, 1875-03-09

NAltlt HGLa EH hUTuEllf - hlo
tlood. II is not certain TINT Tho capitalists ard
propetty-liolGGrs we're responsible for the nec!-
uent; the opinion was, ioWoscr. froelS OK
pressed by Tho Ca,nmunista' friends that 1t WIS
an Outrageous attsnhpt to A4sasH,nato tho Conf
mit!eo, and tl,i, get rlt of tin impending eS-
posura nj tho AbiscH thoy claim 0xlst III tue
lelief a1ut Aid Society.
uNPRoVOKED ASSAULT.
now LADIES Afsg TREATED on souTn SIDE aTnEET-
| CAns
II becomes the painful duty OF Tue TntnuSE
to call tho attention Of tho public to an outrage
moro gross iii all Of its features that any which
las over occurred III this city, oxccPt Il 10 aome
instance wlitcl, has been hiishel. Tba only re-
| dCornnE feature about this most shameful niYair
Is that 1t will hervo to hcfgLlon public intigna-
tion and PIT al ond 10 nn abuso wlich has hith-
orto been only spasmoeicel1y fought.
Saturday evening par.y Of lalles and gent'o-
mcn consisting OF Mrs. Webster, tho wife OF
Daniel Webster Of tho well-known firm Of D.
Webster l. Co.., l,or stator, S1lus IngIcs, alstor Of
Dr.. 1nges. Mr.. Eas.on manager Of tic ofllco Of
the Hove Sewing sfaelsino Company, slts. Web.
stcrs brn.hcr so:lng lad, alrs. George, wifo OF
| tho; insurance aEeut, and 4 couplo Of others
| wero at Dournque's DanclnS-iinl, on Twenty
second street, Attending enc OF his classrs, Bo-
tween II and 12 they left, and sailett for \ mo-
meut for ut Indtana .avonno car. Mono coming,
| thoy walked along to Slate. and down Slate to
| abou. Nineteenth. WHOM Stasc-strset car over
| took tlion, Thoy hailed Il and got iu.
Az is generally tho case with tho late cars on
that road, 1t contained ha|f-a.dozou roughs. WHO
bad como up from, shc s.ock-iards probably,
| and wllo had boon smoEing uut!i they tiElol tho
car. Tho ladies', stopping iii from tho cleap,.
| freah, outer alr. began conghfng tho moment
! thay inhnlod tho v'tiatcd atmosphere. Tnin
amused tho to:sgAs. who commenced jeoring
| them for their daintincaa, Using that
PERSONAL AM, VULGAR LANGUAGE
which is unfortunately too customary on these
cars. The party. however, paitl no attention to
It, arsl seated themselves wherever thoy could
find room. Airs. George nnll Nra. Wlcetor wero
together near tho rear ond OF tho car Alr. Enst-
on and bome Of lilo others were forward, aud
tho remainder woto seated hore aud there.
They rodo for TITO OF throo blocks, not rop!y-
ing to any ot tho rema.ks n,adc aud bearing, as
fata when hnlktng rougll-ane Of tue pnrty
wLo had beon 30 much unused becanss tlo 1allfcs
wcre atranBu!Rted by N atmosphere to which
tl.o vn1nen with whom ho associated wuro accus-
tomcd-gok up from l.ia seat md moved to tic
raar of tho car till l1o got Just lu front Of Mrs.
Wobster. Tllere le stood holding Oh by strap.
Soon he began to pretend that lle WAS falliny,
and lu,chcu over heartily townr.l tho lady with
every motion Of Tho car. Ills month was filed
with tobacco.iuics, aud ovcry time that hc leaned
over
lie 9TN0FE TO HpIT IN uEn FACE.
In thiH lle failed, but ts saliva fell steady into
lor lap on tic costly six dress ehe woro. slle
boro It - long as Rho could. Mr. Easton MAS
ont of right. and the car '5aH filled with crcaturoB
Of the salre class az her insultor.
At last, unable 10 endure 1t longer, shc stood
up mud tho rough took her place. siss. dcorso
also rose. remarking that they had better leave
tho car, and Got out Of tho way Of tho rouRls.
