Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-07-24
RATHER SERIOUS
The Conditions at the BroWn Works,
Cleveland, Are Decided,
Worse.
THE STRIKERS ARE Ri0TOUS
Troops Are Angry aud Restiye and
Martial Law VIII Be Rigidly
Enforced

CLEVELAND, July 17.-This has been
another turbulent day in the Brown
works district. There were several in
cipient riots and this evening there was
an open conflict between the mobs and
the militia, it being necessary to put
l,0O0 men to flight at the point of the
bayonct.
The trouble began in the forenoon,
when Patrolmen Guenther and Carey
were surrounded by mob of rioters and
threatened with death. The officers
held the mob at bay until help came,
and one of the leaders v as arrested.
This afternoon, two miitiamen, on a
street car on their way to do picket
duty, were set upon by dozen mcc.
but they used their fists to such good
advantage that they drove their >ssail-
ants from the car, Subsequently, three
Of the rioters were arrested
This evening when the n0u-union men
were taken from tie works, Captain
Zimmerman, With a company Of militia,
cleared the street. AltarwuEd the SOL
! diers returned to the works, and crowd
of LOCO men gathered in vacant
lot across the street, They aesaiod the
militiamen with vile epithets, aud finally
somebody suggested that the soldiers be
stoned Captain Zimmerman said he
was waiting for the stone throwi ng
begin Just then stone grazed hls cap
Then an order to charge was given and
the soldiers plunged forward. The
crowd broke and started to run, but all
could not get away from the soldiers.
At least dozen men we're bayoneted
and some Of them seriously hurt The
Injured were hustled away so quickly
it was impossible to learn the namea OF
any Of them, The situation is uplier
tonight than at any time yet. The
mobs are growing desperate and the
troops have lost their patlence
y sQuad of four militia men of Com
pany | were returning homo shortly pf-
ter this evening, after haupg escorted
the men from the works, when one q
them separated from the Others near
East Madison avenue. lie vas noticed
by the strikers and small crowd fol-
lowed him hoofiug aud jceripg. BY the
time he reached Jaetes block on lIamil-
ton street, the mob had grown to four or
five thousand in number and stones were
thrown. The soldier ran into a grocery
store TO escape The crowd threatened
to tear down the ha:lding and he came
out. Special Policeman Owen Murphy
appeared and started to escort the
militiaman to q patrol box, that police
assistance might be summoned but
the mob encOmpassed them and
attacked them with stones, sticks
and fists. Meanwhile, word Of the
trouble had been sent to the
militia at the Brown works and Com
pany + hastered TO the rescue. AT
double quick time, with rifles at "charge
bayonete,' they rushed at the crowd
clearing the street speedily, A number
of men and boys we're stabbed with
bayonets, but only two seriously, Thomas
Garrity of Oxford street and Thomas
MEG larvey OF St. Clair street. They are
wounded in the back and McGlarvey
may die. Ia the excitement the lone
militiaman slipped away, and though
doubtless injured, is probably not dan
gerously hurt. Murphy however, was
so badly beaten that his recovery is in
doubt. Martial law will be enforced in the
disturbed district from now on, and any
serious menace to the militia is likely to
| be met with extreme measures. The
soldiers are in temper to use lead.