The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-28
TO CRUSH OUT DISORDER
1s the Firm Dissemination of the
Mayor Of Cleveland.
HIS LIFE is THREATENED
Strike sympath'zsrs Are Very Bitter
Against Him = He Killed Rsso-
luton of Investigation at the
Council Meeting.

| ley purposes to finish the campaign
against lawlessness in Cleveland on tine
lilies he has laid down. and he will not
tolerate any interference That was
made clear at the special meeting of the
city council this evening, when the at
tempt to institute an invest isation of
the strike on the Big Consolidated
street railway lines by a special COM
| mittee of that body was defeated;
| When the previous strike was settled
| month ago. an agreement be ween the
company and the strikers was brought
about by special committee of the
council. The agreement provided for
the taking back of certain percentage
of the old men, for the retention of a
| certain number of new men AMI for the
loyal treatment of the company and the
| new men by the old men who were ia
ken back.
| When the present strike was inaugur-
ated it was charg I'd that the agreement
had been violated by the company, ana
| on the other hand, the company charged
| that the men had not been loyal 10 il
| or the non-uniOnists. 1t was the pLr-
| pose of the special committee of the
| council now to authorize that commit
tee to institute a semi judicial investi-
cation of the present strike by sub
| poenaeing witnesses and by sen ling for
books and papers to ascertain whether
| the agreement had been lived up To.
and to inform the public where the
blame for the strike lies.
Mayor Farley opposed the proposed
| action in a vigorous speech, in which
he declared that the appointment IF the
special committee would interfere with
| the plans of the executive for the
crushing out Of the disorder. He said
| the only result would be to keep alive
| the agitation and that no good purpose
| would be served.
I'm time of peace" he declared, pre-
| pare for war. but when you have war.
| the best thing to do Is to bring about
| peace, but that cannot be done by keep
| ing up the agitation which caused tie
war. This seems to be a good time for
everybody to mind his own business
i Several of the couneikmen favored the
i appointment of the committee. but
when the resolutions came to vote it
/ was lost
Many Of the strike syrnpathixsrs have
been very bitter toward Mayor Marley.
In public meetings they have charged
him with responsibility for the present
troubles and threats against his life
| have been made. This had led Inn 10
provide guard for his residence IN
Euclid avenue and detectives atch the
! house every night.
The presence of troops has had
depressing effect upon the rioters. and
| up to 10 o'clock tonight there had not
| been single outbreak of violence. The
| cars were operated on nearly all lines
| on nearly the usual schedules, but in
some parts Of the city they ran almost
empty, the boycott Of the lines by the
| workingmen being almost universal.
President Everett says, however. that
he does not believe the boycott is eff
| fective. He thinks people are deferred
| from riding by the fear of personal in
jury, and he says that as soon as the
| safety OF passengers is assured, the
| cars will be filled as usual
| The boycott has extended to the SOL
| diers. Merchants are refusing to eel
| them any supplies. and representa-
tives of organized labor have refused
| to patronize anybody who takes SOL
dier's money for anything or supplies
any of his wants.
had a meeting to-day. at which the
presence of troops in Collingwood and
| South Brooklyn was discussed. The
| mayors of both these hamlets said
troops were not needed.
Mayor Phelps of South Brooklyn
said he did not particularly object to
the presence of the soldiers, but said
the whole trouble was caused by the
on-union men who fired revolvers in
the air recklessly Tonight the troops
were withdrawn from Collingwood, on
the promise Of the mayor to preserve
order there.
There was grave apprehension of
trouble tonight. 1t had been annouuc-
ed that there would be meeting of
strike sympathizers in the pubic
square, and the police had been in
structed to prevent 1t. It appears.
however, that the announcement was
unauthorized, for while small crowd
assembled, there was no attempt to
hold a meeting. and consequently no
trouble occurred
The coroner's inquest into the killing
of Henry Cornzweit last Monday by a
non-union conductor named Ralph
Hawley has been in progress for two
days. All the witnesses who have les
titled thus far have told practically the
same story, which is to the effect that
the shooting was unjustifable, the boy
having done nothing which would have
warranted resort to violence on the