Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1903-11-27
FIGHTS, RIOTS AND =
BROKEN HEADS
Attend the Opening of Another Line
By the Chicago City Railway.
COMPANY GREATLY HAMPEREO
Severe Fighting Took Place In ManS
Plnces-TrOlIey Lines Cut and Ca
bles SpilS ed-POlice Freely Use
RevOlvers on the Mob,

Chicago, Nov. 24.-Fierce fighting,
in which the police used their clubs
freely and twice fired their revOlvers,
marked the opening of the State street
cable line by the Chicago City Rail.
way Monday. As far as can be ascer-
tanned, nobody was seriously injured,
although there were many broken
heads among the rioters who came in
contact with the clubs Of the police.
II any members of the mob we're in.
jured by the bullets of police and non
union men on the cars they were car.
ried of by their friends before the
fact was known to others. While tho
fighting was going on in the streets,
the usual conferences were in prog.
ress, and propositions and counter
propositions were passing back and
forth.
Late in the afternoon 1t was said
by Mayor Harrison, President MahOn,
of the street car men, and the attor-
ncys for both sides that an agreement
had been reached, but little definite
was known concerning its nature.
Conference In Full Blast.
u "'hhoy hi6ht LhO oti''b Wi
men locked themselves in a room on
the eleventh floor Of the Ashland block
and the company's officers were in a
room on the ninth floor, and the ron
fcrences were again in full blast. 1t
was predicted that the strike would be
declared off this morning, but MOTH ing
was given out from either meeting to
make such an assertion certain.
Police Shoot over strikers Head.
The hardest fighting of the day took
place at Forty-first and State streets,
where a mob hiding behind a fence
stoned the cars which were guarded
by officers The police were over the
fence at once and fired several shots
over the heads of the fleeing strikers.
Many of the mob who were slow of
foot we're overtakcn by the police and
soundly raped with clubs. Few ar
rests were made, the officers content.
ing themselves with scattering the
crowd.
Womnn Injured by Broken GIass.
During the thick of the fight at
F~orty-fLrst street Mrs. Charles Lett, a
passenger on the first car, jumped
from the CHI, anu, DId'IHS Nv
shots and all sorts of missiles. ran,
thoroughly frightened, to n place OF
safety. Windows had beer broken
near where she sat, and her face waS
cut by glass.
Wires Cut, Cables Spik ed.
Conductor J. p. Pronter was in
charge of the train which was attacked
and when the stones mmenc to
whizZ past his head and smash the
windows of his car he promptly drew a
revolver and fired at the crowd until
the cartridges in his weapon were ex-
hausted. The cars were attacked at
the same point on the return trip, and
a number of shots were fired. the mob
scattering like a flock OF chickens.
All day long on State street the COM
pany was hampered by the work OF
the mob, which piled distractions upon
che tracks, drove pegs and spikes into
the cable slot and cut trolley wires In
many places.
The Archer avenue line was badly
damaged early in the day and required
several hours work by a strong force
Of repair men, who were neavily guard
ed by the police. No attempt has been
made to run cars on this line since the
commencement of the strike.
The opening of the State street line
Monday gave the company five lines on
which cars were run Tho service,
however, is not of a character to be
generally useful TO the public.