Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-09
TROOPS ARE NEEDED.
Attempts to Run Cars at New Or
leans Again Results in Blood
shed in That City.
Policeman Receives a Bullet in the
Head and Other Persons In
jured in Melee.
Mayor Will Appeal for Military As
sistance Until Order is Again
Restored.

tempt to run cars from the Canal
street barn, which was made at 10
a. M, resulted in serious riot in
which Policeman Schlessinger was
shot through the head and probably
fatally injured, Conductor Kennedy
was shot in the hand, Motorman Fer
guson, a striker, was shot through the
arm and number of policemen were
painfully wounded by flying missiles.
Fifty shots were fired during the dis
turbance.
The first car which started from the
barns was in charge of Motorman
Fred Nintz of Chicago and Conductor
M. L. Kennedy There was on board
a large force of policemen and Peter
Johnson and Alfred Clark, two men
from Chicago who arrived here with
a force of thirty men to take the place
of the strikers. An immense crowd
Of people, including strikers, their
sympathizers and curious people, were
on the street. AS the car approached
the corner of Dorgeonis street mem
bers of the mob rushed out, tore up
planking from either side of the street
and threw it across the track. Then
bricks and stones few through the
air. DISTINCTIONS brought the car to
standstill and rush was made for
the nonunion men on board. There
was such a hail of missiles that the
police and others on board had to
duck to save themselves. AS the car
stopped numbers of bluecoats jumped
off in an attempt to press back the
strikers. Immediately shot was
fired. Then perfect fusilade of shots
came from both sides and the car
was enveloped in smoke.
Overwhelmed by Mob.
In the meantime R. D. Kountz,
young man of Luray, Va, who was on
the car, ran out and attempted to
clear the track of the planks and de-
bris that had been thrown upon il.
He was pelted with bricks and stones
but was perfectly cool and had pretty
well cleared the track when the mob
descended on him and overwhelmed
him.
Clark and Johnson were dragged
from the car and terribly beaten be-
fore the police could fight off the mob
and rescue them.
Police reipforcements were rushed
to the scene and after long struggle
the space Immediately around the car
was cleared.
Motorman Nintz is charged with
having fired the first shot from the
street car. Orders for his arrest have
been issued. After the rioting the car
was run back to the barn and it is
now said that no further efforts 20
operate cars will be made until the
troops are on the scene. The mayor
has sent for General Glenn, who COM
mands the First brigade. He said the
troops were ready to respond to any
call made upon them but that nothing
could be done until the governor could
be communicated with.
All the nonunion men on the car at
tackled were armed and all of them are
said to have used their weapons dur
ing the attack.
Alexander Derbs, a laborer and by
stander, was shot in the leg during the
rioting
Later in the day a patrol wagon re-
turning to headquarters with large
force OF policemen and number OF
prisoners attracted the attention of
mob, which believed that Strike
Breaker Edison of St. Louis was
aboard. In trying to escape from the
crowd the driver turned the wagon
over. Six policemen were hurt, Of
icer Fordyce being seriously injured.