Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-06-05


serious riots which have taken place
between the striking packing house
teamsters and the non-union men en-
ployed to take their places occurred
on State street today.
Execute StrageticaI Move.
By maneuver the strikers succeed
ed in dividing thirty-eight wagons of
one caravan (the second one to leave
the packing house yards today so the
front of it lay at Congress street on
State street, with the rear at Harrison
street.
Hurl Stale Eggs.
While the vanguard battled with
the crowd, which hurled broken bot
ties, stale eggs, and other missiles, the
rear guard was called upon to defend
itself against a serious attack. At this
place the mob made desperate as
sault on the drivers, but was compell-
ed to turn its attention to the police
who came up on the run. Twice the
blue coats hurled the crowd back. In
the scuff1e the strikers and their sym.
pathizers wrenched the clubs from
1.-THE policemen and used them against
their owners. Several men gained
position of advantage on the elevated
loop from where they fired missiles
at the officers. The police finally
managed to organize themselves and
made third rush. This time it was
successful A number of heads were
broken but the owners in most cases
escaped. Several arrests We're made.
The caravan after twenty minutes
delay began to move but the crowd
followed closely. The police walked
by the wagons. From the windows
along the route missiles were flung at
the officers. AT every street corner
teamsters in sympathy with the strik-
ers so managed their wagons as to
bring about blockade. With contin-
ued opposition, bombardment, blockad-
ing and jeers the police lost their tenn
pers and dubbed with apparent indis-
elimination. fr5
1t is said several women and boys
and one helpless cripple received
blows from the batons of the police.
The streets through which The caval-
cade passed, by noon, had become a
perfect maelstrom of surging, excited
humanity. Patrol wagons were kept
busy rushing to the various lock-ups
with prisoners. Ambulances were hur-
ried to the nearest hospitals where
heads could be sewed up, but never
did the strikers and sympathizers les
Isen their resistance
The sight of new arrests and newly
cracked skulls whetted their appetites
for more.
There were blockades and skirm-
ishes between the mob and the police
at Madison and State streets, Randolph
and Clark streets, Fifth avenue and
Madison street. Ateach step missiles
were flung at the police while the lat
| ter used their batons freely
| Finally at 1870 o'clock the last block
ade was broken by a determined rush
by the police.
The following is a partial list of the
| injured but is only small fraction of
the total:
Edward Schiman, of Swift & Co.,
driver; hit on the head with a rock.
| Serious.
| Miss Carrie Schownaid, knocked
down by horses. Serious.
John j. Mcclure, policeman; hit on
the head with a horse shoe. Badly
hurt.
John Linencujal, policeman.
Gus Billings, dubbed by police, con-
dition serious.
Nicholas Caully, driver for brew
ling company.
Policeman Curry. badly bruised.
| Chris Eckels, driver.
Albert Wagner, driver, beaten on the
head with club condition serious.
Cornelius Ryan, policeman, hit on
the head with brick.
John Monahan, union teamster,
dubbed; serious.
George Scribner
| Edward Rohr, policeman
John Johnson, driver. Serious.
4 Charles Wright, Is years, old, skull
i crushed by brick, probably fatally.
Behind closed doors away from the
turmoil and excitement representa-
tixes Of the big local packing houses
|are holding conferences, it is said,
which is to determine a settlement or
continuance of the strike. It is the
first definite move in the direction of
an effective settlement of the strike
and within twenty-four hours the pack
| ers expect to be ready to issue their
terms.
Shot Starts Trouble.
i On Fifth avenue near Monroe street
the first shot of the day was fired. An
officer was hit by a bottle by man
standing on the fire escape. The Off
Ger was unable to reach his assailant
u and drew hiS raunIua1. and fred two