Then tho man left tho car and Mra. Webster
and Mrs. George resumed their pacas. Hardy
a b.lH cfnHtn1 hnfnFG fhn ara1
tho cur, htspped up ln front OF Mrs, WcbAser,
drew back hls arm, aud
sTnucK nER WITH ALL His FORCE
hctweon tho eyes. Then le jumped from the
car aud wan OH Of sight. There vas no ono '. to
pursue him. and had there been tho fog was 40
dense that no would doubtless have escaped
The cruel and unexpected blow stunned Mira.
Webster, aud hcr comp mpauion WAS 50 surprised
by lts snddepucBs that II Was minute before
SHE said unytIinE. Even when tho rcat of the
party learned sint Aad hetalua Mrs. Webster,
thcy could 10 nothing. Tho car was still crowd
ed witll "rolches who would have assailcd tlom,
~ they beat could. It was At first feared that
liss. WIS uoao Ind beon broken, but, after tho
lirst hevcro inflammation had lcen reduced, It
MaA found that It was happily, only badly bruised.
Yesterday sllo was at!i suffering acuso pain, but
1t ts boieyul that no pesnaneut Disagreement
will reault.
s1f. Webster rms ont OF tonn whom this oc.
.ss ssy Se Ses!srs 5nE Sns u s s ovn
ness, but it waa Ills Intention yes.
serday evening to cali upon tho Superintendent
Of tho South Sida street.car tine, mid !ay befose
him tho facts Of lhia most unparalleled outrage,
aud eco "lat he proposed doing concerning IT,.
Ever tiuco llc Company began running its
late cass every PAPER in tho city bag
TEEMED WITH COMPLAINTS
Of tho absolute proptetorphip assumed by the
degraded creatures who l!so nouth Of Twentieth
street and who Leave their haunts iu tho saoonn
Oh State routh Of Yau uuren between midnight
and 2 o'clock. Hardly day passes Lut What
suits. Thcso respectable passengers who travel
after II Ut night do 70 fearug for lives and
property. At the very least they ara compol!ed
TO submit to tho mog.hcaslon Of inaul!s which
they csnnot resent. Tho attention OF tho rail-
way officers has BEEN tins aud ng2in called to
tllcBo factu, but thny have taken 10 notice OF
them. ptcfertiug to spend their time anl money
In securing 1he Wabash avenue francuiss'
rcquircn them to hayo conductors on thoir cars,
O0t they chonse to Disregard to law. Public
opinion Las !oug demanded 1t, but that they
dospiso. Now. however, IN tho face Of i deed AZ
ussht-an iuofi'tnAive aud unccmpaItiuk lady
strlckon down by bow-a whole party
of ladies' aud gentlemen tcrrorizcl over BY
band Of brutal rulllans oIendlng
something. It ia not enough for
ii to pay damages for tho lniachief It has already
done-tt must prevent lta recurrence. There
are two things fur 1t to do either 1t must nut on
conductors, or put up conspicuous notices On It's
lat0 cara that Ill persons elltcglng them DO 80 at
their pesll-tIat tho Company guarantees them
10 protection from either lusu1t, rubbcry, OF
blows, Let them LOOK at tho aso cars Oh the
West 6ido, where Que may trayc! night aftce
night mad not ogor hcar rude word moro than
oneu IN woek. Tho present syhtem must ovi-
de,It1y stop. or the Gruntl Jury will get alter 1t.
=: ~ much for tho South Side Company.
TIFF nv YYJl
know worry we'll what sort Of institutions tllcao
late cars aro and II IL thoir buHueBs to look out
f1r them. Whenever ono passes them, they
should atop Il and give 1t q thorough Inspection,
nH II II were d.soTde.ly house, aud. IT any pas.
senscr Aake complaint, lot him "pull " tho
offenders. II esch car wcra thus examined half
a-dozen tinea between Madison and Twenty
second sssocts tue evils wouil be patttally abat-
%. Hlt. ~ matters now stand, 1t ia no moro
than tho truth to ray that It IL dangerous Tor
any poINon-nRn OF Woul&u-to travel Oh State