The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-27
STRIKE STILL IN PROGRESS
NON UNION MEN DRAGG ED FROM
CLETELAND C1RS.
Mayor FarIey's Action in Assuming x Di-
rectiOu of the Police in the County
Not Liked by the Strikers-The Civil
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and Military Authorities Determined
to Put a stop to Acts OF Violence.
Cleveland, July 26.-The storm center
of the street railway strike has, accord
j ing to the authorities, settled in Brook
lyn, Il suburb connected with Cleveland
by long, high bridge AT noon to-day
15O employees of the Born Steel Range
company blockaded q car on the bridge
and dragged the motorman and con-
ductor from their posts, infiicting with
| their fists and weapons injuries more
painful than serious. Soldiers on guard
at the barn about half a mile away hur-
ried to the scene, but the rioters had
taken refuge in the factory which
stands under the approach to the
bridge The factory was surrounded
and the premises were searched, but
there was no clue by which the guilty
ones could be picked out, SO they bent
their efforts to assisting the blood stain
ed motorman and conductor to move the
car most of the windows of which had
been broken by stones
| General Axlne, in command of the
| troops here, in order to personally view
| the situation, took a ride to-day on an
| Orange street car. He was in civilian
dress and the car was stoned at various
intervals all along the route. A stone
came near hitting him. The general
took other trips through the troubled
districts. but declined to give his views
of the situation.
The vigilance of the guards while
daylight aided them prevented troubles
Of a serious nature. Preparations for
mass meetings at various points were
made during the day. 1t is expected
that a large one will be held in Monu
ment Square, in the heart of the city,
tomorrow night, unless the mayor pro-
hibits it. In preparation for one plat
form was to-day erected in Brooklyn
to protest against the action of Mayor
Farley of Cleveland, who has assumed,
under the authority of an almost for
gotten statute, supreme police power in
Cuyahoga county. This leaves Mayor
Phelps of the suburb, together with his
constabulary shorn of their power, and
they do not like it. The soldiers and
the Cleveland chief executives special
police in Brooklyn are not allowed 10
use the public hydrants to get water, it
is said, and upon various occasions bay
onets We're of a necessity used to con-
vince shopkeepers that it was wisest to
sell soldiers what they wanted. Mayor
Farley to-day mailed Mayor Phelps a
letter in which he declared that if the
Cleveland cohorts had any more trouble
about getting water Cleveland, which
pumps the water to the suburb, would
attempt to shut off Brooklyns water
supply. Mayor Farley also issued a
statement to the strikers in which he
said that man who was more loyal to
his labor union than to himself and his
country was a coward and a bad citi-
zen.
Cars We're run on twelves lines of the
Big Consolidated to-day and on most Of
the lines last night. From this the au-
thoities take much hope for continued
improvement. President Mahon of the
National Union of Street Car Employees,
in an interview to-day, declared that as
the street car company. according to his
information, was losing thousands Of
to be settled soon upon advances made
by the company. In the face of this
President Everett to-day again told the
board of arbitration that the company
had nothing to arbitrate. The board is
unable to take action looking to set
tlement in view of the attitudes of the
opposing forces.
The task of distributing the soldiers
was to-day completed by General AK
line. Many of them We're sent out to
Newburgh, which includes the turbu-
lent section of Broadway to Pearl street |
and to Windemere, where the street |
company has the more valuable |
part of it's property stored. company |
was sent to Collywood also. Mayor Far
ley declared to-day that he would sup
press violence if he had to call out the
entire National Guard of Ohio.
Frank Bright, thirteen-years-o old,
was sitting on the front porch of a
house on Annadale avenue when an
electric car came along. Although there
was no disturbance in the neighborhood
at the time it Is stated the conductor
who stood on the front platform with his
motorman, carried a revolver in his
llelllCt Duhdchiy ~ was ,tAttiicl oNN e'ii>
the bullet entered young Wrights leg
Just below the groin. The car ran on to
Euclid avenue and into the barn When
the police arrived the conductor was
not to be found 1t is not known
whether the shooting was accidental or
The council committee which succeed
ad in patching an agreement over the
which caused the first strike
1 month ago tonight made a request
sor a special meeting of the council to
meet tomorrow night to discuss ways
md means of putting an end to the pres
mt distressing situation. 1t is re-
rarded as probable that the old com
nittee will be reappointed and at once
set about the task of attempting to set
lie the existing trouble. The present
strike grew out Of allegations made by
ZACH side that the other had violated the
lgreementt which ended the first strike.
Freight is Handled.
New Bedford Mass, July 26.-The
Iew York freight boats of the Console
lated road will unload at this port un-
il the strike of freight handlers at Fall
River is ended. The longshoremen
lere care nothing about the strike and