Omaha daily bee., 1905-05-03


men on the wagon. In few minutes
stones and clubs began TO fly and an at
tempt was made to drag Guyies and Bas-
tian to the ground. Guyles drew a revolver
and fired into the air. This had no effect
in checking the mob and as the stones were
coming faster and faster he fred directly
into the crowd. The bullet struck Dyde Nc
Dowell of 14l7 West Harrison in the left
hip. The crowd broke and fed, leaving
Mcdowell lying on the ground, and the
wagon drove on.
The report that a man on the wagon had
killed man spread rapidly around the
neighborhood and by the time the wagon
had reached Madison street and oakley
avenue the crowd again closed in, pelted
the men with stones and attempted again
to pull them down. Guyle again drew his
revolver and opened fire on the crowd. His
first shot struck Albert Mc1lvaine in the
back, infiicting a wound which may prove
fatal William Bass of 675 Warren avenue
was shot in the left leg below the knee and
j. Erickson of 17S Loomis street was shot
In the right arm above the elbow. All of
the men, with the exception of McIlvaine,
were taken to the County hospital where
1t is thought they will recover. Guyles and
Bastian were arrested shortly after the
Marsh Of the police force.
While holding the men under custody an
enormous crowd gathered and was deter
mined, apparently, to assassinate the two
prisoners. The two officers drew their re-
volvers and with great difficulty managed
to keep back the crowd until the arrival Of
the patrol wagon, which took Guyles and
Bastian to the police station.
Riots Last an Hour.
Du.ing 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 nonunion men were in
jured and twice many rioters were
clubbed. The riot commenced when four
wagons of the Peabody Coal company,
manned with nonunion men, left the Rich
Ter picture frame factory, AZ Huron street,
after delivering coal. The wagons went
south along Haistead street and their ap-
pearance on that thoroughfare was the sig
nal for the formation of a mob which
pressed closely around them, threatening
| the drivers The escort of police was COM
| PEELED several times to charge into the
| crowd and use their clubs. There were re-
peated fights between the police and the
| mob, but the storm of missiles grew fiercer
| as the crowd increased in numbers, and
llIldllJ tut pOllCt anu the uTlNeTS were COIu-
| PEELED to draw their revolvers The crowd
paid no attention to this and finally Ser.
geant Sullivan, in command of the detail,
| ordered his men and the nonunion drivers
| to fire over the heads of the crowd. This,
when done several times in rapid success
sion, compelled the crowds to give way and
the police finally dispersed it. During the
fighting officers John Wiley, John Lorch
and Thomas Keenan, were injured by stones
and Harry Williams, John Johnson and
Andrew jackson, nonunion drivers, were cut
| and bruised by the missiles hurled by the
| crowd.
Shortly before midnight Michael McNa-
mara, a union teamster was shot twice in
| the leg by F. K Buckminster, a chief OF
detectives, employed by the Employers
Teaming company. Buckminster, and sew.
eral men who were with him, declared
| that Mcnamara was one of a crowd OF
strikers that attacked them. Buckminstel
had 81, 800 in his hands which he was taking
to the barns of the company to pay off his
men, and he thought the attack was made
with the intention of securing the money
Mcnamara declares that he and his friends
were walking along the streets when Buck
minister shot without provocation. Hi.
wounds are serious, but not fatal