New-York tribune., 1899-07-19
POLICE USE THEIR PISTOLS.
SERIOUS INJURIES INFLICTED on A MOTOR.
MAN BY a MOB.

SERIOUS INJURIES INFLICTED on A MOTOR.
MAN BY \ MOB.
The worst riot Of the present strike occurred
at o'clock last night at Fifth-ave. and Sixth
ST.. when an electric car in charge Of r. F.
Latham, motorman, and James F. Mucahey
conductor. and guarded by Patromen Brown
and Byrne, was assailed by a crowd Of strike
sympathizers and wreuched from the rails Po-
lice were summoned from the station 81 Fifth
ave. and Sixteenth-st, and only succeeded in
dispensing the mob by firing over the heads ot
the rioters with their revolvers. The conductor
and of the patrolmen severely injured.
and the motorman received such serious injuries
that he carried to the Seney Hospital
Harry Somers. twenty-six years old Of No. 2i9
Twenty third-st; Frank Hoover. of No. 23s
Eighth-st., and Charles E Somers thirty three
years Old Of Court and First SITS. were ar
rested
NJ. ]. Boylan. who is the proprietor Of saloon
at Fifth-ave and Sixth-st.. said that A little be-
fore 6 o'clock he heard several sharp whistles
in front Of his saloon. and Immediately men
and boys began running up from all sides. Upon
looking out ne saw a crowd gathering with
great rapidity and piling up heap Of rocks
and broken furniture the rails. north
bound car came along and at the sight OF II
drag out more rubbish from a neighboring alley.
The Who'll, proceeding seemed TO be precon-
certed
At this point the employees Of the factories IN
the neighborhood had started for home and.
hearing the uproar ran up and joined the riot
ers The car was then only block distant and
coming under full power. There were about
twenty passengers on board. and a guard ~
two policemen Fully eight hundred people had
gathered and stood directly in front of the oncom-
ing car Before il reached the corner where the
obstacles had beeI heaped some Of the rioters
ran forward and tore the motOrman from the
front platform Others laid violent hands on
the conductor. and in minute more the inou
closed over him Thirty or more broke into MT
Bovlan's saloon. and. quickly emptyinB ths
TASKS and bottles on his bar. hurled the empty
glassware through the windows Of the blockaced
car Meanwhile the two policemen had drawn
their clubs and were thrashing heads on all
sides I'm the attempt TO the motorman
and conductor who we're being kicked 10 and
fro with the surging Of the mob.
The four would have soon met violent end
had il not been for a patrol wagon. which bad
baen summoned by Patrolman Mullen. and came
dashlng UP at full speed The wagon contained
Captain Lawson, eight patrolmen who had just
arrived AT the station. three detectives and
roundsman They jumped into the mob. amid a
shower Of rocks and broken bottles. and charged
the rioters with their clubs
Finding that this mode OF warfare did not dis
concert the strikers the police drew their re-
volvers and al the order Of Fire" shot a volley
OF bullets over the heads OF their assailants.
The show Of such resistance cowed the mob
which drew back however. only 70 prepare for
another attack
mounted policemen. who now came galloping up
from all directions. II was not until nfty police
men on horseback and on foot had joined In the
charge upon the mob that II began 10 disperse
Ten minutes after the whistle calls which nrst
started the trouble the officers had cleared the
tracks and the battered wreck OF car was run
back 10 the barns, at Fifth-ave. and Twenty
third-st.
The wounded and the men under arrest were
carried 10 the station, and an ambulance was
summoned from the Methodist Episcopal Hos
pital II was found that Latham. the motor
man had sustained serious cOntusions OF the
nose and face and that his left arm was fract,
ured between the wrist and elbow.
Examination also showed that Mulcahey. the
conductor had suffered contusons OF the nose
and mouth and that Patrolman Byrne had re-
ceived an ugly cash in the lower lip. which ne
saia was caused by kick. Latham was car
ried 10 the hospital. II is not feared that hs
IN jurfes will prove fatal
II was stated by various onlookers that the
10, m he prerneditated.