The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-18
Fire Department Finally Quelis the
Riot by Throwing Stream OF Water
ON the Members OF the Mob.
NJ. & o. STRIKER ARRESTED
BREAK IN OMAHA STRIKE CAUSES A
MODIFICATION OF DEMANDS.
Carriage Builders Strike Settled at
PhiIadeIphia-Anoth Australian
Oufbreak-Other Labor News.

BRIDGEPORT Conn.,. May 1.-THE at
tempt made by the officials of the Connecti-
cut Railway and Lighting Company to run
their cars with nonunion men to-day re-
suited in q riot in which thirty-two
men were injured The sheriff says that
another such outbreak as occurred to-day
will make the calling out of the State
troops inevitable. At the present time II Is
possible that the county sheriff will SUPER
sede the police in the control OF the city.
This morning six trolley cars were
started out on the Barnum and State-street
lines. There were large crowds around the
car sheds at the time the cars were manned
BIZ twelve of the 40 strike-breakers brought
to this city yesterday by the trolley COM
pany. There was no disturbance Of any
kind for a couple OF hours. When the
first car however, had completed its third
round trip and was directly IN front Of
the Wheeler & Wilson factory. where
crowd Of at least 1000 persons had gathered.
a bombardment OF stones began. Deputy
Shers1s Hendrix and Plumb, who were
riding on the car, plunged into the crowd
to arrest a man whom they had seen throw
ing q stone. He was seized and with con-
siderable difficulty dragged fifty feet to the
car. The stone-thrower was a big fellow
and struggled so fercely that policeman
who was standing near by went to the
assistance OF the sheriffs.
Immediately Mayor Mulvihill was seen
hrrrytng through the mob. He rushed up
70 the policeman and ordered him TO take
his hands of the prisoner. He then told
the deputy sheriffs that they had better
let the man go. During the argument the
stcEe-thrower wrenc-1ed himself free and
dasse. away. In the meantime stones
wer. flying In a shower and one of them
struck Mayor Mulvihfl on the head, bruis-
ing II badly. The two sheriffs jumped on
the car and ordered the motorman to pro-
ceed to the car sheds, a quarter Of mile
distant The bombardment did not abate
and the crowds on the streets were so
dense that the motorman had TO go slowly.
The throwing soon became so furi-
Gus that the sheriffs drew their revolvers
and fired five shots in the air. This caused
the bombardment TO let UP little and the
car reached the barns and was run inside
The other hve cars. operated on the same
streets, received exactly the same treat
ment as they followed the first car into the
barns.
When the last car had passed within the
doors there crowd of 1900 people
gathered In a vacant lot opposite and vio-
lence once more broke loose. Bricks, stones
and everything that could be thrown were
hurled at the barns and anything that be-
lonyed to the company In the vicinity.
At this point Mayor Mulvihill saw that
the sergeant and nine policemen who were
stationed at the car barns were entirely
unable to COPE with the mob. and he sent
for Chief Coffin. OF the fire department.
After a short consultation the latter Or
dered out engine company No. 6. with a
steamer and a line Of hose. Superintend-
RfrnnQn-Im also ordered l.
able man to the spot to CO. operate with the
dremen. and soon stream was being
played on the mob. which slowly fell back
ers was assisting the firemen in holding
the hose, when well-directed brick struck
him on the head and knocked him to the
ground senseless- When the mob had dis
persed the firemen and extra policemen
were ordered back to their quarters. and
the regular detail remained guarding the
The oficials OF the trolley company will
not reveal the names OF the men injured
or the nature OF their injuries. 1t Is posi-
lively known, however, that not a man of
the twelve who were on the six cars es-
capped injury OF some kind. Every one of
them. as they stood on the platforms of
their cars while going .sto the barns, was
seen to be bleeding profusely from the head
and face In addition to the trolleymen in
tured. Roadmaster Davis. OF the trolley
which struck him on the head Sheriffs
Hendrix and Plumb were apparently mag
nets for the >b. as well as the strike
breakers. for e, I of them was struck in
diferent parts OF the body at least a dozen
times No attempt was made to run cars
tonight
have no further interference on the part of
Mayor Mulvihill. i will have one hundred
special men here tomorrow and will do
or any one else attempts TO interfere, ne
will be stopped: IL necessary / will super-
sede Mayor MuIvihill in authority