The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1903-11-28
FIGHTS, RIOTS AND
BROKEN HEADS
Attend the Opening of Another Line
By the Chicago City Railway.
COMPANY GREATLY HAMPERED
Severe Fighting Took Place In Many
PIaees-Trolley Lines Cut and Gu
HES Spikcd-Police Freely Use
Revolvers on the Mob.

Chicago, Nov 2i-Fierce fighting.
n 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-
tained, nobody was seriously injured,
although there we're many broken
heads among the rioters who came in
cantact with the clubs of the police.
II any members of the mob were in
jured by the bullets of police and non
snion men on the cars they were car
NED off by their friends before the
fact was known to others. While the
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 it was said
by Mayor Harrison, President Mahon,
af the street car men, and the attor'
neys for both sides that an agreement
mad been reached, but little definite
was known concerning its nature,
Conferences In Full Blast.
Late Monday night the street car
men lacked themselves in room ON
the eleventh floor Of the Ashland block
and the company's officers were in a
room on the ninth floor, and the con
ierences were again in full blast II
was predicted that the strike would be
declared off this morning, but nothing
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 fence
stoned the cars which were guarded
by officers. The police were over the
fence at once and fred several shots
over the heads of the fleeing strikers.
Many Of the mob who were slow OF
foot were overtaken by the police and
aoundly raped with clubs. Few ar
rests were made, the officers content
ing themselves with scattering the
crowd
Woman Injured by Broken Glass.
During the thick Of the fight at
Forty-hrst street Mrs. Charles Lett, a
passenger on the first car, jumped
from the car and, Drawing the revolver
shots and all sorts Of missiles. ran,
thoroughly frightened, to a place OF
safety. Windows had been broken
near where she sat and her face was
cut by glass,
wires Cut, Cables spiked.
Conductor j. p. Frontier was In
charge OF the train which was attacked
and when the stones commenced to
Thizz 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.
Aausted. The cars were attacked at
the same point on the return trip, and
a number OF shots were fired, the mob
scattering like flock of chickens,
All day long on State street the com
pany was hampered by the work Of
the mob, which piled distractions upon
The 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 heavily 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, The service,
however, is not OF character to be
generally useful to the public.