The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-15
GETS MORE SERIOUS.
Riotous Scenes on the Streets Of
New Orleans.
THE MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
A Large Mass Meeting Of the
Labor People who Sympathize
With the Strikers is
Held

AS a result of the continued difficult
ty experienced by the New Orleans
Railways company in attempting to
resume their schedules on account OF
the conflict between the strikers and
these who attempted to filled the dis
satisfied mems positions ali the militia
in this city was ordered under arms
Wednesday night.
Another riot took place Wednesday
morning when the railway company
tried to run out passenger car and
the police trying to retrieve their re-
cord of the day before offered some
resistance and dozen men were more
or less hurt. Gov. Heard was reached
during the afternoon and after tele-
phonic correspondence ordered Maj.
Gen. Glenn, in command Of the First
military district, to report to the
mayor.
The riot Wednesday morning oc-
Cured in the same neighborhoOd as
the one of the day before. One car
was started from the Canal street
barn, about O'Clock, with 10 Chicago
strike breakers and 10 policemen
aboard.
Two blocks from the barn strikers
pulled up the wooden crossings and
constructed barricade on the track.
The car stopped and Robert D.
Koontz, one of the non-union men,
got off to remove the distractions.
He succeeded, though set upon by the
crowd.
The strikers then made rush for
the car and a lively fight ensued.
There was a regular fusillade, fully
Zoe shots being exchanged by the men
and police on the car and the strikers.
At the first volley from the car the
strikers broke and ran and regular
stampede followed. Then the police
got active and arrested the non-union
men for carrying concealed weapons.
Three non-union men were put in a
patrol wagon and while en- route to
the station the wagon overturned and
all the occupants we're more or less
injured. Officer Fordice, who sus-
tanned the worst injuries Of the days
had several ribs broken and got a
scalp wound. The injured are:
Policeman John Fordice, ribs frac-
tured and scalp wound.
Policeman Blouin, leg and hip frac-
tured.
Policeman Hessel, hit in the eye
and on the leg with a brick.
Policeman SchleSsinger, hit in neck
with a brick and bruised on head
shoulder and wrist.
Policeman Hattier, scalp wound
from brick.
Patrol Driver Brown, arm broken.
Peter Jensen, strike break contrac-
tor, jaw broken by brick.
Louis Christensen, badly bruised.
Thomas Jones, badly bruised by
bricks.
NJ. L. Kenny, conductor of car, shot
in foot.
A. N. Clark, assistant to Jensen,
hit in eye with brick.
Charles Ferguson of Chicago, elbow
broken by blow.
Bud Lynn, striker, shot in arm.
Fred Eichling, switch boy, shot in
leg.
Alex Derbes, laborer, sympathizer,
shot in leg.
Unknown striker, shot in head,
scalp wound.
Besides charging all the strikers
with carrying concealed weapons,
Christensen, Jones and Jensen,
Chicago strike breakers, were charged
with melting a riot. Quite number
Of the strikers were arrested after the
general melee on simple charges, such
as being drunk and refusing to move
on. The progressive union was to
have held general meeting Wed
nesday afternoon to discuss the situa,
tion, but under the advice Of the
mayor and with the assurance that
the governor would place the State
troops at the disposal OF the mayor, it
was called off.
Wednesday night big labor mass
meeting was held in Washington
Artillery hall. Three thousand labor
ers were present at the mass meeting.
1t was presided over by Robert E.
Lee, the Republican candidate fol
congress and president of the Centra.
Trades Council. Speeches were made
by Fred Alexander, president Typo
graphical union; James Leonard, or,
ganizer OF the American Federation
Of Labor; Ben Commons, president o
the Car Mems union, and R. J. Malo
ney, attorney for the car men.
We Need Them.