The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-27

Supply of Water, and a Re.
suit Mayor Farley Threatens 20
Cut OF Supply of South Brooklyn
Gen. AxIine Makes a Trip Over
the DisafFected Territory.
CLEVELAND, O., July pa step IN
which there is much hope of conciliating
the street car company and its striking
employees was taken here tonight by the
committee of the council, which succeed
ed in patching up an agreement over the
difficulties which caused the first strike
a month ago. The committee tonight
made g. request for a special meeting of
the council tomorrow night, to discuss
ways and means of putting an end to the
present distressing situation
1t is regarded as probable that the old
committee will be reappointed and at
once set about its labors. They sue
ceeded in the first instance, after the
board of arbitration had failed, and a
compromise whereby every fifth crew
was to be non-union, was patched up.
The union on their part agreed to treat
the non-unionists working with them
of the brotherhood. Out of allegations
made by both sides that the other had
violated this agreement the strike which
started a week ago Sunday grew The
strikers say that the company did not
put enough union men at work, and the
company claims that their non-union
employees were much harrassed by men
of the association. The work of the COM
mittee, which is expected to result from
the meeting of councimen tomorrow, will
be, primarily, to discover If the agree
ment has been violated, and, if SO, by
whom
The action of the old committee in
seeking to repeat their former success
meets with the approval of Gen. Axline,
members of the state board of arbitra-
ton and the mayor and his advisers, as
well as citizens generally, it is said.
STRIKE STORM CENTER.
The storm center of the street railway
strike has, according 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 a car on the
bridge and dragged the motorman and
conductor from their posts, infiicting
with their fists and other weapons in
juries more painful than serious. The
soldiers on guard at the barn, less than
mile away, hurried to the scene, but
the rioters had taken refuge in the fac
tory, which stands under the approach
to the bridge The factory was sur
rounded and the premises searched, but
there was no clew by which the guilty
ones could be picked out, so they bent
their efforts in 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 personally view the sit
uation, took a 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 rock came near
hitting him. The general took other trips
through the troubled districts but de-
clined to give his views of the situa-
ton.
The vigilance of the guards while day
light aided them prevented trouble of a
serious nature. Preparations for mass
meetings at various points were made
during the day. 1t is said that a large
one will be held in Monumental square,
in the heart of the city tomorrow night
unless the mayor prohibits it. In prepa-
ration for one, a platform was today
erected in Brooklyn, to protest against
the action of Mayor Farley, of Cleveland
who has assumed, under the authority
OF an almost forgotten statute, supreme
! police power in Cuyahoga county This
leaves Mayor Phelps, of the suburb, to-
gether with his cOnstabulary, shorn of
their robes of power, and they don't like
II. The two mayors are not on the terms
that existed between the storied COVER
nors of the two Carolinas
CLASH OF ATTTHORJTv
The soldiers and the Cleveland chief
executives special police in Brooklyn
are not allowed to use the public hv-
drants to get water, it is said, and upon
various occasions bayonets were of ne
cessity used to convince shopkeepers that
it was wisest to sell soldiers what thew
wanted
Mayor Farley today mailed Mayor
Phelps a letter in which he declared that
IL the Cleveland troops experienced any
more trouble about getting water Cleve-
land, which pumps the water to the sub
urb, would attempt to abrogate the wa
ter truce and let the whole hamlet 90
thirsty Mayor Farley also issued a state
| ment to the strikers, in which he said
tnat man who was more loyal to his
laoor union than to himself and his home
| was coward and a bad citizen.
Cars were run on twelve lines of the
! Big Consolidated today, and on most of
| the lines last night. For this the author
tues 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 everv
| day. the strike would have to be settIed
soon upon advances made by the com
! pany. In the face of this President
! Everitt today again told the board of
| arbitration that the company had no+hin-
! to arbltrate. The board is unable to take
action looking to a settlement, in view of
| the attitude of the opposing forces.
ANOTHER BOY SHOT.
The task of distributing the soldiers
was today completed by Gen. Axline
Many of them were sent out to New
burg, which includes the turputent seq.
ton of Broadway, to Pearl sueet and
TO WindeImere, where the street railway
company has the more valuable part Of
its property stored company was
sent to Collinwood, also.
Mayor Farley declared today that he
would suppress violence if he had To
call out the entire national guard of
Ohio.
A boy was shot this evening by a nom
union conductor, but whether or not
the bullet was an accidental one the
| police have H5t yet determined Frank
Wright, boy of thirteen years of age