The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-03
MOB OF LAB0RERS RIOT.
START OUT on 4 MISSION or DIX.
sTRUCTToN BUT COME 7OGRIBF.
After Destroying Considerable Property
and Interfering with workingm,n
They are Dispersed By Police.

CLEVELAND. o.. May AFTER tho
riotous demonstrations OF May-Day. the
police department awoke to the necessity
Of prompt action. and It was determined
TO disperse any gathering that threatened
trouble.
This attitude on the part Of the police
seemed to anger the men. ana tney
were in very ugly mood this mornirs.
There was gathering In the public
square as there has been daily for the
past two weeks. and then start was
made out Ontario street, presumably TO
interfere with a squad OF forty street
cleaners. Thirty-Gve officers were sent
after the men in the patrol wagons. and
they charged the mob and scattered Il.
Several heads were broken In the melee.
WORK OF DESTRUCTION RESUMED.
4 crowd OF several thousand men then
invaded the manufacturing district In
the Hats The workmen were driven
from the Standard Paint Works. and then
an attack with rocks and clubs was
made on the Variety Iron Works. The
building was badly used up. but the EN-
ployes escaped. Then the Upson Nut and
Bolt Works were attacked. \ loaded
train OF cars was on the track near by.
The crowd mounted upon the coal and
bombarded the Upson Works. For a
time IL looked as II these buildings would
be demolished. AT this point the crowd
began - become frenzled and the noise
made struck terror throughout the en-
tire fats. Most OF tho crowd carried
clubs. and as body the men had an
ugly appearance.
On Scranton avenue near the Cleveland,
Canton and Southern tracks. the crowd
gutted a scrap iron warehouse, some
of them becoming possessors OF dangerous
weapons thereby.
sURRoUNDED BY AZ ANGRY MOB.
The police who had charged the mob
on Ontario street went 10 the Upson Nut
Works, and no sooner had they taken pos
session OF the works than an angry
mob, numbering thousands. surrounded
1t and howled for revenge. All the po-
lice at the Eighth precinct were called
ont when IL was learned that the rioters
had penned thlrty-hye police IN tho Up-
son works Learning that "A reinforcement
Of officers were coming, the crowd turned
its attention 10 Faulhaber's furniture fac
tory on Scranton avenue, ard broke all
the windows. They were about 20 loot
the place when the extra police arrived
and chased them down the street. The
police headed by Captain English and
Captain Burns chased the crowd down 10
Abbey-street bridge, and the crowd took
possession OF the bridge and began
throwing stones and bricks at the police.
POLICE cH.RGFD AND THY NOD FLrD.
The police. with drawn revolvers, back
ed up by the patrol wagons charged.
ttrh a Ia al1
the police pursuing and taking in charge
all they could get hold Of There were
few Engllsh-speaklng people IN the mob.
It was a rabble, composed almost en-
tirely OF foreigners. There were fully
four thousand OF them when the crowd
was ar It's greatest strength. IL dwindled
rapidly. however, when the police got 20
work. Mayor Flee issued proclamation
during the afternoon, calling upon all
citizens to refrain from assembling to-
gether for purposes of riot and disorder.
and states that all the powers vested In
the city government will be used to en-
force the law and maintain order.
The Mayor also held consultation
with the officers Of the Firth regiment,
and, as a result, six companies Of that
regiment, together with the Cleveland
Grays and the City Guards, were ordered
10 assemble I'm their armories. subject
to calls for service by the Mayor.
ANOTHTB OUTBREAK.
During the afternoon another mob Wis
tied the works Of the United salt Com
pany and drove the men from their work.
The rioters then proceeded to the Cleye-
land Rolling Mills, where they had
conflict with the police. There was about
ren minutes OF fierce clubbing, and tho
crowd gave way and scattered I'm every
direction Seven OF the rioters, all with
broken heads were arrested. The Cleve-
land. Lorain and Wheeling railway con-
tractors NJ work in brooklyn village,
have placed charges OF dynamite In the
hills surrounding their works ana con-
nected them with electric batteries. Dyn-
amite bombs have also been prepared
for the defence of their workmen. Fear.
ing trouble during the evening squad
Of $50 police was stationed In the pupiic
square To prevent any gathering there.
The people OF the city are illed with
fear tonight that the mob Will resort
10 the torch or dynamite and attempt
to destroy factories and private resi-
dences.
MGR RUIZ PREVAILS ~ IRON MOUNTAIN.
IRON MOUNTAIN, MINI, May All
work has been stopped IN the eastern
portion Of the Mesaba range, and mon
rule prevails in this city. TIE sheriff Ut
terly unable 10 cope with the lawless
and reckless miners. has called on Cover
nor Nelson for troops. An armed gang
Of 800 foreign miners. who struck yester-
day at oliver Ohio. Iron King and Frank
lin mines. reached here to-day and mareh-
ed through the streets of Iron Mountain
and terrorlzed the citizens They forced
miners In the Mountain Iron and Ra'hbone
mines 10 stop work and join their ranks
and stopped work I'm White McDebitts
saw mill The rioters declare that work
I'm all Industries must cease. Five hun
dred deruty sherlns have been sworn IN.
4 conflict is imlnent and the town Is In
an uproar.