Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-05-18
MOB RULE IN ALBANY.
Strikers and Their Sympathizers
Prevent the Running of Cars.
ONE MAN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED.

Police Acknowledge Their Inability
to Protect the Cars Against Mob
Violence and Gen. oliver Orders Ont
Troops-Eight Arrests First Day.
Albany. N. Y. May 15.-When dark
ness fell last evening several thousand
weary street car strikers and sympa-
thizers went to their houses, but they
were replaced by as many more who
took up the vigil to prevent the United
Traction men from running their cleo
trio cars with non-union men. Two at
tempts made yesterday to run cars
brought bloodshed and riot on such
scale that the local police, aided by
scores OF deputies and Pinkerton men,
were unable to quell the disturbance.
One man lies In a 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, practi-
cally crippling the road. Near the car
houses are thousands OF men and wo-
men and children wrought up 10 a
pitch OF frenzy that bodies i'll IL the
doors 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 75 non-union men
| whom the company expects to use ia
running the cars. Early yesterday
morning there were about $50 OF them.
but by nightfall 65 had deserted and
ha - rra
| men claim that they were brought here
under a misapprehension.
When the police practically admitted
that they were powerless to take care
OF the large crowds on the street IL
cars were run General Manager McNa-
mara Immediately called upon Gen. OIL
iver, in command of the Third brigade,
for protection. He said: I'VE intend 10
run cars out IL it takes the entire Ma
tional Guard of New York state 10
protect us"
Gen. Oliver issued an order assem-
bling at their armory the Tenth bat
talon Of Albany. comprising four com
panies of the National Guard OF in
fantry, and the Third signal corps.
mounted. Gen. oliver said that he
would warn the remainder OF the Third
brigade to be in readiness for a call
Later the Twenty-third regiment was
ordered out
The riot yesterday was full of excit-
ing features. At 10 o'clock two of the
big car doors swung open and out DART
ed closed car, with all the windows
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 police,
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 1t, but the crowd was driven
back. The committee from the strik-
ers was allowed to approach the men.
/ DO you want to come with us, boys?
| You won't regret it."
There was no response from anv of
the men. The motorman 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 chill
dren, mingling with the officers of the
law, whose clubs were swinging and
arms moving, in vain almost, to keen
people from danger. Men stooped to
pick up stones and were overturned, to
be pushed and kicked by the others.
Before the car had started two no.
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 a perfect fusillade of
stones. They came from all directions
and crashed through the car.
The men aboard lodged and iumned
from side to side to escape them and
were successful, with the exception of
the motorman. A great rock struck
him full In the forehead, and he drop
ped to the floor of the platform 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 IL came to a stop.
and all aboard it were thrown forward,
one OF the conductors falling among a
pile OF broken glass. to receive some
ugly flesh wounds and cuts.
The conductor and one motorman
Joined the strikers and the wounded
man went to the hospital He said his
name was Marshall, and he lived at
0reenpoint, L. /.
- Several thousand strikers and SYM