The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-06-25
RICHMOND STRIKE
MOB ATTACKS CARS.
Barrioass Track With eo~Iders

barriCade raCN WIN OOWlue'o
Richmond. Va. Jnne ~ Two ugly
rints occurred late Yesterday evening
lust as The street cars. which hab been
successfully operated throughout the
dAy ON Main aud Broad streets. were
about To be- Withdrawn frr the night
Rocks. hrics bats and other missilrs flew
thick and last. and the cracking oi tor
peducs under ia. car wheels CAV" ihe ap
pearance ui pistol shots being iised. but
there was nn shooting hnd no blo"dshrl.
These umnous OCCURRENCES showed
p,aiuly the wisdom oi the police in al
yi-ing against the running Oi carH ia~t
night. though the company hal plenty
oi men % operat" them
One oi the riots occurred on Broad
street ~ EIghtecath. whore there is 70
divergence Oi tracks. and the Other ON
West Main street. near the corporate
limits. The former was the more Teri-
our, though both were very exciting \
nnisv crowd of two Thousand or more
WAS packed into Broad and Eighteenth
-treet-. and IT, temper was yer! usly
The police did fine ard courageous WOTk
in anelling the disorder without resort
10 arms Five persons were arrested
Yesterday. among them two 81 the new
conductors Capt. Shnberger. 10 charge
OF the police, WAS struck on the lex With
u rucs. but not seriously hurt.
There were probably ! 900 persons m
the West Eud mob. aud brickbats rained
through the cars All the passengers hal
Ahghted One motOrman quit his ear and
- sf...l Ha.s
barns. There were no casualtles.
Down in Fulton sympathllers with
the strikers blocked the tracks 30 ~ to
prevent ears running TODAY treat
bowldefs AMI other ohstructiuns have
been put upon the rails.
MES ro FILL TIE PLACES
Two hundred and iorty men al OF
whom have had experience and half
nf whom are professional strike breakers.
are now ON the rolls OF the Pasr"ngrr
aud Power Company, and IL has plenty
oi men 90 operate it, cars Ncu are com
.ag into thc city aud applying Tor work,
and IL is thought that il will only be "a
short time before the service Will be re-
-umed on the branch lines of the com
pany. a. well a. the main lines The
general manager il confident that the
back bone OF the strise il broken.
The strikers express the same conii-
ience They LAY they are more coniident
of winning t1an they were Oh the hrst
or second day Men who have come
here 20 bre * the strike. they say. have
been coming 20 their hail al DAY and
asking 10 be sent home Offers 81 assist
ance. ~ well ~ contributions. Ars com.
ing in i'm greater numbers than al any
time since the strike was inaugnrated.
some of the ministers Of the. city are
making an efiOrt To arrange some settle.
ment of the differences between the com
pauy and it, employees They net with
representatives oi the strikers ~ noon
Yesterday az the y VI e. A. hn!l and
were 10 session until O'Clock. The r..
suit was "a decision To- address gn idrnti-
cal communication to the officials Ci the
company and 10 the members oi the
union a.. ine that board of arbiira
tion be- named 20 pass on only one point.
ngmely whether there was u time limit
t. the award made hy the eFtitrator-
If the last strike.
COMPANY Oltit lE~ tilN
The firm position taken 10y the officials
Of the company heretofore in declining 10
arhitrate leads % the belief that they
will decline the invitation oi the minis
ters
The strikers held meeting in the
morning and we're addressed 10y several
persons. Merchants offered their ald and
support. and DR. ". l.. station while eX-
pressing the hope that none Of the men
would be taken sick, offered his service
free 70 anyone who was 80 afflicted
There was political turn given 10 some
addresses. and the men were advised 10
stick together in politics and to vote
only iOr the men who would represent
them and who were tinterestei IN the
street railway company Contributions oi
small amounts were reported among
them. one from the East End Baptist
Sunday school amounting to sG.Jl.
The company sPrang surprise by ne
ginning the operation OF the owl cars
last night shortly after twelve O'Clock
They were run every hour thereafter, ac-
cording to the regular schedule, and at
the regular time yesterday morning cars
were sent Fifteen on the Broad street
route and fourteen on Main street were
operated on about the regular schedule
| The cars have been patrODized well, ana
except for the brick and bottle thrown
there has been little to Indicate thai
"a strike was on.