The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-12
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THE INTELLIGENCER.
WHEELING, JUNE IL, 1890.
A Manifest Injustice.

The Sunday Pittsburgh Dispatch con-
tained a communication from Wheeling,
signed TT" giving history Of the
street car strike In this city. which con-
tains u great deal Of truth already
known to the Wheeling public. regard
ing the effect Of the strike upon BUSH
ness, as the result Of an effective boy
colt of the line. There was also great
amount Of deliberate Justification In re-
gard to feature affecting the integrity
OF the newspapers of this city. The In;
telligencer is well Informed that the ar
ticle was written by an individual who
came to Wheeling Friday, introducing
himself as a staff representative OF the
Dispatch and Interviewed several citi-
zens as such. We trust, for the sake of
the Dispatch, he was not so authorized.
but II he did not misrepresent himself.
the Dispatch is culnable in publishing
his falsehoods as Communication"
and not as production by q staff man,
Had the correspondent stopped with
a story of the strike. and fair and
conservative estimate of the situation,
there would be no room for criticism, for
from his standpoint of view, there was
little that was overdrawn. The Intelli-
Gencer regrets to say, however. that in
the communication We're assertions con-
corning the attitude OF the newspapers
Of the city which. to say the least OF
them, are decidedly unjust. as the read
ers of this paper. at least, can testify.
We cannot account for the fact. or i'm
asine for one moment a reason for the
from the letter: tsg'
There are three English dailies printed
{ here, processing to furnish the news, bat
z the reader looks In their columns in vain
2 to iind any real news of the boycott. They
give the base hal! games and boxing
matches and bicycle races with great de-
tail, also present such reports Of the Sab
bath meetings OF the Trades and Labor
Assembly as are furnished them. butgnot
Il syllable of news as to tile true situatio n.
The boycott OF the cars Is treated as 4
strike, although there has been no strike
for eight weeks. The cars have been well
{ manned and have run with entire regular
ity all the time. although with but few
passengers. These papers do not dare to
print line in any wise rejecting the facts
OF the case. Neither one OF them will
: print any communication commenting on
the situation unless accompanied with the
signature OF the writer. thus exposing him
10 the enmity of the union. Of course,
+ there are no communications printed.
The readers Of the Intelligencer and OF
the other Wheeling papers know how
contemptibly untruthful and malicious
this statement Is. To say that the
papers have not daily. ever since the
strike was innugurated, reported faith
fully the very things this writer de-
clares have not been published, is I'M
true. Every detail has been reported.
Almost daily attention has been direct
ed to the great damage that has been
done to trade in Wheeling by the re-
fusal of the public to patroniZe the
cars; cditorially and otherwise every
possible effort has been made for q REM
edy. -,..
The writer of the article cannot make
good his assertion later on that the
press here has been subjuGated by the
Trades Assembly," or any other organi-
cation. and that, SO far as the Intelll-
gencer is concerned. 1t has not done
everything possible to impress upon the
people Of this city that the situation has
brought nothing but disaster. What
more has this correspondent done TO
bring about n betterment OF conditions
thoO hpya tbn ,,nwSpopars2
Within three days past the Intelligent
Ger called attention to the inestimnble
damage done the reputation Of the city
abroad and the damage to our indus
tries. The Register and, News have
done the same. Does the writer OF the
above expect the newspapers to settle
the situation when those whose Inter-
ests nre most affected will do nothing?
Why. for instance, do not 1T" and
other such critics of the press of Wheel
ing. ride in the cars? Do they expect
the newspaper men to set the example?
If so. will they join the procession"
The. two concluding sentences OF the
J above letter are absolutely false. The
Intelligencer never refused to print q
communication commenting on the sit
uation unless accompanied by the full
name OF the writer" and 1t Is equally
false that mo communications are
printed" Nothing has been barred
from these columns within reasonable
limits. Its columns are open to I'LL who
want to express themselves. It has
S never required the authors name to so
at the bottom OF proper commun!ca-
ton II the publisher knew the writer to
be responsible. That Is a policy this
paper never adopted In all Its history.
The following further remarks concern
ing the papers. by the correspondent.
need no comment, for the above com
ments cover them sufficiently:
They dnro no, publish tho fact. known to
every man and woman In town. that the
whole community ~ tcrrorl2cd by the rear
OF tho boycott or The fear or violence.
Practically they arc In Alliance, with the
Trades and Labor AsEtnbly ana have been
for several years. aud n.re to Il great ex-