The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-08-02
The Trouble Said TO Be Apparently No
Nearer Solution Than on First Day.
Adjutant General Axline Deter
mined to Stop the Boycott At
fecting the Troops-Declares
That Merchants Who Discrimi-
nate Against the Soldiers Will
be Proceeded Against.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 1.-The strike
has practically been lost sight of in
the public excitement over the boy
colt. Everybody is talking about it,
and the newspapers publish many
stories illustrating the methods that
are being resorted to in order to pre-
vent people from riding on cars of the
Big Consolidated. People of all classes
and in all occupations and walks OF
life are being effected more or less,
and business is suffering greatly in con-
sequence. The street railroad company
continues to operate it's cars on all
lines, but many of them are run over
the road empty, while on the other
hand the cars of the Little CONSOLIDATE
ed and the Union buses are crowded
to their utmost capacity. Apparently
the officials of the company are not
worrying over the situation, but the
strikers are jubilant, declaring that
they will yet win the fight and force
the company to come to terms.
STRIKE NOT NEAR OF SETTLE
MENT.
CLEVELAND, Aug. This is the
sixteenth day of the street car strike
in his city, and apparently II is nc
nearer a solution than when it began
Late last night some unknown per-
sons pushed an electric freight car
loaded with ties from switch on May
field Heights, just east of the city, onto
the main track and down the long.
steep hill toward Euclid avenue. Half
way down the incline it collided with
an up-bound car with terrific force.
Both cars were badly wrecked. Two
passengers were on the up-bound car.
Neither they nor the crew were in
jured beyond a severe shaking up.
The Big Consolidated officials to-day
state that every line in their system
was in full operation, and on the more
important lines the regular schedule
was maintained The cars running
down town on the Euclid and Cedar
avenue lines were fairly we'll filled this
morning. On the other twelve lines the
cars were comparatively empty at an
hour when they are usually crowded
The boycott movement has reached
the big downtown wholesale and de-
partment stores. The proprietors of
some of the establishments are re-
Questing their employees not to ride Oh
the Big Consolidated cars. Some mer-
chants, however have fatty refused to
take part in the boycott, and declare
they will have nothing to do with it,
no matter what the result may be.
A special from Sandusky, O., says:
Late last night sympathizers with the
Cleveland street railway strikers began
making attempts to wreck cars of the
Sandusky and Interurbane lines Large
stones We're placed on the track, stakes
We're driven between the rails and
pieces of plank spiked across the track
SO as to throw the cars off. The San
duskv and Interurbane line is con-
trolled by President Henry A. Everett
of the Big Consolidated Company of
Cleveland
Adjutant General Axline said to-
might that he had found a way to
smash the boycott, SO far as it affect
ed the troops. Every day since the
soldiers arrived they have been SUBJ
jected to petty annoyances because of
the refusal of the merchants to sell
them necessary supplies. General AK
line pointed out the other day that
these merchants could be prosecuted
under the civil rights law, which re-
quires all keepers of inns. restaurants
and places of public amusement and
accommodation to serve all people
alike Tonight General Axline de-
clared that if any more complaints of
discrimination against soldiers came to
him he would appoint a Judge Advo-
cate to proceed against the merchants
and thus seek to bring them to time.
The striking linemen and electricians
of the Cuyahoga Telephone Company
to-day announced that over 800 tele-
phone men engaged in construction
work in various parts of the State for
the United States Telephone Company
are now on strike The local men
struck out of sympathy with the Big
Consolidated Street Railway employees.
Henry A. Everett, President of the lat
ter company is largely Interested in the
Cuyahoga Company, as we'll as the
United States Telephone Company. 1t
is sSScted that organizations are to be
sent to Pennsylvania in order to in
duce the men employed by the United
States Company in that State to strike