The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-18
MOB OF A THOUSAND MEN SCAT
TERED BY MILITIA AT CLEVE-
LAND.
CRISIS is COMING SOON.
MEN ARE IN UGLY MOOD
AND SOLDIERS OUT OF
PATIENCE.
SEVERAL MEN RECEIVED WOUNDS
Situation at the Brown Works Mora
Serious Now Than at Any
Time Previously.

CLEVELAND, o., July 17-This has
been another turbulent day in the
Brown works district There were sew
eral incipient riots, and this evening
there was an open conflict between the
mob and militia, 1t being necessary to
put thousand men to flight at the
point of the bayonet
The trouble began this forenoon
when PatrolmeE Guenther and Carey
were surrounded by a mob of rioters
and threatened with death. The Of
hcers held the mob at bay until help
came and one Of the leaders was ar
rested This afternoon two militiamen
on street car on their way to do picket
duty were set upon by dozen men.
The soldiers were unarmed at the time.
but they used their fists to such good
advantage that they drove their as
sallants from the car Subsequently
three of the rioters were arrested.
This evening when the non-union
men were taken from the works Capt.
zimmerman with company of militia
cleared the street. Afterward the SOL
dlers returned to the works and a
crowd of 1000 men gathered in q va
cant lot across the street. They as
sailed the militiamen with vile emf
thets and finally somebody suggested
that the soldiers be stoned. Capt. Zim-
norman said he was waiting for the
stone-throwing to begin Just then a
rock grazed his cap. Then the order
to charge was given and the soldiers
plunged forward. The crowd broke
and started to run, but all could nor
get away from the soldiers. At least
dozen men were bayoneted. and some
or them were seriously hurt. The in
Jured were hustled away so quickly
that 1t was impossible to learn the
names Of any of them. The situation
is uglier tonight than 1t has been at
any time yet. The mobs are proving
desperate and the troops have lost
patience
squad of militia men was return
Ing home in the evening after having
escorted the men from the works when
one of them separated from the others
near East Madison avenue. He was
noticed by strikers and a. crowd follow
ed him hooting and jeering By the
time he reached Hamilton street the
mob had grown to four or five thou
sand In number, and stones were
thrown. The soldier ran into a grocery
store to escape. The crowd threatened
to tear down the building and he came
out. Meanwhile word of the trouble
had been sent to the militia at the
Brown works and company F fastened
to the rescue. At double quick time.
with rifles at charge bayonets, they
rushed at the crowd, clearing the
street A number Of men and boys
were stabbed with bayonets but only
two seriously, Thomas Clarity, Of OK
ford street and Thomas McClarvey, of
st. Clair street. McClarvey may die.
In the excitement the lone militia man
slipped away and though doubtless in
jured, is probably not dangerously
hurt. Owen Murphy, a police officer,
who attempted to protect him, however,
was 50 badly beaten that his recovery
is in doubt. Martial law will be en-
forced in the disturbed district from
now on and any serious menace to the
militia is likely to be met with extreme
measures.