The Saint Paul globe., 1902-06-03

crowd of men and women, the police,
fifty strong, under the command of Lieut..
Collins, maddened by the numerous
stones with which they had been pelted,
drew their revolvers and charged full
into the crowd which showed no DISPOSE
ton to retreat.
Fists, stones and clubs were brought
into requisition by the strikers, and the
police used their batons and the butt end
Of revolvers freely. When this fight was
over there were number of strikers
needing surgical attendance. None was
dangerously injured so far as known,
however, and the wounded strikers were
carried off by their friends The fighting
began on the West side shortly after
noon, and in different parts of the city
continued practically all of the afternoon.
Trouble In Little He'll
The most serious trouble of the day oc-
CURED in Crosby street, in the district
which is known in police circles as Lit
tie He'll" A little detachment of police
men, under command of Lieut.. Collins.
was escorting number of wagons loaded
with meat to the distributing stations
down town. A large crowd followed the
wagons, shouting and jeering, and now
and then sending a stone over the heads
of the officers in the direction of the men
on the meat wagons.
The line of wagons escorted by the po-
lice was frequently stopped by other
teamsters, who would manage to pull
across the street just in the proper place
to prevent the meat wagons from making
any progress. The police would order
the men away, and in a few minutes the
performance would be repeated, much to
the delight Of the immense crowd that
was following on.
Teamster Is Arrested
Finally one teamster refused to pull his
team out of the way of the meat wagons,
and the police placed him under arrest.
Then the fight commenced. In an instant
a shower of stones, mud and sticks fell
around and upon the officers, bruising
some of them badly. Lieut.. Collins or
dered the march of the meat wagons to
be stopped and at once charged the
crowd.
The sight of policeman on the aggres-
sive is nothing new to the inhabitants
of Little Hell" and the crowd refused
to bulge when the police came on. A
large number Of women came up to the
aid of the strikers and were the fercest
fighters of the lot. One officer was knock
ed down with brick, and his companions
then drew their clubs and made war with
such energy that in few minutes the
street was filled with men with bleeding
heads
The mob was led by large man who
came from the gas house near Crosby
street, and who continually called to his
followers to kill the coppers first and
hang the scabS afterward." Finally a big
policeman got to the man from the gas
house, and when it was over the leader
was carried off by his friends with his
head and face covered with blood The
police made no attempt to arrest him,
for they had their hands full with hun
dreds of men and women who crowded
around them and fought viciously with
anything they could lay their hands upon
The crowd increased so rapidly that
Lieut.. Collins soon saw that his men
would be overpowered unless he took Wig
orous action at once. He ordered the
men to fall back slowly toward the
wagons. and the crowd seeing in this ac-
ton n token Of victory pressed in with
shouts, and the yelleys of stones came
more thickly.
Police Charge Crowd
The police fell back until they had
formed compact mass close to the
wagons, and then at Collins order they