The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-25
Mob of Enraged People Gather in the
Street and Is Dispersed by the
Police Officers.
THREE REGIMENTS READY
ADJUTANT GENERAL HAS MEN WATT
ING TO BE CALLED OUT.
Gov. Roosevelt Will Investigate the
New York Strike SituatiOn-Ar-
rested Strikers Free.


CLEVELAND, o., July A.-Rioting broke
out afresh here tonight and second at
tempt to wreck a car was made. A Pearl
street car, speeding south, near Holmden
avenue, carrying. besides the motorman
and conductor, guard, successfully ran a
gauntlet of missiles thrown from the roofs
of houses only to run into can of nitro
glycerin, which exploded with terrific force.
| The rear platform was torn off and a floor
| ing wrenched from its fastenings The
| crew was not injured but emerged from the
| shattered ruin with their pistols drawn and
| began firing at what they thought was a
| couple of men crouching as If to hide them
selves behind q small billboard. The explo-
| sion was the signal for renewing the attack
| from the housetops and alleys. Troop A,
| hurrying on horseback to the scene, was
| bombarded with giant firecrackers. One OF
| these exploded with such force that the
| mount of one Of the troopers was knocked
| over, in his fall carrying with him two
other horses and their riders. Several ar
| rests were made. Pistol shots were fire.
| quently heard. and one man was slightly
| wounded in the arm, it is said. Up to a late
| hour reports more or less vague Of block
| AIDES and shooting floated about town but
| failed of confirmation.
| Strikers and their friends held a mass
meeting in Newburg, suburb of Cleveland,
| tonight, during which the men were urged
| to persevere in their fight against the Big
| Consolidated.
The day has failed to bring any relief to
| the strike situation, which is regarded as
| serious. The State Board Of Arbitration
| has practically abandoned its efforts to
| conciliate the strikers and their former en-
ployers. The resentment Of the conductors
| and motormen, who quit work, and the
| more turbulent spirit of their sympathizers
| is held in check to degree by the presence
| OF the police and the militia, members Of
| which ride In the cars or are held in read
| mess at the barns and at the terminals,
| Small riots occurred during the day. but
| with one exception they were without SER
| ious results.
The death of Henry Cornweit, slain by a
| bullet fired by Ralph p. Hawley, con-
ductor on the Broadway line. is the first
| fatality of the strike. Shortly after noon
Hawley's car approached Orange street and
was beset by crowd Of men and boys.
| Cornweit, the nineteen-year-old son of a
butcher, was astride horse and rode to
the side of the car, keeping pace with it
as to what passed between the conductor
and the boy, but the mob was suddenly
| called to its senses by the sight of Hawley,
who jumped to the street and started in the
pursuit Of Cornweit. The latter. closely
| followed by his pursuer. turned up Perry
| street. At Woodland avenue the latter
| pulled his revolver and fired. His victim
| fell, fatally wounded. with CHASTITY wound
fy, he left nd ted ha;,,e
| removed to the hospital.
| The crowd, which before the incident
| had been violent, was awed by
| the seriousness of the affair and
| permitted the conductor to walk back
| to his car. He was arrested and taken to
| the station where a charge of murder was
| entered against him. When the car re-
turned In charge of another man and laden
with police thousands of people were crowd
ed around the fatal spot. The track was
blockaded and the cars bombarded with
stones. pieces of brick and sticks of wood
The police managed by dint of using their
clubs to clear the way after a delay of
| about half an hour.
| The police believe they have a clew to
| the man who placed nitroglycerine which
last night blew up a Euclid-avenue car
Il
ison. who was seen at 2 o'clock this morn
ing driving a horse and buggy said to re-
semble the one in which the mysterious
wrecker rode, has been placed in a. cell.
Robson claims to have found the rig mas
terless, and. having taken possession in
| tending to deliver 1t to Charles Steimetz, a
liveryman by whom Robson is employed.
| Mr.. Steimetz informed the officers that he
| rented the outfit last night to a man whom
| he Identifies vaguely as having a dark mus
| tache.
| With the exception of the Mayfeld
| suburban all the lines of the Big Consoli-
| dated have been in operation to-day, al
| though their movements were necessarily
| hampered somewhat. Cars were running on
| at least dozen different lines of the Big
| Consolidated system. They, however car
| ried but few passengers. Bus lines were in
operation over many Of the Big Consoli-
| dated lines and these are well patronized.
About o'clock last night suburban car
was blown up between Wickliffe and VIII
| loughby, about fifteen miles east of Cleve-
land. The outrage was not reported to the
| Cleveland force till this morning. The car
| was No. "a on the gainesville line and was
west-bound. 1t was well filed with pas
sengers, the majority of whom were people
| from the city who had been spending the
day with friends in the suburban towns
Many OF the passengers were women The
| front end of the heavy motor was raised
| several inches from the track and an in
| slant later fell with heavy thud. The
headlight was blown off, one of the axles
| was badly bent and several windows were
broken by the explosion. The passengers
were badly shaken up by the explosion and
made rush for the doors. Among the
passengers were Mrs. r. Herbert. OF this