The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-25
Six Members of a Mob
Shot at Night.
EXTRA CALL FOR TROOPS.
Street Car Assailants Fired On
by Guards.
One Car ESCORTED Through the Streets
by Soldiers with a Gatlirs Gun--The
Mayor Requests Women and Children to
Keep OF the Streeis-Day OF Disorder
y Followed by severe Mob Violence
ut Nlsht--More Troops Summoned
TO the cit, by the Governor


to the Ci, by the Governor.
! RICHMOND, Va. June 2i.-Rchmond
I has experienced reign of terror to-day
and tonight as an outcome of the trolley
/ strike. the net result Of which has been
the more or less serious woundng Of six
persons, the injury Of several others and
/ the utter defiance Of all law.
! SO serious had the situation grown be-
| fore the close of the day that the Mayor
determined to ask for more troops to sup
plement the 800 already on duty, and in tho
, early hours of the morning five companies
will arrive here, consisting of three from
Norfolk and two from Newport News.
The bloodshed began early tonight Just
across the line in Hcnrico county. At that
place strike sympatlIAers had been con-
gregating all day and when darkness came
they began to throw missiles at the passing
fusillde, the guards employed by the COM
pany opened fire upon the gang.
The wounded were: Bascom Rowett
shot in eye and shoulder; Jimmy Jones,
/? years old, shot in arm and hand: Jack
Frost Il. $50 buckshot in the back, badly
injured; Walter Ford, shot in the foot;
W. F, Eubank, shot in the back, badly
hurt. Jack Allen. shot in the arm.
While this fusilade was in progress in
the West End, exciting scenes were going
on in the extreme end, where attempts
were being made to operate cars. This
Is one Of the worst parts of the city and
cars have been mobbed repeatedly there.
The company finally succeeded in getting
one through by loading it with soldiers,
with an advance guard Of the Richmond
HowitZers, armed with Calling gun
So intense has the excitement becoms
here and 30 ugly the situation that the
Mayor has issued a notice requesting this
women and children to remain OF the
streets Tomorrow. 1t is proposed, In tbs
event that the military are unable to cope
with the mobs Tomorrow, to order out the
rioters. o..
The trouble tonight occurred Just out
side the city, where long stretch Of sparsely
settled country lies between the corporate
lines and the car barns. This afternoon
Sheriff Solomon refused to call for ths aid
Of troops.
Tonight, after the oompany's guards
had been bombarded with bricks. rocks
and sticks until they could stand II no
longer and fired into the bowling crowd,
wounding six. he made q frantic call for
troops.
The car which was attacked had been
guarded to the city line by the military
1t was then taken in charge by three guards,
headed by Foreman Farley, with guns
loaded with buckshot. As soon as the car
left the city line the trouble began The
men were frequently struck but made
no return while the car was running.
A half mile from the line an obstruction
was met and the car brought to a stop.
A brick struck Farley on the head and
though badly hurt. he warned the crowd
that if they threw again he would fire.
The answer was a shower OF stones and
cries of Kill him" The guards then fred
into the crowd. The guards were arrested
and the charge Of felonious shooting entered
against them.
While these troubles were in progress
disturbances prevailed at several other
places. Twenty -ninth and streets, where
the troubles of yesterday took place, was
the storm centre. The trouble began when
the first car was run out Of the barns at
8 o'clock in the morning, and although two
companies Of soldiers walked beside tho oar
as it came out the mob threw stones and
dirt into the car and at the men.
Many of the mob were drunk and were
urged on by excited women, who stood on
the sidewalk and hurled epithets at the
car men and soldiers. Bricks were piled
on the track and the grooves filled with
spikes. Many soldiers were struck. As
the soldiers marched on each side of the
car several of the torpedoes on the track
were exploded by the wheels.
Capt. f.. NJ. Skipwith of Richmond was
struck on the leg by a piece OF the torpedo
and injured quite seriously. He was taken
aboard the car, and as the mob howled
around the car Surgeon w. A. ellis who
had been standing midway of The car with
a drawn army pistol, put it on seat while
he bound the wound. When the car started
a gain pile of bricks two feet high blocked
the way. These were removed and the
car bumped along over small distractions
amid the shouts Of wild and bloodthirsy
mob.
rope hung from the trolley wire fes-
TONED with rags and tin cans to catcl,
the trolley. Here Motorman Hindesley,
one Of the most fearless strike breakers
Of the lot brought here from New York
mounted to the roof like a monkey, and
while cries of kill HIM" resounded in his
ears and rocks whizzed by his head, re-
moved the rope and again took the con-
lroller. The daring of the act challenged
The admiration of the mob.
The. first curve was jammed with rail-
road spikes. When these were dug out
he car went on with the wounded Captain
% the armory, mile away, Though he
ost much blood, he reported for duty in
he afternoon.
The history OF the movement of tho first
EAR was repeated with more or less exciting
"details throughout the day. The determin-
alton Of the company to run its can q aight