The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-08-04
THEY WILL STAND FIRM.
Something of the Working of the Plan,
Which Is an Endless Chain.
WOMEN ARE BEST SPOTTERS
They Watch Cars and Inform Dealers In
Various Articles Who Rode On
Them and Refuse to Patronize
Him If He Sells Them
ANYTHING.

Him II He Sells Them
Anything.
Special to the News-D Democrat.
Cleveland, August 1.--Something Of
the effect OF the boycott, which is the
result of the street railway strike, may
te CLEANED from the experience of a
Cleveland citizen who was suddenly
taken i'll. He had been in the habit Of
riding on the Big Consolidated lines
and had not desisted when the strike
came on. When he thought he would
die II relief did not come soon he sent
to the drug store in his neighborhood
for medicine. The druggist refused to
sell him anything or deliver anything
for him. Another druggist was ap-
pealed to but refused to sell anything
owing to fear of the powerful boycott.
The citizen had to suffer till his trou-
BILE responded to home remedies.
Clerks in downtown stores cannot
take Big Consolidated cars home. II
they haven't wheel they must walk.
Their employers forbid them to
ride on the cars as the store will be
boycotted IL it Is permitted. Two clerks
for Hull & Dutton rode to lunch on a
Big Consolidated car a day or two ago.
The proprietors OF the store were visit
ed by strikers and were told that the
clerks must be discharged or the store
would be boycotted. 1.-The clerks lost
their jobs.
So it is in every trade. Grocery
keepers say that women are the best
spoilers and that most of the informa-
tion is carried by them. Every day
grocers get several warnings as to
parties that have been placed on the
boycott list and the grocer must refuse
to sell to the party or lose great bulk
OF his custom. II grocer is boycotted
and has some customers, the customers
are boycotted in their respective lines
Of business and II clerk the store at
which he clerks Is boycotted, unless
he is discharged. There seems to
be no end to the chain and as the
people are in sympathy with the
strikers 1t Is q most potent weapon.
Still it must be said that it has thus far
had little effect on the management of
the Big Consolidated. Having almost
unlimited capital they can stand it in
definitely to run cars without any
passengers on them, and that is just
what they are doing from day to day.
The receipts of the company have been
reduced to the minimum and very few
people are riding on the cars.
On warrants sworn out by Park Po-
liceman Charles M. Roof, Mrs. Run
yon and Mrs. Fasnacht were arrested
on the charge of disorderly conduct
On Friday afternoon Mrs. Roof, wife OF
Policeman Roof, rode on a Big Con-
solidated street car, and she was "spot.
ted" by some of the strike sympa'
thizers In the evening she went into
grocery store at the corner of Pearl
and Poe streets to make some pur'
chases. Mrs. Runyon and Mrs. Fas
nacht followed her into the store. 1t is
alleged that they told the grocerymar
not to sell Mrs. Roof any goods. Or
the blotter at the Barber avenue sta
tion the written remarks say that Mrs
Runyon cried out, "Scab, scab woman
II anything Is sold to you we will boy
colt the store" The remarks also say
that Mrs. Fasnacht cried: "Look a,
the scab woman, people. Come anG
look at her." Both women were re
leased on bail to appear in the morning
in police court.