The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-07-28
MORE TROOPS READY.
Adjutant General So Notified
Mayor Farley.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK A CAR.
Non-Union Conductor Followed Boy and
Shot Him His Victim Died Soon After
ward - Alleged Clew to Man Who
Blew Up Car.

COLUMBUS, July 25.-Adjutant Gen.
eral Axline received the following mess.
age: "Send regiment at once"
The Columbus regiment was at once
ordered to assemble and should reach
Cleveland early today.
CLEVELAND, July 25.-The adjutant
general informed Mayor Farley that the
militia companies at Youngstown, Ge.
neva, Berea, Warren and Norwalk.
towns near this city, had been officially
notified to hold themselves in readiness
to answer the call of the mayor should
the situation get beyond the control of
the present force. Various companies
Of the Fourth, Sixth and Eighth regi-
ments, to the number of 800 men, have
also been ordered to prepare for a. sud
den summons.
A repetition of the wreclxing of a
Euclid avenue car was attempted by
strikers or their sympathizers in Brook.
lyn, suburb OF Cleveland.
An explosion took place under the
car, but failed to injure it materially.
There were no passengers aboard and
the conductor and motorman escaped
unharmed.
CLEVELAND, July 25.-The state board
of arbitration practically abandoned
their efforts to conciliate the street car
strikers and their former employers.
The resentment Of the conductors and
motormen who quit work and the more
turbulent spirit of their sympathizers
was held in check to q degree by the
presence of the police and the militia,
members of which rode in the cars or
were held in readiness at the barns and
terminals.
Small riots occurred, but with one
exception they were without serious re-
suit. The death of Henry Cornweit,
slain by bullet fired by Ralph P.
Hawley, a conductor on the Broadway
line, was recorded the first fatality of
the strike.
Shortly after noon Hawley's car ap.
preached Orange street and was beset
by crowd of men and boys. Corn
welt, the 19-year-old son of butcher,
was astride horse and rode to the side
OF the car, keeping pace with it for
some distance.
Various stories were told as to what
passed between the conductor and the
boy, but the mob was suddenly called
to its senses by the sight of Hawley,
who jumped to the street and started
in pursuit of Cornweit.
The latter, closely followed by his
pursuer, turned up Perry street. At
Woodland avenue the latter pulled his
revolver and fired. His victim fell,
fatally wounded, with a CHASTITY wound
in the LETT temple, and died soon after
being removed to the hospital.
The crowd, which before the incident
had been SO violent, was awed by the
seriousness of the affair, and permitted
the conductor to walk back to his car.
de was arrested and taken to the sta
ton, where charge of murder was en-
tered against him.
When the car returned In charge of
another man and laden with police,
thousands Of people were crowded
round the fatal spot. The track was
blockaded and the stalled cars bonn
barded with stones, pieces of brick and
sticks of wood. The police managed by
dint of using their clubs to clear the
way after delay of about half an hour.
The police believe they have a clew
to the man who placed nitroglycerine
which blew up the Euclid. avenue car
and injured four passengers. Mathew
Robinson, who was seen driving horse
and buggy, said to resemble the one in
which the mysterious wrecker rode,
claims to have found the rig. master
less, and took possession, intending to
deliver it to Charles Steinmetz, a livery
man by whom Robinson is employed.
Mr.. Steinmetz informed the officers
that he rented the outfit to man whom
he identifies vaguely as having dark
moustache.
With the exception of the Mayfield
suburban, all the lines of the Big Con.
solidated were in operation, although
their movements were necessarily ham,
pered somewhat.
COLUMBUS, July 25.-The state au.
thorlties regard the Cleveland strike
situation as very serious. Adjutant
General Axline, who was commander of
the Tenth Ohio volunteer infantry dur
ing the Spanish war, will go to Cleve-
land and take command of the troops in
person in case other regiments are
needed. There are eight companies al.
ready on duty in Cleveland.
EPWORTH LEAGUE BOARD.