The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-30
IN PAWTUCKET.
Some Exciting Scenes but No
Arrests Were Required.

AL was quiet tniS morning IN faWtuck-
ct. Central Falls. Cumberland and Lin
coin The Pawtucket Street Railway
company was operating ten cars, which
Is now considered its full complement OF
cars. but there was no riding and no dis
turbances. The police had received no re-
kind. and II was assumed the day would
be quiet throughout the city
The conditions existing yesterday were
quite unexpected, TO say the least The po-
lice force OF the city consists OF 45 men,
all told. or this number two are III and
two are on furlough. and there are IL
special officers on duty, making the total
police force OF the city IS. There are about
rs miles OF street railway track I'm the
city and TO guard this. day and night,
would require probably ten times the
number OF mon OF the present force
The going and coming OF the officers IL
known and officers In uniform can be
easily seen long distance away so that.
despite the best efforts OF the officers, II
Is difficult 10 detect the persons responsi-
BILE for violence. Under cover OF darkness.
in the outlying sections OF the city. II "a
possible for violence TO be accomplished
without much fear OF detection.
ABANDONED THEIR CAR
Yesterday afternoon car on the Min
eral Spring avenue line was confronted
with a boulder on the rails that required
three men 10 move, and when the car was
obliged TO come TO a stop II was greeted
with a shower OF stones thrown by
gang OF men standing on the sidewalk.
The motorman whs hit In the breast
and disabled for the time being
Several panes of glass were broken out
Of the car windows. and es the crew had
a .x.A. ~ nr0x NVa
trirg IL back to the company's barn.
Just over the line In Central Falls.
where the cars were once before attacked,
ths trouble WAS renewed and volieys or
stones were thrown.
On several Of the other lines there were
attacks upon cars. but none OF them
proved serious.
On one of the lines leading 10 Provi-
dence a car was stoned in the early
morning near Temperance hail. and some
of the stones went crashing through the
windows of a store on the opposite side
OF the street.
In neither case was there a striking
motorman or conductor present, and IL
was. as usual. the work OF excited SYM
pathizers.
THERE WERE NO ARRESTS.
The police were on duty as usual. but
mono of them made any arrests. and
late I'm the afternoon Chief Rice drove
over the scene Of trouble. but saw no
body to apprehend.
Owing to the proceedings the company
decided not TO send out its cars last
night, fearing a repetition Of the attacks
under cover Of the darkness
The trouble came with something OF
surprise, owing to the mildness OF the op-
position shown Saturday night when the
most serious incident w@s the hitting OF
a motorman I'm the head with a stone.
The assaults were made I'm thickly settled
portions. but no arrests were made.
MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE.
Dynamite was placed on the tracks
OF the Union Railroad company on the
Rumford route I'm East Providence early
Sunday morning. so II is claimed.
There was evidently lack of knowl-
edge on the part OF the men engaged In
the plot regarding the schedule trips OF
the late cars at night. The design was in
all probability to blow up the last car,
which usually carries large number
OF passengers from Providence Saturday
night, but II went through all right be-
fore the explosive had been placed on the
roadbed.
When the first car went over the road
yesterday the motorman ran leisurely as
he approached Rumford. the scene of re-
cent attacks. Nearby he discovered mys-
terious package with the necessary per-
cussion caps, tucked away In the groove
of the rail on a curve. The explosive
was removed and the car proceeded
bringing the package to Providence,
where II was handed TO General Manager
Potter. who turned II over TO Deputy
Chief OF Police Egan.
The police department did not pursure
farther It's investigation to learn wheth-
er or not the stuff may be exploded by
detonation, but put the parcel in safe
a q
stepped on. The matter has not as yet
been brought officially to the attention OF
the East Providence police. In whose
Jurisdiction II naturally falls.