Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-29
RULING BY MOB LAW.
A Critical State of Affairs Reached
at Indianapolis.
SPECIAL OFFICERS BADLY BEATEN
Discovery Of a Plot Against the
Gar.
LAW pEFIED IN INDIANAPoLis.
4 Mob Of 1000 Persons Attack Two specia
Policemen.

AMob of 1000 Persons Attack Two sPeciai
Policemen.
Iyp1Ax.PoLrs, IND. Feb. 2S.-Ine eoroiuoh
Of affairs in Indianapolis this morning was not
calculated to make glad the hearts Oh ia"-aolu-
ing citizens A feeling Of uneasiness pervaded
the municipal atmosphere and all people De-
lieved that a great crisis was AT hand-
an .h. Iahor Examinations held secret meet
i,o. vas,aTday but only a guess can be made
~ the .ction taken by them 1t Is the gen
ara, opinion. however. that while all
he strikers they will not when
abe battle takes place between the
striters and the police give the strikers riotous
.nnnort IL is the sympsthizers who VIII, IN
ali probability. make the trouble Inc riots OF
SATURDAY were largely melted by this class ana
today they will receive nc mercy at the hands
of the police
counsellors and advisers have persistently
sought President Frenzel and the street car
brotherhood leaders and tried to gain
from each some little concession that
might avert further trouble. At strikers
meeting last night Mayor Sullivan explained
that if the strikers defeated the city they would
then have the county to night and ultimately
the state. and could not hope TO win. Many
prominent citizens urged the men to cease from
violence and exhaust every moral means On
the other hand. President Frenzel has been i'm
portuned to make a slight concession.
Five hundred special police have been sworn
in.
SPECIAL POLICEMEN NoBBED.
A little3-after 9 o'clock this morning 2.OOo
people mobbed two special policemen who were
indiscreet enough to wander forth alone save
with their new badges at the corner of Wash
ington and Illinois streets They were rescued
from the mob in dilapidated condition and
were hidden away. The streets were packed
with people, and although the weather was
very wet il seemed to have no effect on those
who were on mob intent
At IL o'clock 1t given out that the cars
may be started this afternoon or they may not
Police Judge Buskirk held a conference with
President Dugan of the Street Car Brotherhood
this morning and requested Dugan to call his
men OFF until an arbitration talk could be taken
The Judge also stated that the cars would be
without police protection until another attempt
at a compromise was made
Judge B1skirk continued the cases OF the
rioters who were arrested last Saturday
President FrenzeI has announced that he
will not treat with any committee; that his po-
sition has been plainly and lrreyocaoly made
public and that the cars are only waiting Tor
the protection guaranteed them by law.
Judge BuskIrks position will have to be ap-
proved by the mayor before 1t can be consld-
cred legal in times of riot the city charter
makes al city officials and employees subordinate
to the city chief magistrate. Meanwhile the
city is in a highly agitsted state, and what en-
hour may bring forth is wholly predetermined
REPORTER ATTACKED.
An evening paper that has assiduously op-
posed the strike sent reporter to the Shelby
street stables this morning. His identity soon
became known and he was set upon by the
mob collected there. The reporter. by stroke
OF diplomacy lost himself and finally succeeded
in escaping in a cab