Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-10-09
RIOTING Is SLVERf'
Clash Between Strike :, Non-Unibu
Men and the Police. 4
FUSILLADE OF SHOTS
Attack on NV Orleans Gar Led Il
the Baiile-SeVerai Persons We're
lijured on Both SIDES

Ncw Orleans. oct San immense
crowd OF strikers and their sympa
thizcrs gathered on Canal street early
this morning 10 anticipation of q
second attempt OF the car company O.
operate cars Forces ~ policemen
were sent 90 the vicinity two hours
before and mounted men and men or
foot were stationed along the street
for the distance OF mile The moi
was rf'l tut apparently determined
and the situation looked ugly A few
minutea ai.er Z o.cl1ck a car leit tbe
barn and the mob made q move %
ward u but % was carrying a mail
sign ard no attempt was made 10 mo
lest o.
Peter Johnson and Alfred Clark n
the Homo Detective agency OF 81
Louis arrived here Tuesday night With
thirty men 90 bo employed on the
cars Il Is understood that there hav
ing been o0mpa aIyely few responses
g. thc company advertisements for
local men al twenty cents an hour az
appsal to other cities were made for
help
The nBt car was started az 1000
o'clock. II was ia charge OF Motor
mau Fred Sintz of Chicago and Con
ductor NJ L. Kennedy There was on
board "a large force of policemen anG
Peter Johnson aad Alfred Clark. tive
OF thr men from Chicago who arrived
her Tuesday night 90 take the places
Of strikers An immense crowd. IN
cmling strikers their sympathizers
and curious people, were on the
street
As tho car approached the corner
OF Doleuo.s street members % the
mob rushed up. tore up the planklns
from either s.fe of me street and
threw IL across the track. Then
bricks and stones BEGAN 90 iy through
the air. The distractions brought The
car % q stand siI and a rush was
made far thc nouunion people ON
board There was such a hail OF ms
s.les that the police and others ou
board had ,o duck t1 save themselves
As the car stopped numbers OF blue
coats jumped oT .u an attempt to press
back the strikers Immediately o
shot was hred. Then a perfect iusli
lade OF shots same from both sides
and the car was ouyolopcd In smoke
ln the meantime X. d. Kouutz. o
young man of Luray, Va, who was ou
the car ran out and attempted 20 clear
the track OF the planks aud debris
that had been thrown upon Il. he
was pcitcd with bricks and stones bot
was perfectly cool and had pretty well
cleared the track when the mob De
sccndod on him and overwhelmed
him. Clark and Johnson were drag
gcd from the car and terribly beaten
before the police could fight on The
mob and rescue lhem
Police relnforCumouts we're rusheG
20 the scene anu after a long struggle
space Immediately around the car
was cleared. II was then found that
Onccr Schlessinger had been shot IN
the head. motorman named Fergu
son and a striker shot through the
arm and Conductor Kennedy shot In
the hand aud Number OF policemen
painfully hurt by nying missiles. Tif
~ shots were fred
Motorman Nintz h. charged win
having fired the first shot from the
street car. Orders for his arrest have
been issued.
After the rloting the car was run
hack 10 the barn and " was said nov
no further efforts 20 operate cars
would be made until troops are on the
scene. Troops are ready TO respond
To any call made upon them. but moth
Ing can be done until the governor
could be communicated With. The
mayor is uslng every effort 10 reach
Governor Heard.
All the nonunion men who we're on
the car attacked were armed and all
Of them are said to have used theii
weapons during the attack.
Alexander Derbes. laborer and by
stander was shot In the leg during the
rtotlng
Later IN the day Governor Heard II
was located. lie IA on his way home
from FarmyIlle II II expected the
call for troops will be Issued al once /
All Of the Chicago men who wc,
on the car attacked have been placed
under arrest and charged with carry /
Ing concealed weapons and with lncit I
ing riot.
The patrol wagon returning with o
large force Of policemen and a mum .
Der OF prisoners TO headquarters A.
tracted the attcnt on OF mob which
believed the stlikc breaker Edison Oi
ST. Louis was aboard. In trying tc|
escape from the crowd the driver /
turned the wagon over SIX policemen /
were hurt OmCcr Forrcn seriously /