Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-24
TO SUPPRESS RIOTS
Eight Hundred Men Under Arms in
Cleveland Today.
RESULT OF Yesterdays OUfRAGES
Two Cars Were Wrecked by Ex-
plosives Last Night.
SEVERAL PASSENGERS HURT

SEVERAL PASSENGERS HURT
CLEVELAND, Ohio July 2I-The scenes
| of wild disorder and violence witnessed in
this city throughout yesterday and last
night in connection with the street car
| strike were succeeded this morning by
marked quietness.
Cars are running on at least half a dozen
lines of the Big Consolidated system. They
however, carry but few passengers. Bus
lines are in operation and they are well
patronized.
The city authorities were in conference
at the city hall nearly all night and as
result call has been sent out for addi-
| tional troops.
All the available military force in Cleve-
land is under arms Early this morning
| a call was issued for Battery A of the 1st
Ohio Artillery, three companies of the 10th
Ohio Infantry and L'ouverture Rifles.
About 500 Men Under Arms.
The call came from headquarters in the
city hall about o'clock, and in very
short time the members of the various
organizations were Fastening toward the
armories
With the addition of the organizations
called out today the military force to cope
with the street car strike now numbers
So0 men. That number represents the
citys military force. Next will come the
call for state troops.
1t was the opinion around military head
quarters in the city hall today that the
increased force will be able to cope with
the strike successfully.
The riots and murderous attacks of Sum-
day convinced the mayor it was time to
fp.l ln rhn lob IA
Early this morning he was at his office
in consultation with Capt. Zimmerman.
The conference was brief, and as a result
the call for the additional troops was i'm
mediately made. Nearly 500 additional
men We're called out.
The riots and mob violence will be sup
pressed at any cost. The mayor hopes with
the increased force to suppress any upris-
ing. If 500 troops are not sufficient to this
end the governor will be asked for more
troops without delay
Car Blown Up Last Night.
About o'clock last night a suburban car
was blown up between Wickliffe and Will
loughby, about fifteen miles east of Cleve-
land Strange to say, the outrage was not
reported to the Cleveland police till this
morning
The car was No. "a on the Painesville line
and was west bound. 1t was we'll filed
with passengers, the majority of whom
were people from the city, who had been
spending the day with friends in the sub
urban towns A large part of the paSsen-
gers We're women. The explosion was ac-
companied by a deafening report. The
front end of the heavy motor was raised
several inches from the track and an in
slant later fell with a heavy thud The
headlight was blown completely off the car.
One of the aXles was badly bent and sew
eral windows were broken by the explosion.
The passengers We're badly shaken up by
the explosion and made rush for the
doors, Among the passengers We're Mrs. r.
A Herbert Of No. AZ Hayward street, this
city, and her nine-year-old daughter, Do
rothy. The latter had one of her hands
quite badly cut by flying glass.
A young woman, whose name could not
be aScertained, and who was carrying an
infant in her arms, was injured in a similar
manner.
After the car had been examined by the
crew it was found that its injuries We're NOT
sufficient to prevent its being run at a very
slow speed, and it was brought through to
East Cleveland.
Car Wrecked by a Bomb.
A Euclid avenue car, loaded with passen-
gers, was wrecked by an explosion of nitro
glycerine or guncotton shortly before II
clock last night. Four persons were badly
hurt. They are:
Mrs. E. c. Martin, 20 Alanson street, COM
pound fracture of the skull right arm
broken, and internal injuries which may
prove fatal.
E. C. Martin, right arm badly cut, and
bruised about legs and body.
Mrs. Catharine Harris, p Cornell street.
suffering from nervous prostration
F. A. Smith, 60 Vienna street, injured
about legs and body.
Albert E. Fassett, II Wallace place, legs
injured.
Dora Schlessler IL Oakdale street bruised
about the body.
The explosion tore out the front end of
the car, smashed all the windows and de-
stroyed the brake
IN11sN
that it shook all the houses in the neigh
borhood, and was heard for a distance of
two three miles.
Persons living in the neighborhood say
they saw man in buggy stop at the cor
ner of kensington street, where the explo-
sion occurred, and ger out by the railroad
track. He remained there a short time and
then drove rapidly away.
RiOtinS Saturday Night.
Rioting continued throughout Saturday
night, and there We're several serious out
breaks of violence yesterday, but no clashes
between the mobs and the troops.
There was a serious disturbance on the
Broadway line at the corner of Petrie
street, where a mob of 5000 assembled in
the forenoon and obstructed the track.
Finally car came along from the Wilson
avenue barns, having on board Sergt. Bur-
rows and a private of militia and Detec-
tive Kelso. The officer ordered the mob to
remove the obstruction from the track, but
the rioters showed fight. Then Sergt. Bur-
rows and the<one soldier, with fixed bayo-
nets, faced the mob and attempted to clear
the way. There was sharp fight for few
minutes, during which perfect shower OF
stones fell about the detective and the SOL
der. smashing the car windows. No one
was seriously hurt, and, after arresting two
Of the rioters and placing them on the car
it was returned to the barns. The police
afterward charged the mob, making several
arrests.
The military on guard at the Holmden
avenue barns, on the South Side, were an
noyed during the greater part of the day
by jeering mob, and fifteen arrests were
made there, with the assistance of the po-
lice.
Built Fire Around Obstruction.
In the afternoon a mob of 1000 conceived
the idea of blocking the track on Orange
street by placing big boulder in the mid
die of the street and building fire around