The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-07-22

Tonight there was rioting on Wilson
stret and on Pearl street. A mob Of 5O0q
collected on Wilson avenue between Payne
avenue and Superior street and threw
stones at every car that came along
squad Of 70 policemen tried 10 keep order
and only partly succeeded. the disorder
continuing untl the cars stopped run
ming az II p. m. They were compelled 10
charge the mob repeatedly. using their
heavy riot clubs and many broken heads
are the results. one arrest was made
An attempt was made TO blow up
street car with dynamite tha evening.
The car was on Euclid avenue. returning
TO the T.akeview barns, when a terrific
explosion occurred under the wheels "A
AnnadaTe avenue, opposite the residence
Of Henry A Everett. president Of the
8ig Consolidated street railway company
The car was nearly iolted from the trat
but was not stopped. The half dozen pas
scngers on board were frightened but
ncne of them was injured. No harm WAS
sustained by the car and 1t proceeded on
( its Journey There Is no clue TO the per-
petrators.
4 About the same time on ePsrl street,
on the south side three non-union street
4 railroad men. had left the Holmden barns
| 20 purchase tobacco and were pursued Dy
| a hoWline mob one or the fugitives hted
| a revolver but hit no one and the bullet
passed through large plate glass wlh-
dow across the street The street car men
! souvnt refuge Ia a store and at this tlire
J the police arrived and charged itno ,nf
I crowd scattering Il quickly. In the con
.sus,on. a number OF women who were IN
the crowd. were thrown down ana -
ue eirl was struck by a policenLn's ctat
ana severely bruised
| cleveland. o, July 2l-A dynamite boml
vas thrown upon the roof OF the Bil
Consolidated Street Railway company
barn at Iakewew at o'clock this morn
ine. A Jagged hole two feet square WA
torn IN the roof Wade Park avenu
car which was directly beneath the holt
was also. wrecked. the roof OF the ca
being torn on by the explosion
The widest excitement prevailed amonl
ths men in the barn. The explosion wa
heard for blocks and hundreds OF peopl
We're attracted 10 the scene No one wa
iniur sd. The Identity Of the perpetrator
! OF the outrage Is not known. However
the p.,lice are hard al work on the case
| Many OF the windows In the big bar
| were shattered by the explosion Tn
shock was such as 10 cause the groun
10 trer able and II seemed for few min
utes as though the barn itself would fal
The D, dice suspect two men who wer
seen al ,out The building and acting in
cuspiclo us manner. In the excitement o.
tendant upon the explosion they wer'
however. aaoeessful In getting away.
Il was s.od until late this morning tina
the mn tertse amount Of minor damas
done by mobs under the cover OF nigf
was clearly known at police headqual
tiers. Hardly a street trayersed by ~
big conso4 udateo lines escaped. Last nigi
ana early. this morning la~iess crowd
were actively destroying trolley wir'
and feed wires and placing all kinds Z
distinctions on GGe tracks.
Police Director Barret stated this foe
noon that troops would doubtless be ca
ed out sen 10 suppress mob violence.
THE acdlon OF the mobs Thursday ha'
dissiDated what doubt there remained
70 the aavisabHity Of calling out q
militia" said the director, such co
diuon OF anaIrs as prevailed thr5sgho
, the city last night can no longer be t'
Grated"