The Portland daily press., 1899-07-27
Authorities There Re-
fuse Troops Water.
Cleveland Retalliates by Threat
euIng to Cut OFF Supply.

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centre OF the street railway strike has,
according to the authorities. settled in
Brookiyn,a suburb connected with Cleve-
land BY long high bridge AT noon
$50 employees OF the Born Steel Range
company, blockadsd a car on the bridge
and dragged the motorman and conduc.
tor from their posts, infiicting with their
fists and weapons injuries more painful
than serious. Soldiers on guard at the
barn about half mile away. hurried to
the scene, but the rioters had taken refuge
In the factory which stands under tho APP
preach to the bridge. The factory was
surrounded and the premises searched,
but there was no clew By which the gull
ty ones could be picked out. so they bent
their efforts to assisting the bloodstained
motorman and conductor TO move the
car. most of the windows CT which had
been broken by stones. Gen. Axline
In command OF the troops here, In order
to personally view the situation, took
ride today on an Orange street car. He
was In civilian drsss and the car was
stoned at yarious intervals. The general
took other trips through the troubled dis
tricts. but declined 10 give his views OF
the situation.
The vigilance Of the guards while day
light aided them, prevented trouble OF a
serious nature. Preparations for mass
meetings at various points were made
during the day. 1t is expected that q
large one win be held In Monument
sqnare tomorrow night. unless the mayor
prohibits it.
In preparation for one, a platform was
today erected in Brooklyn wheIe meet
ing Will be held TO progest against the
action OF Mayor Farley of Cleveland,
who has assumed, under the authority OF
an almost forgotten statite, supreme po-
lice power In CuyaEoga county.
This leaves Mayor Phelps Of the su-
burb, together with his constRhulary
shorn Of their power and they do not like
1t. This soldiers and the Cleveland chief
executives special police In Brooklyn are
not allowed TO use the public hydrants
to get water, II. is said, and upon various
occasions bayonets were OF necessity used
TO convince shopkeepsrs that IL was wissst
to sell soldiers whnt they wanted. Mayor
Farley today mailed Mayor Phelps let
ter in whicn be declared that II the Cleve-
land cohorts had any more trouble about
getting water. Cleveland, which pumps
the water to the suburb, 1would lattempt
20 61ub Oh brOoklyus water.
Mayor Farley also Issued statement to
the strikers in which he said that man
who was more loyal to his labor union
than himself and his country was cow
ard and a bad citizen.
Cars were running on 12 lines OF the
Big Consolidated today and on most of
the lines last night From this the al
thoritles take much hope for continued.
President Mahon of the national union Of
street car employees, in an interview to-
day, declared that as the street car COM
pany, according to his Information was
losing Thousands of dollars every day,
the strike would have to be settled soon
In the face Of this, President Everett to-
day again told the board Of arbitration
that the company had nothing TO arbi.
trate.
The board Is unable to take action
looking to a settlement in view Of the
attitudes of the opposing forces
The task of distributing the soldiers
was today completed by General Axline.
Many OF them wers sent out to Newburg,
which Includes the turbulent section of
broadway, to Pearl street aud Winder-
mere, where the street railway company
has the more valuable part of Its property
stored. company was sent TO Coliy-
wood also. Mayor Farley declared today
that he would suppress violence if he had
to call out the entire national guard Of
Ohio.
frank Bright, 10 years old, was sitting
on the front porch of a house on Anndale
avenue when an electric car came along.
Although there WINS no disturbance In the
neighborhood at the time, 1t 10 stated ths
conductor who stood ON the front plat
form with his motorman, carried a. re-
yolver la his hand. Suddenly 1t was dis
charged and the bullet entered Bright's
leg just below the groin. The car ran on
to Euclid avenue and into the barn.
When the police arrived the conductor
was not to be found. 1t is not known
whether tine shooting was accidental or
Intentional.
The council committee which succeeded
in patching an agreement over the DIM
culties which caused the strike a month
ago. tonight made q request for special
meeting OF the council to mest tomorrow
nightto discuss ways and means of put
ting an end to the present distress IN the
situation.
1t 10 regarded as probable that the old
COMMITTEES will be reappoiuted and mt
once set about the task OF attempting to
settle the existing trouble. The present
strike grew out Of allegations made by
each side that the other had violated the
agreement which ended the first strike.