Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-05-16
TROOPS CALLED OUT
BLOOD FLOWS IN TUESDAYS
RlOTlNG AT ALBANY,
Oppose an Attempt to Operate Street
Car Lines With Non.Unonisss--Me
on Second Car Out Assaulted-Mo.
torman is Knocked Senseless.


tornan is Knocked Senseless.
Albany, N. Y, May 15.-Two at.
tempts to run street cars yesterday
brought bloodshed and riot on such a
scale that the local police. aided by
scores of deputies and Pinkerton men,
were unable to quell the disturbance
and the Twenty-third regiment of
Brooklyn has been ordered out. They
are expected here at noon.
One man lies in hospital seriously
wounded, one of the two cars the com.
pany attempted to run is in the gutter
of street not two blocks from the car
house. wrecked, and the trolley wires
are cut in several places, practically
Gripping the road. Near the car
houses are thousands of men and
women and children, wrought up to q
pitch of frenzy that bodies i'll if the
loors Of the car house open to let
out another car. Inside the car
house. afraid even to look out of the
grated windows, are about Is nom
union men whom the company expects
to use in running the cars. In the
morning there were about $50 of them,
but by nightfall IS had deserted and
Joined the ranks of the strikers.
The men claim that they were
brought here under a misapprehension
and that they supposed they were 60
ing to Philadelphia. The police prac.
tically admi ed that they were power
less to cope with the large crowds on
the streets if cars were run and Gen
eral Manager Mcnamara Immediately
called upon General Oliver, in com.
mand of the Third brigade, for protec.
tion. He said: "We intend to run
our cars if it takes the entire National
guard of New York state to protect
u.s.
General oliver issued orders assem-
bling at their armory the Tenth battal-
ion of Albany.
The riot was full of exciting feat
ures. The first car out succeeded in
escaping, but the mob surged towards
the second despite the efforts of the
police. The crew consisted of four
men. AS the car swung around the
curve there was a rush for it, but the
crowd was driven back. The COM
to approach the men.
Do you want to come with us
boys? You won't regret it, There
was no response from any Of the men
The motorman. with his smile gone
waved them aside and the car was off
again.
All restraint In the great crowd
broke. Through the middle of the
street men ran with women and child.
rem. mingling with the officers of the
law. whose clubs were swinging and
arms moving in vain almost to keep
people from danger. Men stopped to
pick up stones and We're overturned
to be pushed and kicked by the others
Before the car had started two DO.
licemen boarded it. They simply
made two extra targets for the stones
and bricks. The car had not gone so
feet before ones helmet was crushed
and the other policeman was in danger
of having more than his helmet
damaged.
There was perfect fusillade of
stones. They came from all direc.
tions and crashed through windows,
front. rear and sides of the car.
The men aboard lodged and Jumped
from side to side to escape the missiles
and were successful, with the excep-
tion Of the motorman A great
jagged-edged rock struck him full in
the forehead and he dropped into a
pool Of his own blood that covered
the entire platform. The assistant,
as soon as the man dropped, grasped
the brakes and controlling handle and
faced the mob. A few feet more and
the car was upon an insurmountable
barricade. With a sudden jerk it
came to stop and all on aboard 1t
were thrown forward, one of the con-
ductors falling among a pile Of broken
glass to receive some ugly flesh
wounds. The conductors and one
motorman joined the strikers and the
wounded man went to the hospital.
He said his name was Marshall and
that he lived at Green Point, L. T.
Five arrests were made. and thus
ended the first days attempt to run
cars.
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