The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-20
MOB SPIRIT RIFE
OuTBREAK or STRIKE sYMPA-
THIzERs AT TERRE HAUTE.
street Cars Captured and One Pushed
on the Track Down to the Banks
of the wabash.
ATTACK ON THE POWER HOUSE
nRIcks Thrown INTO WINDOWS
AND FIREMEN INUNDATED.
striking Employees Disgusted at the
Turn of Affairs and ut the Work
of other LabOrites-
AUTHORITIES NOT VIGOROUS
NO GREAT EFFORT MADE TO PRE-
SERVE LAW AND ORDER.
Strike of MOtormen and Conductors
at Brazil in sympathy with
the Firemen.
AUTHORITIES NOT VIGOROUS
NO GREAT EFFORT MADE TO PRE-
SERVE LAW AND ORDER.
Strike of Motormen and Conductors
at Brazil i'm sympathy with
the Firemen.
snscial 70 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal.


street railway strike. which was effective
without disturbance, during the day
changed suddenly and Unexpectedly TO mob
violence tonight, when a crowd of 500 per-
sons captured three of the five cars that
had been running during the day and. driv-
ing the trainmen from them, quickly put
thom out of commission. There no
serious violence at first, but the trainmen
were made to understand that their per-
sonaI safety depended on quick disappear
ance. Then the mob started for the power
house, gathering in numbers from the curl
osity-excited people the street. At the
power-house two police sergeants, by the
exercise of good judgment. prevented
serious clash The mob leaders were COM
paratively few in number and further than
throwing a few bricks through the win
dows and shouting demands on the fire
men and other employees inside to come out.
did no serious damage. Some of the fire
men ran for safety about the building,
but fortunately the power for the street
lighting was not cut off. Then the mob re-
turned to Third and Main streets. where
the three cars had been abandoned
> few drunken men. acting leaders.
harangued the crowd from the stone coping
of the courthouse yard, one orator occa-
sionally dropping into a Bryan campaign
speech of 1896 against plutocrats. When he
eulogized Bryan he was laughed at as
spirit OF devilment, however. and when
some one suggested that a car be run
down to the Wabash river it was done.
The car had to be pushed over a square of
track for which there trolley and
then over the paved street to the river
bank II was not convenient to dump It
into the river. and it was left on the banks
of the Wabash with it's windows broken.
The crowd returned to the courthouse
square. where more speeches were made.
and then the police took charge of the few
started them home with iudicious friends
There was still apprehension at IL O'Clock
that the mob would organize again and go
TO the power-house. but Police Commits
sioners Talley and Walker were on hand
and. by advice to the police. finally caused
the drunken outbreak to wear itself out
The street railway men are disgusted
with the situation. 1t is the testimony of
police and others competent TO say that
the mob contained no street car men. Some
one of the street car employees bitterly COM
planned. however. that the men most active
in the work of destruction were members
of other labor organizations.
At midnight everything was quiet and
the only fear was that with the possible
arrival of men to take the strikers places
early IN the morning the bad feeling would
break out again. Several arrests were
acted on the theory that it were better to
handle the crowd with discretion than by
rigorous use OF authority.
At Seelyville. on the Terre Haute & Bra
zil interurban line eight miles east OF here,
large stones were placed on the track in
front of a car in which was riding General
Manager Clark When an attempt was
made to run the car into the city voIley
OF stones were thrown and Mr.. Clark mar
rowly escaped being struck A revolver,
which was flashed by one OF the motormen.
haH nd ba tod
far enough SO that the car could proceed.