The record-union., 1899-06-21

CLEVELAND, June 2O.-While the
prospects for settlement of the strike
OF the street railway men are brighter
tonight than they have been at any
time since the trouble began, there has
been more serious 1ioting to-day than
at any previous time. The disturb
ances began early in the morning, con-
tinued throughout the day and to-nigi,
big mob surrounds the South Side
barns Of the big Consolidated Com
pany, determined to get at the nom
union men who are housed there.
While the sympathizers of the strk-
ers We're hurting bricks and stones at
the non-union motormen and conduc-
tors, a special committee of the City
Council was trying to get the repre-
ssntatives of the strikers and the Off
GERS Of the company together and it sue
ceeded to- the extent of inducing the
strikers to submit proposition in
writing and getting the consent of
President Everett of the Big Consol-
idated to submit the same to the Boar
of Directors in the morning. The
strikers proposition abandons the de-
mand fOrfthel recognition of the union
but. asksctha all the old men be taken
back save those who may be convicted
| in court pof destroying property. The
members of the Council committee say
that thes settlement is in sight.
Cars were running during the day on
all lines operated by the street car com
pany since the strike. No crowds Wee
allowed to gather.
At O'Clock this afternoon the spec
ial committee of the City Council ap-
pointed to settle the strike, met the
representatives Of the strikers and the
company face to face. The members
hope to- open a way for the settlement
of the trouble
Both sides We're represented by at
torneys and they were requested by the
committee to state their respective po-
sitions in writing. Pending preparation
of the formal statement, recess was
As has been the rule since the strike
began, riotous disturbance broke out
to-day "a bout noon. A crowd boar ded
Wade. Park avenue car near Indus
and Anndafe avenues and beat the nom
union motorman into insensibility. The
conductof5f1ed. from his car Another
Wade Park avenue car was stoned and
one on the Euclid avenue line was at
tackled. Many women We're on board
and Shrieked with terror as stones
crashed through the car windows. One
woman tainted At the corner of Will
son avenue and Quincy street, one man
was shot and others had narrow es-
capes. The passengers escaned as
best they could when the stones began
to fly, but conductor and motorman
were struck repeatedly. The latter
drew a revolver and fired three times
into the crowd. He then put on all
speed and ran his car out of the mob's
reach.
George Berg, Jr., striking conduc-
tor, was hit in the leg by a bullet,
which was extracted. No arrests were
made.
The crew of Scoville avenue car No.
224 was badly beaten by ten men. The
car was on it's way downtown At
Wilson avenue one man got on and at
every crossing thereafter one or two
more men boarded the car until there
were ten passengers. When Harry C.
Clark, the conductor, was taking UP
fares, one of the men gave him a 3D.
cent piece As Clark started to make
change he was struck on the head from
behind by a coupling pin in the han1s
of a passenger Several of the other
men then jumped upon him and pound
ed him into insensibility. The others
turned their attention to the motorman,
whose name is John Clark. He was
also hit on the head and body. He
sank to the floor unconscious. by this
time the car, running at high speed,
had reached Hackman street. The
men all left the car. A block further
on, Clark, the motorman, recovered
sufficiently to shut off the current and
bring the car to a stop. After short
wait it was run back to the barn. Both
men were badly hurt
A. W. Weight, letter carrier. rid
ing on a Euclid avenue car, was struck
full in the face by stone. He was
unconscious and covered with blood
when help reached him.
Late this afternoon at Central and
Wilson avenues a crowd of 2,OOO per-
sons obstructed the passage of two
cross town cars. Bricks were thrown
and the windows of the cars broken.
One OF the non union motormen was
hit by brick and sci badly injured that
it was necessary to send him to a hos
pital. Later car on the South Side
line was attacked near the suburb of
Brighton The motorman and conduc-
tor were chased into the woods by a
mob.
The people OF the South Side nursed
their wrath. all day. They made no
attempt to interfere with the running
of cars on the Clark avenue line so long
as there was police protection, but this
evening there. was q determined effert
to get at the non-union men who were
taken to.sthe BARNS this afternoon. Soon.
after dark q mob OF 5000 people as
sembled There were twenty policemen
at the barns, but they were p0werless,
to hanSfa - mob. Fences were torn