The record-union., 1899-07-25
State Board Of Arbitration Not Able to e.
feet Any Change In Conditions.
Abandons Its Efforts to
Conciliate the Strikers and
Their Former Emp1oyers-Smau
Riots Occur, But With Ono
Exception They Were without
Serious Results-A Conductor ON
the Broadway Line Shoots and
Kills a Young Man.
Practically Abandons It's Efforts


failed to bring any relief to the strike
situation, which is regarded as serious.
The State Board of Arbitration has
practically abandoned it's efforts to
conciliate the strikers and their form
er employers. The resentment of the
conductors and motormen who quit
work and the more turbulant spirit of
their sympathizers is held in check to
a degree by the presence of the police
and militia.
Small riots occurred during the day,
but with one exception they were with
out serious results. In the death OF
Henry Cornweit, Stayed by, a bullet
fired by Ralph P. Hawley, conductor
on the Broadway line, is recorded the
first fatality of the strike. Shortly after
noon HawleY's car was approaching
Orange street, and was beset by
crowd Of men and boys. Cornweit,
the 19-year-old son of a butcher, was
astride a horse, and rode to the side Of
the car keeping pace with it for some
distance.
Various stories are told as to what
passed between the conductor and the
boy, but the mob was suddenly called
to its senses by the sight of Hawley,
who jumped to the street and started
in pursuit of Cornweit. The latter,
closely followed by his pursuer, turned
up Perry street. At Woodland ave-
nue. the latter pulled his revolver and
fired. His victim fell with a ghastly
wound in the left temple, and died soon
after being removed to the hospital.
The crowd. which before the incident
had been so violent, was awed by the
seriousness Of the affair, and permitted
the conductor to walk back to his car.
He was arrested and taken to the sta
ton where charge of murder was
entered againt him. When the car
returned in charge of another man, this
time laden with police, thousands of
people were crowded around the fatal
spot. The track was blockaded and
the stalled cars bombarded with stones,
pieces of bricks and sticks of wood.
The police managed by dint of using
their clubs, to clear the way after
delay of about half an hour.
The police believe they have a clue
to the man who placed nitro-glycerine
which last night blew up an Euclid
avenue car and injured four passen-
gers. Matthew Robson, who was seen
at 2 O'Clock this morning driving a
horse and buggy, said to resemble
the one in which, the mysterious wreck
er rode, has. been placed in a cell.
Robson claims to have found the rig
masterless and took possession, intend
ing to deliver it to Charles Steinmetz,
a delivery man by whom Robson is
employed. Mr.. Steinmetz informed the
officers that he rented the outfit. last
icr11f fn Vxrhn ha H01
vaguely as having a dark mustache.
With the exception of the Mayfield
suburban, all the lines of the Big Con-
solidated have been in operation to-
day, although their movements We're
necessarily hampered somewhat.
repetition of the wrecking of an
Euclid-avenue car was attempted late
tonight by strikers or their sympath-
izers in Brooklyn, a suburb Of Cleve-
land.
A Pearl-street car speeding south
near Holmden avenue carrying beside
the motorman and conductor a guard.
successfully ran a gauntlet of missiles
thrown from the roofs of houses, only
to run into a can of nitro-glycerine
which exploded with terrific force. The
rear platform was torn off and the
flooring Wrenched from It's taStenlngS.
The crew was not injured. but emerged
from the shattered ruins with their
pistols drawn and began :iring at what
they thought was u couple of men
crouching as If to hide themselves be-
hind small billboard The explosion
was the signal for renewing the at
tack from the housatops ard alleys.
Troop A hurryins on horseback % the
s.tLe, was bombardci with giant fire
crackers One of these exploded with
sch force that the mount of one Of
the troopers was ;>noc'Scd over, IN his
fall carrying with him two other
rcrses and their riders. Several ar
rests were made. pis-ol shots were
fire. quently heard, and one man was
slightly wounded IN the arm, It is
said.