Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-08-03
TROUBLES OF LABOR.
Dynamite and Boycott the Two
Features Now of the Cleve.
land Strike.
EX-ooNDUoToR WANTS EXPLOSIVE,

Bnt on His Arrest Says He Wanted 1t for
a aStrangeT-Boycott Continues n Burden
on the Company-PopuIist Speaker De-
nounces the Mayor-United Mine Work
ers in CounciI-Progress of the Brick
Strike at Chicago.
Cleveland, Aug. 3.-Yesterday John
Schoenthal, a striking conductor, was
taken into custody on the charge of
being a suspicious person and has since
been detained at the central police sta
tion, where he was subjected to rigid
examination by the detectives. Several
days ago a well digger named Stokes,
living at Nottingham, a suburb, told
the police that a street railroad man
had tried to purchase dynamite from
him. The report was investigated and
the arrest of Schoenthal followed. The
prisoner admits that he Is the man who
approached Stokes, but says he made
the inquiry at the request of another
man whose name he does not know.
Tried to Buy 1t for n Stranger.
He says he was approached by the
stranger, who asked him if he knew
where ten pounds Of dynamite could
be purchased. The prisoner told the
stranger that he knew a man in Not
tingham who used dynamite, and he
might have some to sell. Thereupon
he went to Nottingham, saw Stokes,
but failed to get the explosive. He re-
ported his failure to the stranger, ac-
cording to his story, and that was the
end of the matter. The police Will not
say what they think of the story.
Strikers Send Out "spotters-
The "spotters" sent out by the strik-
ers are in evidence everywhere along
the Big Consolidated lines. They board
the cars. If there happen to be any
passengers, and endeavor to learn their
names. Failing in this, the passen-
gers are followed to their homes or
places of business, and as a result in
most cases their names go down on the
list" Many merchants who are taxi
ing part in the boycott have changed
their tactics on account of threats OF
prosecution. and simply place a pro-
hibitive price on their goods to boy
cotted persons.
Would Invoke the Antitrust Law.
Good lawyers say the boycotters may
be proceeded against under the Ohio
antitrust law. which covers con-
spiracies of all kinds in restraint of
trade. One lawyer. who has examined
the law. says that merchants who re-
fuse to sell goods to boycotted persons.
as well as those who assist in placing
the boycott upon them, or are aiding or
abetting Ii in any way. can be con-
victed of conspiracy without proof of
the existence of a conspiracy. This
law was passed at the last session of
the legislature, but the authors of il
intended that 1t should apply only to
trusts.
Makes Attack on Farley.
At mass meeting last night Thomas
FitZsimmons, former Populist candi-
date for mayor. made a speech in which
he denounced Mayor Farley. holding
him responsible for the trouble because
he permitted the police to ride on the
street cars to protect the non-union
motormen He accused the mayor of
being in league with the president of
the Big Consolidated company. He
also denounced the soldiers as murder
ers, and said they had outraged little
girls and invaded the sanctity of the
home. Other speeches along the same