The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-05-21
A BAD SUNDAY RIOT
Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Scene
of Serious Disturbances
CARS WElE NOT ALLOWED TO RUN
Striks-Breekers ard Officers Pelted
With Stones and ETick5ats-Tlany
People Wounded.

Bridgeport, Conn, Specialize at
ten pt made by the officials OF the Con-
rey;icut Railway and Lighting Com
pany to run their cars with nc1-unloa
men Sunday, resulted in riot in which
ut least % men were injured. The saer-
if says that another s1ch outbreak
would ali out the troops. At the pres-
CIT tine the coua;y sheriff will succeed
tic police. Sunday morning six trolley
ears were started out Cn tae Baraum
aud State street lines. There were large
crowds a.cund the car sheds at the
time. The cars we're manned by Il OF
the 123 strike-breakers brought to this
c;,y Saturday by the trolley company
There was 10 disturbance OF any KIND
fer 4 ccrplc OF hours. When the nTst
car, however. had completed its third
:ound tip. and Was directly in front
CT the Wheeler & Wilson factory,
where a crowd CT at least 1000 persons
had gathered, bombardment OF stones
began. Deputy Sheriffs Hendrau and
Plumb, who were riding on the car,
plunged into the crowd to arrest man
whom they had seen throw stone. de
was seized and with considerable diff
Guilty dragged 80 feet to the car. The
stone thrower was a big fellow and
struggled so fercly that a policeman
who was standing near by went to the
assistance OF the officers. Immediately
Mayor Mulvihill was seen hurrying
through the mob. He rushed to the po-
liceman and ordered him to keep his
hands off the prisoner. He then told
the deputy sheriffs that they had better
let the man 90. During the argument
the stone-tbrcwer wrenched himself
free and dashed away. In the meantime
stones were flying In a shower and one
cf them struck Mayor Mulvihill on the
head. bruslng it badly. The two sherifls
jumped on the car and ordered the mo-
to:man to proceed to the car shecs.
The bombardment did not abate and
tee crowd on the street was such that
the motorman had to go slowly. The
stone-throwing soon became so furious
that the sheriffs drew their revolvers
and fired shots in the air. This caused
the bombardment, to let up little and
the car reached the barns and was run
inside. The other five cars operated on
the same streets received exactly the
same treatment, as they followed the
first car into the car barns.
When the last car had passed within
the doors there was crowd OF 4,000
people gathered in a vacant lot oppo-
site and violence once more broke
loose. Brickbats, stones and everything
that could be thrown were hurled at
the barns and anything that belonged
to the company in the vicinity. At this
point Mayor Mulvihill saw that the ser
geant and nine policemen stationed at
the barns were entirely unable to cope
with the mob and he sent for Chief
Coffin, Of the fire department. After
short consultation. the latter ordered
cut engine company No. 6, with a
steamer and a line OF hose. Superin-
tendent Birmingham also ordered every
available man to the spot to cooperate
with the firemen and soon a stream
was being played on the mob, which
slowly fell back before the water. One
ci the strike-brc2kers was assisting the
fremen in holding the hose when a
. we'll directed brick struck him on the
head and knccked him to the ground
sensclass. When the mob had dispersed
the firemen and extra policemen were
ordered back to their quarters and the
rSular detail remained guarding the car
harms.
The officials of the trolley company
will not reveal the names Of the men
Injured. or the nature of their injuries.
1t is positively known, however, that
not man OF the y who were on the
six cars escaped injury of some kind.
Everyone of them, as they stood on the
Platform Of their cars while going into
the barns was seen to be bleeding pro-
fusely from the head and face In ad-
dition 10 the trolley man injured,
Roadmaster Davis. of the trolley COM
pany. was severely hurt by stone
which struck him on the head Sher-
ifs Hendrau and Plumb were aDpar-
emily targets for the mob as well as
the strike-breakers, for each of them
was struck in different parts of the
bcdy at least dozen times. No at
tempt Vas made to run cars at night.
Postal ClsrkS. flax. Claims.