The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-22
MORE DYNAMITE USED
ATTEMPT MADE TO BLOW UP A
STREET CAR IN CLEVELAND
CAUSES a PANIC
PASSENGERS BADLY SCARED

No One Was Injured, and the Car
Was Not Blown From the Track
-NOn-UniOn Men Pursued by a
HOwIing Mob Make Use of Their
observation-disclosures OF Big Com
sOlidated Out-Nevv York Strike.
CLEVELAND, O., July N.-An attempt
was made to blow up a street car with
dynamite at $50 this evening. The car
was on Euclid avenue, returning to the
Lake View barns, when a terrific explo-
sion occurred under the wheels at An
Mandate avenue. opposite the residence
OF Henry A. Everett, president of the
Big Consolidated Railway company The
car was nearly jolted from the track, but
was not stopped. The half dozen passen-
gers on board were badly frightened, but
none of them was injured. No harm was
sustained by the car and 1t proceeded on
its journey. No clue to the perpetrators.
About the same time, on Pearl street,
on the south side. three non-union men
who had left the Holmdale street railway
barns to purchase tobacco, were pursued
by a bowling mob. One of the fugitives
fired revolver, but hit no one and the
bullet passed through a large plate glass
window across the street. The street car
men sought refuge in a store, and at
this time the police arrived and charged
into the crowd, scattering it quickly. In
the confusion a number of women who
were in the crowd were thrown down,
and a little girl was struck by q police
mans club and severely bruised.
AT o'clock this afternoon MaUOr r.
ley ordered the naval reserves to pre-
pare for strike duty. This organization,
1O4 strong, armed with Lee rifles and
Calling and Gardner machine guns, as
sembled at their armory on Sibley street
at o'clock, and tonight slept there
They are awaiting the further orders of
the mayor.
avenue and on Pearl street. mob of
5000 collected on Wilson avenue, between
Payne avenue and Superior street, and
threw stones at every car that came
along. A squad of twenty policemen
tried to keep order and only partly sue
ceeded, the disorder continuing until the
cars stopped running at II p. m. They
were compelled to charge the mob re-
peatedly, using their heavy riot clubs,
and many broken heads are the result.
One arrest was made.
A bomb was thrown on the roof of the
Big Consolidated Street Railway com
pany's barn at Iakeview at o'clock this
morning. A Jagged hole two feet square
was torn in the roof A Wade Park av-
enue car which stood directly beneath
the hole, was wrecked the roof of the
car being torn off by the explosive.
The widest excitement prevailed among
the men i'll the barn. The explosion was
heard for blocks, and hundreds of people
were attracted to the scene. No one was
injured. The identity of the perpetrators
of the outrage is not known. However.
the police are hard at work on the case.
Many of the windows in the big barn
We're shattered by the explosion. The
shock was such as to cause the ground
to tremble, and it seemed for few mo-
ments as though the barn itself would
fall. The police suspect two men who
were seen about the building and acting
in suspicious manner. In the excite
ment attendant upon the explosion they
were, however, successful in getting
away.