Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-07-22
CLEVELAND STRIKERS REsORTING
TO DESPERATE MEASURES.
TRY TO BLOW UP A CAR
BOMB THROWN ON THE ROOF OF A
STREET CAR BARN.
Immense Damage Done on All the
Lines During Thursday Night by
Strikers - Troops Likely
to BE Called Out
shortly.

CLEVELAND, o.. July 21.-An attempt
was made to blow up street car with
dynamite at $3.50 o'clock this evening The
car was on Euclid avenue, returning to
the Lakeview barns, when a terrific ex~
plosion occurred under the wheels at An
nandale avenue, opposite the residence of
Henry A. Everett, president of the Big
Consolidated Street Railway Company
The car was nearly jolted from the track
but was not stopped. The half dozen pas.
sengers on board were badly frightened
but none of them was injured No harm
was sustained by the car, and it proceeded
on its journey. There is no clue to the
perpetrators.
About the same time, on Pearl street, on
the South side, three non-union street
railway men who left the Holmden avenue
barns TO purchase tobacco were pursued
by bowling mob. One of the fugitives
fired revolver but hit no one, and the
bullet passed through a large plate glass
window across the street. The street car
men sought refuge in store, and al this
time the police arrived and charged the
crowd, scattering it quickly. In the con-
fusion number of women, who were in
the crowd, were thrown down and little
girl was struck by policeman's club and
severely bruised.
A dynamite bomb was thrown upon the
roof of the Big Consolidated Street Rail-
way Companys barn at Lakeview at s
O'Clock this morning. A Jagged hole two
feet square was torn in the roof A Wade
Park avenue car, which stood directly be-
meath the hole, was also wrecked, the roof
of the car being torn off by the explosive.
The widest excitement prevailed among
the men in the barn. The explosion was
were attracted to the scene. No one was
injured. The identity. of the perpetrators
of the outrage is not known.
Many of the windows in the big barn
was such as to cause the ground to trem-
BILE and it seemed for a few moments as
though the barn itself would fail. The
about the building and acting in sus-
picfous manner In the excitement attend
ant upon the explosion, they were, however,
successful In getting away.
1t was not until late this morning that
the immense amount of minor damage
done by mobs under the cover of night was
clearly known at police Headquarters
dated lines escaped.
Last night and early this morning, law
less crowds were actively destroying trolley
OF obstructions on the tracks.
Police Director Barret stated to-day that
troops would doubtless be called out soon
The action of the mobs Thursday have
dissipated what doubt there remained as to
the advisability of calling out the militia ~
said the director. Such condition of af-
fairs as prevailed throughout the city last
night can no longer be tolerated"
At o'clock this afternoon Mayor Farley
ordered the naval reserves to prepare for
strike duty. This organization. lOi strong
armed with Lee rifles and Calling and
Gardiner machine guns. assembled at its
armory on Sibley street at 6 o'clock and
tonight slept there. They are awaiting
the further orders of the mayor
Tonight there was rioting on Wilson
5000 collected on Wilson avenue between
Payne avenue and Superior street. and
threw stones at every car that came along
order and only partly succeeded, the dis
order continuing until the cars stopped
running at II p. m. They We're compelled
to charge the mob repeatedly, using their
heavy riot clubs. and many broken heads
are the result. One arrest was made.