The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-20

"0ie Sol out on the double-Quick and
dispersed the crowd, making a number of
arrests.
Another crowd got together in a min
ute or two, at Fifty-f1fth street and Sec
onu avenue, and when car bound down
came along it met a perfect shower of
Dicks, stones and other missiles, thrown
from the streets, the windows of the
flats and the roofs. Women were per-
feet furies While a car was passing
Seventy-second street, with Policeman
Gallagher as an escort, a score or more
Of the mob tried to board it. to take off
the conductor and motorman. Gallagher
got off, and drawing two revolvers, walk
ed ahead of the car, clearing the tracks
the mob retreating sullenly. Some one
threw a brick and hit Gallagher in the
leg, cutting him badly. Twelve mounted
policeman came down the avenue to the
rescue, and dispersed the crowd for the
time being.
STRONG FORCE.
Inspector Cross, Inspector Harley and
Inspector Kane were in charge of the
police at the Ninety-sixth street stables
of this line. They had 600 policemen at
the stables, and distributed along the
avenue at various places.
The cars coming into the stables from
down town looked as If they had run the
gauntlet of Balaklava. Windows were
broken and sides denied 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 trans
fers rung up at Fourteenth street, had
only the mOtorman, conductor and po-
lice escort and two men aboard when 1t
reached Eighty-1ifth street. Several of
the passengers had been hit and wound
ed and got off the car further down
town.
The Plaza, near ST. Marks church.
Second avenue, near Fifteenth street, was
thronged with a jeering, riotous crowd of
1000 or more. Police Captain Diamond
had large squad of men there, but found
1t almost impossible to keep the crowd
moving.
favorite diversion for the mob was to
drag up the heavy iron covers that COW
err the conduit manholes. These were
turned on end and thrown into the holes.
leaving about half the cover projecting,
and making most effective barrier
At o'clock there was a block at
,Thirty-eighth street. Some one damned
the slot with wire, and it was half an
hour before the cars could proceed.
A great many men were injured all
along the line. Policeman Olson, of the
kingsbridge mounted squad, was thrown
from his horse during a fight near Nine
ty-fourth street. The horse was struck
on the head with a stone and so fright
ened that it reared, throwing its rider
heavily. The policeman's leg was brcI,1
en-, and he received internal injuriec
motorman was struck on to cbas+
with a brick near the up towr oar stoh1o
and seriously injured. Several of the
passengers of one of tie cars GOING m
town, near Tenth ST. eet. received NASTY
scalp wounds froI~I stones thrown bv the
mob
me BrcoF iyn police on duty along up
per oec9',-d avenue declared that the riot
was r.nnitely worse than any that had
eye eye previously taken place in Brooklyn
he crowds were greater and more anX-
ious for a fight
OPERATIONS SUSPENDED.
At 1920 tonight all operations on the
Second avenue lines were suspended.
None of the company's officials would
assign reason for withdrawing the cars,
but the strikers claimed that the COM
pany did not have men enough to run
them. The last car was housed about
1896 and heavy guard of policemen put
about the power house. Detectives were
posted on the elevated structures to
watch the surrounding streets and pre-
vent any one from throwing explosives on
the building.
Louis Minkus, who was injured in one
OF the riots. was found to have fractur-
ed skull and will probably die.
Capt. Schmittberger, who was in charge
u the ponce at second avenue ana Nine
ty- second street, was roughly handled by
the mob at 10 o'clock tonight. He was
driving down the avenue and encountered
a barricade of paving stones. There was
big crowd standing about and Schmitt-
berger ordered them to dispense. Instead
Of dispensing they attacked him, striking
him in number of places on the head
anc chest He finally got his revolver
out and threatened to shoot With the as
s1&tance of some of the patrolmen he dis
persed the mob
About hundred motormen emploved
Oh the Eighth avenue line held meeting
tonight, effected an organization and de-
clared strike in operation
RIOTING SERIOUS.
The rioting that took place in New York
this afternoon and tonight was of a seri
Gus nature, infinitely worse than ANYTHING
that has taken place yet in the borough
across the river. Scores of people were
injured and severely injured in the Sec
one avenue district. Tonight that great
tIoI oughfare was crowded with a ieerine
moving mob, almost it's entire length,
inc great tenements gave forth their
"oTklngmen residents, who backed IN tho
strlhers IN many fierce struggle with
me ponce and with the men we're MANY
women and still greater numbers of chill