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Show CLEVELAND CARMEN ENGAGE III RIOTS i Attempt of Company to Run Cars With Non-Union Men the Cause. STRIKERS THROW STONES AND ALSO ROTTEN EGGS Traffic of the City Is Badly Crippled; Only Fvw Men Remain Re-main at Work. CLEVELAND, May 1C Tn the midst of a day of incipient rioting, somo bloodshed, genernl disorder, inconvo-uienco inconvo-uienco to the car-riding public and a partial stopping of the street railway scrvico incident to the strike of the conductors and motormen of the Municipal Mu-nicipal Traction company, came a proposition prop-osition to night to stop further violence and submit tho whole matter to arbitration. arbitra-tion. This was the situation late tonight, to-night, created by Joseph Bishop, member mem-ber of the stato board of arbitration. Mr. Bishop arrived hero during tho aftornoon and wont into conference with Vice-President Adolph Behnor of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Elodric Pailway Employes. Mo proposed pro-posed that overtures bo made to tho company looking to a peaceful settlement settle-ment of the controversy. Mr. Behnor. although satisfied with the progress of the strike from tho standing of tho. union, was apparently willing to enter into such negotiations. Mr. Bishop at once called upon President Dupont of the Municipal Traction company. The traction head said tho company was willing to arbitrate, but that the proposition prop-osition should come from tho union. Still an Open Question. With the union unwilling to take- the initiative, the matter of a peaceful settlement set-tlement and tho immediate termination of the disorder still is an open question. ques-tion. All night Mr. Bishop labored with the union and with .the head of the traction company. Tn tho nioantune-disorder -continued. Tho night was mado eventful as a result re-sult of the company rescinding an ordor made during tho day. U first was proposed pro-posed to slop all car.s at dark and mako no further attempts to operate until tomorrow morning. Later today the j company decided to maiutain the serv-' serv-' ice. From the moment tho striko went into effect early this morning there was more or less rioting. At first the men who remained at work worn appealed to by tho strikers to leave tho cars. When they refused to quit work efforts wcro m'ado by the union men and sympathizers to 'force them to leave the cars. , This resulted in motormen mo-tormen and conductors being forcibly taken from cars. Cars were stopped by tho placing of obstructions upon tho tracks. Trolley wires woro cut, tracks wore ripped up and switch points broken. brok-en. One of the earliest disturbances occurred at the Lakevio.w car barns, when ono car attempted to leave. A I mob surrounded the car. The police attempted to rescue tho men. Stones and clubs wore hurled. The officers used their clubs. Chief of Police Koh-ler Koh-ler was struck by a stone, but was not seriously injured. Proclamation of Mayor. At noon Mayor Johnson issued the following proclamation: "Violence resulting in destruction of proport aud injury to persons .having already occurred on the streets consequent conse-quent on tho street railway strike, 1 have instructed tho chief of police to preserve order and protect property with all tho force at his command. T herebv notify the public that I will use the fill power oi tho city to supply all necessary assistance to the police authorities, and 7 warn all persons that disturbances will not bo tolerated and disorder will bo met with orco adequate ade-quate to sunnrcss it. "TOM L. JOTINSOX, Mayor." Motonnan John Dubler was beaten into unconsciousness late tonight and loft lying on tho street. He is thought to have been fatally injured. Many others wcro roughly handled, but their wounds aro not considered serious. Mayor Johnson, who also is treasurer of tho traction company, said the striko wa all foolishnoss and a great waste, and that he hoped to bring it to a close speedily. Whilo the general car service Avas seriously crippled 'during the early hours of the strike, tho company made rapid hoadwav in restoring schedules. Tonight fully 2f per cent of the normal servico was maintained. Attitude of Company. Lat in the dav tho eomnan' posted the following notice in tho cars: "Notice to the Public: "These cars belong to you. You should protect them. ' ' To give the men who worked all possible pos-sible protection, heavy wiro screens woro placed in front of tho cars to shield tho inotorinou from stones and clubs. A policeman rodo on each car. No call hns been made for outside assistance. as-sistance. Tho police olaim to be ablo to handle tho situation. There has boon uo talk of asking for military protection. The funeral and mail cars were not interfered with. The suburban su-burban cars were allowed to run in the city, except in cases where thu I trolley "wire had boon cut to obstruct citv 'euro, which necessarily iulerfenvl with' the big Mihiirbnu cars. Stones and Ilotton.Eggs. During the parly hours stoues wore freely burled at many cars and windows win-dows were broken in numerous instances. in-stances. Rotten oegs wen? thrown at the motormen and conductors. Tho non-union men lso were hooted and jeered. In-many instances riding upon the car by regular patrons wah fraugh; Continued on Pago Two. CLEVELAND CARMEN ENGAGE IN RIOTS Continued From Pago Ono. with dangor. For tho most part, people peo-ple walkod to their places or business this morning. During tho first hour or two after tho inauguration of tho striko there was littlo or no trouble. Tho strikers appealed to tho non-union men, who refused to leave the cars. Some or them did desert after first decidirtg not to 6triko. Many old employees remained re-mained with the company. These wero tho older men in point of age. Practically Prac-tically all of tho vonng men went out. It was not until the majorit1- of tho citizens aroso and attempted to go to their work that any Bomblancc of rioting riot-ing occurred. This was aftor 7 o'clock. Tho striko sympathizers gathered around the car barns and hooted and yelled with thoi strikers at tho men at work. Tho union men wcro enthused, in some instances using force to stop tho operation of cars. For tho most part, however, it is said, the violenco was instigated and carried out by outsiders. out-siders. Some Remain at Work. Tho S00 motormen and conductors formerly with the Forest City Railway company, tho original 3-cent-faro line, and later merged with tho old Cleveland Cleve-land Electric company, now being operated op-erated by tho Municipal Traction company, com-pany, rcmainod at worlj. Whilo mnnv cars aro running, yet thoy form only a small percentage of the usual quota. Some lines are tied up entirely. The othors are running cars regularly, averaging possibly two or thToe hours. President Dupont of tho Municipal company stated today that new mon aro being employed as rapidly as possible. possi-ble. During tho past week scores of now men have been broken in. whilo scores of old Cleveland Electric em-plovees em-plovees wcro discharged. President Behner of tho union, In commenting on the Btrike situation today, to-day, said: 'All tho mon aro loyal to the union and thero is no doubt that wo will win in the end. "I beliovo tho public is on our side and realizo that our men have been treated unfairly by the traction company. com-pany. "We havo staiioned pickets at every barn. Those men will try to persuade any ono who shall attompt to run cars out of the barn to quit work. They will do this by means of per-suasipn, per-suasipn, by peaceful moihods, and not "by violence." President Dupont of tho Municipal company gave out the following statement state-ment today: "Wo havo boen ready from tho beginning be-ginning of tho trouble to arbitrate all differences between the employees and the company. "As to the men who have been discharged, dis-charged, that was rendered inevitable by the merging of the two systems. Wo laid off old Cleveland Electric and Forest For-est City men impartially. From tho time th"e Municipal Traction eompany took charge thero was a spirit of disloyalty dis-loyalty and insubordination on tho part of some of tho old employees, making mak-ing their service inefficient and sub-.iectinr sub-.iectinr patrons of the road to intolerable intolera-ble discourtesy and inconvenience. "The Municipal Traction company not only raisod tho wages of the men 1 cent an hour when it took over tho system, but it gave them free uniforms. This made tho maximum pajf in Cleveland Cleve-land 25 cents an hour. Thero aro only threo or four street railway systems in America that pay as high as this." |