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
Were shaken-Arrests.

were several serious outbreaks OF vio'
lence, but no clashes between thu
mobs and the troops.
Cars were started running as usual
Sunday morning on all but one or or
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 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 McDcrmott had
two ribs broken and the other was
badly bruised. One of the policemen
fired at the mob, the bullet strik-
ing man named Wennick. The
mob assaulted the officers, both
of whom were struck repeat
eddy with stones and but for the
Intervention of a 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 a 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 5000 assembled in tho
forenoon and INSTRUCTED the track.
AS result of the shooting Of the
driver of grocery wagon in South
Saturday afternoon by n nom
union conductor, the mayor of that
village Sunday issued an order 10 the
TO arrest all non-union con-
iuctors who carried concealed weapons
Every car was stopped and each con-
iuctor found with a revolver was ar
rested. All were subsequently bsiled
but by the company.
A small riot was started at the corner
II Pearl street and Franklin avenue
when a young woman struck a man
Who asked her to board a nou-union
ar. A crowd of union sympathizers
toned cars and squad Of police finally
cleared the street
The company Sunday sent a note to
he state board Of arbitration declin-
ng to arbitrate the differences
A Euclid avenue car, loaded with
|, passengers, was wrecked by an explo-
SION of nitroglycerin or gun cotton
shortly before IL o'clock Sunday night.
Four persons were badly hurt, the
names of the injured being:
Mrs. E. c. Martin, 20, Alanson street,
fracture of the skull. right
lrm broken and internal in juries which
nay prove fatal.
Z. C. Martin, right arm badly cut
md bruised about legs and body.
Mrs. Catherine Harris. % Cornell
treet, suffering from nervous prostra.
ion.
f. A. Smith, 60 Vienna street, injured
bout legs and body.
Albert Z. Fassett, IL Wallace place,
egs injured.
Late Sunday night it was learned
hat Mrs Martin. one of the injured,
would probably die. She suffered a
fracture of the skull, had
me arm broken and was otherwise in
ured. She was with her husband
Who was also badly hurt.
The explosion tore out the front end
II the car smashed all the windows
md destroyed the brake. After con-
iderable difficulty the car was stop
bed and call for ambulances were
'ent out The motorman, William
Draggers, who came from Cincinnati,
vas dazed by the shock, but the con-
iuctor, Frank Schroeder, of St Louis,
escaped injury.
The force of the explosion was so
'reat that it shook all the houses in
he neigh borhood and was heard for a
distance of two or three miles Per-
ons living in the neighborhood say
hey saw a man in buggy stop at the !
orner of Kensington street, where the
explosion occurred, and get out by |
he railroad track. He remained there |
short time and then drove rapidly |
way.
Passengers who were on the car say
he explosion seemed to lift the whole |
ront end of the car and it ripped up |
he floor for more than half the dis |
ance from the front end. The car
vas, in fact, a complete wreck, but |
TRANCE TO say it did not leave the rails |
nd was taken to the barns by the next |
bound motor.
The police were quickly summoned |
o 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.
roiley Car strike Practically at an End
NEW YORK, July 24.-The trolley
ar strike, both in Manhatten and
'rooklyn seems to be practically at an
nd. General Master Workman Par
ons says it is not Sunday and at
ieeting of the Central Federated
MON he launched scheme for a new
ibor political party and at the same
me urged upon the delegates of the