The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
TROOpSON THE WAY
State Arsenal and the Power Houses
Under Military Guard-:1he
Effort 10 Run Cars
Night Abau-
doued.
CGy thc 1 ae..t.l Irc

'isN ZIG. N-'t' .tt''5ll J lt~
Richmond june 4 Thc expected ha-
happened. AMI blaad~Acd nl- occurred to.
night IN connection wan tb. s,rccg rad-
Way strike 4 c,ulart occurred ju-t ont
-idc the oJy hmt- e Mrn aul i.om
barIy streets, lad IS j result ~.x men 10
woundcd two ot them seriously \ ~
guarded uy cmp,nye- oi the ,ompaue~
armed with shotgun ua- standing -. thc
pont named There ~. be,u 4 .lag ,ral,d
there III the evening. Tie company aata-
that The guards were iHet hrrl on At
any rate they nicd INTO the crowd. and
there followed a bri-h tu.lilalc it lglst
six persons were struck ana two ot thc,a
are seriously hurt being p,pI,IeI ii The
back with buckehot one II lhe men D.
said to have 100 III hI~ back Mot II uat
all, ui them are supposed 10 be -trlk.
sympathIzci-.
v hIlc the serious happening was taking
place ~ the west ca. exciting scenes were
being enacted IN the east end. vhart If
forts were being made t. operate c4ts uu
der the protection ii the military an
-oIt> of missiles werc being huliyd ar tine
cars ana all sorts ot eb-trucuon4 being
placed on the track. Finally the ctr~ hat
We're out were gotten through - dmt ii
work short II firing On The pan, - the mI)
litia. and under the pilotd&e ST 4 dctarh-
mcnt 81 the IioWltZ,r~. with i c;atlGul
gun, and were taken ~ the barns All
ears were Withdrawn from the streets at
9. IS =. N. ior the night
Five companies Of the Seycnty-lr-t Reg.
mcnt from Norfolk and Newport New
are On route for the city to reinforce The
troops already here, ANA are expected to
arrive IA the early morning Tho mayor
has issued nm address asking women and
children To keep off the streets tomorrow
II Is proposed 10 the event taat tHp mlh
taTv are unable at thlt time 20 cope with
the mob to order out the Grc department
ana have streams from the hose played
upon di-orderly gatherings.
Three of the miiitamcH were wounded
today by the accidental discharge II the
Iifie oi one u them only one ii them
MAS At all seriously hurt. lie was taken
70 4 hospital but Is not dangerously in-
jured All q the hrec are from Stauutou
Their names are Dcverick Croft ana
Dyche
+ At II O'Clock tonight Sheriff solomon.
81 Heufico county decided ~ ask for
troops. Re made the request and the
+ Governor i~-uej orders - the military AN
thorites accordingly Militia wil there
+ fore guard the car, ana car barns au1. pa.
troll the lines of the street ear company
\ tomorrow without. well a. Within the
cit. limits
Late tonight it developed positively that
one Of the street car company guar1-
was shot n tho difficulty that occurred
lt Nam and Lombardy, ana il Is claimed
on behalf 81 the company hat il Ta- The
shot that wounded this guard or the
conflict.
The man ~a~ wounded ii the eye.
Sergeant Daniel Porter u sauntou. wa-
quite seriously hurt tonight by a IItk
thrown at car iIc had 70 b. car
fied into a nearby residence where hr
remains on Churchill under medical treat
ment The mob "a this case was dis
perSed by a stream u water from "a fire
engine ordered ont ior th- purpose
At 130 O'Clock this morning eight com
panies, comprising the military of Eor
folk Portsmouth, Hampton anI %c~iOrt
Ecacs, arrived 70 reinforce tie tToup- all
ready here. They number about 32p MEN.
and ,weiI the force now on duty 10 RIch.
iaond to 100 or 81 200 men.
Richmond. Va. June 25.-Le~tcr Wilcox
4 sixteen year old boy was shot by n sol
der in Fulton the lower end Of the citr
about nine o'clock tonight for crying
''>cab" OF car. ana refusing 10 ie,ist
when ordered TO do So He II wounded
in tie hand and hip. The hand j. badlF
manglcd The boy was brought up town
on a street car and taken to the city hos
ptal.
About eleven O'Clock tonight william
Tucker aged % years. a passenger on q
Main street car. was shot at the corner
Of Main and Belyidere streets. which -
on the border OF the most fashionable
residential quarter OF the city. He, Wa
peppered in the arm and leg with small
shot, and was not too badly hurt 10 walk
to his home after receiving the wounds
The person who did the shooting has not
vet been discovered