The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-06-21
Cars Filled with Women Passengers
.Bombarded with stones by the
Crowds in the Streets.
ONE STRIKER SHOT In THE LEG
BY A MoTORMAN WHO FIRED INTO A
MOB OF HIS PURsUERs.
Policemen Powerless to Control the
Rioters Who Broke Into q Street.
Railway Barn.

CLEVELAND. O.. June 2o.-while the
prospects for a settlement of the strike OF
the street-railway men are brighter tonight
than they have been at any time since the
rioting to-day than at any previous time.
The disturbances began early in the morn
ing, continued throughout the day and to-
night a big mob surrounded the South Side
barns Of the Big Consolidated Company, de-
termined to get at the nonunion men who
are housed there. While the sympathizers
of the strikers were hurling bricks and
stones at nonunion motormen and conduc-
tors, a special committee Of the City Coun-
Gil was trying to get the representatives of
the strikers and the officers of the company
together, and it succeeded to the extent of
inducing the strikers to submit PROPOSE
tion in writing and getting the consent of
President Everett, of the Big Consolidated.
to submit the same to the board Of directors
in the morning. The strikers proposition
abandons the demand for the recognition of
the union, but asks that all the old men be
taken back, save those who may be con-
victed In court OF destroying property. The
members of the Council committee believe a
settlement is in sight.
AS has been the rule since the strike be-
gan riotous disturbances broke out to-day
about noon. A crowd boarded Wade Park
avenue car near Indus and Anndale ave.
nues and beat the nonunion motorman into
irsensibility. The conductor fled from his
car. Another Wade Park-avenue car was
stoned and one on the Euclid-avenue line
was attacked. Many women were on board
and shrieked with terror as the stones
crashed through the car windows. One
woman tainted. At the corner of Wilson
avenue and Quincy street, one man-was shot
and others had narrow escapes. The pas
sengers escaped as best they could when the
stones began to fly. but the conductor and
motorman were struck repeatedly. The lat
ter drew a revolver and fired three times
into the crowd. He then put on all speed
and ran his car out of the mob's reach.
George Berg. jr a striking conductor, was
hit in the leg by bullet, which was ex-
tracted. No arrests were made.
STRIKER SHOT.
The crew Of Scovel-avenue car No. 224 was
badly beaten by ten men. The car was on
its way down town. At Wilson avenue one
man got on and at every crossing there
after one or two more men boarded the
car until there were ten passengers. When
Harry c. Clark, the conductor. was taking
up fares one of the men gave him 5o-cent
piece. AS Clark started to make change. he
was struck on the head from behind with
a coupling pin in the hands of a passenger.
Several of the other men then jumped upon
him and pounded him into insensibility. The
others turned their attention to the motor
man. whose name is John Clark. He was
also hit on the head and body. He sank to
the floor, unconscious. By this time, the
car running at high speed, had reached
Hackman street Here the men all left the
car. block further on Clark, the motor
man. recovered sufficiently to shut on the
current and bring the car to stop. After
a short walt, 1t was run back to the barn.
Both men were bally hurt.
A. w. Weigel, a letter carrier, riding on
a Euclid-avenue car. was struck fun In the
face with a stone. Pe was unconscious ana
covered with blood ', len help reached MIN.
There were two incipient riots late this
afternoon. At the corner OF Central ana
Wilson avenues a crowd of two thousand
persons obstruc.ed the passage OF TWO cross
town cars. Bricks and stones were thrown
and the windowa Of the car broken. One OF
the nonunion motormen, who gave his name
as Charles Jones. of Grand Rapids, Mich
was hit with a brick and so badly injured
that II was necessary. to send him to
hospital Later a car on the South-side line
was attacked near the suburb OF Brighton
The motorman and conductor were chased
into the woods by mob and they had not
returned when 1t came time to stop running
cars. No arrests were made in either case
NOT ENOUGH POLICEMEN.
The people of the South Side nursed their
wrath all day. They made no attempt 10 in
terfere with the running OF cars on the
Clark-avenue line so long as there was po-
lice protection, but this evening there was
a determined effort to get at the nonunion
men who were taken to the Holmden-aye-
nue. barns this forenoon to operate the cars
from that end of the lire. Soon after dark
a mob of i've thousand people assembled.
There were twenty policemen at the barns.
but they were powerless to handle the mob.
Fences were torn down and the crowd
broke into the barns In the meantime the
nonunion men had escaped to the attic and
the rfoters contented themselves with
smashing few OF the cars. BY that time
several wagonloads Of police had arrived
and the mob was dispersed At another place
on the South Side switches were torn up
and the track blockaded-
Four hundred employees of the Cleveland
Foundry Company struck late this after
noon because the company refused to dis
charge a man who had ridden on Big Con-
solidated car. The man was foreman.
When II became known that he had ridden
on a car the molders went to the officers OF
the company and demanded his discharge.
The Officers refused to comply with the de-