Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-03
STRIKES AND
l POLICE FIGHT.
,,jDlOOdshed Mark Progress
@ChIsngo Tsamstsrs' Strike
.,,r0ls WERE FREELY USED
ii, started when Drivers o'-
ifo''" "a block Roads-Cries
w. oe "K,li the coppers''

June 2.-Rlot and blood
yn''s s,od the progress of the team
% 'a a,r,se today. There were numer-
=" .s,s between the police and the
and their sympathIzers' The
ta 1'a, began on the west side shortly
l'1 .oor and in different parts OF the
r'a aO,lnued practically all the after
". Y The most serious trouble %, Oh ,ne
y occurred in Crosby street. IN tue
" ~, luown in police circles as Lit
s'v w.n" A detachment of policemen
" ,ho command Of Lieut.. Collins
'D''' .oor,irg number Of wagons
'" ,s,,b meat to the distributing
r,tons down town. 49,, ,,..oor.
,,,ge crowd followed the wagons,
%s and ieerIng, and now ana
.'.' ,s0ding a stone over the heads OIL
acers in the direction OF the men
| Moo, wagons. The line OF wa
% lH' .s no by the police, was ire
CONS slammed by other teamstefs'
qle'R ,,l1 manage to pull across the
' way lust in the proper place 70 p 1n,,
wy ., ne meat wagons from nianihs
Nsn' , nw The police would order
sny pys away, and in few minutes
lle Ius .tormance would be repeated,
lD' w. ~ me delight of the immense
n ..s'd hat was following on :,
''y Snolly one ,eamster refused TO pun
,,, lam out Of the way OF the meat
w ma, and the police placed him I'M
q, Is " The fight commenced. In an
80, shower OF stones, mud ana
..ss fel around and upon the OF
49, 49, brnlsIng some Of them badly
Isr, colllns ordered the march or the
~at wagons stopped, and at once
cA,,,,a the crowd. The crowd refused
"a hige when the police came on. A
,.,ss number Of women who came TO
~ al Of the strikers, were the Hero
~ sshters of the lot one policeman
~, Knocked down with a brick and his
smnsnles then drew their clubs and
raie var with such energy that within
abg minutes the street was filled with
r,n with bleeding heads. The mob, led
iTt large man, who came from the gas
huse near Crosby street, and who
alsd 10 his followers continually TO
Uni the coppers and hang the scabs
Afterwards Finally a big policeman
rst to the man from the gas house, and
yhen II was over the leader was car
nd of BY his friends, his head and
face covered with blood The police
made no attempt TO arrest him, for
they had their hands fun with the
hundreds Of men and women who
crowded around them and fought
yIcously with anything they could lay
their hands upon The crowd increased
so rapidly that Lieut.. Collins SOON saw
that his men would be overpowered
dnless he took vigorous action at once.
Re ordered the men TO fall back slowly
towards the wagons. and the crowd,
trflAt w All0 dAAlNu q lhhiil VI VIZ
toy Rsssed in with shouts and the
y0lJs Of stones came more thickly.
The police fell back until they had
iofnA a compact mass close to the
vdgois and then, at Collins order
trF their revolyers and charged the
t'oVi once more. This time the fight |
'n more desperate than before, and
! vas over In much less time.
Tie police struck down numbers OF |
rh and used their clubs and revolver |
i.ll; With energy and in three min
u's' lne crowd was broken and in full |
light Forming his men around the |
wagons once more, Collins started on |
us march, As soon ns the police |
started away the mob formed again,
ana although at a respectful distance, |
hy Kept after the wagons until they
Isaehed the barns at Halsted and Di-
ss0h streets. In this fight about a
pv.sh OF the policemen were badly
Uiu.sed and nearly all OF them had torn
uNhlhg Many more Of the mob were
o4lg used up, but as they were all
'l1. on by their friends, II is impos-
~ W huNNH az tue NUMBER.
ny NE time the barns were reached
ny anger OF the crowd had grown to
WV neat An attempt was made TO
Wy halsled' street but in less than
minute blockade had been formed
' ~. Il took two hours to release.
iH trouble at this point began when
I, ns.Sled street car stopped directly
Y I. .ne crossing, The ear was filled by
~. sssngers on their way from work. Ii
~ peculiar coincidence that Just as
Y, PaoAlhs house wagons approached
Y crossing the current went off. II |
!, @,u that the trolley wire had been
hundreds OF factory hands were
.lug dismissed from the nelghborinq
!. w, scores Of heavily loaded wag-
!, uloVe w and in five minutes Hal
~ street was packed and damned
Y, tealus and wagons for four blocks.
n Oowd shouted and jeered at the
a Nhlle they attempted 10 induce
Wanls'ers TO move on. The police
Hnp'ed a display OF force. only TO
,use the crowd again. stones
~ ,. .nroWn al the police and the riot.
!, wagons. U'"sseu "i'o pa
many after pushing and fighting
~ '",s ume' the police managed TO
, s a.s meat wagons to the barns and
!, uo9fs were closed.
.sli ,,snt serious fight took place at
NY s,, ana state streets. Meat was
M. 'ssnoved from the packing house
r,s Wy Two retail firms. Frohllng &
y y, s"l hetllnger & Hoffher. There
\ snS wagons belonging to the first
ers 5ou Two Tor the second firm In the
4 = V vi, .he wagons had been loaded
ma po.ee escort was secured 10 &c.
'P'"y the loads The owners OF the