Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-01-27

cording the results on note book.
Another clerk examined his eyes by
keeping him at distance to read GER
tain alphabetical letters, then he was
passed to the Superintendent, who
asked him if he ever ran car, if so,
where? John Barr from Chicago, an
swered that he run on the front end
for over six years, also ruR on the
front end of the electric express on
the Philadelphia and Delaware, in
fact, he gave the statement that he
was raised around street cars, He
was accepted right away, given a
badge and also first class run on the
Euclid Avenue line. Afterwards, he
told me he never ran a car and l
found there is no express running be-
tween Philadelphia and Wilmington.
Here is his record for three days:
Smashed an ice wagon, throwing it
on the sidewalk; collided with two
cars at the barns; also runinto and
smashed to bits one peddler g wagon,
on Euclid avenue. Damaged the po-
lice auto near the Lake View barns,
the police never got his number.
mean his badge number, due to the
fact that a man carried two badges,
one for a safe run and the other for
emergencies. John Harrington, con-
ductor on Euclid avenue line on his
Z p. m. run had a big crowd going to
the theater, estimated at 150.. lie
only rang 25 fares, not forgetting to
hand over the motorman $3.50 a day
for friendship sake. Well it is about
the only time the company allows its
employees to be- partners and divide
their profits half and half, The starter
at the Lake View barns told. Harring-
ton, '"For Gods sake, John, do what
you do, but don't forget to bring the
car back" At night the company got
busy, getting together the best and
strongest strike breakers, giving them
lecture ON the sacred rights of priv
ate property, not forgetting to men
ton that unionism is. un-American
and anti-patriotic. ''You are entitled
to work when and where you please. !"
Look" he exclaimed, "even the
courts are on your side; this means
that you are doing your duty only. as
American citizens, when you break
this strike. Be brave men"
After the lecture was over every
one received an iron bolt, by 10
inche long, wrapped in newspaper;
the thugs were instructed to scatter
through the car, ten men to car, and
hit the first man who interfered with
the service, notwithstanding that two
policemen were in fronfor the rear
nd of the car. Some of thugs carried
guns and he police we're aware of all
these facts, while Tom Johnson was
keeping himself out Of the public
eye.
The newspapers acting on the adj
vice of their advertisers howled f6r
a settlement, SO the company re-
Cured to trick to fool the people;
they said that all the places were
filled up, that was true, also that
they, the company would take a vote
Of their new men, the proposition be-
ing><to take back the old hands, or
not. The following day each man
got a ballot, accompanied with the
words, you know how to vote, if
they come back, you must CO." The
result of that wonderful balloting
was: Ballots cast, 150-147 votes
(Lake View barns) against the propo-
sition, yet the public did not realize
that mockery, that man, especially
a strike breaker, will not vote him
self out of his job. Finally, as was
expected, the men lost, so they cir
cularized several thousand petitions
to recall the franchise, the result was
that the companies go back to the old
SINNERS and charge the dear public
sc fare, also the great friend of labor,
Tom Johnson, went the way of all
their friends, defeated" and the men
are wiser today, nay more as they
were before.
! The Philadelphia street car en-
ployes walked out on the first of
June, 1909, tieing up the city. The
men employed by the P. R. T., Phila-
delphia, were the worst paid in the
country, had bad conditions, being
robbed in buying their uniforms, 50