Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-25
CAR BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE
Several Persons Injured i'm the CIeye-
land Strike.

At 1890 o'clock Sunday night a car on
the Euclid-avenue line. Cleveland. o.,
was blown up with dynamite and several
persons were injured. A call was sent
out for ambulances
Cars were started running az usual
Sunday morning on all except one or two
| lines. The mobs were astir early. Soon
after 10 o'clock a thousand or more per-
sons gathered in Burton street. on the
South Side. and proceeded 20 obstruct the
track. When a car came along with two
policemen on board il was attacked with
a shower OF stones. In spite Of the po-
liceman the nOn-union motorman and
conductor were handled roughly. One
Of them. named McDermott. had two
ribs broken and the other was bruised
badly.
POLICE ATTACKED.
One Of the policemen fred al the mob
the bullet striking a man named Wennick
The mob assaulted the officers. both Of
whom were struck repeatedly with stones.
and only for the Intervention Of a priest
Of the Catholic church near AZ hand the
two men might have been lynched. BY
this time three cars had been mixed up
I'm the fight and, a patrol-wagon load OF
police arriving, the rioters dispersed, and
the cars were taken back 20 the barns.
There was a serious disturbance on the
Broadway line at the corner Of Petrie
street, where a mob Of 500 assembled in
the forenoon and INSTRUCTED the tracks
Finally car came along from the Will
son-avenue barns having on board Ser
geant Burrows and d private Of militia
and Detective KelsO.
MILITIA IN TIGHT PLACE
The policemen ordered the mob 10 dis
perse, and the mOtorman attempted 10 re-
move the obstruction from .he track. but
the rioters showed night. Then Sergeant
Burrows and the one soldier, with fixed
oayonets, faced the mob and attempted
10 clear the way. There was sharp
fight for a few minutes. i'm which a per-
feet shower Of stones fell about the de-
tectives and the soldiers. smashing the car
windows. No one was seriously hurt.
and after arresting two of the rioters
and placing them on the car il was re-
turned 10 the barns The police after
ward charged the mob, making several
arrests
The military on guard at the Holmden-
avenue barns, on the south side. were an
noyed for the greater part Of the day by
Jeering mob, and fifteen arrests were
made there with the assistance Of the
police.
CARS BLOCKED BY FIRE
In the afternoon a mob Of 1000 con-
ceved the idea of blocking the track in
Orange street by placing big boulder
in the middle Of the street and building
FIRE around it. The plan worked sue
cessfully, and cars were delayed for near
ly an hour, when the police drove the mob
away put out the fire, and gave the
street-railway men a chance TO move the
stone. Three men were sent 10 the hos
pital with wounds made by pOlicemen's
clubs.
As a result Of the shooting OF the driver
or grocery-WagOn in south Brooklyn
saturday afternoon by a nOn-union con-
ductor. the Mayor OF that village issued
an order 10 the Marshal to arrest all
non-union conductors who carried con-
cealed weapons. Every car was stopped
and each conductor who Rad a revolver
was arrested All were subsequently
bailed out by the company.
A small riot was started AZ the corner
OF Pearl street and Franklin avenue
when young woman struck Il man who
asked her To board a non-union car. 4
crowd OF union sympathiZers stoned cars
and squad Of police finally cleared the
street.
The company sent a note 10 the State
Board OF Arbitration declining TO arbi-
trate the differences. In which il says
This company, fully approaching the
sincerity Of your desire 10 bring about a
reddJustment with its former employees
begs 20 say that the men who went out
Oh Monday last are not in the employ OF
the company. and there is nothing TO
negotiate about or % arbitrate.'