The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-07-21

Magistrate Brenner held the prisoners
in bonds Of $3.50.
O'Hara, the man who Ashoy said
carried dynamite, stated last night tina.
he and his companions had nothing
whatever 10 do with the dynamite ex-
plosior.
LOOKING OUT FOR ANARCHISTS.
While the police looked upon the ex-
plosion as a dismal failure in so far
as il failed 10 accomplish its eviden,
purpose, they are not overlooking the
possibility of anarchists being con-
cerned in last nights plot. and the
neighborhoods supposed 10 be frequent
ed by men of anarchistic tendencies are
being closely watched.
II the strikers wanted 10 make plenty
Of work for the police and at the same
time get into district where they
could depend on popular sympathy,
they made wise selection in taking the
Second avenue line for the principal
fight of the strike.
RIOTS IN SECOND AVENUE.
Several times during the afternoon
the police were called upon to Quell
riots in Second avenue, but none was
Of serious import. The real trouble did
not begin until the thousands of work
ing people who live along that great
thoroughfare came home from work.
By o'clock Second avenue from
Tenth street to the stables at Ninety
sixth street, and even as far as One
Hundred and Tenth street. was fill
ed on both walks, with a dense mass
of people, all eager for trouble. Captain
Donahue, Of the Sixty-first street sta
ton, earlier in the evening had sent out
a squad of men to keep people out OF
the middle of the street SO that no tam
perlng with the slot might occur; but
his men were like so many chips on a
river when the tide is strong and they
were tossed hither and thither. They
used their clubs with all their power,
and the only result was to anger the
crowd, SO that little discrimination was
shown between the police and the car
men when bricks were thrown
CONFLICTS BETWEEN POLICE
AND RIOTERS.
AT about O'Clock a great crowd
gathered between Forty second and
Forty-fifth streets and attempted to
overthrow the cars that came along
about thirty minutes apart.
Policeman Owen Conivan. who was
on car bound south, was hit on the
head with brick and knocked off his
seat to the pavement. His left eye was
almost knocked out.
Louis Minkus, a 9-year-old boy, got
In front of policemans club and IN
the excitement the blue coat made no
distinction. The boy was knocked over
and was carried home with a bad scalp
wound.
Mike Sheridan, strike sympathizer,
OF East Forty second street, was taken
home with fractured skull
A sergeant and forty reserves were
got out on the double quick and dis
persed the crowd, making a number
Of arrests.
Another crowd got together in
minute or two at Fifty-fifth street and
Second avenue and when a car bound
down came along it was met with a
perfect shower of bricks, stones and
other missiles thrown from the street,
the windows Of the flats and the roofs
The women were perfect furies.
While a car was passing Seventy
second street with Policeman Galla-
gher az an escort q score or more OF
the mob tried to board 1t to take Off
the conductor and motorman. Gala
CHER got off, drawing two revolvers.
and walked ahead of the car, clearing
the track, the mob retreating sullenly.
Some one threw a brick and hit Gala
CHER on the leg, cutting him badly.
Twelve mounted policemen came down
the avenue to the rescue and dispersed
the crowd for the time being.
The cars coming into the stables
from down town looked as If they had
run the gauntlet at Balaklava. Win
dows We're broken and sides dented in.
and more than one motorman left his
post with the statement that he had
all he wanted.
One car, which had Ill fares and
transfers rung UP at Fourteenth street
had only the motOrman, conductor and
poIlce escort Of two men aboard when
1t reached Eighty-fifth street Several
or the passengers had been hit and
wounded and got off the car further
down town. A great many men were
injured all along the line.
Policeman Olsen, of the Kingsbridge
mounted squad, was thrown from his
horse during fight near Ninety-fourth
street The horse was struck on the
head with stone and so frightened
that it reared, throwing it's rider
heavily. The policeman's leg was
broken and he received internal inju-
rles. A motorman was struck on the
chest with brick near the uptown
car stable and severely injured. Sew
eral of the passengers of one of the
cars going up town, near Tenth street,
received nasty scalp wounds from
stones thrown by the mob.
Louis Minkus. who was injured in
one of the riots was found to have a
fractured skull and will probably die.
Captain Schmittberger, who was in
charge Of the police at Second avenue
: and Ninety-second street, was roughly
handled by the mob at 10 o'clock to-
! night.
About 100 mortormen employed on
the Eighth avenue line, held a meeting
tonight, effected an organization and
declared strike in operation.
Thomas Rhoads, Centerfield, O..
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