Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-13
Constituent Companies Said to
Have Been Ordered TO Put
Plants to Work at Once.
A Riot0us Observation-Disclosures.
ton OF Evicting Painters Ten
ants-Hearne and Black.

horses we're whipped into a gallop and
the mill was reached without serious
damage having been done. When the
cab started ON It's return journey the
former proceedings we're repeated. At
the corner of Carson and Fourteenth
streets, several persons attempted to
catch the horses by the brides and 1t
was then the shot was fred.
Great confusion followed and the
officers got away without further
trouble.
Alderman M. r. Walsh, of the West
End. announced to-day that he had
held up the first three of the fifty evic-
ton cases against the families OF
| striking mill employees living in the
houses of the American Steel Hoop
Company In Painters Row." pending
the receipt of an opinion from his at
torney on tn legality of the clause in
the lease under which the company
seeks to eviot.
None of the three who were served
with the eviction notices yesterday
were more thar three months In ar
rears In their rent and when he con-
stable served notices. all rendered
their rent TO date, but on Instructions
from the company, the constable ro-
fused to accept the money.
TWO UNUSUAL CLAUSES.
The leases for the fifty houses owned
by the company contain two unusual
clauses. One provides that when the
tenant ceases to be an employee OF the
company he shall peaceably give up
possession OF the premises. The other
provides that, on the II refusing
TO work longer for the company, infor-
NATION may be made before an alder
man and the tenant elected. Alderman
Walsh to-day gave the defendants UNI
til Monday to answer, and turned the
leases over to his attorney for an opin-
ion on their legality.
Nine new men were taken into the
Star tin mill to-day without any inter-
ference. The situations at all OF the
other plants remains unchanged.
An exchange OF interesting corres-
pondence has taken place between F. J.
Hearne, president OF the National tube
Works Company. and Mayor X. J.
Black, of McKeesport. The former
wrote demanding that the mayor pre-
vent further interference on the part
of the strikers with the operation OF
the tube works by dispensing the
crowds which co%ngregate about the
streets leading to the plant, in other
words the pckets.
WILL NOT INTERFERE.
The mayor has replied that he will
not interfere with the strikers so long
as they use only persuasion. He says
he could as lawfully prevent the mill
bosses from talking with the strikers
as he could prevent the strikers from
arguing with the workmen. He says
he will guard the mill officials to and
from work If necessary, but he attrib-
utes the inability of the officials TO !.
start the plant to the fact that this
great mass of men are unwilling to re-
turn to work. The mayor in his letter
says:
"If you will furnish me with tho
names of those who desire to go tc
work, if they will notify the chief Of
police or myself, | will see that they
have the necessary personal escort to
and from the mill.
your property will be protected,
your company granted it's rights and
privileges and your employees, agents
and officers protected from all harm or
menace. This has been and will be
done. What more can you desire3
Bodily harm in the mills for our
workmen exists only in the imagina-
ton of some of your very solicitous
officials, who in trying to persuade
your men to resume employment have
gone SO far as to ia that the mills OF
your company would be closed to them
for all time IL they did not return at
once"
WILL ASK INJUNCTION.
The workers officials say they have