St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-26
Cleveland Street Car Strike.

Cleveland, July 25.-The scenes Of wil(
disorder and violence witnessed in this
city throughout Sunday and Sunday
night in connection with the street cal
strike were succeeded yesterday morn
ing by quietness. Cars were running OF
at least dozen different lines of the biz
consolidated system. They carried
however, only few passengers. Blu!
lines We're in operation over many of the
Big Consolidated lines, and these were
well patronized.
The city authorities were In conference
at the city hail. and as a result cal
was sent out for additional troops. All
available military force in Cleveland,
numbering 800 men, was under arms
The mayor hopes with the increased
force to suppress any uprising. If S0(
troops are not sufficient to this end, the
governor will be asked for more.
Riots occurred during the day, but,
with one exception. they were without
serious results. In the death of Henry
Cornzwich, slain by the bullet fired by
Ralph p. Hawley, conductor on the
Broadway line, Is recorded the first
fatality of the strike.
Some time after his arrest, a charge
OF murder was entered against Hawley.
When the car returned, in charge of
another man and laden with police,
thousands of people were crowded round
the fatal spot. The track was block
AIDED and the stalled cars bombarded
with stones, pieces of brick and sticks
of wood. The police managed, by using
their clubs, to clear the way, after de-
lay Of about half an hour
The police believe they have a clew
to the man who placed the nitro-gly-
cerine, which Sunday night blew UP
an Euclid avenue car and injured four
passengers. Matthew Robinson, who
was seen at 2 o'clock yesterday morn
ing driving horse and buggy said to
resemble the one in which the mys-
terious wrecker rode, has been placed in
cell. Robinson claims to have found
the rig, masterless, and took possession
of it, intending to deliver it to a livery
man, by whom Robinson is employed.
With the exception Of the Mayfield
suburban. all the lines Of the Big Con-
solidated have been in operation, ali
though their movements were neces-
sarily hampered somewhat. a, r.
Rioting broke out afresh last night.
A Pearl street car. speeding along near
I1olmden avenue, carrying besides the
motorman and conductor, a guard ran
gauntlet of missils, thrown from roofs
of houses, only to run into a can of nitro
glycerine, which exploded with ter
rifle force. The rear platform was
torn off and the flooring wrecked. The
crew were not injured, but began firing
pistols at what they thought was a
couple Of men crouching beside a bill
board. The explosion was the signal
for renewing the attack from house
tops and alleys. Troop A, hurrying on
horseback to the scene, was bombarded
with giant fire-crackers. On 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
frequently heard, and one man was
slightly wounded. Reports of block
AIDES and shooting floated about town.
Strikers and their friends held mass
meeting in Newburg, a suburb of Cleve-
land, last night, during which the men
were urged to preservere in their fight
against the Big Consolidated.
The adjutant general last evening in
formed Mayor Farley that the militia
companies at Youngstown. Geneva
Berea, Warren and Norwalk, towns
near this city, had been officially notified
to hold themselves in readiness to an
swer the call of the mayor should the
situation get beyond the control of the
present force. Various companies OF
the Fourth, Sixth and Eighth regiments
to the number of 500 men, have also beer
ordered to prepare for sudden sum
mons.