The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-26


With the Strikers - Protest
Against the Carrying of Arms by
NOn-UniOn Men-BishOp of C1eve-
land Appeals for Order.
CLEVELAND, July 25.-With the COM
ing of darkness today small riots, mostly
in the foreign inhabited part of the city.
made their appearance, and conflicts in
which nobody was seriously hurt took
place between the soldiers and police On
one side and alleged strikers and their
sympathizers on the other.
On Broadway the cars were laden with
guards and a few passengers travelled
in pairs, and at Clay and Pearl streets
mob of about 1000 men and boys, with
sprinkling of women, gathered and
when they could elude the soldiers stoned
the cars and crews. Conflicts were fire.
Quent. and a number of arrests were
made.
At 10 o'clock, as a detachment of militia
was nearing the spot, the crowd bonn
barded pair of cars with stones end
specimens of Vegetation far from being
wholesome. The soldiers charged with
erstwhile aggressive mob was concealed
in the alleys, by-streets and In their
rookery-like houses.
There were few incipient riots in
South Brooklyn before midnight but the
guards had the situation well in hand.
Mayor Farley, to checkInate the mayor
of South Brooklyn, where sentiment
seems to be largely pro-striker, dug from
his musty tones an ancient law which
declares that in case of riot, etc, the
mayor of the largesk city may declare
himself the chief police commander in
the county Mayor Farley, taking to
himself this authority, swore in as spe-
cial police members of the Cleveland
Grays and of the Cleveland Scots guards,
placing them under the command of the
police department. They were sent over
the river to Brooklyn for the purpose not
only of preserving order generally, but to
keep an especial eye on non-union men
who are regarded as being more particu-
larly in danger in this section than in
any other part of the strike territory.
NOVEL SITUATION s.-.s<e.;-
The carrying of arms by, non-urion
men has given rise to curious situa-
tion at the line which separates Cleve-
land from South Brooklyn, a small indie
pendent municipality on the south side
of the river The street car. crews are
allowed to array themselves like walking
arsenalS, but across the line the mayor
of South Brooklyn, assisted by the town
marshal and constabulary, has taken
steps which guard that suburb from
armed invasions The officers searched
the crew of every car that came across
I,r& Tl1l an
had taken the precaution to leave their
revolvers on the Cleveland side. On the
return trip they again take possession Of
their weapons.
The resolutions adopted at the Newberg
mass meeting last night protest against
the carrying of arms by the street car
employees pointing out that the presence
of the military is ample protection to the
men.
Ralph E. Hawfey, the non-union mo-
tornan who shot and killed Henry
| Cornzweit, on Perry street yesterday,
was arraigned in police court today on
the charge of second degree murder. He
will be given a preliminary hearing next
| Tuesday.
Strikers and their friends tonight held
meeting and various speakers protested
against the presence of troops and the
carrying of arms by private citizens,
meaning non-union street car employees.
The day brought forth no new reports
of rioting and violence. Rain fell dur
/ ing most of the afternoon and did what
the police have been unable to do-keep
crowds from collecting and molesting
cars.
Eleven of the fourteen lines of the Big
Consolidated Street railway were in
operation before o'clock today. The
| lines on which cars were not started
were the Union, Burton and Clark avenue
routes.
MILITARY MEASURES.
Adit. Cen Axline Is in command OF the
| military here and approximates the force
under him at twenty companies, aggre-
eating nearly 1,2O0 men. Four companies
of them, Columbus, Newark and Chilli
! cothe, arrived this morning and were
distributed about the city at points
where it is judged most probable trouble
will occur if any at all takes place
Mayor Farley said to the Associated
Press today that he thought the force Of
| police and soldiers under Gen. Axline
| sufficient to overawe any mobs which
| might eollect Whether or not he pur-
posed disarmament of the non-union men
| now operating the street cars and whose
| use of firearms is generally commented
| upon as too promiscuous," he would not
saw. A state law exists which declares
! that a defendant arrested for carrying
weapons upon proving that he believed his
life, liberty or property was endangered,
while pursuing any lawful act, shall be
discharged. Several non-union men ar
rested on this charge have been dis
charged under the act referred to.
Mayor Farley, Gen. Axline. Police d.
rector Bret and Assistant Corporation
Council Excel held a long consultation
today The result was that a large guard
of soldiers was tonight sent to South
Brooklyn, where the mayor believes the
disturbing element to be the strongest.
The executive committee of the strik-
ers, meeting today, issued statement
denying any connection with recent dis
turbances, including the nitro-glycerine
explosion which Sunday wrecked a Eu-
clid avenue car, and aver their deter
mination to refrain from any unlawful
acts. Friends of the strikers are asked
to withhold their patronage from the Big
Consolidated company.
President Bryan, of the strikers asso-
citation, to whom some local papers have
| credited utterances advocating anarchis-
| tic tactics in prosecuting the strike, to-
day entered a complete denial of the pub
lished statements to a representative of
| the Associated Press.
OTHERS BENEFITTED.