Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-24
TRYING TO RUN CARS.

Exciting Scenes In Connection with the De.
troit Street Car Strike.
conference was held in Detroit yesterday
afternoon between the police department
sheriff and city railway officials and IL was de-
cided to give the company the support Of the
whole police department and sheriffs force e
enable them to run the cars. Nearly the whole
force was ont in the afternoon TO keep order
during monster labor parade Of shoemaker
and stove molders. Immediately after the pa
rade passed il was decided to start ten cars FOL
the evening service on Woodward avenue. Tht
first car got away all right, followed by patro
wagon containing ten officers.
THROWN FROM THE TRACK.
A second car started Immediately after with
out the accompanying protection, however, AND
the strikers threw IL on its side and across the
track. The attempt to start cars was then given
up, but the first one out continued its perilouf
course, being the target of anything handy to
the strikers the whole length Of the avenue and
meeting with the jeers and taunts Of the strik-
ers as 1t passed along. Two policemen were
on every corner the whole length of the route
and the car eventually reached the river front
in safety.
On the attempt to start for the return trim
there was very exciting scene. A burly man
sat In dog cart directly across the track. The
policemen led his horse away. The man
whipped up his horse, overlook the car and
stood across the track again directly in front OF
the street car team. His buggy was smashed
and he was thrown to the ground. He was
finally overpowered and taken to the station.
As the car kept on its way the small crowd sent
only few stones as parting salute.
MOB OF 5000.
car which had been lying at the river front
all day was then started up the hill. The word
was quickly passed. and in q short time mob
of $4,000 people packed the broad avenue from
the north side Of jefferson avenue down to the
river The car started up the hill at break
neck speed. The mob closed about the car. A
man leaped from among the crowd and grasped
the teams brides. The driver whipped his
horses The man was dragged from his feet
and pulled all the way across the street, but he
held on, ran the horses into a buggy, and
stopped the car.
DC, had been run across the tracks. The
dozen policemen on the car tried to remove
them, but could not. Then Strathearn Hem
drie the treasurer of the company, got upon
the front platform with the driver. Pulling a
big revolver from his pocket he pointed it
thresteningly at the mob. Immediately cries
OF kill him" hang him." &c, went up.
Bricks began to fly through the car windows
and 1t looked as If car, driver, policemen. Hen
drie and all would be torn to pieces. Hendricks
discretion got the better of his valor then and
the car was started back to the river.
CHARGED BY THE POLICE.
The strikers pursued it, and, unhitching the
horses, tried to run the car into the river A
ferry boat coming into the dock just at that mo-
ment prevented them from carrying out their
design. At this point the crowd was charged
by force Of police and dubbed numerically
Revolvers were drawn, and for few moments
it looked As II there was to be bloodshed. but
the police presented a sturdy front and effected
considerably. 1t began to rain shortly after
ward and no attempts were made to run the
cars, the crowd gradually dispensing.