The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-24
There We're Several Serious Outbreaks Of
Violence by the Strikers.
NON-UNION employees ROUGHLY HANDLED
structions and the Windows
of Cars Smashed.

morning on all but one or two lines. The
mobs were astir early. When a car came
along with two policemen 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 striking man named Wen
nick. The mob assaulted the officers both
of whom were struck repeatedly 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 patrol wagon of police
arriving the rioters dispersed and the cars
were taken back to the barns.
There was serious disturbance on the
Broadway line at the corner OF Petrie
street where mob OF three thousand as
sembled in the forenoon and obstructed
the tracks. Finally car came along
from the Wilson avenue barns having
on board Sergeant Burrows and a private
OF militia and detective kelso. The mot
orman attempted to remove the obstruc-
tlons from the track but the mob showed
night. Then Sergeant Burrows and the one
soldier with fixed bayonets faced the mob
and attempted to clear the way. There
was a sharp fight for few minutes dur
ing which a perfect shower of stones fell
about the detective and the soldier smash
ing the car windows
No one was seriously hurt and after
arresting two Of the rioters and placing
them on the car it was returned 10 the
barns. The police afteryard charged the
Inn ii
tary on guard at the Holden barns on the
South side were ANNOYED during the great
60 part of The day by ieering mobs and
fifteen arrests were made there with the
assistance Of the police
In the afternoon mob of 1000 conceiv-
ed the idea Of blocking the track ON Or
ange street by placing a big boulder In
hre around IT, The plan worked success
Iuil{ ana me cars we're delayed for nearly
away, p4t out the firo nnd gayo tb ,ne st rlo
railway men chance 10 move the stone.
hree men We're sent to the hospital with
end Of his t,isu r,oi ~ po'iVe'en CLUBS AZ Tue
AS a result Of the shooting of the driver
of a grocery wagon in South Brooklne
yesterday afternoon by non union con-
duetor the mayor OF that village today
issued ah order to the marshal to arrest
an non union conductors VINO carried con-
eee a wealohs' an cars were stopped
anu an cohuue'ors round with revolver
we're arrested. Ihey were subsequently
Oa,leu oui ny tue company;
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young woman struck a man who asked
her to board non-union car crowd
III a'o i lHe ours ana
The company today sent note 10 tn.
az tra m, inf tn
aIV,trate we uluGuliles III whlch II says
cerity OF your desire to bring shont a
read1ustment with it's former employees,
ns :" "a! WA, me men VINO went out
the comnanv ana there is notbine ta nsen-
tiate about or to arbitrate."
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~" 'o"'S"'' roui PERSONS WE'RE
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c'mpJuhu fracture oil the skuli, right arm
broken and internal injuries which may
prove fatal
+. c. Martin, right arm badly cut ana
bruised about body.
Mrs, Catherine Harris, suffering from
nervous prcstration
i. A. Smith, Vienna street, injured about
legs.
Albert Fassett. legs injured
Dora Sehlesser, bruised about body
After considerab,a dtfac,,itv tho car wac
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STOPPED ana can Tor amhuiances was
sent out. The motorman, William Drag
gers. no came from Cincinnati was
da,ed nv ,bs shocL mn ~ ,.o,,a,,osa,
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frank shroeder OF ST. Louis, escaped In
jury
The force of The explosion was go great
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INA. ~ shooh an Tue houses IN the heish-
borhood, but was heard for distance of
two or three miles There is no clew to
tise ,dentitv q, tho nerson who nlacaa Tho
p','N,' ~
eApiosiVe on the track persons liVihs III
the neighborhood say they saw man in
a buggy stop at the corner of Kensington
s,root ,,h.ra ,ha ,,o.,a, .,,,sa,
's'oo'' "A''e 'Ao eAPios'on oosuiieu, anu
get out by the track; he remained there
a short time and then drove rapidly away
Late tonight Il was learned that Mrs.
Martin. one Of the injured would prob
ahtv dia hn auffarad a ,op, nn,,nJ fra,.