The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-06
Must Not Follow WAGONS.

An order issued early in the day by
Chief of Police ONeill directing that all
persons should be prevented from follow
ing up wagons as they went through the
streets, had much to do with the absence
of rioting. In the early days Of the strike
when the wagons of a boycotted firm
passed the through the streets they were
followed by hundreds of men and boys
anxious to see any fight that might oc-
cur. of late, however, these crowds of
followers have become much more ugly
in temper and have constituted one of the
chief sources of trouble. The police today
turned back all groups of men that they
could discover in the act of following
wagons, and there was much less opportu-
nifty for riots.
While there was less rioting in the down
town streets, there were many assaults
committed in all parts of Inc city, remote
from the principal section. In several
cases union drivers were badly beaten,
and their wagons overturned and the
goods stolen. In other streets, drivers es-
caped injuries only by the feetness OF
their horses Three coal wagons after
making delivery at the factory or Seize
Schwab & Co.. at Ohio and kingsbury
streets, late this afternoon, We're attacked
by a crowd which pursued them for more
than half a mile, raining stones, bricks
and bottles upon the. police officers and
drivers. The riot commenced when stones
and bottles were thrown from the win
dows on the sixth floor of the Schultz
Paper Box company. One man was seen
to throw several bricks and one glass
tumbler from a window of the Schuitz
factory.
Women Aid the Rioters.
As the wagons continued down Ohio
etreet they were targets for persons In
the windows of all the buildings and Tor
the crowd which continued TO follow
them. The police charged the crowd re-
neatedly but was unable to Keep II pack
The mob was composed almost entireiy
of Young men and women. the latter tax
ing an active part in the rioting, and
,rging the men to further Violence
edward Iashem, president of the La
shem Teamng company, was attacked py
a crowd of union teamsters this aiter-
moon at Madison and Union streets anu
faarfullv beaten. Lashem was driving
one of his own wagons ana was asheu
to chow a union button Before he was
given a chance to explain that he was
team-owner and therefore ineligible as
member of the union, he was pulled from
his wagon. knocked down and Kicked
Lieutenant O'Connor of the police force
who was returning from another distur-
bance further up the street, came TO La
| GlpmS assistance III iliiit "
eral of his assailants. Lashems eondl-
tion is serious.
Coal Yard on Fire.
Fire tonight broke out in the coal yard
of the Peabody Coal company at the
intersection Of Twenty-eighth street and
the PENNSYLVANIA railroad. The damage
done was slight. The flames were first
discovered by the engineer of a passing
locomotive, who sounded the alarm A
large crowd soon gathered. but no one
turned in an alarm. The reason for this
IL exnlained by the feeling against the
Peabody company which is strong fac
tor in the teamsters' strike, The blaze
was seen from distance by policeman
who notified the fire department fhe
lice declared that the fire was caused
by an incendiary. .
The first call for the 'able-bodied men
among the employees OF the city to aid In
the suppression of the rioting In the
strike. was made this evening. One hum
dred laborers from the water pipe extern
sion division Of the city were this after
noon ordered to report in the morning at
The office OF Chief Of Police O'Neill where
they will Q sworn in as special policemen.
The men were selected by their foremen.
who asked them to volunteer for strike
duty. Only such men as expressed them