New-York tribune., 1899-06-21
STREETCAR RIOTS IN CLEVELAND.
NUMBER OF NON-UNION MEN lNJUHED-
MEASURES TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES
BETWFEN COMPANY AND MEN

Cleveland Ohio June N-Whie the prospects Tor
settlement Of the strike Of the street railway men
are brighter tonight than they have been at any
time since the trouble began. there has Deen more
serious roting to-day than at any previous 'iine
The disturbances began early In the afternoon anu
tonight big mob surrounds the south siHe parhs
OF the Consolidated company. determined TO get
.. the non-union men who are housed there.
While the sympathizers Of the strikers were
br,l,ng bricks and stones at non-union motorinen
and conductors a special committee OF the 'l'!
Council was trying TO get the representatives, ol
the strikers and the officers of the company 10
ecther and II succeeded to the extent OF lhuuclhs
the strikers to submit proposition IN wrths ana
getting the consent Of President Everett oil the
Consolidated to submit the same to the Board
NJ Directors I'm the morning The strikers PROPOSE
lion abandons the demand for the recognition oil
,be union but asks that all the old men be taken
hack save those who may be convicted in court OF
destroying property. The members OF the Couhcii
committee believe a settlement Is IN sight'
AS has been the rule since the strike pegai''
riotous disturbances broke out about noon. A
crowd boarded IA Wade Park-ave. car near Lindus
and Anndale aVes. and beat the non-unlon MOTOR
into insensiby The eondHcor deserted nn wa nis
slCned and one the Euclid-aNe. line was az,
lacked MANY women were on board and shreked
TIth terror as the stones crashed through the
windows one woman tainted. At the corner OF
NIIson-ave and Cuincy-st. one man shot and
y, asrn %eI narro% escapes The passengers
Caped as best they could when the stones began e
ny but the conductor and motorman were struck
repeatedly The latter drew revolver and hred
three times into the crowd. He then put on az
sueed and ran his car out OF the mobs reach
George Berg jr, striking conductor, was MT IN
the leg by bullet, which was extracted NO ar
tests made. ~ =,
The crew of Scoville-ave. No 22i was badly
beaten by ten men. all armed. The car was on IL;
Way downtown. AT WSon-ave one man got on
and at every crossing thereafter one or two more
men boarded the car until there were ten passen
gers When Harry c. Clark the conductor wa
taking up fares, one Of the men gave MIN MY
cent piece As Clark started TO make change m
was struck on the head from behind by a coupling
pin in the hands of another Of the passengers
Several OF the other then jumped on him anC
pounded him into nsensbility. The others turned
their attention to the mOtorman, whose name 4
John Clark. He also hit on the head an(
body. He sank 10 the floor in semi -unconsclou
condition. BY this time the car. running at hgl
speed. had reached Hackman-st. Here the mel
all left the car A block further on Clark, the mo
torman recovered sufficiently to shut on the cur
\ rent and bring the to a stop. After shOr
II wait II back TO the barns. Both men wer
badly hurt.
A. W. Welgel a letter carrier, riding Euclid
ave. car, struck full In the face by stone
He unconscious and covered with blood whe
help reached him.