Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-10
ANTI-BOYCOTT MOVE,
Cleveland Meeting Representing
Many Millions Of Dollars
AN qNTI-DYNAM|TE FUND.
Ii is 10 Provide for FerretinS Out
Car WrsCkerS.
JONES, OF TOLEDO, TO STRIKERS.
His Remedy for Strect-Railway and
other Similar strikes the Common
Ownership of All Public Utilities
His Candidacy for Governor.

CLEVELAND. o., August 9.--Five nun
dred businessmen Of Cleveland held an
anu-boycott meeting this afternoon, in
the Chamber Of Commerce rooms. a
fund Of $1,000 was started to ferret out
the criminals who are dynamtlng cars
and creating dlscord i'm the city. In n
few minutes time not less than 5000 was
subscribed and the rest Of the amount
viii be fully made up tomorrow.
The meeting was largely attended, and
It was n representative one in every re-
spect Millions Of dollars were repre-
scented in the attendance Vigorous
speeches denouncing the boycott. strike
disturbances. and disorder were made.
4 demand for a United states army mill
tary post in Cleveland was unanimously
made. and steps were taken to increase
the police force OF the city.
At the strikers picnic, held at Scenic
Park to-day. Mayor s. II. Jones. Of
Toledo was the guest OF honor and orator
Of the day. The Mayor said:
REMEDY FOR STRIKES.
1--WE are i'm an epidemic Of labor trou-
bles. strikes. lock-outs. and boycotts, af-
fecting widely separated portions Of our
country and MS widely diversified indus
trial interests disturb the land. the con-
diton may be fifty characterized as one
of Industrial civil war The boycott is a
cruel and unjust weapon in many ways.
/ am not here with a plan for settling
the difficulty i'm Cleveland alone. l am
here to propose a remedy. not only for
street railroad strikes. but for all kinds
OF difficulties with labor i'm every SOFT
OF public utility. The remedy may oe
found i'm absolute municipal ownership,
| operation, and control In short, the
fundamental cause Of the trouble in
Cleveland to-day IS found i'm the fact that
a few men are granted the right Of own
| ershp i'm a class of property that should
never, under any circumstances become
private possession. but should be the
property of the whole people"
MR.. JONES'S CANDIDACY.
Mayor Jones held political conference
with strike leaders I'm the American
House this afternoon. at which he decided
to leave the Cleveland end Of his cam
paign as an independent candidate for
Governor Of Ohio entirely i'm the hands
| Of the street-railway strikers.
ANOTHER CAR BLOWN Up.
A Big Consolidated street-car was
wrecked at o'clock this morning on the
| Wade Park-Avenue line, near Cactus
Drive, lonely spot adjoining Wade
| Park.
The car was east-bound and the first
| intimation Of danger was when it sudden
| Is rose from the track and a deafening
report was heard Residents within a
radius Of a mile and half were awaken
ed by the roar and sprang from their
beds 10 seek the cause
NOBODY HURT.
The car was blown from the track and
| badly demolished The frightened motor
man was hurled from the vestibule and
the conductor from the platform. They
were unniured. The one passenger
aboard also escaped unhurt
AN IMPORTANT ARREST.
During the afternoon Charles II. Bond
AGED 10. was arrested, charged with plac-
| ing explosives on the Consolidated tracks
! during the strike last June. The police
declare this arrest important.