The Irish standard., 1901-05-18
RIOTOUS STRIKERS.
Street Car Men Keep City of AL
bany in Furore..
Nonunion Men AttnclScd-A Motorman
Badly lIurt-POlice Powerless to
Quell Disturbance, and
Troops Are Called Out.

! Albany, N. Y, May 15.-A thousand
national guardsmen and hundred
mounted men will occupy Albany
streets to-day and attempt to force a
riotous crowd to let the cars of the
United Traction company run with
nonunion men. The Twent y-third
regiment of Brooklyn, the Tenth bat
talon of Albany and the Third signal
corps will make up the complement of
men. They will be reinforced by 200
special deputies, 800 policemen and
over hundred Pinkerton detectives.
1t is feared that the bloodshed and
riotous scenes of Tuesday will be re-
Peated with much greater fatality.
Tuesdays RiotinE.
The riot Tuesday was full of excit-
ing features. AT ten o'clock two of
the big car doors swung open and out
darted closed car with all the win
dows opened. Immediately there was
| a roar of Kisses and shouts. Several
men made an effort to board the car,
but they were kept from doing so by
the policemen, one of whom was sta
toned on each car step. The car
made rapid headway, and almost be-
fore the expectant crowd realized
what had happened it was we'll on its
way over Quail street. 1t continued
to the Union station and returned,
followed most of the way by BIZ
cyclists and people in vehicles. The
second car did not escape. When the
doors were opened the mob surged
towards it despite the efforts of the
police. The crew consisted of four
men dressed in plain clothes. AS the
car swung around the curve there
was rush for it, but the crowd was
driven back. The committee from the
strikers was allowed 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.
Fusilladc of stones.
All restraint in the great crowd
broke. Through the middle of the
street men ran with women and chill
dren, 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 were
overturned, to be pushed and kicked
by the others. Before the car had
started two policemen 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 po-
liceman was in danger of having more
than his helmet damaged. There was
a perfect fusillade of stones. They
came from all directions and crashed
through windows, front, rear and
sides of the car.
Motormnn Badly Hurt.
The men aboard lodged and Jumped
from side to side to escape them. and
were successful, with the exception
of the motorman. A great Jagged
edged rock struck him full in the
forehead and he dropped to the floor
of the platform. 1t was a deep, ugly
cash the rock left and the blood
flowed from it in stream. The un.
fortunate man dropped into pool of
his own blood that covered the en-.
tire 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 On insurmountable
barricade. With a sudden jerk it
came to stop and all aboard it were
thrown forward, one of the conduc-
tors falling amongst pile of broken
glass to receive some ugly flesh
wounds and cuts. 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 ut Green
Point, L. I. Five arrests were made,
and thus ended the first days attempt
to run cars.
An Evening Attack.
Several thousand strikers and sym.
pathizers charged at dusk on a wag-
on load of nonunion men who had
been sent out from the Quail street
barns to repair the trolley wires
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