New-York tribune., 1899-07-27
A CLASH OF AUTHORITY.
.voDs or CLEVELAND AND ITS SUBURB
BROOKLYN At SWORDS -POINTs-bof
suOr nv CONDUCTOR.

cleveland Ohio, July 26.-General Axlne' III com
rond Of the troops here. in order to peFsohaI's
view the situation. took ride to-day OF an W
anoe.st car He was in civilian dress ana the
car WAS stoned at various intervals all a'ons the
route. A stone came near hitting him Ihe zen
eral took other trips through the troubled us''c'
but declined 20 give his views of the situation
The vigilance of the guards while daylight a'ueo
them prevented trouble of a serious nature rteP
arattons for mass meetings at various po'n's "e'e
made in course of the day. IL Is eApecteu '"a'
large one will be held in Monumental Square IN
the heart of the city, tomorrow night unless tue
Navor prohibts IL. In preparation for one a plat
form was to-day erected in Brooklyn 10 protest
against the action of Mayor Farley OF CeVe'd"u
who has assumed, under the authority Oh an az
most forgotten statute, supreme ponce power l"
Cuyahoga County. .
This leaves Mayor Phelps of the suburb to-
gether with his constabuary, shorn Of their power
and they don't like it. The two Mayors are NOT
on the terms that existed between the historic
Governors of the two Carolinas. The soldiers ana
the Cleveland chief executives special ponce III
Brooklyn are not allowed to use the pubic ny
drants 10 get water, it is said and upon various
occasions bayonets were of necessity used 10
convince shopkeepers that it was wisest 10 sen
soldiers what they wanted. Mayor Fafley To-Day
mailed Mayor Phelps letter in when he declared
that If the Cleveland men had any more trouble
about getting water, Cleveland. which pumps the
water 10 the suburb would attempt abrneate
the water truce and let the whole hamlet go
thirsty Mayor Farley also issued 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 a coward and bad citizen.
Cars were run on twelve lines OF the Big Con-
solidated to-day, and on most OF the lines last
night Frcm this the authorities take much hope
for continued Improvement. President Mahon Of
the National Union of Street Car Employees in an
interview to-day declared that as the streetear
company. according 10 his information, was losing
thousands Of dollars every day. the strike would
have be settled soon upon advances made by
the company. In the face OF this President
Everett to-day again told the Board OF Arbitration
that the company had nothing 10 arotrate Inc
rnent In view of the attitudes OF the opposing
forces. -,
The task of distributing the soldiers was to-day
comnleted nv General AXne. Many OF them were
sent OUT TO Newburg which included the turbulent
section of Broadway; to Pearl-st. and 10 Winder-
mere where the street railway company has the
more valuable part OF It's property stored com.
pany was sent Collywood also. Mayor Farley
declared to-day that he would suppress violence
If he had TO call out the entire National Guard OF
Ohio.
ductor but whether not the bullet was acci-
dental one the police have not yet determined
Frank Wright thirteen years old. was sitting on
the front porch OF the house at No. 33 Anndale-
there was no dstl rbance in the neighborhood az
the time II Is stated, the conductor who stood
! on the front platform with his motorman carried
! a revolver in his hand suddenly II was dis-
charged and young Wright gave cry OF pain. The
bullet had entered his right leg just below the
groin. The car on TO Euclid-ave, and INFO
the barn. When the police arrived the conductor
Mayor Farley has issued a proclamation warn
ing persons from unawful assembling and TO avoid
noisy riotous demonstrations.