The record-union., 1896-07-03

Men were lying unconscious ON the
street or crawling around in vain
attempt to arise to their feet. The po-
lice, dividing into squads, charged
after each section of the crowd, deter
mined to infiiot punishment severe and
unrelenting This lasted for several
minutes, and the returning squads of
policemen began to gather up uncon-
scious men and others who We're stag
gering around as a result OF severe
blows
The name of the man killed is Will
lam Rettger
There have been ten students of the
Case School of Applied Science work
ing at the hoisting works, but there has
been no disposition to modest them.
Each day they have, after the police
had marched out the other workmen
mounted their wheels and gone home.
This afternoon A. G.. Saunders, aged
10, one of the Case boys was later
than his companions in leaving, and
when he followed the crowd which was
in pursuit of the police he was as
sailed with cries of 'Scab" and stones
were thrown at him. When he had
reached point about a block away,
in front of the Bishop Iron Works. he
was Sli bNh bS SUM- sltlNi cat sel-SAA
cut in his head He fell from his wheel
and the mob howled XIII the scab'
and made a rush for him. As he lay he
drew revolver and shot Rettger
through the heart.
The squad of police left to guard the
Brown Works heard the shooting and
charged down the street, managing to
reach Saunders, who was again on the
ground and being kicked and buffeted.
The police drew their revolvers and
managed by great efforts to get the
Injured man into the office of the
Bishop Works.
The mob outside, which had swelled
to 5000, infuriated by the sight of the
dead man, howled Lynch him." and
were preparing to make a charge on
the building in which the police had
taken refuge, when the police REIN
forcements came up and attacked the
crowd in the rear and dubbed their
way to where the imprisoned officers
were standing off the crowd. They
managed to keep the crowd at bay un-
til a company of militia marched onto
the scene and took Saunders to the
Central Police Station.
The section of the city where the
workmen live was in state of fer
ment and threats We're made to burn
the houses where the men who have
returned to work live before morning.
The police are on the alert and the
streets are being rigidly patrolled.
There is also apprehension that the
trouble has only begun, and that Il
strike of iron workers embracing every
branch of the industry in Cleveland
may come about at any moment The
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idle for some months on account of the
lockout has been surrounded with d
heavy ten-foot fence, and the COM
pany, it is claimed, will open up next
week with large force of union
men.
Four companies of militia are under
arms at their respective armories, and
will be used to keep the peace to-mor-
row.
The Brown Company is as firm as
ever in it's determination not to recog-
nize the uniors
After the police had escorted the
workmen to the Fourth Precinct Sta
tion at Wilson and Euclid avenue, the
mob, which had followed all the way,
was reinforced by thousands of work
men returning from other shops, and
both streets were packed. Deputy Po-
lice Superintendent Mcmahon ordered
the streets cleared, and fifty policemen
under command of Captain English
were lined UP. Clubs were drawn, and
when the order "Charge!" was given
there ensued the most terrific exhibition
of clubbing that Cleveland has ever
known.
The police, who were tired out from
their long service, fought viciously, and
soon numbers of men were lying on the
ground or crawling or being carried
away. The mob broke and soon Will
son avenue was cleared. The police
were lined up and another charge made
into Euclid avenue, where a fierce club
bing ensued This seemed to break the
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