The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-07-09

MORE RloTIN0 At CLEVELAND.
Labor Troubles Result In tho killing Of
| One Man-Several Wounded. -
| Cleveland, O., July 2.-The strike at
the quarries Of the Cleveland Stone
company Wednesday resulted In tho
shooting to death of Vinton Machusski
and the wounding to death of John
Melosky, who cannot survive. Joseph
Wanxoaski and Antoine Totak !, sus-
tanned flesh wounds which are not seri-
GUS. The battle occurred between.
Sheriff Leek with 40 deputies and 200
strikers at West View, three miles from
Berea. The mob had driven out tho
workmen, and when the sheriff arrived
he ordered the mob to dispense. They
refused and a shot was fired at Deputy
Carman. The sheriff then ordered his
men to fire, and about 60 shots were
exchanged before the mob fed.
Machusski was helped to Berca,
| where it was found he had been shot
from the back through his left lung.
he died shortly after noon. The sheriff
in the afternoon asked for troops, and
Company F, Cleveland, and D, of Berea,
were called out, Col. KEENAN,, of the
Fifth regiment, being now in charge.
Charles Smith, the deputy who. Ma
chusski in his ante.mortem statement
accused of firing the fatal shot, was ar-
rested and brought to the Cleveland
jail. The streets are guarded by dep
uty sheriffs and the militia.
Cleveland. O.. July 3.-Bloodshed again
marked the trouble at the Brown hosting
works Thursday afternoon. One man, VIII
liam Rettger. was shot dead by non
union man who had attempted to leave the
works on his bicycle and was attacked by
| q portion Of the mob. The police managed
| with great difficulty to rescue him, and the
police detail was besieged in shop ana
| had great difficulty in preventing the lynch
troops was made and two Of the four COM
panies under arms werc hurried to the
scene. The prisoner was finally loaded into
patrol wagon and about 7:3o p. m. was
locked up in the Central police station
The troops remain on guard and at mid
night there was a sullen mob Of at least
10, 900 persons hanging around the premises.
Shortly before the hour for quitting sew
eral strikers marched up to the Brown
works with a big banner: on which was
written IN Ol0CA SypSs ASAOVAA ~S'
At 1880 O'Clock the main body Of the work
men were marshaled into line and the
police force formed the usual hollow
square. Capt English gave the WORD. the
gates were opened and the SOLID oooy OF
men. workmen surrounded by $50 police
men with clubs In hand, marched out.
The crowd gave way, and the PROCESSION
moved I'D Hamilton street to Case. on the
way to the st. Clair street cars.
The crowd followed: as on WEDNESDAY
lively vocal demonstration. Contrary to
what the mayor had declared would be
done, the police did not drive back the
following crowd. At least. they allowed
them to follow up Hamilton street. In the
the police ,ndsor TO Wilson
enue, and reaching the Fourth precinct
station near Euclid, "a halt was MADE.
Forming two lines, the police allowed the
workmen! to- enter, the:statton.
again across tho street. At this moment
the following party was dense black
crowd reaching far down Wilson avenue.
Suddenly the word charge" was given. It
rang out loud and clear and an awful
scene followed. The police sprang forward
they were upon the vanguard OF tho
crowd. The latter. were .dumfounded.
There was a waver and then all turned ana
fed. But the deadly work had commenced.
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hail on the heads Of the men. The crowd
was panic-strdcken. Two cars blocked the
way north Of Wilson avenue and the men,
women and children were packed together
In a tight mass, yelling and shrieking.
One part broke away and ran down the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh tracks close at
hand. Another went south on Wilson.
Men were lying unconscious on the streets
or crawling around in a vain attempt to
rise to their feet. The police, dividing into
~h ~ nh $tANn N%A 6r
crowd, determined to inflict punishment
severe and unrelenting. This lasted for
several minutes, and then returning squads
of policemen began to gather up uncon-
scious men and others who were stagger-
ing around as q result Of severe blows
During the fight the police captured five
of their assailants, each Of whom was in
a bad condition from clubbing. William
Hearn, q furniture van driver allowed the
strikers to crowd into his wagon and then
crying: 'Give them Ill.," drove right into
the police line with his horses on q run.
Several policemen were knocked down be-
fore the team was captured. Hearn was
dragged from the wagon and dubbed into
insensibility before he could be carried into
the station. His skull is fractured and his
face and head cut and bruised fearfully.
Steve D. O'NeiM was also on the wagon and
has a broken head and a broken leg. Her
mann Schaels, a blacksmith, has terribly
cut head and was badly hurt by being
penbecker were each badly cut about the
head. Charges of rioting were preferred
against the five prisoners. The mob man
aged to carry away all Of the others who
were injured SO rs not to be able to walk.
severely injured by the clubbing.
OVATION TO TELLER.
The Colorado Senator Warmly Received
on His Way Homeward.
Denver, COL, July Ex-senator Henry
M. Teller could have aroused the west
to no greater demonstrations of ap-
prevail had he been a sovereign of IN
empire or a president of republic. All
Tuesday night his progress west from
Omaha along the line of the Union
Pacific was marked by noisy demon
STATIONS at every stopping point in
Nebraska. Bands met him with ener-