The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-07-26
STRIKERS BLOW UP 4 Street CAR.
SIX PERSONS HURT.
Militia al Cleveland Endeavorlng 10 Keep We.
lent Strikers In 0rder-company
Refuses 10 Arbiiraie.

The street car strikers in Brooklyn
have lost their case. Those in New York
find themselves without employment
while the cars are being successfully
operated by non-union men.
The Cleveland strikers, fearful OF
losing, have adopted the most violent
methods to hinder the company from
operating its cars So bold and defiant
have they become that 1t was necessary
to call out the militia.
"A Euclid avenue car loaded with pas
sengers was wrecked by an explosion OF
nitro-glycerine or guncotton Sunday
night. Six persons were badly hurt.
The explosion tore out the front end
Of the car, smashed all the windows and
destroyed the brake. After considerable
diitculty the car was stopped and a
call for ambulances was sent out. The
motorman, william Draggers, who
came from Cincinnati, was dazed by the
shock, but the conductor, Frank Sohroe-
der. OF st. Louis, escaped injury.
The force of the explosion was so
great that II shook all the houses In the
neighborhood, and was heard for dis
tance of two or three miles.
There seems to be no doubt now that
Mayor Farley will call out the three or
four available military companies In
Cleveland in addition to those already
under arms. The call will include the
may be requested to send other troops
TO the city.
In the vicinity OF the Holemden ave-
nue. barns there was continuous rioting
for three or four hours. Every car that
passed was attacked with stones, and
several pistol shots were fired at them
There was a lively fusillade at one
time. the non-union crews returning
the fire. The only person hurt was a
woman who was shot In the finger as
she stood in her doorway. The police
made 20 arrests in that neighborhood.
Rioting continued all along Broadway
ana II took three squads OF police as
many hours to escort three cars u dis
tance of four miles to the barns. Fif-
teen or twenty of the rioters were taken
into custody.
There was a serious disturbance on
the Broadway line Mt the corner of
Petrie street, where a mob OF 5000 as
sembled on Sunday and obstructed the
track. Finally a car came along from
the Wilson avenue barns having on
board Sergt. Burrows and a private of
militia and Detective Kelso. The officer
ordered the mob to disperse when the
motorman attempted TO remove the OBJ
struction from the track, but the rioters
showed fight
Then Sergt. Burrows and the one SOL
der with fixed bayonets, faced the
mob and attempted to clear the way.
There was sharp fight for a few mi
nutes, during which a perfect shower
of stones fell about the detective and
the soldiers, smashing the car windows.
No one was seriously hurt and after ar
resting two of the rioters and placing
them on the car IL was returned TO the
barns. The police afterw lrds charged
the mob, making several arrests.
The military on guard at the Holmden
avenue barns on the South Side were
annoyed during the greater part of the
day by a jeering mob and fifteen ar
rests were made there with the assist
ance of the police.
In the afternoon mob of 1000 con-
ceived the idea of blocking the track
on Orange street by placing a big
boulder in the middle of the street and
building n fire around It. The plan
worked successfully and cars were de-
layed for nearly an hour, when the po-
lice drove the mob away, put out the
fire and gave the street railway men a
chance to move the stone. Three men
We're sent to the hospital with wourhs
made by policemens clubs at the end
of this riot
The company has sent n note to the
state board of arbitration declining
to arbitrate the differences, in which II
says:
This company, fully appreciatinE the
sincerity of your desire to bring about
readjustment with its former en-
ployes, begs to say that the men who
went out on Monday last are not in the
employ of the company and there is
nothing to negotiate about or to arbi-
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