Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-07-27
SERIOUS RIOTINC IN
CLEVELAND SUNDAY
Street Car Loaded with Passengers
Blown Up and Several Per-
sons Badly Hurt.
MORE TROOPS ARE NEEDED
Mayor Far.cy Declares lie Will,
Call for Four More Companies
Today--Clashcs Occur
With Police.

NieNeidI9l, W., JUly so.-Ine flOllnS
which continued throughout Saturday
night was continued Sunday and there
were several severe outbreaks of vio-
lence, but no clashes between the mobs
and the troops.
Cars were started running as usual
in the morning on all but one or two
lines. Soon after o'clock thousand
or more persons gathered on Burton
street and proceeded 10 obstruct the
track. When a car came along With
two policemen on board it was at
tackled by shower of stones. In
spite of the policemen the non-union
motorman and conductor were rough
ly handled. One of the policemen fired
at the mob, the bullet striking a man
named Wennicll. The mob assaulted
the officers, both of whom were struck
repeatedly with stones, and but TO,
the intervention of Catholic priest
the officers might have been lynched.
patrol wagon loaded with police
men arriving, the rioters Dispersed,
and the cars were taken back to the
barns.
There was serious disturbance ON!
the Broadway line at the corner Of
Petrie street, where mob of 5000 as
sembled in the afternoon and OBJ
structcd the track Finally car came
along having on board Sergeant Bur
rows and a private of militia and De
tective Kelso. The officer ordered the
mob to dispense. but the rioters
showed fight. Then Sergeant Burrows
and the one soldier, With fixed bay
onets, faced the mob and attempted to,
clear the way. There was sharp fight
for a few minutes. during which per-
feet shower of stones fell about the
detective and the soldiers, some
smashing the car windows. The police
afterward charged the mob, making
several arrests.
The military on guard at the lIol"
man avenue barns on the south side
were annoyed during the greater part
of the day by jeering mob and tif-
teen arrests were made there with the
assistance of the police.
On the afternoon n 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
The plan worked successfully, and
cars were delayed for nearly an hour
when the police drove the mob away,
put out the fire and the obstacle was
removed Three men We're sent to
the hospital with wounds made by
policcmon's clubs.
AS n result of the shooting of the
driver of a grocery wagon i'm South
Brooklyn yesterday by non-unon
conductor, the mayor OF that village
issued an order to the marshall
to arrest all non-union conductors who
carried concealed weapons. Every car
was stopped and each conductor found
with a revolver was arrested. All were
subsequently, bailcd out by the COM
pany. A small riot was started at the
corner of Pearl street and Franklin
avenue, when a young woman struck
man who asked her to board non.
union car A crowd of union sympaI
thizers stoned the cars and squad
of police finally cleared the street.
Car Blown Up.
A Euclid avenue car loaded with pas
sengcrs was wrecked by an explosion
of nitroglycern shortly before II
o'clock last night. Four persons were
badly hurt. The names of the injured;
Mrs. f. C. Martin. compound frac-
turc of the skull, right arm broken and
internal injuries, which may prove fa-
tai.
T.. C. Martin, right arm badly cut
and bruised about legs and body.
Mrs. Catherine Harris, suffering
from nervous prostration.
r. A. Smith, injured about legs and
body.
Albert f. Tassctt legs injured.
Dora Schlcsser, bruised about the
body.
The police are searching for thc bug
nv i'm which the dynamter is supposed
to have ridden.
The explosion tore out the front end
of the car, smashed all the windows
and destroyed the brake. After con,
siderable difficulty the car was stopped
and a call for ambulanccs was sent out.
The motorman, VIM. Draggers, who
came from Cincinnati, was dazed by
the shock. The force of the explosion
was so great that it shook all the
houses in the ncighborhood, and WAS
heard for distance of two or thru e
miles. There is no clue to the idcnti v
of the person who placed the explosive
on the track Persons living in the
ncighborhood say they saw a man in
q buggy stop at the corner of Kensing-
ton street. where the explosion oc-
CURED and get out by the tracks. He
remained there a short time and then
drove rapidly away.
After the explosion large crowd AS
semblcd. and those who were suffering
from the shock were cared for until
the ambuances arrived. Most of their
hurts were confined to bruises about
the feet and legs. Mrs. Martin tainted
| before she was taken from the carsI
| All were taken to their homes i'm ANA
| balances.
Passengers who were on the car say
the explosion seemed to lift the whola
front end of the car. and it ripped uIi
the floor for more than half the ds4
! lance from the front end. The car
was, in fact, a complete wreck butt
strange to say, il did not leave tha
track and was taken to the barn by
| the next outbound motor.
| The police We're quickly summoned
to the scene of the explosion. and q
force of men was detailed to investi
| gate with view to running down the
person who placed the explosive on the