Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-06-19
RIOTS IN CLEVELAND.
several Persons Badly Injured on
the South Side,
NEGOTIATI0NS ARE ALL OFF
Ihe Company Refuses tn Reco.
o"'"" and Insists Upon Re-
tanning the New Men
1t Has Hired.

o'eVelhnd, June 19.-When cars bepon
running saturday over the lines onnned
W ,he street railway company since the
st'lKe began. the tracks in every d;ron-
.'oE We're found piled high with obstnc les
ol all Kinds. These were removed with
some dllhculty, and cars were running in
INC forenoon on all the lines but ono With.
out serious interruptions A few stones
were thrown at points on all the lines
and on Perkins avenue two oars uoro
stopped by crowd, which was eosilv
dispersed. e""''S
On the south side. however. thero wos
considerable roting. At II o'cocl, two
cars at Clark and Jennings avenues found
me switches broken. These were ro.
p"iIed IN the midst Of a bowling mob,
anu the cars rushed on to Clark avenna
and Pearl street.
AS they arrived bugcr gave warning,
ana the crowds congregated in vast num-
hors. -Four thousand people were soon
~ the scene. Wagons, trucks and other
cohveyhnces were purposcly driven across
the tracks, and the blockade was COM
plete.
The police then charged the mob. The
usual vollcys of missiles were hurled.
ana the windows of the cars were shat
tered. AS the mob was beaten back at
one point it advanced at another Ed
ward Miller was struck on the head by
an officer and badly injured. Half a
dozen others were also seriously hurt,
among them being DR.. George and Con-
rad Mcintyre. An unknown baby in it's
carriage was hit by stone. The police.
fairly ontnumbercd, gave up the battle
and went back to town.
FOR fcW minutes a settlement Of the
strike seemed at hand. but complications
arose which speedily made the gulf be-
tween the men and the company as wide
as ever conference had been arranged
for 10 O'Clock, but the company officials
at the last moment refused to meet the
strikers committee. composed in part of
general officers of the union The COM
pany would meet the union officials only
ms Individuals; they would have no deal
m"s with the union. The strikers now
charge the company with bad faith and
have declared all negotiations off
Company Won't Yield.
In an interview regarding the possbili-
ty Of reaching a settlement of the strike
President Henry A. Everett of the Big
Consolidated said
"Our position is plain. We will not
yield an inch. The point at issue is
whether we shall retain the new men we
have hired. We propose to keep every
one of them. The strikers will be taken
back. but some OF them will have to be
placed on the extra list like new men.
All our former employees are now new
men so far as the company is concerned
and will have to he reated az such. We
placed IS new men in service this morn
ing, and we are getting more all the time
We make no contract or agreement with
these new men as to the term of their
employment, except to give them our
word Of honor that they will be retained
in our employ. We shall keep our prom
Use in every instance"
Business Agent Pratt, the leader Of the
strikers, said he did not believe a settle
ment was now possible. UNLESS the
company recognizes the executive COM
mittec of the union" he declared, "all
negotiations must end" He said the
Strikers Wuuld not consent to any settle
mcnt which did not rcinstate the old men
in their former places.