Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-08-18
BOYCOTT IN CLEVELAND
Incidents Connected With the
Great Trolley Strike.
CITY RENT BIZ VARIOUS FACTIONS.


Country NO such Boycott Ever .
Known In the East or Middle West. .
Unparalleled in the history Of labor
troubles Is the boycott phase Of the F.
Cleveland trolley strike. Happily the .
J.uLgeou and dynamite stages appear
10 be past A more peaceable, and
certainly more effective, weapon has
been taken up by the strikers. They
have applied the boycott to the lines
on which the strike occurred. They
have successfully applied it. No such
ooycott was ever known In the east.
No such boycott was ever known in
the middle west The only thing ap-
proachin- is deadly, paralyzing effect
iveneSs was in Milwaukee some time
AGO. and the Milwaukee boycott was
not so tight nor 50 lasting. How far
reaching VIII be the outcome can bet
ter be understood when it is explained
that both sides in the controversy ad-
nit that street railway companies all
over the country. from New York 10
San Francisco. aud street railway en-
DIoyees wherever the trolley IS used.
look on the struggle i'll cleveland as
one affecting their own material inter-
ests. The strike IS on the lines OF the
Cleveland Electric railway There Is
another line here named the Cleveland
CITY railway The Cleveland Electric
railway is known as the Big Conso!i-
dated. The Cleveland City railway Is
known as the Little Consolidated.
\ stranger coming TO Cleveland hnis
hts breath almost taken away by the
intensity Of the feeling and the com
pletpness OF the boycott. says a CORE
snondent Of the New York Herald. He
will see city counClmen wranglnS III
saloons over the merits OF the stflhe.
He will notice eminent clerEymeh
shaking umbrellas in one another
faces on street corners as they argue
IL ont. II by accident he rides on
ona Of the boycotted cars ana Alghts
TO get a cigar the dealer Will probaoI!
refuse 10 sell to him. Then he Will
learn that he is boycotted too.
II the stranger enters q shoe store
AS 7 did recently, he may see one OF
General AXlines Ohio national guards
men refused pair of boots by tht
dealer because he is In Cleveland II
obedience 10 the mayors call TO pro
rect property from mob violence. II
he goes into the hottest part OF th'
strike district, be may see policeman
refused q shave by q barber, ana II II
waits around he may see the offend
ing barber dragged off to the station
house for violating the Ohio civi
rights act. This civil rights act wa
passed to insure the same treatlheh
for colored men that white men re
ceive in barber shops, bars, hotels an
theaters, but the police are arTeSuni
boycotters under 1t. amid hoWIs "
dprisiou from the boyCOtters them
- selves. and are going to make test o
the law. This Is one OF the humorou
sides OF very serious subject.
But the newcomer will see more tha
this 10 make him wonder. He VIII Sc
some street cars running aOsoluteI
emptv and others running so full tha
passengers are standing on the SID
stems The empty cars are those
the Big Consolidated. In other stree
he will see only empty cars dashln
= along with changing gongs and undt
full headway. while the Sidewalks al
crowded with men. women and chi
dren sweltering in the humid atmo
It phere and many of them carryli
OF heavy bundles. These pedestrians a
the members Of the Il VIII Wa
There Association" Of Cleveland. The
are either afraid to ride for fear OF Il
boycott, or else they voluntarily wa
In order to show that they think Il
men are right and the trolley compal
wrong.
= Let the visitor go into still 9th
~ streets, and he will behold anoth
de spectacle that has probably never b
N its duplicate In the United States.
will still observe the cars runni
empty there-long. handsome ca
some OF them capable OF seating co
IOIlubIN lpO phCoNAA 49, -
four or five may have passenger L
Il the chances are he will prove an
soldier or q Cleveland policeman. IC
ing I'd these streets he will see si'
} going plow horses. drawing long fai
wagons and huckstars carts. Alo
the sides Of these vehicles can De re
nes nes in black letters on white muslin: I
age ion bus line. Don't ridc In boycott
n'' cars. Fare, cents
These wagons constitute the boyc
ters' opposition transportation lin
There are points IN the city TO Wu
:. the Little Consolidated cars DO
,, ,un. and the strike leaders are und
taking to transport the citizens II Il
49, will only keep off the cars or the D
10. cOtted road. They are dong II
Their improvised omnibuseS are
ways packed. The passengers are
the most part women. Not enough
nibuses have been procured to hanl
the men, so they walk. The drive
usually the owner Of the team
conductor Is one Of the strikers II
the Cleveland electric railway, IL
oe,i. he stands on the hanging rear stel
1oSt his uniform collecting fares. max
change. cnlling out the cross sur
and scowllng ut the crews OF the
,.n Consolidated cars as they go clani
bv with their car and empty seats.
and Then. again. wherever the straL
east goes he will find the spirit Of war
r ,''1G az yasive. If he buys all the newspal
visit ba will find some Of them with Spal
l. American war headlines announ'
Another Dynamite Outrage,
L IL. .Ir,Sr Ahnk tho &