The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-28
CLEVELAND Strike
Life of Mayor Farley Threatened
by the DynamifprS.

by the Dynamiffrs.
Cleveland July g7-Mayor Farley pur.
poses o finish the campaign against law.
lessncs1 IN Cleveland On tho lines ne has
laid down and he will NOT tolerate amy
Interference. That was made Gear at a
| special meeting Of the city council his
cvening when the attcsnpt TO institute
an investigation Of the strike on tho
street railway Inns by a speclai commit
tee OF that body was defeated
] When the previous strike was settled a
! month ago an agreement between the
| company and the strikers was BROUGHT
abou by a special committee of tho coun.
c.i. The agreement provided for the TAX
ing back of certain percentage OF the
old men, for the retention Of a certain
number OF new men and for the loyal
treatment Of the company and the men
who were taken back
When the prcsotn strike was inaugurat-
ed. it was charged that the agreement
had been violated by tho company and on
'he other and the company charged that
the men had not been loyal 90 it nor the
nom -unionsts. u was the purpose Of the
special comuit,ee ot the council ton eAt
| 90 authorize that committee 60 inaugu
rate an investigation of the present
strike by aubpoenaeng whether the ag-
reement had been lived up to aud 20 in
form the public wheer the Bamo for the
strike lay
Mayor Farley opposed the proposed ac-
ton IN @ vigorous speech IN which Boz
ciared that tho appointment OK the spec
ial committee would Interfere with tho
plans of tho executive Tor the ushiug
out ot disorder
Elm time OF peace" he declared "n.e
pare for war. but when you have war .na
best thing 60 do ls to bring about peace.
but that cannot be- done by keeping up
tho 1g taton which caused the war This
seoms tob q EOod time for everybody
90 mad his own business"
Several OF the councilmou favored tho
appointment of tho committee but when
the resolution came to "a vote 1t was lost.
Many OF the strike sympathizers have
been very bitter toward Mayor Farley.
In public meetings they have charged him
with responsibility tor the present strike
and threats against his life have been
made This has led him TO provide
guard for his residence on Buc,iG avenue
and detectives watch his house every
night
The presence of the troops has had a
depressing gffect upon the rioters and
pa 20 10 clock tonight there had not
been q single outbreak OF violence The
cars We're operated on nearly every Line
on nearly the usual schedules but in
some parts OF the city thcy run almost
empty tine boycott OF the lines by the
working people being almost universal
President Everett says. however that
he does not believe the boycott ia efeot-
TIVE lie hnks people are deferred from
riding by the fear Of personal injury
and no says that as soon as the safety
Of passengers ls assured The cars VIII be
dled usual
Tho boycott has extended 20 the sol
diers. Merchants are refusing to sen
them amy supplies and representative Of
| organized labor have refused 70 patron
lie anybody who takes soldiers money
for anything or supplies Of any Of his
wants. The mayors Of the suburban vii
lagos had a meeting today az which The
presence OF troops in Counwood and
South Brooklyn was discussed The may,
ors Of both hamlets said troops were moi
needed.
Mayor phelps ut 50uth Brooklyn Hut
he dld not particularly object % the pres.
ence Of troops but said the whole troub.
20 was caused by The non-unlon men who
fired revolvors IN the air rccldessy. To-
night the troops were withdrawn from
Collnw0od on the promise OF the mayor
70 pres ssrve good order thore
There was grave approhcnsi u0f troub-
lc tonight II had been announced that
there would oo q meeting OF strike sym-
pathizers in the public square and tho
police had been instructed 10 prevent. II
loppcara however, that the announcement
was unauthorized, Tor, while a small
crowd assembled. there was no attempt
10 hold a meeting and consequently nc
trouble occurred,
Tho coronor's inquest into the killing
Of Henry Cornszweit last Monday by q
non-union conductor named Ralph Iaw
ley IS now IN progress ana has been fo
two days. All the witnesses who have
J testified thus far have told practcall!
tho same story which IS 20 the effect tina
no shooting was uniusunablc the bog
J having done nothing whatever which
would have warranted a resort % vio
: lencc on the part OF the conductor