The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-03
A POINT FOR
 THE STRIKERS
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The need for coal Is rapidly develop ing into one of the most important fac tors Of the teamster's strike. With the exception of Marshall Field & Co, and one or two other big houses. the supply of fuel on hand in State Street averaged from two to four days. Mar shall Field & Co. have coal for two weeks or more
 It Is admitted by the coal dealers. who are even more reticent than the department store managers, that the crisis in the fuel situation will come today or tomorrow.
 The perilousness of the situation was emphasized by John c. Fetzer, receiver Tor the Union Traction Company, who said:
 Tn several of our stations unless we get coal in less than twenty-four hours we will have to close down. Of course we will try every possible scheme first"
 Negroes Attacked.
 Simultaneous with the shooting near the auditorium this afternoon another riot was in progress at Michigan Ave- nue and Lake Street a mile north on the same boulevard
 A crowd of 300 negroes imported from St. Louis were being escorted from the railway depot to a lodging house. At Lake Street and Michigan Avenue a crowd of 5000 persons at- tackled the negroes. many of whom were armed with stones, pieces of coal. blackjacks. revolvers and stout hickory canes. When persons in the crowd be- gan to throw stones, sticks and bot ties the negroes charged repeatedly making 0erce use of the hickory. Each time, however. the crowd increased. Persons in office buildings rushed to the streets and swelled the gathering. Ink bottles. paper weights. water glasses and even penholders were thrown into the struggling mass of whites and blacks by persons in office buildings. Many plate glass windows in the vicinity were broken by bricks and stones. dozen or more shots ,yere fired and 1t was reported that several men had been shot. They were supposed to be union pickets.
 ruSning fight between the negroes and the mob on Michigan Avenue en- sued, the negroes attempting to make their way to their lodging quarters on the north side of the Chicago River. The negroes massed together, kept tehir formation and pushed onward un- til Rush Street bridge was reached. Onto the bridge poured the negroes. followed by the mob. Carriages and pedestrians were caught in the swirl and menaced by the crowds. Among the vehicles were an open carriage oc- cupiel by H. H. Kohlsaat. Mir. Kohl saat was compelled to sit in his car riage and witness the negroes fighting against their assailants. The strike breakers fought on until the north side was reached. There they were met by the police and taken to the North western Storage Companys warehouse where the battered and weary strike breakers were finally safely housed,
 During the riot on the bridge, Frank Curry, a white man who was leading .@1r hrF Curry was made partially unconscious, And was carried into building near by where his wound was dressed.
 Preacher Injured.
 Rev W. K. Wheeler. pastor of the Ninth Presbyterian Church, was taken for a strike breaker at Desplaines near Adams Street today and was severely injured Rev. Wheeler was at the Union Railway Station waiting for his two sons to return from their vaca- tion in the country. Having little time to wait he walked west in Adams Street. At Desplalnes Street three men darted out from hallway, ex- claiming, There Is the -. He did it this morning"
 Rev. Wheeler was assaulted with brass knuckles and "billies." One of the clergyman's assailants sat upon him and continued to pummel the vic tim. Rev Wheeler using all his strength chung to bis assailant until the police opportunely arrived. The minister's prisoner gave the name Of James Blau. The police followed the other two assailants for two blocks and fired repeatedly at the fugitives who, however, ran into an alley ana dlsap- peared.
 During a riot tonight at Halstead and Erie Streets, which lasted for an hour, and in which fully 1000 people were engaged, three policemen and three non union men were injured and twice as many rioters were clubbed. The riot commenced when four wagons of the Peabody Coal Company. manned by non-union men, left the Richter Picture Frame Manufacturing Company after delivering coal.
 The escort was compelled several times to charge into the crowd and use their clubs. There were repeated fights between the police and the mob, but the storm of missiles grew fercer as inc crowd increased in numbers. and finally the police and drivers were com pelled to draw their revolvers.
 Fired Over Crowd.
 Sergeant Sullivan, in command of the detail, ordered his men and the non union men to fire over the heads of the crowd. This dcne. repeatedly com pelled the crowd to give way and the
  fighting officers John Wiley, John Lorch and Thcmas Keenan were in iured by stones and Harry Williams, John Johnson and Andrew Jackson, ron-union drivers, were cut and bruised by the missiles hurled by the crowd.
 Four men were shot late this after noon in a riot at Polk Street and Cali fornia Avenue. This trouble was the result of an attempt of the United States Express Comrany to deliver goods on the far west side without police protection. The wagon WIS sent from the down town barns guard ed by officers but they left 1t at Hal sted Street, one mile west of the busi- ness section. The wagon, which was in charge of Burt Guyles and Paul Bas- tian, proceeded to Polk Street and Cal ifornia Avenue without interruption. A halt was made there and a crowd quickly gathered, threatening and cursing the two men on the wagon. In a few minutes stones and clubs began to fly and an attempt was male to drag Guyles and Bastian to the ground Guyles drew a revolver and fired n the air. This had no effect in checking the mob and the stones wera con- ing faster and faster he fired directly into the crowd. The crowd broke and ran, leaving David Mcdowell lying on the ground and the wagon drove on.
 The report that a man on the wagon mad killed a man spread rapidly around the neighborhood and by the time the wagon had reached Madison Street and Oakley Avenue the crowd again closed tempted for the second time to pull them down CuVles again drew Eis re-