The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-20
ANOTHER SERIOUS RIOT
NONUNION MOToRMAN SERIOUSLY IN
JURED BY MOB.
Women Took Active Part I'm the Pro-
ceedings and Threw Bricks-Ac-
tion Of the City Council.

CLEVELAND, o., June 19.-Up to 4
o'clock this afternoon this promised to be
the most uneventful day in the big street
car strike. At that hour another serious riot
broke out in an entirely new quarter and
one nonunion man was sent to the hospital
in consequence. The company began, to-day,
the operation of two new lines-those on
Scoville and Central avenues. The cars were
protected by policemen and until afternoon
no trouble occurred. Just before o'clock
two of the Scoville-avenue cars approached
the crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
There they were met by a mob of more than
two thousand men and women. One Of the
cars was taken across the railroad safely.
but the other was held up by the mob. A
perfect shower of paving bricks and stones
fell about the car and crashed against the
vestibule at the front end. behind which the
motorman was concealed. Women threw
bricks and handed them to the men who
were in the front Of the crowd. The win
dows Of the car had been lowered and the
bricks crashed against the seats and fell
upon the floor of the car. The conductor es-
capped injury, but the motorman. A. j. Nc
Grew, of st. Louis. was struck on the head
with a brick and rendered unconscious. He
was taken to hospital. The patrolman on
the car was also hit with brick, but was
not seriously hurt. A call was made for the
police, but when detachment of officers
arrived the mob had dispersed and no ar
rests were made.
Early in the morning men and women set
to work greasing tracks at the corner of
Pearl street and Clark avenue and at the
corner of Jennings avenue and Clark ave-
nue.. The tracks were so well creased with
soap, oil and other substances that the op-
Grafton of cars was effectually prevented.
The demonstration which had been planned
for tonight to influence the action Of the
City Council with respect to the ordinance
prohibiting the employment Of motormen
who have not had ten days experience OPP
Grating cars in this city, consisted of a pa
rade In the downtown streets with torch
lights, drum corps and brass bands. A crowd
of 5000 persons assembled but all of them
did not participate in the parade. The crowd
was demonstrative but not disorderly. At
the meeting of the Council there was scene
of great disorder. The gallery and lobby
of the chamber were packed by large
crowd. and every speaker who was inclined
to give the railroad company q fair show
was Kissed. This continued until Mayor
Farley made a speech in which he declared
that he did not propose to submit to intimi-
dation. An ordinance fixing the require
ments for motormen was passed under a
suspension Of the rules. A resolution was
also adopted requesting the corporation
counsel to report whether the franchises
of the company could not be forfeited IL 1t
failed TO run cars on all its lines. Several
other resolutions were offered and referred
to committees.
A special meeting Of the Council Is to be
held next wednesday eveEing and in the
meantime committee which was appointed
tonight will seek 10 bring about a settle
ment Of the strike. The leader OF the strike
said tonight that about the only question
at issue now was whether all the old men
would be reinstated II the strike was de-
clared of. The demand for the absolute rec
ognition of the union appears to have been
abandoned. President Everett says he can
not agree to take back all Of the men for
some Of them viii never be reinstated.