The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-08-09
CLEVELAND UNDER ARMS
Mayor Farley Calls Out Troors to
Protect Life and Property.
CROWDED STREET CAR BLOWN UP

The Strikers Press Committee States
That Force is Essential ). the Present
Case-Four Persons Badly Injured by
an Explosion Of Nltro.Glycerine-
Troops Disperse Mobs With Bayonets.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (speciaD.-The disor-
dsrs arising out OF the strike Of the street
railway employees In this city became so
pronounced that 1t was decided by Mayor
Farley and Director OF Police Barret to call
out troops to maintain order. The naval
reserves, abort one hundred strong, the
Fifth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and
Troop A, First Ohio Cavalry, the famous
troop which escorted President Mckinley
at the Inauguration, were therefore called
TO arms. In addition to the 500 soldiers,
800 policemen are on duty.
The Press Committee Of the strikers has
Issued an appeal to the public, which,
among other things, contains the following:
"We believe that force can be applied 10
many instances, and that 1t Is absolutely
essential in the present case. The Govern
ment protects life and property, but does
not regard labor in any light whatever.
When great aggregations OF capital defy
law and wipe out competition, thereby
diminishing the demand for labor, they
must be met by an element strong enough
to render their organization futile"
The first clash OF the mobs with the MILL
lary occurred at the Wilson avenue barns
of the street railway company. A big crowd
assembled and began to jesr the soldiers.
This continued for some time, when stone
throwing began. That was followed by q
command to the troops to charge, and they
went at the mob in earnest. The rioters
we're driven heller skelter, running Into al
leys and yards to escape the bayonets OF
the soldiers. Nobody was hurt, but ono
man was arrested and turned over to the
police.
An Euclid avenue car, loaded with pas.
sengers, was wrecked by an explosion OF
nitro-glycerine or gun cotton. Four per-
sons were badly hurt, the names OF the In
jured being Albert E. Fassett, F. A. Smith,
Mrs. Harris and Mrs. E. G. Martin. The
motorman, William Draggers, who came
from Clnclnnatl, was dazed by the shock.
but the conductor, Frank Schroeder, OF
st. Louis, escaped injury. There Is no
clue to the identity OF the person who
placed the explosive on the track.
There was O serious disturbance on the
Broadway line, at the corner OF Petrte
street, where mob OF three thousand as
sembled and obstructed the trucks. Fin
ally car came along having on board Ser.
geant Burrows and private OF militia and
Detective Kelso. The officer ordered
the mob to dlsperse, when the
motorman attempted to remove
the obstruction from the track, but the
rioters showed fight. Then Sergeant Bur
rows and the one soldier, with fixed bay
onets, faced the mob and attempted to
clear the way. There was a sharp fight
for a few minutes, In which a perfect
shower OF stones fell about the detective
and the soldiers, smashing the car win.
dows. No one was seriously hurt, and
after arresting two OF the rioters and plac-
Ing them on the car 1t was returned to the
barns. The police afterwnrd charged the
mob, making several arrests.
The State Board OF Arbitration took i'm
portant action toward settling the strike.
In pursuance OF their a.ivlce the strikers
met and took vote Of confidence in their
officers, declaring that they wanted the
officers to represent them before the Board
of Arbitration. The board again met with
the full board OF directors OF the street car
company and were told that oil the COM
pany would do would be to take back such
men rs it wanted to fill about 3O0 vacan-
cies, and that these vacancies would not be
open long. The company said that It mad
nothing 10 arbitrate.