The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-24
Cleveland Strikers Try TO Deal Ont
Death by Dynamite.
EUCLID Az. CAR BLOWN UP.
Eighteen Persons Injured, Four Of Whom
Are Hurt Fatally,

Injured in Clashes with Police and Sol
d,er,-Prie,t Saves Two Policemen from
Death, Rushing from tho Altar to
face . Mob-Rioters Turn to tho Cars
and, the Police Being Unable to Cope
with Them, a Company of Militia Charges
Bayopets on Them-Many Wounded in
the Charge Sixty Shots Fired Before the
Soldiers Came-women Spur On tho
Rioters President Everett of the
Street Car Company Takes His Fam
lily Into the Suburbs for Safety -
Electric Lights for Half an Hour
Scarcely Car Run without Being
Nearly Wrecked Over Fifty Arrests.
CLEVELAND, July 23-with a defamation that
was heard three miles away. Euclid avenue
car was blown up with ntro-glycerine at 10 40
o'clock tonight. fatally injuring four passen-
gers and seriously injurng five others
besides bruising and slightly wounding
nine The explosion occurred on Euclid ave-
nue. near Dorchester avenue. a place which is
poorly lighted by street lamps. Few cars car
risd any passengers, but this one had fifteen
on board
just before the cars arrival at the Pennsyl-
vsnia Railroad crossing a covered carriage
drove out on Euclid avenue. and the
occupants were seen to stop get out and
lay something on the track two blocks
from the crossing They drove away and the
ear proceeded east. 1t was going at a high
rate Of speed when It reached the place where
the explosive was.
There was tremendous explosion. The
ear was shattered and the passengers were
thrown in all directions.
Some Of the persons injured are:
Miss Harris, elderly woman Of IS Cornell
street, skull fractured; blown from car.
F. c MARTIN. ~ Alanson street. skull fractured;
artery in arm cu
Mrs.. T. c. MARTIN. arm broken; injured internally,
Fam SMITH. 40 Vienna street both legs broken
internal INJURIES
Miss MAE SMITH. 1o5 Russell avenue injured in.
ternally. both ankles sprained
Miss DORA sCHECBER III Oakdale avenue; ankle
bprAned. suffering from shock
ALBERT Fox. II Walter street; injured in the
head.
dotormAn WILLIAM DREaaER, cut about legs and
bruised.
Mrs. LEACH. Durham avenue. near Euclid. injured
internally.
The force OF the explosion shook buildings
In the neighborhood. crowd soon sur
rounded the car A general call for ambu-
lancss was sent out by the police. and three
police patrol wagons went on a gallop to tho
place.
Ihs wounded lay groaning and screaming on
the pavement. Tender hands raised them
from the ground. made them as comfortable
as possible, and took them to their homes or to
hospitals.
10 all the explosion came unexpe ctedly. and
the first they knew OF It was when they found
themselves flying through the air amid frag.
msnts OF tho shattered car. Every person In
the car was injured. Tho least hurt were cut
and bruised.
A"'ne tho passengers was Morris Marrow
reporter for local paper. who, although
'unernR from painful bruises and cuts busted
n'm'elt IN getting the facts and then went to
inc ONCE and wrote up the incident.
Inc police have good description OF the
carriage and the persons to whom 10 charged
the placing Of the explosive,
DAY OF LAwLEssNEss.
"" oetore the explosion to- might Cleveland
saw Ahrh sunday Anarchy is the only
"Vtu with which to characterize it.
49, OF last night there were outbreaks in
ouS parts OF the city. mohbing Of nom
ro.I', "'eh ana cars and shooting from the
con,I- at cArs' with sun-up the outbreaks
continued Tho sacred character Of rho dsv
,h ar W. eH""t m the men made angry by what
'neS deem the oppression OF the streot ce
Lnn' A. tn" coming Of daylight little
Ano' Of persons began to gather on the street
br,, IN" groups grew into crowds OF
ST., Nv ana then to thousands They began
"."E stones A. passing street cars. Their
va, Er"" N"rr"r and nercer as time
,io,,, w. "h'I tho appearance Of n ear was
,ba,,,, W. 'uSI..ad" Of all kinds Of missiles
No. o''"y '''' no ear window whole and no
". ''''"" operative wholo-s skinned
wo-s, ~ an" was free from the rioters the
pre,,,s," c'ugroGatei during the day In
uro' ''F'e on Orange street the Broadway
u,r. ""' on Burton street near Clark avenue
r. ana Jennings line, and in front of tho
i.I'' '''FN" harms on Pearl street Tho
r.,, "F"'E'! 'nrs and Prevented the move
ohs,s ID. h.F cars hv hruEing ton on ton OF
ho,,..i IONS on the tracks In ono case three
caiA . was -i"n' in removing one harri-