The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-03
Friends of Teansters Attack Police and a Furious
 Fight Follows
BRUISED AND BLEEDING
 HEADS SHOW THE RESULT
Large Number of Women Who Fought "Scab" Meat HauIers Prove the Fiercest Fighters of the Lot.
 Teamsters Being Imported.

Chicago, June 2-Riot and bloodshed marked the progress of the teamsters strike today. There were numerous fights between the police and the strikers and their aylnpathizsrs.
 The most serious trouble of the day oc- cured in Crosby street in the district known in police circles as 'Idttie Hell. X detachment of police under command of Lieutenant Collins was escorting number of wagons loaded with meat to the distributing stations downtown. large crowd followed the wagons shouting and jeering. and now and then sending a stone over the heads of the officers in the direction of the men on the meat wagons. The line of wagons escorted by the police was frequently stopped by other team sters, who would manage to pull across the street Just in the proper place to pre- vent the meat wagons from making any rrogress. Finally one teamster refused to pull his team out of the way of the meat wagons and the police placed him under arrest. Then the fight commenced. A shower of stones mud and sticks fell around and upon the officers, brulsng some of them badly Lieut. enant Collins ordered the march of the meat wagons to be stopped and at once charged the crowd which refused to budge. A large number of women who came to the aid of the ! strikers were the nercest fighters of the lot. One officer was knocked down with a nj rAw their clubs and made war with such en- ergy that in a few minutes the streets were filled with men with bleeding heads.
 Police Fell Back.
 The police then fell back until they had formed compact mass close to the wag- ons and at Collins order they drew their revolvers and charged the crowd once more. The police struck down numbers of men and used their clubs and revolver butts with energy and within three min utes the crowd was broken and in full flight. Forming his men around the wagons once more Collins started on his march. As soon as the police started away. the mob formed again and al- though at the respectful distance they kept after the wagons until they had reached the barns at Halstead and Divi- sion streets. In this fight about a dozen of the officers were badly bruised and nearly all of them had torn clothing. Many more of the mob were badly used up By the time the barns were reached the anger of the crowd had grown to fe- yer heat. An attempt was made to cross Halstead street but in less than a minute a blockade had been formed which 1t took two hours to release. The trouble at this point began when a Halstead street electric car stopped directly on the crossing. The car was filled with passengers on their way home from work. Just as the packing house wagons ap- preached the crossing the current was cut off. It was said that the trolly wire had been cut.
 Hundreds of factory hands were being dismissed from the neighboring shops. Scores of heavily loaded wagons drove up and in five minutes Halstead street was packed and damned with teams and wagons for a distance of four blocks
 Crowd Jeered Officers.
 The crowd shouted and jeered at the police when they attempted to display force. Stones were thrown at them and the rioters were clubbed and dragged in- to the patrol wagons. Finally after push ing and fighting for a long time the po- lice managed to get the wagons to the barns and the doors were closed.
 Tonight another serious fight took place at Twelfth and State streets. Meat was being removed in six wagons from the packing house plants by two retail firms. Froehling and Heppe. And Rettinger and Hoffher. The crowd held back from open violence until the wagons reached the Twelfth street viaduct. The wagons first passed the viaduct on State street, but as the crowd enlarged and threats i'm creased, 1t was deemed advisable to re- turn the wagons to the packing house plants. The wagons were turned and had x,ta Attat lin hut cAttlA not be driven through the dense masses. Three officers who accompanied the wagons tried to frighten the crowd by a display of weapons. but while the po- licemen were attempting to guard two wagons each. the strikers and their sympathizers removed the nuts on the axles and cut the traces. The strikers clambered into the wagons and threw the meat into the street The three off- cers and the eight drivers. aided by the owners of the shops fought the mob, but they were being rapidly overpow cred. Police Sergeant Mooney was pass ing on State street car, pushed his way through the crowd near one of the wagons where the fighting was thick est. As he did so he was seen by Edward Allen, colored, who cut the sergeant twice over the head with a razor. Mooneys injuries are not fatal
 Riot Call Turned In.
 A riot call was turned in and patrol wagons were sent to the scene. The po- ljcemen surrounded the wag ,ns and fought back the crowds, arresting six men, among them Allen.
 Five patrol wal gons Y ere detailed to &C., company the meat wagons to their des- tiratioas after the meat had been recov- cred from the street.
 1hc six prisoners were placed in pa- troi wagon and started for the Harrison street station. A crowd followed the wagon and threatened the police. At Tay Tor street tho wagon stopped. Tho horses