The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-03
THE DANGER POINT.
The Strike at Cleveland is Fast Arriving
at It,

at 1t.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 2---The strike at
the Brown hosting company's works has
reached a point where the authorities. "a
well as the strikers are in no-mood for
triiilng. When the non. union men left
the works at D O'Clock this afternoon
there was hooting Two hundred and
fifty policemen emerged from the gates
guarding hfty-three workmen. An i'm.
mense crowd had gathered block away.
put the police took a new route and
eluded them for the moment. The strikers
SET up yell and ran, soon overtakinp
ehe marching column, hooting and yell
ing A huge moving van was in the rear.
filled with strikers, and with it small
wagon laden with empty beer bottles.
Inc strikers in the van jumped ont
ana the police charged the crowd. using
their clubs on all the heads within reach
frank Coopenheiker, a machinist, return
ing from work, and not a striker. was
caught In the crowd and severely clubbed
on the head. The strikers dispersed be-.
lore the onslaught of the police and the
non union men were sent home Mean
whiie Il tragedy had taken place at the
pro"h works Albert G. Saunders, a
young student at Case school of applied
science, mas been working for the Brown
car knowledge it would give him. He
did not leave with 1.-THE mon. union men
under police guard, but mounted his hi
cycle ana sought to reach home alone As
he turned up Hamilton street, a knot of
strikers began to throw stones and brick
at NM y brick struck him on the head
and Knocked him off his wheel. and he
claims that after he was down they con.
unued to stone him. Rising to his knees.
he drew his revolver and fired The hall
missed his assailants, sped across a va
cant lot, and buried itself in the breast
OF William Rettger, one .of the strikers.
VINO was walking through an alley with
several companions Rettger was sent
to the hospital, where he died in a few
minutes. Patrolman Gibbons heard the
shot fired and rushing up, seized young
Saunders and hurried him into the office
OF the Bishop Babcock Company.
In wonderful short space of time
furios crowd, which packed the streets
as iar as the eye could reach. surped
against the front office, demanding that
Saunders be given up to it, Someone
brought rope and the cry to lynch was
raised. Word of the critical condition of
affairs was telephoned to the mayor from
the Bishop Babcock office, and a reouest
made for militia. The mayor responded
by ordering the Cleveland City Guards
and Company + to the scene of the riot
The guards arrived first, just as the mob
was preparing for another effort to cap
lure saunders. AS the soldiers came
down the street the mob shrieked and
howled and the guards were compelled
to open way for themselves with leyeled
bayonets
Several men and boys were wounded
slightly by the soldiers. The guards
formed in front of the Office and lust thel
company r was seen coming. Among Il
frenzy of excitement on the part of the
dense crowd. n patrol wagon was backed
to the door of the Office and Saunders was
Jerked intos lit and made to lay on the bot
tom. The guards formed around it with
oayoncts at charge and they forced
their way down Hamilton street, part of
the bowling mob surging along with
them. To heighten the excitement De-
tectiNe Sprosty. as Il warming stood IN
IN the patrol wagon and shot his revolver
INTO the air. The wagon and tho soldiers
proceeded rapidly until the crowd in
front had thinned, when the guard omen
Ell ranks and the wagon sped on TO the
central police -station at run Saun-
ders, whose head is badly cut up and his
body mass of bruises, is IA prisoner
charged with the killing of Rettger.
company f in command of Major Lei
bach, marched to the center of the crowd
that remained behind. The soldiers were
menaced and jeered. Major Leibach
halted his men, drew his revolver and
declared that upon the slightest of vio-
lence, he would give the command to
fire After that the noise ceased and the
crowd scattered, the company returning
to quarters.
The mayor will cause proclamation
declaring the riot act To he in force TO be
posted in the neighborhood of the Brown
works tomorrow morning.