The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-05-16
STRIKE SITUATION
Mob Gets Beyond Control
Of the Troops

81 the situation hefe tonight over lhe
Traction company strike THAT Governor
0Deu postponed q trip to she state
institutions. which had been under
taken and RETURNED 90 the executive
nl8nsion Two Thousand armed SOLE
diefs are now within The city limits
more are coming. and 1900 are in rcadi-
orders. THE streets are tnrongcd with
men and women. and the otherwise
quiet day terminated Into bio0dshed. A
dramatic element was added to the
days features Dy the sudden. death of
Adiutant Hoffman, AS long as the
Traction company does MOI attempt to
move cars OF bring n non-union men
she crowds on the streets remain good
naiurcd except FOR tauntlng the soil
aiers and police. but the instant an
attempt is made to work on the lines
nr bring non-union men in the crowd
becomes frenzied and bloodshed results
Citizens sabre slashcd non-uniou men
with broken limbs and bloody faces,
women and children uampled under
foot soldiers mained with flying mis-
sies and leaders IN the crowd beaten
with muskcts We're some of the results
of the day
Mob and militia closed IN combat this
afternoon but by the accident of for
tune there were no serious casualties.
n was the Introduction OF more nom
union men To- take the places of strik-
ing Traction employees that produced
she violence. sevcnty-fve non-union
men reached the Union station shortly
before o'clock and their delivery All
Quail street barn, "a mile and a half
away was made with q dash under
cavalry and escort with the mob re-
tistgnce in almost every case.
The rays OF the setting sun gave
CLINT to busy sabres. but The long
BLADES. welded by forbearing hands.
seldom descended n serious blows
Several OF the mob were knocked down
BY cOrnered cavalrymen. but the record
does not yet show the score OF q single
fatality In the passage through the
streets few Of the non-unionists es~
eaped the flying brick and stones that
Nere hurled. but only "a Few were badly
hurt The courage of nearly q dozen
men failed 10 hold the opening. and
they spa sng from the wagon that car
ried them to mingle with and be lost
IN the crowd
The ride OF the non-union men
through the city was the dramatic
spectacle OF the day Al o'clock the
Third signal corps mounted and armed
as cavalrymen, formed a hollow square
around the non-union men who had
aast arrived.
Five thousand men tagged at their
aeels anu 1ammed in around them
and thousands more crowded into tho
Sntsrsecting streets. Fifty policemen
formed IN Gordon about the waiting
Dragons and tried to force the crowd
haCk. The street was cleared, but the
Ralls of humanity on the sidewalks
Aeld firm aud could not be moved.
Into the alley We're driven four Nat
spen trucks The crowd recognized
them as the same vehicles that mad
farried The first batch OF strike break
ars, and GREETED them with groans.
Suddenly a side door OF the station was
thrown open ana up all the aileyways
coward the waiting teams marched the
non-union men. The drivers brought
iheir teams out In the streets, the cav
airy closed in around them and the
race was on. The police threw them
selves across the street IN solid pha-
ianx, but the crowd roaring its threats
saEainst the new men, swept over the
police and took up the chase. Ahead
we're thousands more, and with no fear
for either heels of horses OF blades Of
steel they closed Ia around the cav
aIymen. soon there came volley OF
bricks and three OF the non-union men
ghrank from the rear wagon and We're
iost In the crowd. The flying ccsumn
dashed into State street for the run up
She Hill past the capitol Here the
crowd was as dense and desperate as
Ehc other, and men plunged In around
the galloping horses. one rider. cut on
from the crowd, brought his sabre
down on the face OF one OF his antag-
nists and a line OF blood marked where
n struck. Two blocks up street three
ahver military ruses blocked the down
town mob. Two companies OF the Tenth
oattalion We're concealed In Chapel
street and when the cavalry escort
dashed past they ian across State
street ans uuailed the pursuing crowd
with fixed bayonets. The new lire Nav-
cred and broke on one flank. but in the
meantime the movement was success
fuL But the non-union men We're not
SET free. Smaller crowds had gathered
az various points along the route 10
1Af barn and the alley with stones. and
Fhcu the non-union men rushed past
shere was another Wild scene, There
WAS another sccene at the barn, wherc
thousands more had assembled The
mfantry repeatedly charged into the
aTowd, substituting butt for bsyonet,
and after much effort passage was
spened for the scurrying cavalry and Il
EaF safe inside the enclosure.
sixteen OF the non-union men We're
nIured during the ride, and many cf
fhem stunned. weak and scared had TO
De helped from the wagons. OF the
sixteen injured men only one was sent
a. the hospital He was wounded IN
the arm and head. and the surgeons
say he was shot The strikers say that
sighteen non-union men deserted dur
ang the ride and less than fifty We're
safely landed In the barn
fn a hollow square OF infantry. pro-
iected by lines OF pickets that reached
nto every business street Including
an outskirmish line IN form THAI en-
eoinpassed an. the Traction tower vag
On WAS moved out OF the barn this
A.