Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-26
Naval Reserves Scatter a Mob in
the Cleveland Strike.
TROOPS ARE IN CONTROL.
street Cars Heing nun by New Wen,
but are Poorly Patroniscd Strik-
crs' Hanks JnBrokcu.

Cleveland. o, July ss-rhat the
presence 0f the strong force of militia
now doing service In thIr city has OBJ.
ready had "a most aaiutary cncgt upon
The IaWlesH element was evidenced this
morning by the fact that Che obstric.
Tons placed upon the tracks OF the BIG
Consolidated street ear lines laat nlrht
were found 90 Boz tower than at any
Time since the present strike was lnau.
gumtci
This morning practically the run
quota OF cars were running on nlI lines
EXCEPT The Abbey. Union and clark
Avenue. o. was. however. % notable fact
that roHt of 90. ears were either empty
OF carried only very few passengers.
Either through fear pf violence OF out OF
uympathy Cor the strikers o very LARK,
lfuuaituu 20 %. people declined under
present conditions Co. ride uu the M
Consolidated lines uud in most cases
walked many blocks lu order 10 feach
the cats uf the Little Consolidated
Ftfiky.
About 1890 troops arc now netting In
,N Np'i"li'u with Che regular police
WV. "'NM AN.'AN.. NNNNNNNNI NI the
itihNf ana command uf the head uf the
milliarN powers uf the State. This force
VIII D." further augmented during tho
uhN. IIrHlu, ut Everett uf the Big Cuna
t'.ldui'i has announced that he viii
take back 400 uf thr old mon. provided
lh"N VIII apply individually. lie adds
ihni possibly this number may De- Inc
CREASED nH vacancies occur as a result
ut TIE wedding out process 60 take
plac" among the nHwly-umployed men.
strike leaders st.ll Insist that every
man must De- taken back and that the
union must De- recognized by the
COMPANY. They point 90 the fact that
thnir ranks remain practically unbr0k-
gn and that they urr IN a position 10
hold out indefinitely that the Big Com
H1iliutud o. losing money 20 the extent
OF many thousands ~ dollars Der DAY.
ana sooner ur later will Concede the dr.
mundH OF the strikers
A riot which was not reported until
today occurred ut gnllinwood a
suburban town. late last night. al the
crossing OF the blE Consolidated and
SHORE Electric lines. A spike placed be-.
tween the ends 10 the two rails caused
the car 10 jump the track. a mob Of
go persons quickly gathered and pclted
tho uon-unlon crew with all sorts NJ
missiles. A second car came up aud
o. run-unl0n men On q received sins
ilur treatment. Eventually tho crews
~ both ears were chnaod away. A cali
Tor hHalHiunCc was responded 10 By
captain kuddgr of the naval reserves.
with 10 mon. Captain Raider nddresstd
the crowd and said that he would order
h charge unless u Immediately dis
pered. The mob answered with a
shower ~ stones ana bricks "a number
Of persons. Including several members
1f the reserves, being struck and slight
Is injured, A charge with fixed bny1-
nets was then ordered and the mob
quickly scattered iu an directions.
n Do stated that meeting OF the mo-
t1rmou and conductors employed by
tho Little Consolidated lines. Of which
company Senator 81. a. Hanna IL presl.
dent, win Do held tonight for tho pur-
pose uf discussing the strike on the big
consolidated lines. % iH not believed.
however. that these men contemplate
u strike. us they have heretofore an-
nounccd that they had mo- grievance.
A. noon a Brooklyn trolley car was
stopped ON the brooklyn brighton
bridge hy strikers who boarded the
car dragging the conductor and motor.
man from their posts. The two men
were beaten ana roughly handled. but
not seriously injured. The soldiers act-
INK uf special police and on duty AZ
tho barns came up uu the run but tho
mob had by that tim" taken refuge ln
factory bridge The building was
surrounded, but no arrests wore made,
the factory hands aiding tho maleon-
tents 60 escape.