The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-07-28
A CAR WRECKED.
1t Was Blown Up by Strikers With
Nitroglycerin or Gun Cotton.
Five Persons Were Badly Injured. Two or
Three Probably Fatally Houses In
the Vicinity of the Explosion
Wore Shaken--Arrests.

were several serious outbreaks OF VIC
lence, but no clashes between thu
mobs and the troops.
Cars were started running as usual
! Sunday morning on all but one or OF
| two lines. The mobs were astir early.
| Soon after 10 o'clock thousand or
more persons gathered on Burton
street, on the south side, and proceeded
to obstruct the track.
When a car came along with two POI
liceman on board, it was attacked with
shower of stones. In spite of the
policemen the non-union motorman
and conductor were roughly handled.
One of them named McDermott had
two ribs broken and the other was
badly bruised. One Of the policemen
fired at the mob, the bullet strik-
ing a man named Wennic<. The
mob assaulted the officers, both
of whom were struck repeat
eddy with stones and but for the
Intervention of n priest of the Catholic
church near at hand the officers might
have been lynched. by this time the
cars had been mixed up in the melee
and patrol wagon of police arriving
the rioters dispersed and the cars
were taken back to the barns. There
was a serious disturbance on the Broad
way line at the corner of Petrie street
where a mob of 5, ZOO mbled in tho
forenoon and INSTRUCTED the track.
AS result Of the shooting Of the
driver of grocery wagon in South
Brooklyn Saturday afternoon by a non.
union conductor, the mayor of that
village Sunday issued an order TO tho
to arrest all non-union con-
ductors who carried concealed weapons
Every car was stopped and each con-
ductor found with a revolver was ar
rested. All were subsequently bailed
out by the company.
A small riot was started at the corner
Of Pearl street and Franklin avenue
when a young woman struck man
Who asked her to board a non-union
.ar. A crowd of union sympathizers
stoned cars and squad Of police finally
cleared the street.
The company Sunday sent a note to
the state board of arbitration declin-
ing to arbitrate the differences
A Euclid avenue car, loaded with
passengers, was wrecked by an explo-
sion of nitroglyoerin or gun cotton
shortly before IL o'clock Sunday night.
-Four persons were badly hurt, the
names of the injured being:
Mrs. +. c. Martin, 10 Alanson street,
fracture of the skull. right
arm broken and internal injuries which
may prove fatal.
L. c. Martin, right arm badly cut
and bruised about legs and body.
Mrs. Catherine Harris. % Cornell
street, suffering from nervous prostra.
lion.
f. A. Smith, 60 Vienna street, injured
about legs and body.
Albert E. Fassett, I2 Wallace place,
egs injured.
Late Sunday night it was learned
that Mrs. Martin. one Of the injured,
would probably die. She suffered
fracture of the skull, had
one arm broken and was otherwise in
jured. She was with her husband
who was also badly hurt.
The explosion tore out the front end
Of the car smashed all the windows
and destroyed the brake. After con-
siderable difficulty the car was stop
ped and a call for ambulauces were
sent out The motormau, William
Draggers, who came from Cincinnati,
was dazed by the shock, but the con-
iuctor, Frank Schroeder, of st. Louis,
injury.
The force of the explosion was so
great that it shook all the houses in
the neighborhood and was heard for
distance of two or three miles Per-
sons living in the neigh borhood say
they saw a man in buggy stop at the
corner of Kensington street, where the
explosion occurred, and get out by
the railroad track. He remained there
A short time and then drove rapidly
away.
Passengers who were on the car say
the explosion seemed to lift the whole
front end of the car and it ripped up
the floor for more than half the dis.
lance from the front end. The car
was, in fact, complete wreck, but
strange to say it did not leave the rails
and was taken TO the barns by the next
outward bound motor.
The police were quickly summoned
% the scene of the explosion and a
.orce of men was detailed To ivestigate
With view of running down the per-
on who placed the explosion on the
rack.
Trolley Car strike Practically at an End
NEW YORK, July 24-The trolley
'ar strike, both in Manhattan and
Brooklyn seems to be practically at an
md. General Master Workman Par
ons says it is not Sunday and at a
Meeting of the Central Federated |
lnion he launched scheme for a new
abor political party and at the same
ime urged upon the delegates of the