The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-08
Had a Union Sweetheart.

and dragged him from the car he went and was greeted with cheers by the strik- CTS as he retired to his home. He is to be married tomorrow night.
 One policeman was hit on the foot by a brick and another of the non-union men who is a prisoner was severely handled but not badly hurt. The cars were badly damaged by the rain of brickbats and all the glasses broken.
 The company informed the mayor that the police protection was inadequate and at o'clock the mayor issued a call for a thousand volunteer citizen police. The responses to the call have been few and 1t looks now as if the militia will be call ed out The mayor sought to communi- cate with the governor in Baton Rouge, but found that he had gone to his home in Farmerville in the northern part of the state so he conferred with the adju- tant general and urged upon him the necessity of having the troops in readi- ness for call The mayor tried early in the day to swear in emergency patrol men but only seven men answered the call.
 Strikers Are Delighted.
 The strikers are intoxicated with their
  accomplished their work under the eyes and within reach of practically the whole force of police and are massing their forces for tomorrow. The company says 1t will be ready to run 25 cars if protec- ton is given, but from the outlook to- night there will not be much additional protection tomorrow morning.
 Three arrests were made by the police. One was a striker who fired the, only shot during the melee which passed through a car. He was simply charged with discharging fire arms in the city limits. Another was a striker who refus- ed to move on when ordered and a third was 6 drunken man who was talking too loud
 The four cars left the Canal street barn at o'clock in a procession and started up Canal street. They were greet ed with hoots and yells by the crowd of strikers in the immediate vicinity but no violence was offered. Two blocks from the barn a large crowd was gath cred and they made a dash for the first car One man swung on to the trolley rope and pulled the trolley down The car ran a block and a half before 1t stopped and 1t was some time before the daring striker was joined by his col- leagues. The stopping of this car stopped all the others and the strikers boarded tnenn without any show of resistance. Some of the police drew revolvers but not ona shot was fired except the one by a striker.
 Shower of Stones and Brick.
 Stones and bricks were showered on the cars and the crews of two of them carried off bodily. The trolley ropes were cut. George W. Centerheld, St. T,ou,s man. started to resist the onslaught bv using his controller as a weapon, but the police in his car took it away from him. ]. H. Eidson of the Thiel detective agency of St. Louis, who came here with twenty men, was in charge of the last car and displayed much coolness In the face of the apathy of the police and the onslaught of strikers. He deliberately climbed on top of his car and tied the remnants of the trolley rope. When he came down the mob was too much for him. however, and as he showed signs of resisting the attack the police took him and conveyed him to the central sta tion in the patrol wagon, escorted by ten mounted officers. When he reached the station he said he wanted to go back to the barn and was conveyed there. He was badly beaten three nights ago by three men who caught him leaving the barn and his arm is badly bruised. The company then made play for federal interference by running out mail car behind the others and of course it could not get through. Ground was laid for a charge of interfering with the mail. One of the cars ran off the track while being taken back to the barn but at 10 o'clock all had been returned and the crowd of