The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-24
THE POLICEMEN FARE BADLY
At the Hands Of the Rioters.
Many Arrests Have
Been Made
INSTRUCTIONS 10 TRAFFIC.
Fire Built in the Middle Of Street
Car Track :. Company Has
Nothing to Arbitrate.

CLEVELAND. O., July g8.-The riot
ing which continued throughout last
night was renewed to-day and there
were several serious outbreaks of vio-
lence, but no clashes between the mobs
and troops. Cars were started running
as usual this morning in all but one or
two lines. The mobs were astlr early.
Soon after 10 o'clock a thousand or
more persons gathered on Burton street
on the south side and proceeded to OBJ
struct the track. When car came
along with two policemen on board 1t
was attacked with shower OF stones.
In spite OF the policemen the non-union
motorman and conductor were roughly
handled. One Of them, named McDer-
mott, had two ribs broken and the
other was badly bruised. One OF the
policemen Rred at the mob. the bullet
striking man named Wennick. The
mob assaulted the officers, both Of
whom were struck repeatedly with
stones and but for the intervention Of a
priest Of the Catholic church near at
hand, the officers might have been
lynched. By this time three cars had
been mixed up in the melee and a pa
troll wagon load Of police arriving, the
rioters dispersed and the cars were
taken back to the barns.
ANIob of 5000.
There was serious disturbance on
the Broadway line at the corner of Pet
rie street, where a mob of 5000 assem-
bled In the forenoon. and obstructed the
track. Finally car came along from
the wilson avenue barns, having on
board Sergeant Burrows and private
OF militia and Detective Kelso. The
ofieer ordered the mob to disperse
when the motorman attempted to re-
move the obstruction from the track,
but the rioters showed fight. Then
Sergeant Burrows and the one soldier,
with hxed bayonets. faced the mob and
attempted to clear the way. There was
a sharp fight for few minutes, during
which u perfect shower Of stones fell
about the detectvs and the soldier.
smashing the car Windows. No one was
seriously hurt and after arrestiug two
OF the rloters and placing them on the
car, 1t was returned to the barns. The
poliee afterward charged the mob, max
ing several arrests.
The military on guard at the Holm
den avenue barns on the south slde'
were annoyed during the greater part
OF the day by a jeerIng mob and fifteen
arrests were made there with the as
sIstance OF the police.
Novel Obstruction.
In the afternoon a mob Of 1000 con-
celyed the idea Of blocking the track on
Orange street by placing big boulder
in the middle OF the street and building
a fire around 1t. The plan worked sue
cessfully and cars were delayed for
nearly an hour when the police drove
the mob away, put out the fire and gave
the street railway men a chance to
move the stone. Three men were sent
10 the hospital with wounds made by
pollcemen's clubs at the end Of this
riot.
Az a result of the shooting Of the
driver of a grocery wagon in South
brooklyn yesterday afternoon by a
ron-union conductor, the mayor OF that
village to-day issued an order to the
marshal to arrest all non-union con-
ductors who carried concealed weapons.
Every car was stopped and each con-
ductor found with revolver was ar
rested. All were subsequently balled
out by the company.
A small riot was started Mt the corner
Of Pearl street and Franklin avenue
when a young woman struck n man
who asked her to board non-unIon
car. A crowd of union sympathlzerS
stoned cars and a squad Of police hnal-
ly cleared the street.
The company to-day sent note to
the state board Of arbitration declining
to arbltrate the differences in which 1t
says:
This company fully appreciates the
sincerity OF your desire to bring about
a readIuBtment with Its former em-
ployes, begs to say that the men who
went out on Monday last are not In the
employ Of the company and there Is
nothing to negotiate about or to arbI-
trate."
In the vicinity Of the Holmdcn ave-
nue. barns tonight there was continu-
Gus riotlng for three or four hours.
Every car that passed was attacked
with stones and several pistol shots
we're fred at them.
There was a lively fuslllade Mt one
time. tho non.unlon crews returning the
fire. The only person hurt was a
woman who was shot in the finger as
she stood In her doorway. The police
made twenty-five arrests in that nnlgh-
borhood,
RlotlnR continued all along Broad
wnyto.night and It took three s1uads OF
police as many hours TO escort three
cars u distance Of four miles to the
barns. Fifteen or twenty Of tho rioters