New-York tribune., 1899-07-25
me KILLED IN CLEVELAND
.,oS-1rNroN CONDUCTOR SHOOTS A
YOUTH WHO IRR1TATED HIM.
.,-rsrs ATTEMPT TO WRECK cAR-MoRE
TROOPS CALLED OUT PEACE TO

.xorHrH ATTEMPT TO WRECK cAR-MoRE
TROOPS CALLED OUT PEACE TO
BE PRESERVED.
--,vsiand Ohio. July 24-The day has failed 10
- any relief to the strike situation, which is
p~.rsed as serious. The State Board OF Arbi-
s'aor has practically abandoned efforts 10 con-
80 the strikers and their former employ
The resentment OF the conductors and motor
- who Quit work and the more turbulent spirit
.ssr synpathizers are held in check to a degree
y ,ss presence OF the police and the militia.
C.-hers Of which ride in the are held in
S-s,ness at the barns terminals.
"oso,. occurred throughout the day, but with
= .ycep.ion they were without serious results
y ,ss death Of Henry Cornweit. slain by q bullet
90 nv Ralph p. Hawley, non-unioa conductor
,ha broadway line. is recorded the first fatality
!, ,he strike
shortly after noon Hawley's car approached
r-,re-st and beset by a crowd Of men and
Is Cornwet. the nineteen year old son OF
s~.cher was astride horse and rode TO the side
:, ,he car keeping pace with it for distance.
'v.rsous stories are told as TO what passed be-
,..e, the conductor and the boy before Hawley
.~nped 10 tbs street and started in pursuit OF
cornweit.
!. per-y-st. Al woodland-ave. Hawley pulled his
srolver and fred. His victim fell with a CHASTITY
,,,nd N the left temple and died soon after
Ling removed 20 the hospital
rbs crowd. which before the incident had been
~ violent. was awed by the seriousness Of the
,ss,r and permitted the conductor TO walk back
- h,s car. He was then arrested and taken TO
IVA station where charge Of murder was entered
,,,nst him. When the returned. in charge
- enother man and laden with police. thousands
:. nersons were crowded around the fatal spot.
rhe track was blockaded, and the stalled cars
hombarded with stones. pieces OF brick and sticks
wi k,~1 1f~t% pfvC
heir clubs to clear the way. after delay Of
ssout half an hour.
-he police believe they have clew TO the man
.no nlaced the nitroglycerine which last night
Nsr M n Eucid-ave. car and injured four passen-
s-s Matthew Robinson. who was at o'clock
,.,s morning driving horse and buggy said 10
..,srble the one In which the mysterious wrecker
,oss has been placed in a CELL Robinson claims
= have found the rig masterless and he took pos
ss,on intending 10 deliver II to Charles Steimetz.
, lverynlan by whom Robinson is employed. Mr.
s,slpnetz informed the officers that he rented the
hutat last night 70 a man whom ne ioentihes
taruey as having a dark mustache
with the exception OF the Mayheld suburban,
An the lines Of the Big Consolidated have been in
pperation to-day although their movements were
eecessarily hampered somewhat
q repetition Of the wrecking Of a Euclid-ave car
mas this evening attempted by strikers or their
An explosion took place under the car, but failed
20 njure II materially Ihere were no passenseIss
board and the conductor and motorman escaped
All The available military force in Cleveland IS
snder arms Early this morning a call was Issued
ior battery A Of the 1st Ohio Artillery. three com
nanIes OF ttN 10Th Ohio Infantry and LOuverture
Paes The call came from headquarters in the
rtty Hall about o'clock. and in a short time the
hsnhers OF the various organizations were hasten
Eg toward the armories, - ,,, -.
WITH the addition OF the organizations called out
to-day the military force 10 cope with the street
rar strike now numbers 800 men, That number
fepresents the city's military force. Next Will
rome the call for State troops. II was the opinion
around military headquarters in the City Han that
the Increased force would be able TO cope with the
strike successfully. -
The riots and nurderous attacks Of Sunday con-
tinced the Mayor II time 10 call out all the
Available troops. Early this morning he was AT
lis Office in consultation with Captain Zimmerman
rne conference brief, and as result the cali
Tor the additional troops was Immediately mace;
Nearly FIVE hundred additional men were called
put -, . s -.
sry cost. The Mayor hopes with the increased
force 10 suppress any uprising. II so troops are
not SUFFICIENT to this ED, the Governor viii be
ssked for more troops without delay.
The Adjutant General this evening INFORMED
bqyor Farley that the militia companies at
Youngstown Geneva, BeTea, Warren and Norwalk.
.oEns near this city, had been officially directed
. hold themselves in readiness to answer the call
N the Mayor should the situation get beyond the
control OF the present force. Various companies
n the 4th 9Th and Sth regiments, TO the NUMBER OF
hight hundred men, have also been ordered 10
prepare for q sudden summons.