The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-05-19
STRIKE OF GAR
men CONTINUES
EFFORTS TO SECURE PEACE
MAKE PROGRESS AND ARsI-
TRATIoN SEEMS LIKELY.
FREQUENT ATTACKS ON CARS.
strike Leader May Try to Tese ~.
Validity Of Cleveland Traction
nv compsnys Franchises by
ft Means Of an Election.


Cleveland May 19.-As result OF
determined efforts to bring about ar
end to Cleveland's street railway war
peace seems near by means of ~bl
tration, during which all violence
ceases and the meu return to work
Conferences which began Monday
morning between the opposing inter
ests lasted until after midnight AZ
this time the mediator retired for the
night. having secured good basis
for deAuite resul' the way oi 40
arbitration agree day.
Violence broke out Monday in sev
eral parts of the city. AT Kinsmau
road and the Nickel Plate crossing
cars were stoned by gang of men
and the service blocked for an hour
by breaking the derailing switch. The
vestibule OF one car was broken by
an explosion. In other parts of town
members of car crews were injured
by bricks thrown from crowds.
At l o'clock this morning riotine
began near the Windermere barns In
East Cleveland, when strikers cut six
trolley wires
Linemen for the Municipal turned
out to repair the damage, but were
driven back by gang of 300 men.
Chief of Police Stamberger tried In
vain to. dispense the mob but failed
A callSfor help from the county jail
elected the reply that not a single
deputy was available.
At 1890 this morning brick was
thrown at a Woodland car while II
was passing eastward at East Four
teenth street and Woodland avenue.
David Benjamin, 1921 Scovill avenue,
and his wife, who were on the car,
were both struck by the missile Mrs.
Benjamin's jaw was broken. Her hus.
band had his face laid open by the
brick.
A mob stoned Woodland-Lorain
car last night and seriously injured
the only passenger, Mrs Elizabeth
Meiser A squad OF police dispersed
the mob, but made no arrests.
At o'clock this morning a Detroit
avenue car was dynamited at West
One Hundredth street. The trucks
were blown from the tracks and the
car badly damaged. There were q
number OF the passengers on the car,
but no one was injured.
Seventeen street car men and five
others arrested Saturday and Sunday
on charges OF disorderly conduct, car.
rying concealed weapons, or meddling
with or destroying railway property,
appeared In police court Monday and
asked continuances. The men gave
bail. Contlnuances were granted for
from enc week to ten days in all cases
except that of John Naughton, aged
10. He pleaded guilty to disorderly
conduct and was fined $40 and costs.
lie fled a motion in mitigation.
Continuances fer the street car men
were granted to allow their attorneys
to prepare the cases. They will make
a fight.
There was car service on all lines
Monday, but on some 1t was slow.
The schedule ranged from 20 to FIVE
minutes
Fifty odd men went back to work at
the West Madison barns Monday
Vice President Behner Is making
plans to call mass meetings I'm every
ward to enable the union to tell peo.
pie why they struck. He Is also con.
sidering the advisability Of testing the
traction company's franchises under
the Schmidt law. He plans 70 put the
1900 strikers to work getting petit
tions for franchise election
II Is per cent of the voters at the
last election petition, the election
must be held to approve on disapprove
OF a grant There were SS,977 voters
AT the last election This means that
1885 must Det' 'r The special
eleosion,.