The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-25
CONDUCTOR SHOOTS A MAN
DURING THE RIOTS ATTENDING
THE CLETELAND STRIKE.
Another Attempt to Blow Up Car
With Dynamite-POIicc Use Clubs
Freely and VIII be Rein reed by
Companies of State Militia If the
Mayor Desires.

Cleveland, O., July 24-The day has
failed to bring any relief to the strike
sitlIItstn which is regarded as serious.
The state board of arbitation has prac-
tlcally abandoned its efforts to concili-
ate the strikers and their former en-
| ployers. The resentment of the conduc-
| Tors and motormen who quit work and
the more turbulent spirit of their SYM
pathizers are held in check to a degree
by the presence of the police and the
militia, members of which ride in the
cars or are held in readiness at the
barns or terminals.
Riots occurred during the day, but
with one exception they were without
serious results. In the death of Henry
Cornzwich from the effect of the bullet
fired by Ralph Hawley, a conductor OH
the Broadway line, is recorded the first
fatality of the strike
Some time after his arrest charge
of murder was entered against Hawey.
When the car returned in charge of an
other man and laden with police, thous-
ands of people were crowded round the
fatal spot. The track was blockaded
and the stalled cars bombarded with
stones, pieces of brick and sticks of
wood. The police managed by using
their clubs to clear the way after a de-
lay Of about half an hour
The police believe they have a clew
to the man who placed nitro-glycerine
which last night blew up Euclid ave-
nue. car and injured four passengers.
Matthew Robinson, who was seen at
o'clock this morning driving a horse and
buggy said to resemble the one in which
the mysterious wrecker rode, has been
placed in cell. Robinson claims to
have found the rig, masterless and took
possession, intending to deliver it to a
liveryman by whom Robinson is en-
ployed. Steinmitz stated that he rented
the outfit last night to a man having
a dark moustache. With the exception
of the Mayfield suburban, all the lines
Of the Big Consolidated have been in
operation to-day, although their move
nents were necessarily hampered some |
what.
Rioting broke out afresh tonight. A |
Pearl street car speeding along near |
Holmenden avenue carrying, beside the |
motorman and conductor, a guard, ran |
q gauntlet of missiles thrown from roofs
of houses only to run into a can of
nitro-g -glycerine, which exploded with
terrific force. The rear platform was
torn off and the flooring wrecked. The
crew were not injured, but began firing
pistols at what they thought was a
of men crouching beside a bill
board. The explosion was the signal
for renewing the attack from housetops
and alleys. Troop A, hurrying on
horseback to the scene, was bombarded
with giant firecrackers. One of these
exploded with such force that the
mount of one of the troopers was
knocked over in his fall carrying with
him two other horses and their riders
Several arrests We're made. Pistol shots
were frequently heard and one man
was slightly wounded, it Is said. Up
to a late hour this is unconfirmed. Re-
oorts of blockades and shooting fioated
about town.
The adjutant general this evening in
formed Mayor Farely that the militia
at Youngstown, Genevea,
Rerea, Warren and Norwalk, towns
snar this city, had been officially noti-
led to hold themselves in readiness to
answer the call of the mayor should
he situation get beyond the control of
he present force. Various companies
If the Fourth. Sixth and Eighth regl'
vents to the number of 800 men, nave
,leo been ordered to prepare for sud
len summons.