Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-12-19
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ATTACKED BY A MOB

Philadelphia. Pa, Dec. ls.-Today's
events We're continuance of those Of
last night, for neither strike leaders.
the traction officials nor the mayor and
the other heads Of departments sought
their homes during the night
Active work was resumed as early as
a, M, when Il strikers committee
went into the Pennsylvania railroad
station and interrupted delegation Of
workers from Baltimore. The story
goes that these men had been sent for
by the traction people to take the
places of the strikers but the latter in
dueed the newcomers to return TO
Baltimore and paid their fares. A
nlHefent story was told In this connec-
Ton by the strikers tonight. They as
sert that several carloads of men had
peen made up at Baltimore, but had
peen unable to leave the city becarse
OF the refusal Of all engineers he
iohglng to the Brotherhood 10 carry
the men. WY
Enough special men had bean sworp
" during the night TO raise the number
OF policemen to over 1900. and every
one OF these was on duty.
IL WAS apparent that the mob real
,Sea me changed condition of affairs.
~, anu mere was practically no ATTEMPT
one or two instances In ouiIyine son ="
lions " "''yihs spc-
lhrouEhout the day spasmodic Mt
,ehlpts TO Keep several OF ihe limos Il,
nolion were made, but I'm every In
n, ,na, me crawling car bore more no
Lei 1871 nun passengers. On the Mar
NJ street line the cars were rnnni,,.
WIN an aggregate OF four policemen w,
,oh' ana rear platforms slirounded
~ a GORDON OF mounted officers
ne earliest report of trouble CANA
rom mo Ridge avenue depot. Al S,ao
wn,oph car with quartette OF poIIce-
a,vny Atar,eu out. A short distance
"%s, hoWeVer, an obstacle was en-
eouhtered In the heap OF debris nilsd an
wy racks 10 the height OF n ear
mon surrounded the car and was oni,,
-, sa l,n from violence by the sivbt
~ euaIilhs revolvers In the hands ~
s c police. When the debris had been
baI nWny the car moved on. but
f nuu not proceeded more than ta,v
Ieet when there was fusIIada y, s,i iyw
and stones, ''"ue OF Sticks
~ nuun man car was started from
oreu, Nuse avenue depot with n new
grpw ana full complement Of clerks
- uepot was surrounded by n NAH
tha W. mi, OF three thousand pefsons hut
iaa ~. 49, wv uiI 10 get AWAY md
,.u py the wife OF the motormen an
nssaul, was made on the car ana Tho
s~on"n herself dragged her huahond
from the platform. The outbrasi, LII
nhly auelied by the arrival ~ N m"s
"r gar loaded with polloement
Firth and Sixth street car ma, =,
,aemed down town by crowd az snch
,nagni,ude that the police ,yera fem
p,prarhy overwhelmed. A numhar
sne rloters boarded the front Ma 80, ~
anu ralned blow after binw
.molorman, who was only ~ ths
o oae n arrival of an additional deta es,nsps
. A. Twelfth ana Market str.s,, ri.
aserhoon an immense crowd ~,ns a an,9
sresaled, which the police ni,.n, .s con
usperse' Several men tried 10 ,na "
me mob to violence and an y" hoi.e
niane 20 arrest one OF thass ~ WAS
instantly large portion ~ ~ eaaers,
same unruly and made an orysnl,sa
enarse on the police. The osnan,
~ grew so threatening thai se,aroi
o. me mounted officers We're a aa neNsra
70 hfe several shots into Inc et"ps,isu
~, z sudden end to the nn,,sin,. i's
ieu 70 many sensational ,ans, wv
s ser,hsrs being shot down, The str,i,a
sonmittee was practically In sessia,,
gay receiving reports and dirsc,i,, ~
fsrious snb-committees. -N''r 'ne
Aon'snt the strikers held = numb.r