Gilpin observer., 1903-05-21
RIOTAT BRIDGEPORT
MOB STONES STREET CARS RUN
BY NoNUNIoN MEN.

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Crowd With Streams Of Water.
Mayor Mulvihili Aids Rioters, While
Sheriffs ana Police Seek Peace.
Bridgeport, Conn, May 1S.-The at.
tempt made by the officials of the Con.
necticut Railway and Lighting com.
pany to run their cars with nonunion
men resulted in fight in which thirty
| two men were injured. The sheriff
says that another such outbreak will
| make the calling out OF the state
| troops inevitable. Six cars were called
out ON the Barnum and State street
| lines. There were large crowds
around the station when the cars
were manned by twelve of the 1870
strike breakers brought to this city
by the trolley company. When the
first car was in front of the Wheeler
& Wilson factory. where crowd of
at least 1000 persons had gathered,
a bombardment of stones began. DeE-
uty Sheriffs Hendrie and Plumb, who
were riding on the car, plunged into
the crowd to arrest man whom they
had seen throwing stone. He was
seized and with considerable difficulty
dragged fifty feet to the car. The
stone thrower was big fellow and
struggled SO fiercely that policeman
who was standing nearby went to the
assistance of the sheriffs. Immediate
ly Mayor Mulvihill was seen hurrying
through the mob. He rushed up to the
policeman and ordered him to take his
hands off the prisoner. He then told
the deputy sheriffs that they had bet
ter let the man go. During the argu-
nent the stone thrower wrenched HIM
self free and dashed away. In the
meantime stones were flying in
shower and one of them struck Mayor
Mulvihill on the head, bruising it
badly.
The two sherffs jumped on the car
and ordered the motorman TO proceed
to the car sheds, quarter of mile
distant. The bombardment did not
abate and the crowds on the streets
were SO dense that the motorman had
to go slowly. The stone throwing
soon became SO furious that the sher-
ifs drew their revolvers and fired five
shots in the air. This caused the
bombardment to let up little and the
car reached the barns and was run in
side. The other five cars received ex-
actly the same treatment as they fol-
lowed the first car into the barns.
When the last car had passed within
the doors there was crowd of 1000
people gathered in a vacant lot oppo-
elf nd vii
loose. Brickbats, stones ana every
thing that could be thrown were
hurled at the barns and anything that
belonged to the company in the vicin-
ity. At this point Mayor Mulvihir
sent for Chief Coffin of the fire de-
partment. The latter ordered out a
steamer and line of hose, and soon
a stream was being played on the mob.
which slowly fell back. One of the
strike breakers was assisting the fire.
men in holding the hose, when a well
directed brickbat struck him on the
head and Knocked him to the ground
senseless. 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, how
ever, that not man of the twelve
who were on the six cars escaped in
jury of some kind. Every one of them
as they stood on the platform of their
cars while going into the barns was
seen to be bleeding protusely from
the head and face. In addition to the
trolley men injured Roadmaster Davis
was severely injured by stone
which struck him on the head. Sher-
fffs Hendrie and Plumb were appar-
emily magnets for the mob as well as
the strike breakers, for each of them
was struck in different parts of the
body at least dozen times. No fur
ther attempt was made to run cars
In an interview. the sheriff said:
81 will have no further interference
on the part OF Mayor Mulvihill. | will
do my best to preserve peace. and IL
the mayor or any one else attempts to
interfere he will be stopped. If nee
essary | will supercede Mayor Mulyl.
hill in authority"
No Change in Denver Strike.
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