The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-02-06

A Mob of Strikers Attack New York Street.
Car and One of the ASSailantS Is Killed.
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NEW YORK. Feb. ga large crowd of
strikers and their sympathizers attacked
car of the Forty-second-street line, at the,
Boulevard and Sixty-secOnd street, about
o'clock this afternoon. There are few
buildings in the neighborhoOd, and no po-
licemen were in sight to aid the solitary
officer OH the car, Thomas X. Schneider.
There was but one passenger, an old lady.
She got out when the car stopped and es-
capped unhurt. In moment the windows
of the car were shattered and n shower of
stones was falling upon tie officer, driver
and conductor. Schneider used his club
-frcely, but could make no headway against
the mob. The driver and conductor de-
Tended themselves as best they could. A
rioter got behind Schneider and
smashed his helmet with brick.
At the same time another hurled a stone
knocking ont several teeth. Schneider took
out his revolver and fired twice over the
heads of the mob. A few of the rioters ran
away wien the firing began, but most of
them stood firm and quickly made another
rush for the car. AS they advanced
Schneider aimed at the leaders and fired
three times in quick succession. The driver
and conductor also fired The mob wavered
and then tiedin all directions. One wounded
man was left on the spot and two less Sc
friends. Schneider stood over the pros
trate and unconscious man until a detach-
ment of reserves came up. 1t was
found that the wounded man was
James McGowaD, aged twenty-five,
who had been. hostler at the Belt
line stables. and was out on strike. He
was taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where he
died a few moments later. He was single.
His two brothers are hOokers for the Ninth
avenue road. His parents live in Ireland.
He had been in America five years. The
bullet which killed him had struck his arm
and ranged upward into the brain.
Schneider went to police headquarters and
gave himself up. superintendent Murray
Market Police Court, where he was ar
raigned before Justice Patterson. He
stated that he had fired several shots in
self-defense, but could not tell whether
MCGOWAN had been struck by one of his
of Charities Commissioner Brennan. an
eyewitness of the fight. described the
affair as above, and said he was posi-
tive that MCGOWAN was shot bv
the conductor. who fired in self-defense.
was not Sehneider's bullet that struck Nc
Gowen.. Justice Patterson discharged
Schneider, and issued an order for the ar
rest of the conductor Schneideris twenty
eight years old, has been policeman two
years, and has an excellent record.
The attack on the car was carefully
planned. Mr.. Doolittle. who lives in a
house overlooking the scene and who wit
messed the whole affair, says he saw men
coming from all directions, as if by pre-
arrangement. They concentrated, and one
man took the lead, directing their move
ments. They drew two trucks over the
track just in time to stop the car, and. at O
signal from the leader, every man drew a
brick or stone from under his coat and bonn
barded the car. The crowd then made a
rush, and would have made short work of
the defenders of the car but for the firing.
driver, Frederick Kindorf were arrested,
this evening, and locked up at police head
quarters, to be arraigned tomorrow morn