Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-07-25
Cars ARE 'DYNAMITED
One Badly Wrecked at Cleveland
and Six Persons Hurt.
ONE WOMAN WILL DIE
Many Clashes Take Place In Various
Parts Of the City and Some Of
Them We're Of Serious
Nature.

Cleveland. July q 49, The rioting
which continued throughout Saturday
night was renewed Sunday. and there
were several serious outbreaks Of vio-
lence, but no clashes between the mobs
and the troops
Cars were started running as usual In
the morning on all but one or two lines
The mobs were astir early. When a
car came along with two policemen on
board It was attacked with q shower Of
stones. In spite Of the policemen the
nonunion motormen and the conductor
were roughly handled One Of them.
McDermott. had two ribs broken and the
other was badly bruised. One Of the po-
licemen fired at the mob. the bullet
striking a man named Wennick. The
mob assaulted the officers both Of whom
were struck repeatedly with stones. and
but for the intervening Of a priest Of the
Catholic church, the officers might have
been lynched BY this time the cars
had been mixed up in the melee and a
patrol wagon Of police arriving. the
rioters dispersed and the cars were
taken back 10 the barns
There was a serious disturbance on
the Broadway line at the corner OF
Prairie street. where mob Of 5000 as
sembled in the forenoon and obstructedI
the tracks. Finally a car came along
from the Wilson avenue barns. having
on board Sergeant Burrows and pri-
vate of militia and Detective Kelso. The
officer ordered the mol. 10 disperse when
the moiorman attempted 70 remove the
obstruction from the track. but the riot
ers showed fight Then Sergeant Bur
rows and the one soldier with fixed bay
ouets faced the mob and attempted %
clear the way There was a sharp fight
for few minutes during which a per.
feet shower Of stones fell about the de-
tectiye and the soldier. smashing the
car windows No one was seriously
hurt and after arresting twoof the riot
ers and placing them on the car. it was
returned TO the barns The police after.
wards charged the mob. making several
arrosts
The military on board AZ the Holmen
avenue barns on the south side. were
annoyed during a greater part Of the
day by jerring mob. and Is arrests
were made there with the assistance Of
the police.
In the afternoon a mob Of 1000 con.
oeived the idea Of blocking the track on
Orange street by placing big boulder
in the middle Of the street and building
fire around IL. The plan worked sue
cessfully and the cars We're delayed for
nearly an hour, when the police drove
the mob away and the cars again began
90 move
a Euclid avenue car. loaded with pas
sengers was wrecked by an explosion
Of nitroglycerin or guncotton. shortly
before | o'clock last night Six persons
were badly hurt. the names Of the worst
injured being Albert + Fassett. F. A.
Smith, Mrs. Harris and Mrs r. G. Mar.
tin The latter will die.
The explosion tore out the front end
Of the car, smashed all the windows and
destroyed the brake. After considera.
BILE difficulty the car was stopped and
call for ambdlances was sent out. The
moiorman, William D.aggers, who came
from Cincinnati was dazed by the
shock. but the conductor Frank Schroe
der Of st. Louis. escaped injury.
The force Of the explosion shook all
the houses in the neighberhood and was
heard for a distance Of two or three
miles. There is no clue 10 the identity
Of the person VINO placed the explosive
on the track. Persons living in the
neighborhool say they saw a man in a
buggy stop at the corner of Kendngtou
street, where the explosion occurred.
and get out by the track lie remained
there short time aud then drove rapidly
away
Riots occurred later at several places
during the night. but We're not Of Sc.
rious character.