The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-31
CARS BLOWN UP
WITH DYNAMITE.
Another Night Of Rioting In
Columbus.
PASSENGERS BADLY HURT

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Sections Of the City by Explosives
on tho Rails, Placed There by Un.
known Psrties--stonlna and Egg
ing Of Cars Continued Through the
Nlsht-Lsbor Leaders Call on Gov
ernor Harmon.
Columbus, o., Aug 31.--A Mount
Vernon avenue car was dynamited at
Sandusky and West Broad streets
Tuesday night. Severe injuries were
sustained by woman passenger and
by pedestrian on the sidewalk.
Both were rendered unconscious. The
crew OF the car escaped without
hurts. Although the trouble occurred
in the heart OF the district notably
In sympathy with the car stike, 1t
was not followed by demonstrations
OF any kind.
One OF the most serious dynamite
explosions Of the strike occurred at
Main street and Grant avenue. A
car containing several passengers
was badly wrecked and three persons
were injured. BY the time the police
arrived the victims had been re.
moved to physicians Offices and diff.
Guilty was encountered In getting
their names or learning the extent Of
their injuries. One man Is said to
lnH
J. A. Zwerner. a prominent drug
gist, and two women, whose names
could not be ascertained, were pain.
fully hurt in an explosion at Monroe
avenue and Long street. Dynamite
had been placed on the tracks. The
force OF the explosion nearly blew out
the rear end OF the car and Knocked
the unconscious man into the street.
zwerner was hit on the head by fly.
ing debris. The injured women were
removed from the scene in an ambu.
lance. and two other women were
badly stunned, but were able to walk
away. There were 10 passengers on
the car. The stoning and egging of
cars continued through the night.
The police can hardly understand
the Long street explosion. They do
not believe that dynamite could have
burst the cast steel wheel, while at
the same time nitroglycerin would
hardly have withstood the crush of
the front trucks. Some are OF the
opinion that the explosive was hurled
either from or at the car.
Labor Leaders See Harmon.
Aside from the blowing up Of cars,
the labor unions of the city held an.
other session in sympathy with the
strikers, and Governor Harmon con.
ferred with a committee of labor
leaders national, state and local
with President William d. Mahon of
the national carmens union as the
chairman. The committee which
waited upon the governor desired
him to make public statement In
which he was to declare for the
forced arbitration OF this strike. The
governor made no reply at the close
OF the meeting, as he wanted time to
think over the request before taking
definite action.
While in conference the local labor
leaders took occasion to complain to
the governor OF the treatment accord.
ed the mob Monday night at the
hands Of the troops, charging that
their conduct was inhuman and bru.
tai.
At the close Of the meeting of the
delegates from the various labor
unions OF the city II was announced
that committee Of ten had been
appointed to take some action to
bring about settlement OF the,
strike. THIS committee is empowered
to call general sympathetic strike !,
to assist the carmen in winning their
fight. The committee will wait upon
the answer OF Governor Harmon as
to whether he will issue public
statement favoring arbitration. There
are about 5000 union men in the
city and aside from calling upon
these the committee will ask every
workingman in the city, regardless
OF their Affiliations, to leave their en-
ployment until the strike is settled.