The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-22
TROOPS OUTIN CLEVELAND.
,,oT1yG GENERAL AND BEYOND CON-
TROL OF THE Police.

,,,r,rr,tt's House-Savnl Reserves on
u,,v and Militia Held in Reserve
raw. stoned and Wrecked All Over Tuwn
,nri.irr seemed General at Midnight.
r,ryrt,yp. o.. July 81 Turbulent scenes
,rrcl in various parts Of tho city through
I'm, dny and to- night because OF the street
c,r --r5k,. and from general appearances more
,,.Icucc will he done Crowds OF from 800 to
6Ouu are gathering at midnight in five places
q, ,hc city The police reserves are all
on, and the militia is on duty. The Big
r',..,ila,od succeeded in running cars over
,,,rIy all H., lines to-day, but tho public htbd
,.lo, alarm because of tho blowing up OF car
las, night. ard the ears were poorly patronized.
A, j,rk all cars except those on Euclid avenue
o,3 Wilson avenue were withdrawn.
H. resporsc To- Mayor Farleys request OF
Gov Bushnell for troops he was instructed to-
doy 10 call out all the troops in Cleveland II no
na,1cI them. and at 4 80 Z. NJ he issued call
f,r the two Cleveland divisions Of tho naval
reserves to turn out. At 8P. NJ. theytassem-
h,cJ Mt the Sbry street armory. There
tvpnty-i four rounds OF cartridges were issued
t,corh man They will remain on duty until
.,,nrolI fear Of violence. Tho commander OF the
Engineers q. y. G.. troops A B and c. Ohio
Volunteer Cavalry, and the Cleveland Battery
uorc notified to hold themselves in readiness
Tor service at any moment. The,,lecison to
.au Nh, the troops was reached only after
Mayor Farley had had a long conference with
Cant f. W RAIDER and Lieut. g., II. Gibson OF
the Naval deserves.
An ATTEMPT was made early this morning to
blow No the Lakevicw barns with dynamite.
1fthc non union men who sleep in the barns
had slept last night in the same part OF
the building as on previous nights many
nj them would have been killed or
manned. At about 4 A. NJ. dynamite
was hurled on the roof OF the building
directly over the place where the men were
supposed to be sleeping. A jagged hole. fifteen
feet in diameter. was torn in the roof. Three
cars which stood below the point where the.
cartridge struck were wrecked. and several
other cars we're damaged. The roofs Of the
wrecked cars wcro torn of, showing tho force
OF the explosion.
The usual sleeping quarters OF the nom
union men are over the Euclid avenue front Of
the barn. II is pretty hot up there. and until
last night the men had been sleeping in the
cars 100 feet back from the street. Yesterday
they were ordered to discontinue that. 1t was
this order that undoubtedly saved tho lives Of
some Of them. When the dynamite was thrown
the men were supposed to be sleeping in the
cars as usual. 1t was the mems lives that were
wanted. rot damage to the company's property.
barns There was a wild scramble on tho part
Of the men to get out Of the building. Houses
a hundred yards away felt the explosion.
stones from the gravel roof OF the barn
flew through the air like bullets. and
windows wero smashed in all direc-
tions People poured into the streets
md asked one another for information.
Acrowd collected in front OF the barn and all
sorts Of rlmors were rife. There was no more
IA MI
streets were filed with excited men and wom-
en-, They stood around and hooted at the
scared men who had been driven out of bed by
the explosion.
noon riot took place on Water street.
Two scoyill avenue and Clark street cars.
Aperated by non-uniOn crews. were the
centre Of the disturbance. The conductors
and mOtOrmen are strangers In Cleveland.
and instead of taking their cars around the
Bank street loop they ran down Water street
on the cable railroad tracks where there are no
trolley wires. The moormen were unable to
move their cars. and crowd soon collected
and Jecred the crews
The Little Consolidated men refused to help
the others push their cars back to the electric
racks and the crowd checred them wildly. A
stone was thrown. Another and another fol-
lowed. and soon the fuslade became general.
The windows Of the cars were shattered and the
nGn,Hnion men Were repeatedly struck BY the
Police moved Down to Water M'' street He or.
uered the crowd to dispense, and when he saw
M M pn9, 81. to ohey his c92mmandS he called
cleared passage to the cars and they
Erect s the Fr cn men fbs up rt to sq no%
5 x an" the fSPGE Ihs TG s Gonse
wl be moved is a mystery ri The Little Con- Con.
sn..datrd men refuse TO nudge them, and de-
sarc ,t That before they will handle them they
a., An sthound Cedar avenue car was stonsa
sni eGgrd near the corner Of Bolton avenue
S S. ~, The car was an open one and
ms M"S VII il.led with passengers. who did some
,hs e, n, GonGns to cscale the missiles. None OF
'NT passengers was struck.
The mo'orman, q {; hughes Of Chicago;
WAS WAS RR2i@,SR ir?m head to foot With Eggs and
n r@g VA A. blocked for nearly, an hour at
Tn n,r her" are many str ike sympnthizcrs
acIrs w ya@m"%i p,anks, logs and other
VA rgmWonrd rom the central police station
snn ,hH united efforts OF police and crews re-
'l"nrd the line"
AZ $40 o'clock tonight the strikers blew
fc%sT"' q" h"ri" nnyrnu" directly in front OF
uaui',% made tremendous noise. and at
m,.."i, thousands" Of PEOPLE to the scene Seven
r" oI% tay w"rc in thc cnr but. mirasuIousy
inhErM by the force of III" explosion. Mr.
L.. WV 'i' 10 'llc street ana lcfSOnaIy
mott II 1000 congrcgated around tho
|.tn'Ih hFouu" barns nt X O'Clock this even
- HlI pursued three non union men. Forty
."'M"n finally dispersed the mob using
w. w. nLNl 'r'"iv. In the excitement one shot
"Ssmr'u ~ non-uuion street ear employee
t"N' '-8N" ln"men employed by the Re
rrG ,IH'lu'iiON Company went out on
,, ~ M morning. in sympathy with the
""r"t railway n"mcn, conductors and mo.
S ,ny G'o. r.. E"."ry" Construction Com.
v',' "' ~" mvahogn Telephone Company, o
~" W Everett. President Of the Bis
Nh. ld'"' IS also tn" President. This con
,at'I'"g Cn""rn employs in the neighbor
''l 81 loo Iu"m"n. stretching telephone
"n'N on poe" and wiring buildings Thi'
3"'hE uhl ihclrm"n did not appear. Ncithe
u'"N port any reason for rrmn lining away
MIN ''' l"dlatcri n the dav. however, that Tho
?. u1N' gone out in sympathy With he stree
t-N.5 strikers. On" II the officials OF III,
,"IN. on -trurtiOu Company said that. so IA
,y.r hhI"' IN" men have no grievance what
tnTi, ana simply walked out to aid the stree
",MHF InIn 10 winth'r fight
t VI lo-davth" State Boarh OF Arhitra
W. went into conference with rreSiden
ana 4 number Of members OF tn,
WAN, 'h"Y had "A conference with tn
,|Tr',u'.'" =, l'oorl Of the strikers Til