown Man
the First one to Ride There for More
Than a Month Businens is Para
lyzed-Strike May be Settled To-day.
From Wednesdays Daily.
There is every prospect that the
street car strike in Wheeling, which
has tied up travel and business in
that city for longer than a month
will be settled to-day by arbitration
The Chamber of Commerce and rep
resentatives of the labor unions have
been at work for several days trying
to adjust the differences between The
company and employees and viii
make their report this evening and
there is little doubt of its acceptance
by the strikers.
There are only eighty men EN-
ployed by the street car company
but they have succeeded in com
pletely tying up travel. The union
labor organizations at the Outset
went to their assistance and by
threatening to boycott the business
and professional men of the city
have made the whole population
afraid to get on the cars.
The New DOMINION reporter called
this morning on attorney Edgar
Stewart, who had just returned from
Wheeling where he went ON business
connected with the suit against the
Battelle Oil Company, and asked
him about the strike.
1T is very amusing to the visitor
but is becoming great nuisance to
the citizens" said Mr.. Stewart
They think that way about it too
Every business or professional mar
with any business or practice il
afraid to get on the cars and wher
they leave home in the morning give
instructions to their wives to keeE
off. As consequence the better
halves are put to great inconven.
fence. | saw scores of them at mar.
ket carrying heavy baskets and wear
ing expressions which BODIED no good
| TO the strikers.
But is there no way to get about
the town? asked the reporter.
ooh, yes. The greatest lot of ole
arks and shays you ever saw are
running on the streets. The "union'
men have gathered in old nags that
were TUNED out to die twenty years
ago ami iitched them to these turn
outs and they stand at every corner
importuning You to ride. If you
have any sympathy for the strikers
before you lose it all, after a ride il
one of these. They make about two
miles an hour. Most of them have
no springs and the passenger feels
as if he had chronic rheumatism
when he gets out. Still, they do 8
big business. The men have the
sympathy OF the people and they are
helped along in every possible way
Does everybody stay off the cars
eyes. 1t would be business sui
eide to ride. Besides, most people
have respect for their anatomies ant
these would be subjected to rude
treatment if they were seen out in thu
suburbs on a car. One drummer wa.
given ducking in the Ohio one night
last week. He tried to get on a.
Martins Ferry but was yanked off.
took chance on Saturday and tn,
conductor told me / was the first
passenger the company had hauled
| tft a of n
1game on the Island. Now the bal
grounds are twenty minutes wall
from the hotel part of the city and
had walked over with friend, WHIT
had told me it was only short dis
lance. After the game decided tt
take chance rather than take anoth
er twenty minute walk, so got on
There was a big crowd standing
around the car and Immediately ther,
was buzz of comment. The con
ductor told me to keep my nerve, so
braced up and read score card, Will,
they poked jibes and jeers at me.
saw one fellew with kodak taking
shot at me. One striker said
would never do any more business il
Wheeling. / told him never want
ed to do business in town that car
ried its citizens around in such ark
as they had. The car was lonl
time in starting-so it seemed to me
| read the score card over six time
in order to appear at ease. Final.
we started back to Wheeling. AL
along the route l could see littl
groups of people nudging one anothe
to call attention to man riding in
street car. I got out of Wheeling OF
!, the first train. 1t is bum town t.
. be in during a street car strike -