Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-26
TIE MILITIA IN CONTROL.


Yesterday--Some Rioting After Night
fall.
CLEVELAND, O., July 25.-After a
night marked by disorder and rioting
the city this morning again presented
a peaceful aspect. On all the various
lines of the Big Consolidated system
cars were started out on schedule
time. Beyond the usual distractions
Of stones, bricks and all kinds of rub
bish placed on the tracks in the out
lying districts during the latter part
| of the night there was no interruption
to traffic during the early hours of the
day.
The resolutions adopted at the New
burg mass meeting last night protest
against the carrying of arms by the
| street car employees, pointing out that
the presence of the military Is ample
protection to the men.
Ralph P. Hawley, the non-union
motorman who shot and killed Henry
Cornzweit on Perry street yesterday
was arraigned in police court to-day
! on the charge of second degree MUIR
der. Attorney Tolles, On behalf OF
Hawley requested a preliminary hear
ing before Police Judge Fielder ON
Tuesday next. Hawley was rema18ed
to Jail without bail.
The Right Rev. Bishop Ign. F..
Horstman, of the diocese of Cleveland,
to-day issued an address to the Cath
Ollie laity of the city in which he calls
! upon the people to offer no resistance
to the authorities and tells them to
pray that peace and quiet may be re-
| stored. The address epitomizes the
situation as follows:
Anarchy reigns. Riot and rebell-
ion prevails. The civil authorities is
| defed and openly resisted. The city
is terrorized by the mob and the MI
litia nust be called out to preserve
order. The fair name of our city "a
a ~law-abiding community is in danger,
business has been paralyzed. Visit
| tors fear to enter our portals. Our
| own citizens are in constant danger o:
their lives"
President Harry A. Bryan to-day is
| sued a statement on behalf of the strik-
ers' union, d~isclaiming any part in the
recent riots and expressing the resolu-
| ton of refraining from such acts.
Strikers and their friends tonight
| held a meeting and various speakers
protested against the presence of troops
and the carrying of arms by street car
| employees.
Rain fell during most Of the after
| noon and did what the police have been
unable to do, keep crowds from col
| lecting and molesting cars.
H. A. Axline, adjutant general of
| state troops, is in command of the
military here and approXimates the
force under him at twenty companies,
| ~aggregating nearly 1,200 men.
The executive committee of the strik-
ers' meeting to-day issued a statement
denying n connection with recent
disturbances, including the nitro-glyc-
crime explosions, and aver their deter
mination to refrain from any unlawful
| aclS. frleDuS vi the SlIIhSIS are Shcu
to withhold their patronage from the
Big Consolidated Company.
With the coming of darkness tonight
| small riots, mostly in the foreign inhab-
tied part of the city, made their appear
ance and conflicts in which nobody was
seriously hurt took place between the
soldiers and police on the one side and
the strike sympathizers on the other.
On Broadway the ears laden with
guards and few passengers travelled in
pairs and at Clay and Pearl streets a
mob of about 1900 men and boys with
a s~prinkling Of women, gathered and
when they could elude the soldiers
| stoned the cars and the crews. The
| conflicts were frequent and a number
of arrests were made.
At 10 O'Clock. as a detachment of
| militiamen were nearing the spot the
| crowd hombarded a pair of cars with
stones and specimens of vegetables far
from being wholesome. The soldiers
charged with fixed bayonets and in a
few minutes the erstwhile aggressive
mob was concealed in the alleys, by
| streets and in their r~ookery-like houses.
| There were a few incipient riots in
| South Brooklyn before midnight. but
| the guards had the situation well in
| hand.