The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-21

Objectionable Men at the CIevA
land COmpany's Barns and Drive
the Imported Crews to the Attic
Fences Torn Down and officer.
Crowded Aside Like Children.
CLEVELAND, o., June 20-wbile tba
prospects for a settlement of the strike
OF the street railway men are brighter
tonight than they have been at any time
since the strike began, there has been
more serious rioting today than at any
previous time. The disturbances began
early IN the morning, continued through
out the day. and tonight big mob sur
rounded the barns OF the Big Consoli-
oaeeo company determined 10 get at ths
hon-unlon men who were housed there.
While the sympathizers of the strikers
were hurting bricks and stones at non-
union motormen and conductors a soe
clal committee of the city council wae
trying to get the representatives OF the
strikers and the officers of the comna,v
together, and 1t succeeded to the extent
Oh inducing the strikers to submit a pron-
oslt1on IN writing, and getting the con-
sent of President Everett of the Pic
Consolidated, to submit the same to the
board of directors in the morning The
strikers proposition abandons the de-
nand for the recognition of the union.
but asks that all the old men be taken
back save those who may be convicted
IN court of destroying property.
The members of the council committee
believe settlement is in sight
TWO MORE RIOTS.
There were two incipient riots late
this afternoon. AT the corner of Central
ana wilson avenues a crowd Of 1900 per-
sons obstructed the passage of two cross
town cars. Bricks and stones vera
thrown and the windows of the cars
broken. One of the .non-union motor
men, VINO gave his name as Charles
Jones, of Grand Rapids. Mich, was hit
| by brick, and so badly injured that it
was necessary to send him to a hospital.
Later car on the South side line was
attacked near the suaurb Of Brighton.
/ The motorman and conductor were
chased into the woods by a mob. and
they had not returned when 1t came
| time to stop running cars. No arrests
| were made in either case.
CARS WRECKED.
The people of the South side nursed
their wrath all day. They made no at
tempt to interfere with the running NJ
cars on the Clark avenue line SO long as
there was police protection, but this
evening there was determined effort
to get at the non-union men who were
taken to the Holmden avenue barns
this afternoon to operate the cars from
that end of the line. Soon after dark
| mob of 5000 people assembled. There
| were twenty policemen at the barns. but
they were powerless to handle the mob
Fences were torn down and the crowd
broke into the barns. In the meantime
the non-union men had escaped to the
attic, and the rioters contented them
selves with smashing few of the cars.
BY that time several wagon loads of no.
lice had arrived. and the mob was dis
persed.
AT another place on the South side
switches were torn up and the tracks
blockaded.
-Four hundred employees of the CIeve-
land Foundry company struck late .his
AFTERNOON because the company refused
| to discharge a man who had ridden on
Big Consolid 4ted car. The man was a
foreman When it became known thar
| ne had ridden on car, the moulders
! went to the officers of the company and
| demanded his discharge. The officers re-
tused to comply with the demand and all
| the men walked out of the works. This
is the first strike in the nature of a svnn-
! pathy demonstration that has taken
| place.