Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-03

Persons Slightly Wounded by
BayOnets.
Cleveland, Ohio, July 2.-The strike
at the Brown Hoisting Co.'S works has
reached a point where the authorizes
as we'll as the strikers are in no mood
for trifIling.
When the non-union men left the
works at o'clock this afternoon there
was rioting.
Two hundred and fifty policemen
emerged from the gates, guarding fifty
three workmen. An immense crowd
had gathered a block away, but the
police took new route and eluded
them for the moment The strikers
set up a yell and ran, soon overtaking
the 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. The police suspected that the
bottles were intended as missiles and
compelled the driver of the wagon to
turn back. At Wilson avenue and
Euclid a railroad train blocked the way
and an effort was made TO drive the
van through the guard of police. The
officers dragged to the ground the
driver, Fred w. Hearn, moving con-
tractor, and the man on the seat beside
him, w. j. O'Neil, paving contractor.
These men resisted and the police used
their clubs on them with such effect
that their heads were soon swollen
with masses OF cuts. O'NeiPs ankle
was broken. The strikers in the van
Jumped out and the police charged the
crowd, using their clubs on all the
heads within reach. Frank Coopen-
heiker, a machinist, returning from
work. and not a striker, was caught IN
the crowd and severely dubbed on the
head. Hearn was arrested and locked
I'D. The strikers dispersed before the
onslaught of the police and the non
union men were sent home. Mean
while a tragedy had taken place at the
Brown works. Albert G.. Saunders,
young student at Case School OF APP
piled Science, whose father lives at
331 Prospect street, has been working
for the Brown Company during vaca-
ton for the practical knowledge 1t
would give him. He did not leave with
the non-union men under police guard,
but mounted his bicycle and sought TO
reach home alone. As he turned up
Hamilton street a knot of strikers saw
him and shouted 10 him TO stop. lie
did not obey and they began to throw
stones and bricks at him. a brick
struck him on the head and knocked
him off his wheel, and he claims that
after he was down they continued 10
stone him. Rising to his knees he
drew his revolver and fired. The ball
missed his assailants. sped across
vacant lot and buried itself in the
breast of VIM. Rettger, one or the
strikers who was walking through an
alley with several companions. Rett-
ger was sent TO q hospital Where ne
died in few minutes. lie was single
man. % wears old, boarding on Eoadiey
Street and was a brother OF Pltcner
Rettger, of the Milwaukee Daie D@h
club. .. ars,
Patrolman Gibbons heard the sno' nrea
and rushing up seized youHs sau"'srs anu
hurried him into the office OF the h'S"op
Poo Ia
Rabcccll Company. II a wontetIu'lS
snace Of time a furious crowd. winch I'eN'
II ,be streets as far a. the eye cou.' re'c"'
surped against the front Of the once
ro,1dip,, that Saunders be given up TO It,
some of them brought rope ara '"'
~ lvnch him was raised. \ few pes'D a."
AZ the windows of the office. whrh Ia
trolman C4bbons, who was oace q ui'''
r,,rLr,an addressed the mob ana party
orieted II. Patrol wagon loads OF pom
soon arrived and a guard was poster III
rr,,,+ NJ the building. Long before "lS
,ta,.or NIcKfss5n. Police Director Ap'o'''
foy,t col whitney Of The F.fth regiment
"a others were gathered for consultation
ir tho Citv Hall. Word Of the critical con-
1t,io, Of affairs was telephoned from 'n7
Office and a request ila''
80 r,iit,i, The Mayor responded by Or
,o-;r,, the Cleveland CITY NudIi7 a,'4
comnanv + 20 the scene OF 'he ''O'
guards arrived first, just as 'he ''''' W.
rrsn,ring for another effort 10
saunders As the soldiers came oo"n ~
- the mob shrieked ard ho"led ""l
49, Guards were compelled 10 open wy
~, .'}5.',,,se1,.es with leye,ed baycncts. SeN-
- and b7vs were wounded silsnty
49,. soI5iers. The guards forme1 III
~ tb. office. and just then company
- =, -. s,,-. coming. Amid a frenzy 81 *
D.. .....-,+ an the part Of the dense crown
- ,,.,eon was backed to tho depot OIL
I'D c,urders was ierked into IL anu
-. IA lie on the bottom. Guards iotihei
,.round II with bayonets al 'charEe a"f
-. rorced their way down Hamilton
-. n.etthe howliug mob surginS along
80. ~ To heiqhten the excitement De
-.,,.o srro.sv. as warning. stood up III
80 ,,,.-oi wagon ard shot his revolver mo
,r The wagon and the soldiers pro-
- r,ri9-v until the crowd IN froht
..d ,,,-r-d. when the guard opened ranks
20, 49, wagon sped on to the Central ponce
'.a.tar A. run. Saunders. whose head IS
III. cut ND ard his body a mass on
80 is a prisoner charged with tho
<iling OF Rettger. r,
Company +. in command or MAJOR -
TN marched TO the ce-ter Of The cro"'
w. remained behind The soldiers wert
neraced ard jeered Major Lebieh haitef
,,s nosn drew his revolver ard declared
sat mon the slightest attempt at violence
- ,.''o wopld give the command to fire. Afi.r
b,t tho noise ceased and the crowd scat
ared the company returning 10 quarters