Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-18

to be correct before the day was over,
two most brutal and cowardly at
tacks being made on new men at
the limits end of the Clark street line
At els p. m. a group of ex-strikers
were gathered on the sidewalk near the cor
ner of North Clark street and Deming court
when the north-bound grip car came along.
On the car was a man named H NJ Smyth,
who had been conductor during the strike
Smyth was discharged yesterday morning,
and had just been down to the office and got
his time check and was returning TO the linz
its barns The crowd at the Deming court
corner boarded the car and dragged Smyth
off. They gave him fearful beating, knock
ing him down and kicking him most brutally
in their mad fury. No Lake View policemen
happened to b. near, and Smyth was nearly
dead when rescued. The old carmen engaged
in the row scampered away on the approach
of the police and no arrests were made, as no
names could be ascertained Smyth was
taken to the barns. His hurts were found to
be serious He was subsequently taken to
the hospital
"There's lot Of men killing another man
up theren exclaimed young man at the
limits barns at o'clock last night as he
rushed up TO Officer GLOVE The officer ran
to the corner of CLARK and Diversey streets
| and saw five men running away from a man
who was lying on the street The man
| proved to be W H Robinett, of Kansas
| City, who began work for the company at
| the beginning of the strike and took out the
| first Sedgwick street car. He presented a
fearful appearance as the officer assisted him
to his feet His face was cut and bruised
and the left temple had al abrasion extend
| ing several inches, where boot-heel had
stamped it A boot had also cut great
cash just above his right eye and he had re-
ceived a number of savage kicks in the sides,
| chest and back
The wounded man was taken to the Lake
| View station where his wounds were dressed.
In speaking of the attack Robinett said: II
went all day without eating, and went to the
saloon to get half pint CT whisky to take up
to the room to give the boys. l had two stu
dents under me all day, and was tired. ASH
passed cut Of the saloon two OF five men who
were in there followed me, and the Other
three went into the garden and came out OF
the gate The first two struck me and
knocked me down. The first time they
struck me knocked them both off, and ther
they rushed on me and got me down and tn,
other three began to kick me | had NJ
arms None of US men carry arms outsid,
of our rooms We keep them with US al
night in the room, but give them up every
morning. Had been armed | should mos
assuredly have shot every one of them"
81 think this thing is getting monotonous.
said Mr.. Furthman, who was present. "Bcti
the men beaten so shamefully to-day by tn
men who would not dare to try it singl,
were over 80 years old, and have families de
pending on them. For being sober, honest
, law-abiding men they are thus set upon afte
doing an honest days work tell you, gen
tlemen, it is going to far" he added ex
citedly.
, Eyes, and think we can assure you tina
, it will be stopped in manner that will pu
quietus on this cowar1ly clubbing of in
{ offensive men," said Capt. Villiers
Tuesday night the ex-strikers appointed
COMMITTEES consisting of Mayor Williar
ConnelI, NJ Hodgson. John Wells, an
, P. F. Haines, of Lake View The
! were instructed to make an effort O
behalf of the old men unemployed, especiall
the Wells street gripmen, who run fror
what is known as the limits barns in LAX
View. They found Mr.. Yerkes infiexible /
( his determination of not only retaining I'll
new men employed, but to kes
up their number to the preser
standard and even increase it in Gel
q tain contingencies. They also found tbs
: Mr.. Yerkes was thoroughly posted on I'll
7 subject, which they were not, and the intel
o view ended in their being headed at ever
point Alderman Harris, who had been pa
ticularly bitter in frequent general attach
on the company, complained of the servic
+ on the line that runs through Lake View, an
I wanted extra cars run at certain times, an
r was sat upon in this way:
= "The men you represent don't want us
run trippers. The association which govern
this company, or tries to do so, says we sha
a not run extra cars. II we do run them v
/. have to pay for one trip the wages Of an g
IS tire day."
But there is rod in pickle for Mr. Yerk
yet. On the north side there is a body ca
70 ing itself the committee of One Hundr
it whose sole object of existence is to make Ii
miserable for the street car magnate. 1t b
not been in existence long, and its fir
nesting was held last night Among t
e citizens present were A C. st
l. ry, Eugene Sittig, G. F. We:
g over, and A. H. RevelI Sittig pl
r sided, and 1t was resolved to demand tn
a the company have seat for everybody W
a. rides on the cars, adopt transfer systeT
n and make various other improvements in t
:, service The meeting also resolved to q
point committee to see Mr.. Yerkes and
and get the old men their places again.
1t takes 200 policemen to protect the n
- men who are at work.
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