Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-08-10
AGAINST TIM BOYCOTT
Business Men Held Meeting
at Cleveland.
A FUND TO GET AT DISTURBERS.
Mayor Jones spoke at the Strikers Pie
nic-Advocated Municipal Ownership.
Left Cleveland End of His Campaign In
Hands Of Strikers.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 10.-About 500 busi-
ness men of Cleveland held an anti
boycott meeting i'll the chamber or COM
merce rooms. A fund of $4,000 was
started TO ferret out the criminals who
are dynamiting cars and creating dis
cord in the city. In few minutes time
not less than 5000 was subscribed and
the rest of the amount probably will be
fully made up today.
Millions of dollars were represented
i'll the men present. Vigorous speeches
denouncing the boycott, strike disturb
ances and disorder were made by j. q.
W. Cowles and James II. Hoyt. In
their addresses they upheld the course
of Mayor Farley in his measures to sup
press disorders and said it was time for
reputable citizens to unite and restore
peace, quiet and safety TO the city. A
committee of five was then selected to
bring about lawful conditions. a de-
mand for United States army military
post i'll Cleveland was UNANIMOUSLY
made and steps were taken to increase
the police force of the city.
At the strikers picnic held at Scenic
park Mayor 5. II. Jones of Toledo was
the guest OF honor and orator of the
day.
in his address the politically ambitious
mayor said:
we are i'll an epidemic OF labor
troubles, strikes, lockouts and boycotts,
affecting widely separated portions OF
our county. and as widely diversified
industrial Interests disturb the land,
the condition may be fifty characterized
as one of industrial civil war. The boy
colt is ii cruel and unjust weapon IN
many ways Boycott is war and both
sides have a right to fight. am not
here with plan for settling the dltfl-
entity in Cleveland alone. am here to
urge, to plead for, to propose remedy
that is sovereign and final remedy,
not only for street railroad strikes, but
for all kinds of difficulties with labor III
every sort of public utility.
There is ouch remedy and only one.
The remedy may be found III absolute
municipal ownership, ownership and
control In short the fundamental
cause of the trouble i'll Cleveland TO-
day is found in the fact that few men
are granted the right of ownership III
class of property that should never
under any circumstances become private
possession, but should be property OF
tie whole people. l am an apostle OF
peace aud emphatically disavow any
belief in war under any circumstances.
do not believe that any good thing
was ever accomplished through war
that could not have been better done by
methods of peace
Mayor Jones held political confer
ence with strike labor leaders and local
agitators i'll the American house, at
which he decided to leave the Cleve-
land end of his campaign as an indie
pendent candidate for governor of Ohio
entirely i'll the hands of the street rail
way strikers.
Charles H. Bond, Is years old, of 165
Seeley street, was placed under arrest
upon the charge of placing explosives
on the tracks of the Big Consolidated
during the strike on the road in June
last. The police are confident they
have made an important arrest.