The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-03


Their Work OF Destroyiog Property.
Several Broken Heads as Result OF
Their Conflict With tho Authorities.
The Militia May Have to be Called out.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May s.-After the
riotous demonstrations OF MAY day the
police department awoke to the neces-
sity OF prompt action, and it was deter
mined to dispense any gathering that
threatened trouble. This attitude on
the part Of the police seemed to anger
the men, and they were in yery ugly
| mood this morning.
There was gathering in the public
square, as there has been daily for the
past two weeks, and then a start was
made out Ontario street, presumably
to Interfere with squad of forty street
| cleaners. Thirty-f1ve officers were 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 manufacturing dia-
trict in the FLATS" The workmen
we're 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 employees escaped Then
the Epson nut and bolt works were at
tackled. A loaded train OF coal cars was
on the track near by. The crowd
mounted upon the coal and bombarded
the Epson works For time it looked
as II tn. SO buildings would be de-
molished
At this point tho crowd became fren-
z,ed and the noise made struck terror
through the entire fats. Most OF the
crowd carried cluos and as body the
men had an ugly appearance. On Scran-
| ton avenue, near the Cleveland, Scran-
ton and Southern tracks, the crowd
| Quilted q scrap iron warehouse, some of
them thereby becoming possessors of
dangerous weapons.
The police who had charged the mob
on Ontario street went to the Epson
nut works and no sooner had thew
taken possession Of the works than an
angry mob, mum boring thousands, sur
rounded it and howlcd fer revenge.
All the police at the eighth precinct
wero called out when it was learned
that tho rioters had penned thirty-ive
| police in The Epson works Learning
that a retrforc- mtnt Of Cilicers were
coming the crowd turned is a;t> ntions
to Faulthaber's furniture factory on
Scranton avenue and broke all the
windows.
They were about to loot the place
whom the extra police arrived and
cEeaed them down the street. The
police headed by Capt. Enligh and Capt.
Burns chased the crowd down to Abbey
street bridge and the crowd took pos-.
session 81 tbe bridge and began throw
ing stones and Sr.aks at the police The
police with drawn revolvers backed up
nyo ..,l-
upon the mob tie d in all direc lions, the
police pursuing and taking in charge all
they could get hold Of.
There were few English speaking
people in the mob It was a rabble
composed almost entirely of foreigners.
There were fully 1000 OF them when
the crowd was at it's greatest strength.
1t dwindled rapidly, however, when the
police got to work.
Mayor Lee issued proclamation
during the afternoon calling upon ali
cltlzens 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-
iorse the law and maintain order. He
IS also in consultation with the militia.
The rioters proceeded to the Cieye.
land rolling mills, where they had a
conflict with the police. There were
about ten minutes of fierce clubbing
and then the crowd gave way and scat.
tered in every direction. Seven of the
rioters, all with broken heads, were ar
reRtod.
This Cleveland. Lorraine and Wheeling
railway contractors st work in BROOKLYN
village, have placed charges OF dyna-
mite in the hills surrounding their
work and connected them with electric
batteries. Dynamite bombs have also
been prepared for the defense of their
workmen.
Fearing trouble during the evening,
squad OF $50 police was stationed in
the public square to prevent any gather
ing there Tho people OF the city are
niicd with fear tonight that the mob
Will resort to the torch or dynamite and
attem pt 10 destroy factories and private
residences.
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