New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-03
RIOTING IN CLETELAND.
POLICE FIGHTING WITH DISORDERLY
MOBS.
CHASED FROM THEIR wORK-THE LOCAL
MILITIA HELD N THEIR ARMORY.

MILITIA HELD N THEIR ARMoRY.
Cleveland. May after the riotous demonstra-
tons Of May Day. the police department awoke
to the necessity Of prompt action and it was de-
termned to disperse any gathering that threat
ened trouble. This attitude on the part Of the
police seemed to anger the disordcry element
and they were in ugly mood this morning.
There was gathering in the Public Square. as
there has been daily for the last two weeks and
then a start was made ont Ontario-st., pre-
sumably to interfere with a squad Of forty street
cleaners Thirty-fve officers We're sent after
the men in the patrol wagons and they
charged the mob and scattered It, Several
heads were broken in the melee. A crowd Of
several thousand men then invaded the manu-
featuring district in the flats" The worlmen
were driven from the Standard Paint Works,
and then attack with rocks and clubs was
made on the Variety Iron Works. The building
was badly damaged, but the employees escaped.
Then the Upson Nut and Bolt Works were at
tackled. 4 loaded train Of coal cars on the
track near by. The crowd mounted It, and
bom5ardcd the Upson works. For a time 1t
looked as II these buildings would be demolished
AT this point the crowd began To- become
frenzicd. and the noise made struck terror
through the entire flats" Most of the crowd
carried clubs. ana as a body the men had an
ugly appearance. ON ScrautOn-aVe, near the
Cleveland. Canton and Southern Railroad tracks
the crowd pllaged a scrap-iron warehouse. some
OF them becoming possessors of dangerous
weapons thereby.
The police who had charged the mob on on
iario-st. went To the UpsOn Nut Works and no
sooner had they taken possession OF the works
han an angry crowd. numbering thousands. sur
rounded II and hOVlcd for revenge. All the
police at the Eighth Precinct werr called out.
Whcn i was learned ;hat the rioters had penned
thiriy-iNe policemen I'm the Cpeon works. Learn
ing that a reinforcement Of officers were coming
tn. DNQ turned its l.fg'flpu Eallhab = =
furniture factory. ON Scranton-ave.. ana brok,
all the windows. They We're about To 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 tp Abocy-sj. bridge. and ths crowd
took possession OF tine bridge and began thr wing
stones ana bricks al the police. The police. with
drawn revolv,rs. backed up th' patrol wagons
and charged. wncreupon the mob fled in Az il
recuons. the polio" pursued. taking in charge
all th'y could get hold II.
The Cleveland Greys. the crack military or
sanitation of the Stft". hay" been ordered 90
assemble az thci~ arnory ana hold thc:nseives
iu readiness go assist the polio. force In quelIins
rie;ins and maintaining the peace.
May'r h-c issued ID PROCLAMATION during the
a. nbi.ns ts"fer ,5r p,rn6sot ~ rloi AMI d.s
order sni states that al the powers vested IN TIE
ns!nian order The MAJOR a.., hid conau,,a,ion
with the officers - ihr 'th Regiment auI as a
thr cleveland GRAY. ami the CIjy GuarIs were or.
d'rei o. assemble a their aTmories subject to call
During the afternoon another mob vl-l;cl the
works - the United salt Company AMI drove IN"
men from their work The rioters then proceeded
70 tie Cleveland Rolling mis- who're they hnd a
conii.c' ~i'r tIa police" Tacre were about ten min
ates ~ fierce clubbing. ass! then The crowd gave
WY ani scstteret in cverf direction seven of the
r.otef All with broken helds. WIRE arrested Tho
cleveland. I~srrair ana Wheeling Railway contract
crs at work in BROOKLYN village have placed charges
Of dynamite IN the hills surrounding their works and
connected them with "'ec'ric batteries. Dynamite
bombs have also been prepared for the de;,acr Or
their workmcn
Fearing trouble during the evening squad Of
10 policemen were stationed IN tho public fquare
to prevent any gathering there. The people Of
III" city are hl!el with fear tonight that tho mob
VIII resort 10 the torch or dynamite AMI attempt to
destroy factories AMI privat, houses.