The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-05-06

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union sgrn pathizers, to see if they
are attempting to deliver goods to
|customf IS sor only carrying their
own property to their homes.
In or instance hired carriage
was stopped ia Wabash avenue and
the eesupant, a woman shopper,
lcompeljed to get out ard walk.
Another woman with both arms
full Of; oundles, was caught by the
skirts and stopped as she was about
to step into a cab in State street.
The ea I'D river: was warned not to
take heras fare.
Uudannted, the shopper walked
| to another corner, where she hailed
lanother cab. Again she was stop
ped By the union sympathizers.
Finally she boarded street car.
/ Only q few hacks or cabs yentur-
| ed to efive up to the entrance of
any Of the State-street stores. In
most cases the drivers request their
passengers to alight on the opposite
side Of the street and walk over to
their destination.
With few exceptions, the liveries
generally refused to carry passen-
gers fusa boycotted store.
The Sidewalks and the surface
and eisvated cars are thronged with
men, women and children carrying
bundles of all sizes and descrip.
/ tions.
Onsof the liveliest disturbances
of the day occurred near the Audi
ftoriura Hotel. Three wagons were
/ being driven south In Wabash av-
enue. A large crowd gathered
Eabeut the negro drivers and guards.
Stick broken bottles and other
4 missiles were thrown, many Of the
missiles striking the negroes. r.
3. Carter, ore of the negro guards.
i whipped out revolver and shot a,
4 Henry Shnltz, whs, it is alleged
Twas approaching Carter. The bull
i let struck Shultz in the left side
He ran half block before he fell
J weakened by the loss of blood. TIT
4 IIcrowfs was thoroughly enraged by
the ystion of the negroes and, al
p Though tWo more shots were fired
! the nenunionists were quickly clos
! led III upon and beaten fearfullye 4
: ria4 II was sent in to the neares
poliGs station. Seventy policemel
3 under Inspector Patrick J. Lavil
s hurried to the scene and dispersed
3 the crowd. Carter was arrested
Shultz will recover.
4 Thirty nonunion teamsters wer
: attacked by crowd of strike sym
$ pathizers at Jackson Boulevard an,
: Halstead street. All kinds of mis-
siles were used. The nonunio
S teamsters, armed with stout hicko
3 ry clubs, attempted to fight th
} mob, but were being overpoWere
I wnen the police arrived. The pc
lice clubbing right and left. rushe
q the crowd off the street. Five pei
1t sons were arrested. Only 10 of tn
. nonuaion teamsters can be foune
/ the others having fed.
= In the heart of the fashionabl
9, district. two trucks driven by MOI
~ union negro teamsters and guarde
1t by 40 negroes armed with cane
te had stormy time today. A crow
l. of 1000 persons surrounded tt
ct wagons and threw missiles at tt
y negroes, who, meantime, used the
t. clubs freely. A number of wome
70 who had been shopping becan
u mixed in the crowds. The negro'
r drove the mob back and the wome
a fed into the big retail establish
es ments in the vicinity.
% While delivering coal today
ls Adams and Dearborn streets, no
q union negro teamster was strut
~ by pail filled with cement, mo
nc tar and bricks. His leg was br
q ken. The bucket was thrown fro
~ TIE sor of the Fair building, II st
IL ries high.