New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-10
CAR BLOWN Up ~ CLEVELAND.
FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT-ARREsT
on CHARGE OF USING Explosives

FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT-ARREsT
ON CHARGE OF USING EXPLOSIVES
Cleveland Ohio. Aug "A car OF the big Con-
solidated Company was wrecked az Q o'clock this
morning or the Wade Park-ave. line Cactus
Drive, lonely spot adjoining Wade Park The
car vas eastbound and the first intimaton OF
danger was when T. suddenly rose from the
track and deafenins report heard Resi-
dents within distance OF mile and half
were awakened by the roar. and sprsng from
their beds - seek the cause
The car blown from the track and nearly
demolished The frightened motorman was
hurled from the vestlbule and the conductor
from the platform. They were not injured The
one passenger aboard also escaped unhurt The
bottom snd forward parts Of the were com
pletely wrecked hv the explosion. the forward
glass IN the windows and doors shattered.
TRs explosive used evidently va: r. me
creants who committed the outrage
10 seely-st.. was placed under arrest this after
n9o9 on b chg Of pGng I'm in ne
strike on the road in June. The police are con-
hqs1t tnat they have made an mportaat arrest 81
anti-boycott meeting this afternoon in the Cham
Der N Commerce rooms. and fund Of $1,000 was
UP cars with dynamite and creating disorder In the
city Millions OF dollars were represented IN the
BOYCOTT strike disturbances and disorder were
made by J. q W. CowlAs and James II Hoyt A
committee Of FIVE was then selected 70 bring about
lawful conditions A demand for United States
made. and steps were taken To increase the police
force OF the city
Al the strikers picnic held az Scenic Park to-
honor and orator OF the day. In mis- address ne
said We are in an epidemic ~ labor troupes
strikes. lockouts and boycotts affecting widely
separated portions n our country. and as widely
diversified Industrial interests disturb the land the
condition may be ftly characterized a. one OF IN
dustrial civil war. The boycott is a cruel and un,
Just weapon IN many ways Boycott II war. and
both sides have Il right 10 fight / am not here
with plan for settling the difficulty IN Cleveland
alone. am here TO urge 70 plead tor, ~ propose
remedy that is a sovereign and nnal remedy. not
only for railroad strikes but for all kinds Of
difficulties with labor In every sort Of public utility
There Is such remedy and only one. The remedy
may he found IN absolute municipal ownership
operation and control In short the fundamental
cause Of the trouble In Cleveland to-day is found in
the fact that a few men are granted the right OF
ownership TN a class of property that should never
under any circumstances become private posses
sion but should b. property 81 the whole people. /
am An apostle OF peace. and emphatically disavow
any belief In under any circumstances. do
nor believe that any good thing was ever accom-
plished through that could not have been bet
ter done by methods OF peace.
Mayor Jones held political conference with
strike leaders and local agttators In the American
House in which ne decided TO leave the Cleveland
end OF his campaign an independent candidate
for Governor OF Ohio entirely In the hands or the
street railway strikers.