Telegram-herald., 1891-05-20
DESPERATE VIOLENCE
The Cable Broken By Riotous
Worklnzmen-
CARS RUINED AND POLICEMEN HURT
~ tss asesisss Mob ss Idle symPashtssss
with the strtksss- Revolver Ne
sairsd to oasii the IsnsL
tasas Crowd.

OF car oyer-urnlng yesterday. AT III
O'Clock car Vas tipped over on Canal
street, near Newberry street, but the
officers were unable 10 determine by
whom, aud no arrests were made. IL
lay IA the ditch almost all the afternoon.
The driver took the horses back TO tn Q
barn. On Waterloo street. near the
railroad crossing quite good deal of
excitement occurred AZ about 90 .. IN.
A ear was surrounded by shouting
mob. Amid the hurley and hurley sew
eras uniforms of street car men were OBJ
served. The ear was run on the track,
the horses unhItched and turned
around, after which they wandered At
Their own sweet will ull picked up by
street ear employees later. The driver
got a humping and was taken away IN
buggy. At l.30. on 6randvi!le-ave.,
near Tusch's brewery, another car WAS
run IA the diten and left To thaw out
ia the sun. No arrests were made.
How Men Approached
W. +. Johnson was interviewed and
tells the following story of how De hap
pened TO quit work. Last Thursday ne
took A car on the Wealthy avenue line.
At the end OF the tirst trip as they were
changing the horses from the front to
the rear end, he Was approached by
strikers N uniform and warned To
throw I'D the lob. liz occurred again IN
the day while on the Cherry-st. hne. Ia
the evening while on East-st. AZ about
III O'Clock be was stopped by three men
aud was told that II he didn't quit there
would DC serious trouble. He quit FRI
day morning. lie says the men wore
uniforms. Yesterday furry OF excite
ment Was created among the strikers
by three OF their number deserving and
returning 10 work.
Their names are B. Morse, F. Augus-
tine and y. ;. Hunter The union men
say they were men who never paid their
dues, anyway, and Ii - no indication OF
the spirit of the union. L. r. Meers
was one of the new grip-men whom the
strikers interviewed. His story WAS
that he was sent here from Cleveland.
and that he WAS obliged 10 come by the
Cleveland company. lie said the
Grand Rapids company belonged 10 an
ASSOCIATION of railway companies who
supply each other with skilled men IN
case OF a strike.
The story Was False
The story was not believed and James
Paul telegraphed 20 Cleveland To find
out about It. In reply he received an
swer that the four Cleveland men were
professional "seabs," VINO made bus
ness OF going from strike to strike Oh
account of Big wages. They then join
the local unions and try TO break them
mp. fne company ran no cars on
North Canal street after the overturn-
ing incident but the other lines ran
quite regularly with fair patronage all
day. Ine cable system except OF
tswa-st.. ran full quota of grip cars
but no tail-end cars on tnem.
shock Him Like n HAT.
Al O'Clock last evening an immense
crowd collected At the corner OF Canal
and Lvon-srs., with the evident pur-
pose of interfering with the cable cars.
Every time = car would come alCng Il
would be saluted with deafenlDg
chorus of yells. The police would dis
perse the crowd. but as the cars would
come along they would gather again.
Finally the crowd became obstreperous.
John H. Wright, negro, told the Of
ficer 10 seek a SUMMER cline, aud ne
was gathered in. :. II. Fuller. an ex-
car driver, refused 10 move and picked
up q stone To throw at officer Gurrie
The latter took him by the collar and
shook nim ike n rat, and he was
marched over 10 headquarters. The
crowd would say, What's the use of
arresung any one, the Judge dare not
DO anything He'll let Us go If you
run US in."
Torpedo Exploded.
A torpedo exploded on the track and
ut first II was supposed that some one
was shot. The crowd was finally dis
psrsed but il moved up the hill to re-
sumo hostiines. Two grip cars were
asSslleti near the corner of Union and
Fulton-sts. with shower of rocks. The
glass was shivered. the lights were
knocked out and the men IN charge
driven away covered with bruises. The
gripmsn released the grips and set the
brakes and ran for thIer lives. The RI
oteFs jumped aboard of the cars aud
started one up Fulton-st. and one down
the bill. They ran without attendance
until the car up struck the end OF the
line at full speed. The cable was
snapped snd the cars stopped. When
the patrolmen arrived the crowd
was scattered and out OF reach.
stoned an OfHeer.
While Officer Mullaly was quietly
keeping tab on the nails IN the Jefferson.
az. sidewalks at 9:20 = car came along
in the dark. crowd lay IN wait and
the way the stones flew for awhile would
make a hail storm envious. Mullaly
was bit several times, but by firing Oft
his revolver IN the ar several times and
good use of his club he came out alive,
but the car had scarcely window left.
The driver fed after catching rocks on
various parts of ms structure. con-
ductor named John Marshall got hit IN
the stomach and 10 = thought quite seq
ionsly injured. IFe vas taken N charge
by friends and Il at the Hali-st. Heuse.
AL s,ong the line Of Hall street trouble
was expected. II was talked quietly all
the evening and Sergeant Webb bad
seversl officers IA the vlcInty OF Fourth
and Flfth-sves. At about ? O'Clock two
ears approached each other near Fifth
ave A surging mob gathered around
and rocks began 90 tiy.
Dashed tate the Crowd.
SerV. Webb on horseback dashed into
she crowd AMI ordered them 10 dis
psrse. The officers soon followed him
M ard, after hot setto. IN winch
Wakb and his horse were struck with
rocks. and officers rexolvers vent of
IN the ar. the gang was fought away.
LADIES' screamed. hut their cries we're
lest ia volume ot yeiis. The driver
and conductor Of ore 81 the ears He'd,
hrt The other two fought Ike nailsfs
With hare hands. The ears we're not
badly hurt. Botn officers and detec-
tives who we're present sav that naeD N
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