The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-26
TROOPS in CLEVELAND.
Cars Now Running With
But Few Passengers, How
ever The Strikers
Prospects.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 26, 1S99.-That
the presence of the strong force of mill
itia now doing service in this city has
already had a most salutary effect upon
the lawless element was evidenced this
morning by the fact that the obstructions
placed upon the tracks of the big Con
solidated street car lines during the night
was found to be much less than at any
time since the present strike was in
augurated.
Cars on four of the most important
lines in the Big Consolidated system
were operated throughout the night. This
morning practically the full quota Of
cars were running on all lines except the
Abbey, Union and Clark avenue. 1t was,
however, a notable fact that most of the
cars were either empty or carried only a
very few passengers. even during the ear
ly hours of the day when traffic is usually
the heaviest. Either through fear of vio-
lence or out of sympathy for the strikers
very large proportion decline under
present conditions TO ride on the Big
Consolidated lines and in most cases
walk many blocks in order to reach the
cars of the Little Consolidated Company
About thirteen hundred troops are now
acting in cooperation with the regular
police force of the city, under direction
of the Mayor and the command of the
head of the military power Of the State.
This force will probably be further aug
mented during the day by the arrival of
several additional companies of soldiers
from outside points. The majority Of the
soldiers now on duty here served through
out the Spanish-Ameriean war. With
such a force at his command Mayor Far
ley believes that he is in position to
promptly suppress any further rioting.
President Everett. of the Big Consol-
dated. has modified his statement to the
effect that none of the strikers would be
re-employed by announcing that he will
take back $50 of the old men provided
they will apply individually He adds
that possibly this number may be in
creased as vacancies occur as result of
the "weeding out process to take place
among the new men employed since the
strike began.
The strike leaders, however. still insist
that every man must be taken back, and,
above all. that the union must be recog-
nized by the company. They claim that
their ranks remain practically unbroken
and that they are in a position to hold
out indefinitely; that the Big Consolidated
is losing money TO the extent of many
thousands of dollars per day, and sooner
or later will concede the demands of the
strikers.
A riot which was not reported until to-
day occurred at Collinwood, a suburban
town, late last night at the crossing Of
the Big Consolidated and Shore electric
lines. A spike placed between the ends
of two rails caused a car to jump the
track and block both lines. A mob of four
hundred persons quickly gathered and
pelted the non-union crew with all sorts
of missiles. A second car came up and
the non-union men on it received similar
treatment. Eventually the crews of both
cars were chased away.
A call for assistance was responded to
by Captain Raider Of the Naval Re
serves with 15 men. Raider addressed
the crowd and said that he would order a
charge unless 1t Immediately dispersed
The mob answered with a shower of
stones and bricks, a number of persons.
including several members of the re-
serves being struck and slightly injured
a charge with fixed bayonets was then
ordered and the mob quickly scattered
in all directions.
1t is stated that a meeting of the mo-
tormen and conductors employed by the
Little Consolidated lines, of which COM
pany Senator M. A. Hanna is president
will be held tonight for the purpose of
5icc11ssir,ay +hn strike on fhe Big COnSoli-