Show I ARBITRATION TION ATTEMPTED II AT O OBoth Os Both Sides Willing But Both BothI I Also Aso Refuse to Take the First Step RIOTING BLOODSHED i GENERAL DISORDER I MAYOR TOM JOHNSON ISSUES PROCLAMATION WARNING DISORDERLY ELEMENT Cleveland 0 O May 16 In the midst of or a day of or incipient rioting some bloodshed general disorder Incon Inconveniences Inconveniences to the public and anda a ft partial stopping of the street rail railway railway railway way service Incident to the strike of ot the conductors and arid motormen of ot the Municipal Traction company compan came a proposition tonight to stop further violence nce and submit the whole matter to arbitration This was van the situation late tonight created by Joseph Bishop member of or the state board of if f arbitration tion Ion Went to Work at Once Mr Bishop arrived here during the afternoon and went vent Into conference with Vice President Adolph Behner of at atthe the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway He pro proposed proposed proposed posed that overtures be made to the company looking to a peaceful settle settlement settlement ment meat of the controversy Behner although satisfied with the progress of the th strike from the standpoint of the tho union was apparently willing to enter into such negotiations Mr 11 Bishop at once called upon President Dupont or of orthe orthe the Municipal Traction company The rhe traction head said the company was willing to arbitrate but that the proposition proposition should come from the union Question Still Open l With ith the union unwilling to take the Initiative the matter of a peaceful set settlement and the immediate termination of ot the disorder stilt still Is an open ques question question tion All night Mr Bishop labored with the union and with the head of the trac traction traction tion ton company compan In the meantime disorder continued The TI night was made eventful as a re rl result suit sult of the company rescinding an or order order der made during the day It first wa was proposed to stop all cars at dark and F make no further attempt to operate un an until until til l tomorrow morning Later lAt today the decided to maintain the ser serf vue f I More or Less Riotous From the moment the strike went into effect early this morning there thore was as more or less Ics rioting At first the themen themen men inezi who remained at work were ap appealed appealed pealed to by thi nt strikers to leave the cars aIs When they the refused r used to quit work efforts were wore made mada by b the union men menat at aid ald d sympathizers to force them to leave kave the cars This resulted in mo tp and conductors being forcibly taken from cars Cars wore stopped by the placing of obstructions upon the tracks Trolley wires were cut tracks wre were ripped up and switch points broken One of the earliest disturb disturbances disturbances ances occurred at the Lakeview car carbarns carbarns carbarns barns when one car attempted to leave A mob surrounded the car The attempted to rescue roscue the mon men Stones and clubs were hurled The of officers officers used their clubs Chief Chier of ot Po Polk lk li 11 Kohler Kobler was struck by bo a stone but not oot seriously Injured Proclamation by Mayor At noon Mayor lIa or Johnson Issued the lowing fo proclamation resulting In destruction of property and Injury to persons having already alread occurred on the streets conse consequent consequent consequent quent on the street railway strike I have havo Instructed the chief duet of police to preserve order and protect property wIth all nIl the force at his command I 1 hereby reby notify the public that I will use i ithe the full power of or the city cit to supply all necessary assistance to the police au and I warn w rn all persons that disturbances will not be tolerated and disorder will vilI be met mt t with force ade adequate adeQuate adequate quate to suppress it Signed TOM TOl L JOHNSON Mayor Ia or Motorman Badly Injured Motorman John Dubler DubIel was beaten into unconsciousness late tonight and ani left lying bing on the time street He is thought to have been fatally tatal injured Many others were roughly handled but their are not considered serious Mayor Ma or Johnson who also Is treasurer f t the traction company said the strike toa all nIl foolishness and a great waste and that he hoped to bring it to a n nIse close Ise speedily While the general car service was se so crippled during durin the early hours ot t the strike the company made rapid In restoring schedules To fully 25 5 pr cent of ot the time normal service was wan maintained Continued on Page 2 ARBITRATION ATTEMPTED AT CLEVELAND 0 O Continued From Page 1 Late in the day da the company posted the following notice in the cars Notice To the public nubile These The e cars car belong to you ou You should protect them titers Policeman in Each Car CarTo CarTo tTo To give gie the men who worked all pos 18 possibly sibly protection heavy wire screens were placed In front of ot the cars to shield the motormen from stones atones and clubs A policeman rode on oit each car carNo carNo No Xo call caH has been made for outside as assistance assistance The police claim to be able to handle the situation There been no talk of asking for military pro pru protection The Tue funeral and mail mall cars were not interfered with The suburban suburban suburban ban cars were allowed to run in the city except in cases where the trolley wire had been cut to obstruct city cars which necessarily Interfered with the big suburban cars |