The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-29

The indications point to a settlement
OF the strike OF the employees OF the
Wheeling Railway Company within the
nextseventv-two hours, audit is not un-
likely that settlement will be reached
to-day. Both sides are weary OF the
contest. and arc In mood to come to-
gether in the right spirit this afternoon.
Last night two OF the out-of-town dl-
rectors OF the Wheeling Railway Com
pany reached at the city and went to
the Fort Henry Club. They were
Messrs. II. Clark Ford and Z. W.,
Moore, Of Cleveland. At the Fort
Henry an informal conference was held
at IL o'clock last night, participated in
by Messrs. Moore and Ford, and Drec-
tors l.. F. Stifel ard W. Z. Stone, of this
city. with Secretary W. S. Shirley.
When seen after the conference, Messrs.
Stifel and Shirley stated that the con-
ference was entirely informal. in fact 1t
could not really be called conference,
being more social call of the local peo-
pie on the visitors from Cleveland. 1t
was stated that nothing would be deter
mined until to-day. when the directors
meet and later confer with the strikers
representatives.
1t was stated last night by, Chairman
Chew, Of the special council committee
recently appointed to bring together
the street car people and the strikers
for the purpose OF settling the strike,
that the company's board Of directors
would meet In one OF the committee
rooms at the city building this after
noon and that the strikers representa-
tivcs would convene in another commit
tee room. The council committee would
also meet and act in the role of media
tor. meeting alternately with the strilt-
crs representatives ind the directors OF
the company, and the hope was express
ed that before the negotiations ended the
contendIng interests would be brought
together In n final and successful con-
ference, in which, OF course, the council
committee would not take part.
Chairman Chew and Mayor Sweeney
denounced, the statement In morning
paper of yesterday that the situation
was dlscouraglng. On the contrary,
they said, the situation was rather, en-
courglng and the hope was entertained
that settlement would result from
the efforts now being made by the COM
mittec.
President Conderman will arrive
from Philadelphia this morning mt 10
o'clock. and Immediately upon his ar
rival, It Is said. the directors will meet
for the purpose OF deciding just what
they will concede when they meet at the
ci;v building in the afternoon. From
source that Is considered reliable, 1t Is
learned that the company may concede
the demand for twenty cents an hour
but will not concede all the demands
relative TO the hiring and discl!arging
OF employes-holdnG that they mist
reserve certain rights along this line
else the control Of the road would pass
from their hands into those of the en-
ployes. 1t Is also said that the strikers
representatives have received an intl-
nation OF what the directors vii! offer
this afternoon, and that they seem
disposed to SETTLE on the general terms
proposed by the home directors of the
company.
To-day's conference Is OF the utmost
Importance. II nothing results from
the bringing together Of the contend,ng
forces at this time. 1t looks as though
there Will be long drawn out and BIT
ter contest between the company and
the strikers.