Arizona republican., 1908-05-20
FIERCE DAY
 IN CLEVELAND
The Worst Since the Street
 Gar Strike Began
The Unions Seek to Inval- idate the Franchise of the Company.

Cleveland, May 19-The most ser ious violence in the car strike, which has been on since Sunday, occurred in Lakewood, a suburb tonight when four men were wounded by bullets. One car was burned and another partially wrecked. Trouble had been anticipat- ed and the first car run into Lakewood on the Clifton avenue line carried no passengers. When it stopped before the railroad bridge, a crowd which had been lying in wait leaped from its hid ing places and opened fire on the crew and guards.
 Guards W. G. James and John Swan son returned the fire, more than thirty shots being exchanged. While the shooting was in progress the crowd grew to nearly a thousand. Another car arrived and it's crew joined in the fight Gasoline was poured on the second car and it was burned to the trucks
 The Cleveland police were notified and sixty officers were sent to the res cue. The first car was riddled with bullets and the windows were broken. It proceeded to the barn.
 Motorman P. c. Elsholm was shot in the leg. John Gray and George AL exander, guards on the second car were shot in the chest, and Mace Bur lingame, who was in the crowd which made the attack was shot in the hand All were taken to the hospital where they are reported to be seriously wounded.
 Earlier disturbances occurred in the downtown district Swhen Yetta Wolk inson, a little girl, was killed by a car while attempting to cross the track.
 As soon as he realized what had oc- cured, the motorman speeded his car for several blocks ahead where the police were notified. The conductor sought refuge in a drug store. The crowd attempted to reach him, while others attempted to catch the car. The police arrived just in time to save the condutcor while the mob was yelling Lynch him, lynch him. The girls head was severed from her body. By mistake, two morgue keepers had been called, and when their dead wagons arrived one took the girls head and the other her body. The frantic par ents of the girl excitedly trying to ob tain possession of the pieces of the body inflamed the mob spirit and more serious trouble was narrowly averted by the police.
 The state arbitrators took up the task of endeavoring to effect a recon ciliation tonight and remained in ses- sion several hours. While the service was slightly improved today, the gen. eral situation appeared so serious to- night that possibilities of a speedy set clement are now regarded as somewhat remote.
 The members of the union began series of meetings for the purpose of arousing sympathy and to appeal to the public to refrain from using the cars until the strike is finally settled. At these meetings the proposition was advanced of petitioning the city coun- cil to order a public vote as to wheth- CT the franchise recently granted and under which the company is operating shall become effective. Their proposal is based upon the new initiative and law. The petition will make it obligatory on the council to submit the matter to a vote. Should the vote be against the franchise, it would have the effect of invalidating it.