The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-28
A CITY IN RIOTERS HANDS.
NOES AND VIOLENCE IN TIE sTREEN
OF xNDIANApOLLai
Psiiee Protection . Fsilure-ln Vain the
Policemen CHARGED Upon the Crowds-
Many HeaAs Broken-An Tramo stopped
a.d Cars Run Into tho Cutters.

asd Cars Run Into the Cutters.
INprANAroLrs. Feb 27.-several times to.
day mobs have had possession OF the streets
Of this city. Men and women have encouraged
scenes and acts OF violence. and one woman
displayed in a crowd black and red nag.
Haunting II about her head and then hastily
concealing It In her dress. It was the out.
come Of the street. Gar strike which began last
Sunday because Of tho refusal By the
President OF the company to advance
tho wages OF employees. Several At.
tempts were made this morning to start the
cars. but the strikers interfered and the cars
were pushed back into the barns. The Mayor
took the view that he would not afford police
protection until he was assured that the DOM.
paany had not men enough to properly man
and run the cars. Last night he received such
assurances. and to-day the police appeared 10
aid the company.
No attempt was made to run the elsctxis
cars. All efforts were concentrated on the
horse cars. Ono hundred strikers met one car
at the Grand Opera House. Here desperate
encounter occurred with the police. and when
the car reached Washington street. the main
thoroughfare Of the city. the mob had swellsd
to ono thousand. Slowly tho cor made its wy
few squares further. where at least six
thousand people had gathered.
Prominent among It's members was bury
negro who was foremost in trying to stop the
car. The officers laid hold Of him to place
him under arrest With maddening yell the
crowd sprang upon tho officers and tho negro
was wrenched from their grasp. Police Super.
tntendent Colbert headed detail for his re-.
capture. They waded into the crowd. moving
right and left with their clubs. A heavy board.
welded BY one OF the crowd. descended on tho
superintendent's head. and he fell. Another
crash came. and Capt. Dawson was nearly
felled to the ground by an earthen vessel
which struck him on the head. being thrown
from window. Such actions as these pre-.
cluded all possibility Of further lenlency.
Superintendent Colbert arose. pulled q re-
yolver from each pocket. and pointed them
Slowly the crowd parted. and the negro Was
.r That was no sooner omrlshed than the
similar expressions filled the air. The drivers
pane was VAS Madis9n End In an instant he was
% ovsn s hsad TSs poe.
charged. and again tho rocks began. to fiy.
9ns bug. 6 b n, Sscs stfHSk Cart s
nose s Another \ missile struck fatToiman Settle
Rim beneath Sls helm a on ZIG
ns b"rs ts pdnss ss s ss sed
Ing the crowd was dispersed End Quoted.
Su in
stssst to 4 ss1, went r.
n 1i1s n 6i5ds r prey cluSSs4
mules aphisehe With h hoa9s eo yel fs thss
ths the
on an improvised scaffoldinR Of boards. Into
the so car va pushed and The
filled with cries q fear. Luckily no one vas
hurt seri9MTsIy TIE other caF was backed
deep in the mud. and there It stood. Both had
nns and more than
head for ths next few dsva wear Nn0.S on 'ns'F
dumped H gar Hs Is poor man; ana needed
ence., When the car went back gang boarded
j i'm with q stone. constable sorters ' ran Is ;
his rescue. There were no Brotherhood men !
man. and sorters agreed to take him home:
TO this the crowd consented. and McHugh and
his wife were escorted home under Sorters's
In another part Of the, city, two women
lnmped aboard ear rushed to the driver.
him a terrible beating, A policeman rescued
him; but the women got away. other parts
and Wsrs
1eratled. Many arrests were made. but bail
was furnished in every case.
Finally all attempts to run the cars were
abandoned. The Mayor stands firm by his de-
'ision. and will again afford all the protection
% the company within his power. He says to.
night.
nave to do is tn unite for peace. There is not
| word OF truth In the statement that there
order out the police. That has been my In.
ention all the time as soon as Mr.. Frenzel had
men enough to operate lbs cars. When the
strikers Advisory Committee called on me the
,ther day I told them the same thing:
hey asked me to sny nothing about
nG the time was ripe. and ! was Informed
hat plenty of men We're in readiness to start
public Safety we decided to call out the police.
Wy every effort will be TO- quell riots. and II
,eace is restored. Ny mind has never changed
IN what should he done. but it did not seem to
10 the proper thing to act until this morning.