Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-09
SHOTS FLY IN STRIKE RIOT
Over Hundred Bullets Fired in Streets Of
New 0rlsanL
SIXTEEN coMsATANTs ARE WOUNDED
street Cars Tied Up Again, but An
other Attempt TO Run VIII BE
q Made Today Under Mill
n tary Protection.

barn, which made at 10 o'clock this
morning resulted In a serious riot, In
which Policeman Schlessnger was shot
through the head and probably fatally
wounded; Conductor Kennedy was shot In
the hand, Motorman Ferguson, u striker,
was shot through the arm and a number OF
policemen we're painfully wounded by flying
missiles. Fifty shots were fired during the
The first car which started from the
barns was in charge of Motorman Fred
Nlntz Of Chicago and Conductor NJ l.. Ken
nedy. There was on board large force of
policemen, and Peter johnson and Alfred
Clark, the two men from Chicago, who ar
rived here last night with a force Of thirty
men to take the places of the strikers.
large crowd including strikers, their SYM
pathizers and curious people, were on the
street
AS the car approached the corner Of Dor
genois street members OF the mob rushed
out, tore up panking from either side OF
the street and threw 1t across the tracks.
Then brick and stones few through the air.
DISTINCTIONS brought the car to a 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
stoop to save themselves.
FusiIIade of shots.
AS the car stopped a number Of police
men jumped of in an attempt to press back
the strikers. Immediately a shot was fired
Then a perfect fusillade Of shots came from
both sides and the car was enveloped in
smoke.
In the meantime r. d. Kountze, a young
man Of Luray. Va, who was on the car,
ran out and attempted to clear the track
of the planks and debris that had been
thrown upon It. He was pelted by bricks
and stone, but was perfectly cocl 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 before the
police could fight off the mob and rescue
them
Police reinforcements we're rushed to the
scene and after long struggle the space
Immediately around the car was cleared.
1t was then found that Oficer Schlessinger
had been shot in the head, Motormau
Ferguson, a striker, through the arm, and
Conductor Kennedy in the hand, and that
a number Of policemen had been painfully
hurt by flying missiles.
Although a hundred shots we're fred, no
body was killed, but the following persons
were injured:
Policeman John Fordyce, ribs fractured
and scalp wound; Policeman Blouin, leg
and hip fractured: Policeman Hessel, hit
in the eye and on leg with bricks; Police
man Schlessinger, hit in neck with brick
and bruised on head, shoulder and wrist;
Policeman Halter. scalp wound from
brick; Patrol Driver Brown. arm broken;
Peter Jensen OF Chicago. strike breaker
contractor, jaw broken by brick; Louis
Christensen OF Chicago, badly bruised by
bricks; Thomas Johns of Chicago, badly
bruised by bricks; M. L. Kennedy Of Chi
cago, conductor OF car, shot in foot; A. M.
Clark Of Chicago, assistant to Jensen, hit
in eye with a brick Charles Ferguson OF
Chicago, elbow broken by a blow; Bud
Lynn. striker, shot in arm; Fred Eichling,
switchboy, shot in leg; Alexander Derbos,
labor sympathizer, shot in leg; unknown
striker, shot in head. scalp wound.
waiting for the Troops.
Motorman Nintz is charged with having
fired the first shot from the street cars.
Orders for his arrest have been issued.
After the rioting the car was run back to
the barn and 1t is now said that no fur
ther efforts to operate cars will be made
until the troops are on the scene. The
mayor sent today for General Glynn, who
commands the First brigade. He said the
troops we're ready to respond to any call
made upon them, but that nothing could
be done until the governor could be COM
municated with. The mayor is using every
effort to reach Governor Heard.
All the nonunion men who were on the
car attacked today were armed and all of
them are said to have used their weapons
during the attack.
1t is said warrants will be sworn out in
the federal court against many of the men
who participated in the rioting yesterday. on
the ground that the service of the mail cars
was interrupted. Secret service agents
from Washington are reported TO be here
and cooperating with the local police ofti-
cisls.
A patrol wagon returning to headquar-
ters with a large force of policemen and
a number OF prisoners attracted the at
tention OF a 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, Ofhcer Fordham
being seriously injured.
VIII Try Again Today:
The street railway company announces
its determination to run it's cars tomor-
row. The strikers are as determined as
ever, while the citizens. who have been
walking and riding in all manner OF con-
veyanees for four days more than a week,
confidently expect trouble.
Governor Heard was reached during the
afternoon and ordered Major Glynn. in
command of the First military district, to
report to the mayor. Tonight arrange
ments are being made to distribute the mil
itia tomorrow so that adequate protection
will be afforded the company in its efforts
/ to run cars.
Besides charging all the strike breakers
with carrying concealed weapons. Chris
/ tiansen, Jones and Jensen, Chicago strike
4 breakers, were charged with melting riot.
Quite a number OF the strikers were ar
| rested after the general melee on simple
charges. such as being drunk and refusing
/ to move on.
! Tonight a big labor mass meeting was
held in Washington Artillery hall.
stand In With Soldiers.
The mass meeting was attended by 5000
workingmen and many women Il was pre-
sided over by Robert z. Lee. the republican
candidate for congress and president oi
the Central Trades and Labor council. The
addresses were temperate. considering ths
| situation eXcept when reference WAS madt