The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-05-27
RIOTING FIERCE In
LUMBER DISTRICT
Police in Some Cases Had 10
Shoot at the MObs.
BUILDING TRADES UNION ACTS.

Rlotlng broke out afresh yester.
day in the Transfers strike. and
although nobody was seriously hurt
there were a number of vicious
fights.
A serious fight took place at Ca
nal and Madison streets. A wagon OF
Tan express company, although pro
tected by policeman and deputy
sheriff was attacked by large
crowd. The policeman displayed his
revolver but the crowd paying no at
tention to him rushed at the wagon
and SELLING the wheels attempted ia
overturn It, A riot call brought a
large force of officers who dispersed
the crowd and arrested forty of the
most active in the disturbance.
The worst fight in the lumber dis
trict occurred at 22d street and Ash
land avenue, where a CROWD had all
morning hurled stones and clubs at
every passing lumber wagon. Finally
a wagon on which Police officer Ba-
genski was a passenger, came along
and the mob greeted It with the us
ual volley of stones. They also threa-
tened to attack the driver and the
situation grew so serious that the of
ficer drew his revolver and fired six
shots at the. crowd which broke and
fed in wild confusion.
None of the bullets hit anybody
Last night general riotlng was
prevalent throughout the lumber dis
trict. A large number of men armed
with clubs, slung shots and bricks.
accompanied by jeering women and
excited children. filled the sidewalks
awaiting the passage OF wagons.
which were believed by the crowd to
be unguarded. At Archer avenue and
LOOMS street two trucks appeared
with one policeman on each. The
trucks were Immediately bombarded
with bricks and stones and scores of
air rifles were brought into play A
bullet from one of these weapons Sc
riously wounded Policeman James
Fitzpatrick in the right hand. The
two policemen drew their revolverS
hNtl Alt VI AHt iOA~
ers. holding them at bay until the
drivers managed to reach their desti-
nation.
A patrol wagon and detail of po-
licemen were under command of
Lieut.. Mooney and as soon as he
learned of the attack on the first two
wagons he sent out the patrol wagon
to protect others. on the way. Stones
were hurled at the patrol wagon and
the police were forced several times
to jump from the wagon and charge
the mobs. A crowd of union pickets
had been statioae. in saloon on
35th street TO block the passage of
he trucks.
Police dashed into the saloon, us
ed their clubs freely and chased the
pickets down the street At 33rd
street special policeman pointed
out a man wearing a union button
and throwing bricks as the man who
had fired the shot which wounded
Policeman Fitzpatrick. After a lively
chase the man was captured. A large
keen knife with an eight inch blade
was taken away from him at the
time of his arrest,
At meeting OF the Associated
Building Trades last night at which
20 trades affiliated with building in
dustries were represented II was d..
cided that no action will be taken
which will tend to drag the building
trades into the teamsters' strike.
This action on the part of the build
ing trades will go far toward re-
the strike To its present
limits, as IL means that members of
the building trades unions will work
with materials irrespective of IN
fact that they are hauled In wagons
driven by non-union teamsters.
II was decided at the meeting TO
all the financial and mora
support that the building trades I'M
lns have been giving the teamsters
thus far in the strike, This means
A loss to the teamsters Of $1,000 a
week which they have received from
he building trades unions,
There Is no movement ON foot al
present looking toward settlement of
The strike. Mayor Dunno talks as
though he has abandoned hope OF a
settlement,