The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-24
SCENES OF RIOT;
TWO MEN I'M U|RED
Mayor Taylor Attempts tc
Suppress Disorder-No
Union Men Are
Besieqed.

IF.T There was a big riot at the Clay Street
car sheds yesterday. and for hours the
atm osphere in that vicinity was lurtd.
The company attempted to put some-
thing OF a schedule on that line yester-
day. and in order to do 80 a carload OF
men was sent over to that point from
the big shed at the Reservoir.
The appearance OF the car in the
vicinity OF the sheds was greeted py a
great shout OF derision from the angry
and excited crowd gathered there. The
car was expected and preparations were
completed for its reception.
Hundreds OF men, who were aug.
nented by scores Of women and
Children. iil lined the sidewalks and filled
the streets. Obstacles Of all kinds were
placed on the tracks. missiles were IN
readiness to be thrown upon the slight
est provocation. and voices We're IN good
trim for the derisive shout that mas
GROWN SO familiar on the streets OF Rich
ss.ond for the past week.
The men who We're sent to the sheus
at TTenty-ninth and P Streets We're IN
charge Of Foreman James Farley a
veteran strike breaker. who has the ap-
pearance Of a man Of steel and who has
the nerve and fire OF an army OF Boers.
With him were ten men armed Will
s6otglns ready for any emergency, ana
equally as determined as was tnelr
leader.
the sight OF the car. They moved rest
bIessly and conflict might have occurred
at a, moment, the result OF which might
have been bloodshed and death.
CAR WAS STARTED.
Ever and anon, as the car app3roaGhea
the shed by easy stages through me ions
limo of distractions arock would come @
trro,,rh the air and land with duh.
sickening thud upon the head or SONS som
other norton OF the anatomy OF the luck-
5less men on the car. In every instance
The rock k-thrower would do his Work from ~ =
cover. Alleyways, WINDOWS, ,,as tiees Nama ama
fences were his favorite shields, none
of them came into the open. feeling that
they we're breaking the law and amenaple
to Its punishment. s+a
AS the result of these bombardments
there are fully half hundred men on
probably half as many more private CIT
izsns suffering the same way at their
More people were injured in a. more or
lass painful and seriolis way IN the rlot
at tho Clay Street sheds yes.eroaS, OF
on the cars leading 10 tlat p.aS. nn,l eea'
In ali the other dsorderly gatherings COM
Fror1, the time the car with the crews
IN hoard left the Reservoir sheds TO the
end OF the trip. incidents marked the
nropress Of the men Staid old Clay Street
aawoIre and found itself In the midst OF
nandemonium Great mischief was done
siv children. urged on by their mothers
ani r-roWn-lp sisters. Rocks, barrels ana
boxes We're placed along the trach, ana
the quiet and dignifled thoroughfare nag
hean transformed into Babel OF shouts,
ilowls, calls and unearthly noises OF every
These sounds followed in the wake OF
tbe car. and not until the sound OF the
speeding vehicle had long died out In
the distance did anything like normal con-
ditions prevail.
AS the car neared the sheds, the size
Of the crowds increased. and the disorder
became more intense. Car windows were
broken with rocks. and the shouts from
the crowds We're almost savage,
III view OF the large number Of cars
being, run, the weakness of the police
force became apparent There We're
scarcely enough men to man the cars.
even with one officer on each car The
result was. therefore. that there We're
only four men available for service al
the sheds. and these men. as energetic as
they were were as leaves In the wind
against the crowds
The attempt to run anything like a
schedule on the Clay Street line was a
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