The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-27
MORE VIOLENCE.
The Cleveland Strike
Centers In
Suburbs.
SOLDIERS DENIED WATER.
Troops Force shopkeepers
To Sell at Point
Of Bayonet.
SOLDIERS DENIED WATER.

Cleveland, July 26.-The storm cen
ter OF the street railway strike has, ac-
cording to the authorities, settled in
Brooklyn, a suburb connected with
Cleveland by long high bridge. At
noon. $50 employees of the Born Steel
Range company, blockaded carlon the
bridge and dragged the motorman and
conductor from their posts, inflicting
with their fists and weapons injuries
more painful than serious.
Soldiers on guard at the barn about
half mile away, hurried to the scene.
but the rioters had taken refuge in the
Factory, which stands under the ap-
proach to the bridge. The factory was
surrounded and the premises searched,
but there was no clew by which the
guilty ones could be picked out, so they
bent their efforts to assisting the blood
stained motorman and conductor to
move the car, most of the windows of
which had been broken by stones.
Gen Axline, in command of the troops
here, in order to view the situation, took
ride today on an Orange street car.
He was in civilian dress and the car
was stoned at various intervals all
along the route. A stone came near hit
through the troubled districts, but de-
clined to give his views of the situation
The vigilance of the guards while
daylight aided them, prevented trouble
OF serious nature. Preparations for
mass meetings at various points were
made during the day. 1t is expected that
large one will be held in Monument
square in the heart of the city tomor-
row night unless the mayor prohibits
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was today erected in Brooklyn to pro-
test against the action of Mayor Far
ley of Cleveland, who has assumed
under the authority of an almost for
gotten statute, supreme police power
in Cayahoga county.
This leaves Mayor Phelps Of the SUI
burb, together with his constabulary
shorn of their power, and they do not
like it. The soldiers and the Cleveland
chief executives special police in
Brooklyn, are not allowed to use the
public hydrants to get water, it is said,
and upon various occasions bayonets
were of a necessity used to convince
shopkeepers that 1t was wisest to sell
soldiers what they wanted.
Mayor Farley today mailed Mayor
Phelps a letter, in which he declared
that if the Cleveland coherents had
any more trouble about getting water
Cleveland, which pumps the water to
the suburb, would attempt to shut off
Brooklyn,s water supply. Mayor Farley
also issued a statement to the strikers,
in which he said that man who was
more loyal to his labor union than to
himself and his country, was coward
and a bad citizen.
Cars were run on IL lines of the Big
Consolidated today, and on most of the
lines last night. From this the author.
tiles take much hope for continued i'm
provement President Mahon of the
national union of street car employees,
in an interview today, declared that as
the street car company, according to
his INFORMATION, was losing thousands
of dollars every day, the strike would
have to be settled soon upon advances
made by the company.
In the face of this, President Ever
EFT. today again told the board of ar
filtration that the company had moth
ing to arbitrate. The board is unable
to take action looking to a settlement,
in view of the attitudes of the oppos-
ing forces.