The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-08-08
STU ALTON IS GRAVE.
The Long Threatened Sympathetic
Strike Has Been In
augurated

Cleveland. O.. Aug. 3.-The labor sit.
uatiOn in this city Is again at critical
stage today. One hundred and fifty non
/ Hoisting works this morning. They were
J guarded by four companies of militia
+. and large force of police. A big crowd
OF union men were present, but no out
/ break occurred. The police and soldiers
I Kept the strikers moving and would not
/ permit them to stand in one place more
than few minutes.
The sympathetic strike.
4 The big sympathetic strike movement
I which has been threatened ever since the
strike al the Brown Company'S works be-
| gan eleven weeks ago was inauCurated
| this morning. Eighty-Scven men en-
( ployed by the Van Wagner x Williams
company. hardware manufacturers. laid
! down their tools and walked out of the
works. The men said their only griey-
ance was their sympathy with the
Brown Hosting company men and that
the employees OF other concerns would
soon follow their lead Committees were
sent out to other factories along the lake
shore to notify the men that they were
called out on strike.
One Of the leaders of the Van WaC-
ner strikers said that they would de
mand of Mayor McKiSSon that the non
uuonIstS y dISarmed. and if this was
refused the strikers would arm them
selves and compel the nonunionists to
give UP their weapons by force if ncces-
sary. 1t is reported that scores Of strik-
ers have already armed then selves and
that they have organized into a COM
pany and are drilling under military tao
tics.
More Militia Called Out.
Shortly before noon Director of 70
lice Abbott ordered another company of
militia to the Brown works, making FIVE
companies in all. The director said that
he had received private information
which satisfied him that the condition of
affairs was far more serious than ap-
pearcd on the surface
crowd of union men gathered at
the corner of Hamilton ana Bclden
streets this morning and when ordered
to dSpcrSe refused to do so. Lieut..
Thompson and a squad of police charged
on the crowd and took into custody Sev-
pral Of their number. They were taken
to the Twenty second precinct station
and charged with violating the sidewalk
ordinance.
\ hic crowd followed the patrol wagon
through the streets and more arrests
were threatened hut none was made
Cleveland. o. Aug. Shooting by
soldiers and rioters marked the opening
of another day in tie vicinity of the
Brown Hosting works. At 80 o'clock
this morning two men stopped in front
of Mrs Lind's boarding house. a few
squares from the Brown Hosting works.
where man named Gettncr, employed
al the works, boards. The two men
yelled for the "scab" to come out. and
then they began to throw stones al the
house. Presently one of the men fired
at the door, the bullet passing through
the panel and entering the house.
The noise attracted the attention of the
militia and detachment of 60. men
5I5&rHh ""Dlar4d, 1" the -Srnna on the double
boring corner the two men started To run.
The lieutenant in charge shouted:
Halt"
The pursued men paid no attention 10
the order and the soldiers began firing
at them.
They returned the FIRE and for a mo-
neut there was a lively fusiladc.
One of the men suddenly made a cry
and was heard to grOan. \ moment
later however, both had disappeared in
the darkness.
The affair caused the utmost eXcite-
ment in the ncighhorhOod for time
The bullets struck several houses. Two
went clear through the side Of n grocery
store. The soldiers and others believe
that the two men had planned 10 blow
up Mrs Lind'S house.
About 100 nonuuinn men went to work
at the Brown works this morning under
guard of a large force of militia and pO-
lice. An enormous crowd of strikers
and their sympathizers were present but
no trouble occurred
ON every street within a radius Of
nearly a mile of tho plant both soldiers
and locked out men patrolled the side
walks Many of the soldiers were dOu-
bly, armed, wearing belts and revolvcrs
as well as carrying guns. y number of
the strikers also carried guns.
At a meeting Of the executive commit
tee of the lockcd-out Brown Hosting
works men this morning it was decided
unanimously to ask the Central Labor
union at its meeting on "Wednesday even
ing to declare 4 sympathetic strike. If this
is done, it will call out probably from
10000 to 10000 men.