The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-25
STREET CAR RIOTS
OHIO STATE AUTHORITIES NOW
REGARD THIN AS DECIDEDLY
SERIOUS
ANOTHER CAR is BLOWN UP
NITRO-GLYCERINE TEARS OFF
THE REAR PLATFORM AND
DEMOLISHES MOTOR
SOLDIERS BOLDLY ATTACKED

| Brighten the Horses Rode by the
MiIitfamen-First Fatality of the
Strike Has Increased the III
Feeling Police of Cleveland
Think They Have "a Dynamiter.
COLUMBUS, July 24.-Adjutant Gen
eral Axline shortly after midnight re-
ceived the following message:
Send regiment at once"
The Columbus regiment was immediate
ly ordered to assemble and should reach
| Cleveland early this CTuesday) morning.
CLEVELAND, O., July 24-Rioting
broke out afresh here tonight, and a sec
ono attempt to wreck q car was made
on Pearl street A car speeding south,
near Holenden 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 its fastenings. The crew
was not injured, but emerged from the
shattered ruin with their pistols drawn
and began firing at what they thought
| was a couple of men crouching as if to
hide themselves, behind a small building
The explosion was the signal for renew
ing the attack from the housetops and
alleys. Troop A, hurrying on horseback
to the scene, was bombarded with giant
f7recrackers. One of these exploded with
such. force that the mount Of one of the
troopers was knocked over in his fall
carrying with him two other horses and
their riders. Several arrests were made
| Pistol shots were frequently heard and
one man was slightly wounded in the
! arm
| Up to late hour rumors more or less
vague as to blockades and shooting
| floated about town, but failed of con-
| frmation.
! Strikers and their friends held a mass
meeting in Newburg, a suburb of Cleve-
land, tonight, during which the men were
urged to persevere in their fight against
! the Big Consolidated.
The state board of arbitration has
practically abandoned it's efforts to con-
ciliate the strikers and their former en-
ployers. The resentment of the con,
ductors and motormen who quit work
and the more turbulent spirit of their
sympathizers is held in check to a degrea
by the presence of the police and tha
militia, members of which ride in the
cars or are held in readiness at the
barns and TERMINALS.
FIRST FATALITY.
Small riots occurred during the day.
but with one exception they were with
out serious results. In the death of
Henry Cornweit, slain by bullet fired
by Ralph P Hawley, a conductor on the
Broadway line, is recorded the first IA
tality of the strike Shortly after noon
Hawley's car approached Orange street
and was beset by a crowd of men ana
| boys. Cornweit, a nineteen-year-oId son
of butcher, was astride of a horse and
rode to the side of the car, keepina
pace with it for some distance. Various
| stories are told as to what passed be-
| tween the conductor and the boy, but
the mob was suddenly called to it's senses
| by the sight of Hawley, who jumped to
the street and started in pursuit of Corn,
welt. The latter, closely followed by his
pursuer, turned up Perry street. At
! Woodland avenue 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 accident
had been so violent was awed by the se,
riousness of the affair, and permitted
the conductor to walk back to his car
He was arrested and taken to the sta,
tion, where a charge of murder was en-
tered against him. When the car re-
turned in charge of another man. and
laden with police, thousands of people
were crowded around the fatal spot
The track was blockaded and the stalled
cars were bombarded with stones and
bricks.
SUSPECT ARRESTED
The police managed, by using their
clubs, to clear the way, after a delay of
half an hour. The police believe they
have clue to the man who placed nitro
glycerine, which last night blew up an
Euclid avenue car and injured four pas
sengers. Matthew Robson, who was seen
at o'clock this morning driving a horse
and buggy said to resemble the one in
Which the mysterious wrecker rode has
been placed in cell. Robson claims to
have found the rig masterless and took
possession, intending to deliver it to
Charles Steinetz, a livery man. by whom
Robson is employed. Steinetz informed
the officers that he rented the outfit last
! night to a man whom he identified vague
ly as having a dark mustache
With the exception of the Mayfield sub
urb, all the lines of the Big Consolidated
have been in operation today, although
their movements were necessarily ham
pered somewhat.
The adjutant general, this evening. in
formed Mayor Farley that the militia
troops at Youngstown, Geneva, Berea.
Warren and Norwalk, towns near this
city, had been officially notified to hold
themselves in readiness to answer the
call of the mayor should the situation
get beyond the control of the present
force. The various companies Of the
Fourth. Sixth and Seventh regiments to
the number of 800 have also been ordered
to prepare for a sudden summons
STRIKE SITUATION SERIOUS
COLUMBUS, O., July 24-The state au-
! thorities regard the Cleveland strike situ-
| alton as very serious. Adjutant General
AXline, who was commander of the Tenth
} o. v l. during the Spanish war, will go to
Cleveland and take command of the
troops in person, in case the other regi-
: ments are needed. The disorganized con-
: dition of the national guard makes the
work somewhat confusing. There are