The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-07-29
SERIOUS RlO1,N6 IN
CLEvELARp SUNDAY
Street Car Loaded with Passengers
Blown Up and Several Per-
sons Badly Hurt.
MORE TROOPS ARE NEEDED
Mayor Farley Declares He VIII
Call for Four More Companies
TodAy.-Clashes Occur
With Police.

Cleveland, o., July 25.--rhe rioting
which continued throughout Saturday
night was continued Sunday and there
were several severe outbreaks of vio-
lence, but no clashes between the mobs
and the troops.
Cars were started running as usual
in the morning OF all but one or two
lines. Soon after l o'clock a thousand
or more persons gathered Oh burton
street and proceeded to obstruct the
track. When II car came along with
two policemen ON board it was atS
tackled by a shower of stones. In
spite of the policemen the non-union
motorman and conductor Were rough.
ly handled. One of the policemen fred
at the mob, the bullet striking II man
named Wennick. The mob assaulted
the officers, both of whom were struck
repeatedly with stones, and but for
the intervention Of a Catholic priest
the officers might have been lynched.
A patrol wagon loaded with police
men arriving, the rioters dispersed.
and the cars were taken back to tho
barns.
There was a serious disturbance on
the Broadway line at the corner OF
Petrie street. where q mob of 5000 asa
sembled in the afternoon and obj
structed the track. Finally Il car came
along having on board Sergeant Bur-
rows and Il private of militia and De'
t~ective Kelso. The officer ordered the
mob to dispense, but the rioters
showed fight. Then Sergeant Burrows
and the one soldier, with fixed bay
onets, faced the mob and attempted to
clear the way. There was n sharp fight
for a few minutes, during which Il per.
feet shower of stones fell about the
detective and the soldiers, some
smashing the car windows. The police
aftcrward charged the mob, making
several arrests.
The military on guard at the Hol.
man avenue barns on the south sida
were annoyed during the greater part
of the day by Il jeering mob and fif-
teen arrests were made there with the
assistance of the police.
On the afternoon Il mob of 1000 con-
ceiyed the idea of blocking the track
on Orange street by placing a big
boulder in the middle of the street
and building a fire around it.
The plan worked successfully, and
cars were delayed for nearly an hour,
when the police drove the mob away.
put out the fire and the obstacle was
removed. Three men were sent to
the hospital with wounds made by
policemcn's clubs.
As u result of the shooting of the
driver of a grocery wagon in South
Brooklyn yesterday by Il non-union
conductor, the mayor of that village
issued an order to the marshal.
to arrest all non-union conductors who
carried concealed weapons. Every carr
was stopped and each conductor found
with II revolver was arrested. All were
subsequently bailed out by the com1
pany. A small riot was started at the
corner of Pearl street and Franklin
avenue, when a young oma struck
a man who asked her to board a non
union ear. A crowd of union symPa-
thizers stoned the cars and a squad
of police finally cleared the street.
Car Blown Up.
A Euclid avenue car loaded with pas
sengers was wrecked by al explosion
of n~itroglycerin shortly before IL
" tIpCh ldSt IllSit. iodi PSLooLo "SiN
badly hurt. The names of the injured:,
Mrs. F. C. Martin, compound frac-
ture of the skull. right arm broken and
internal injuries, which may prove ia
tai.
L. C. Martin, right arm badly cut
and bruised about legs and body.
Mrs. Catherine Harris, suffering
from nervous prostration.
+. A. Smith, injured about legs and
body.
Albert z. Fassett, legs injured.
Dora Schlesser, bruised about the
body.
The police are searching for the bug
gy in which the dynamiter is supposed
to have ridden.
The explosion tore put the front end
of the car, smashed all the windows
and destroyed the brake. After con-
siderable difficulty the car was stopped
and n call for ambulances was sent out.
The motorman, Vim. Draggers, who
came from Cincinnati. was dazed by
the shock. The force of the explosion
was so great that it shook all the
houses in the neighborhood, and was
heard for a distance of two or three
miles. There is no clue to the identity
of the person who placed the explosive
on the track. Persons living in the
neighborhood say they saw a man in
n buggy stop at the corner of K%ensing-
ton street. where the explosion oc-
Cured and get out by the tracks. He
remained there Il short time and then
drove rapidly AWAY.
After the explosion a large crowd as
sembled, and those who were suffering
from the shock We're cared for until
the ambulances arrived. Most of their
hurts We're confined to bruises about
the feet and legs. Mrs. Martin tainted
before she was taken from the cars.
All were taken to their homes in ann
balances.
Passengers who We're on the car saw
the explosion seemed to lift the whole
front end Of the ear, and it ripped i'm
the floor for more than half the dis
lance from the front end. The car
was. in fact, a complete wreck, but,
strange to say, it did not leave the
track and was taken to the barn by
the next outbound motor.
The police We're quickly summoned
to the scene of the explosion, and a
force of men was detailed to investi-
gate with a view to running down the
person who placed the explosive on the
track.