Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-28
QUIET IN CLEVELAND.
ihe City Assuming Something of Its
Normal Aspect.
LABOR LEADERS APPEAL.
Gall ON All the sympathixers Of
the Trolley Strikers to Refrain
From Wrccking the Car
COmpany's Property.

Cleveland, July 2S.-The eleventh day
of the second trolley strike opened with
out rloting or bloodshed. Reports com
ing in from the suburbs however, indi
Gated that the suburban towns which are
reached by the Big Consolidated lines
were highly indignant at the presence OF
| the militia. Most of these towns have
| put premium on lawlessness by disarm.
ing nonunion mOtOrmen and conductors
and by inf1icting punshments for vic.
lence. 4 meeting of the mayors Of all
surrounding towns will be held here,
when it will be decided just what plans
Will be pursued in the event that special
military or police protection is needed.
The strike situation is vastly improved
over that of the past few days. Adju-
tant General AXline is much gratitied,
but says that the soldiers will not be
withdrawn until all danger Of further up.
risings is past. When General Axina
left his military headquarters at the city
hall. he said
'"The condition of affairs is extremely
gratifying to me. think that the people
who have been causing most of the dis
turhanceS have come to their better
senses. In my opinion, the worst part OF
the strike is now over-that is, so far as
public disturbances are concerned. New
ertheless it is impossible to tell ju-t when
or where riotng will break out, and there
fore the militia will still exercise Just as
much care and watchfulness as they have
during the last few days"
Senator Hanna's employees on the
Little Consolidated lines have decided
not to strike. They met, and at the very
outset motion to go out on a sympathy
strike was presented. and there seemed
to be small but vigorous element In
favor of the proposition, but it was
finally agreed by the majority that it
would be an i'll advised move at this time,
and the motion was voted down. Then
the proposition to form a union Of their
own was offered, and this met with
some opposition for time but the men
finally decided to form such an organza-
ton.
An Attempt at Car Wrecking.
AN attempt was made to wreck a sub
urban car at gainesville. The car due
at gainesville at 40 o'clock was suddenly
stopped at Grant street and Mentor
avenue, the motorman observing a good
sized pile of rock upon the track. The
stop was made within a few feet of the
p!ie, WHICH was uldue up Ol IOfInluaDle
rocks, Two deputy sheriffs patrolling
the tracks had passed only about ten
minutes before. There were 20 passen-
gers on the car. No one was seen in the
neighborhood Of the obstruction, and no
arrest has been made.
Ralph w. Hawley. the nonunion con-
ductor who on Monday last shot and
killed Harry Cornzweit, has been bound
over to the grand jury without bail on
the charge Of second degree murder by
Judge Fielder at the Central police
court.
The following communication, signed
by the leaders of all the more important
labor unions in the city, has been issued:
ITO the Sympathizers of the Striking
Railway Employees in Cleveland:
1--WE. the members and representatives
of organized labor unions, appeal to you
to pleuse refrain from using abusive Ian
guage. the throwing of missiles of any
kind or the using of explosives against
the Big Consolidated Street Railway
company's property.
"Although some may think this course
will help the strikers, we know it is doing
the union street car men an injury and
is detrimental in more than one way to
them. We beg that you give your sup
port in other ways than unlawfulness