Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-04-09

DELEGATION OF THE NEW MEN
NEE ING HELD BY STRIKERS.
THE SITUATION IN DETAIL.
The street car employees strike was
great success, yesterday, so far as pre-
venting the operation of the road was
concerned.
A few cars were run in the early
morning, in a casual sort of way, but
nothing like schedule service was
maintained, and operations soon de-
generated into an occasional short run,
and finally ceased altogether. Passen-
gers in the cars operated were few
and far between.
Few of the strikers went to bed yes
terday morning, after the adjournment
Of the meeting. Most of them remain
ed up to watch the movements of the
new employees of the company, and see
from personal observation what sue
cess was achieved in the operation of
the cars by the new men. They did not
know exactly how many men the COM
pany had secured, although it was gen
orally supposed the imported operators
Numbered twenty or twenty-five, nor
could it be guessed at what time the
corporation might bring another de-
taehment on the scene.
The old men usually report at the
barn at LEO a. m. for the early run, and
the first car leaves for up town a short
time after that. The start made yes
terday morning was not so prompt.
Somewhere between five and six o'clock
car was run out, and started north,
and was soon followed by several 9TH
ers. No incident of Importance occur
red on the up trip, and the first car
made the circuit of the loop in safety
and started back. All went we'll until
the corner of Chaplne and Thirty-third
streets was reached. The curve at this
point is a rather short one, and some
care has to be exercised in rounding it,
The new motorman attempted to make
u,
with the result that his car left the
track aid continued on down Chaplne
street for a considerable distance This
was about half-past six o'clock A con-
siderable crowd soon gathered, small
boys predominating, and there were a
number of distractions placed on the
track, and some unkind things were
said of the new men. No violence was
Q tempted however. In a short time
another car came along, and the de-
rallied car was dragged back on the
track. While this work was going on.
one of the new men told prominent
citizen of that portion of town that
they had been brought here under the
pretext of operating a new road, and
did not know that strike was in ex-
istence. To this the citizen replied
that if he and his comrades did not
know enough to detect the fact that
there was trouble, after being housed
In the barns of an old road all night,
it was no wonder he had run his car
considerable distance along a street on
which there was no track.
Late in the afternoon half the car
fender was still lying in the street.
About nine o'clock three cars had
succeeded in making the circuit of the
loop as far as Thirty-sixth street. on
the down track. There they ran up
against trouble in the shape of a mob
Of boys. These youths piled stones
and wood on the rails with a persis-
tence which made progress absolutely
impossible for long time. The police
were on hand, in charge of Chief Glenn
ans, and soon Mayor Sweeney also an
peared on the scene. The crew in
charge of the front car started to
gather up the distractions placed on
the track, and soon the front platform
of the car was we'll filled with an as
sartment of stones, bricks and rocks.
The supply in possession of the bows
appeared to be practically inexhaust
ible however, and it was eleven o'clock
before the cars had gotten through the
line OF blockade, which had been ex-
tended, from time to time, until its
southern limit reached almost to
Fcrty-third street. No arrests were
made, and it did little good for the
police to drive the boys away. as they
almost Immediately appeared in an
other locality, and with a new supply
of distractions.
During the morning another crowd
OF boys gathered on Twenty-seventh
street, between Main and Chapline. and
mary small distractions were there
placed on the tracks. A police officer
was sent there, ara he had his hands
full for the remainder of the dav.
About two O'Clock car No %, bound
south. came along Twenty-seventh
street, and near the corner of Market
some benevolent by-standers invited
tie crew to have drink They had
several, and the net result was the car
was abandoned It was taken possess
sion Of by boys. and in a short time