The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-02
BAFFLED BY BOYCOTT
CLEVELAND STREET CAR COM
PANY RUNNING CARS, BUT PAS
SENGERS ARE SCARCE
STRIKERS GROWING JUBILANT
of the Success of Their Efforts
to Prevent People From Patron
izing the Big ConsOIidated-Gen.
AxIine Threatens to Take Meas
ures to Punish BOycOtters.

CLEVELAND, o., Aug. 1.-The strike
has practically been lost sight OF in the
popular excitement over the boycott Ev-
erybCdy is talking about 1t and the news
papers publish many stories illustrating
the methods that are being resoIted to in
tho effort to prevent people from riding
on the cars of the Big Consolidated. Peo-
pie of all classes and all occupations and
walks of life are being affected more or
less, and are suffering greatly in consc-
quence. The street railroad company
continues to operate its cars on all lines,
but many of them are run over the road
empty, while the other hand the cars
of the Little Consolidated and union bus
ses are crowded to their utmost capacity.
Apparently the officials of the company
are not worrying over the situation, but
the strikers are jubilant, declaring that
they will win the fight and force the com
pany to come to terms
Adjt. Gen. AXline said tonight he had
found way to smash the boycott so far
as it affected the troops Every day since
the soldiers arrived they have been sub
jected to annoyances because of the refus-
al of merchants to sell them supplies. Gen.
Axline pointed out the other day that
these merchants could be prosecuted I'M
der the civil rights law which requires
ali keepers of inns, restaurants and places
of public amusement and accommodation,
to serve all people alike. Tonight Gen.
Axline declared that if any more com
plants of discrimination against soldiers
came to him he would appoint a Judge
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merchants and thus seek to bring them to
time.
There seems to be a disposition to stir
up trouble among the employees of the
Little Consolidated company. More than
half of them have been initiated into the
union of the Big Consolidated's former
employees and dispatch has been sent
to Senator M. A. Hanna, VINO is in
France, asking him if he as president of
the Little Consolidated company will
recognize the union. No answer has yet
been received to the cablegram.
prominent physician tonight gave an
instance of the way in which the boy
colt is being enforced. He says he was
called to see a little girl, who was dy-
ing. He was met by two men who told
him he had better not attend the child
| as its father was a "scab." He replied
that they ought to serve notice of
the boycott on the Almighty and inform
hiTn that they would not go to heaven,
for the child would be there in a short
time.
Ohio has no specific statute covering
boycotting or conspiracy, and it has been
questioned whether the boycotters can be
reached. Judge E. T. Hamilton who
stands practically at the head of the
Cleveland bar, said tonight that 1t would
be impossible to collect damages from
boycotters.
"Boycotting is, however, a crime" he
said, under the common law covering
conspiracy, and every person who is re-
fused goods by merchant can cause the
arrest both of the person who asked that
the person be boycotted and also of the
merchant who refuses to sell goods, for
conspiracy