The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-04


fighting cont inues in the streets, and Is,
II possible, more vicious on each suc-
cccdlng day. While policemen have been
able to dispense mobs sgand guard the
wagons, they have not been able to pre-
vent the many attacks that are made
on4non-union men in the business por-
tion OF the city alone. rho situation
business men say, will BIO tenfold worse
( when express wagons and retail delivery
X wagons are sent to remote parts Of the
city. tts
Armed With Shotguns.
Despite tho orders of Mayor Dunno,
many wagons Of concerns against which
strikes have been declared were handled
to-day BY men armed with rifles and
shotguns The first rlno shot fired dur
Ing the strike went whizzing through a
crowded thoroughfare to-day. Tho shot
was fired by a guard on a wagon of the
United States Express Company, while
1t was passing through a crowd Of strike
Streets. In driving past the corner the
driver OF the wagon refined his horses
suddenly. A guard within tho wagon
apoked his head Instantly from the wagon,
and, seeing a street car conductor stoop-
ing as though to throw missile, pulled
the rife trigger, without the slightest
hesitation. Nobody was hit, and 1t was
said later that the conductor who mar
rowly escape death was intent solely
4 on his legitimate work of throwing a
switch" 4. II 53ss US siis
VIZ Tho request Of the employers made to-
day, that the police be allowed to- ride
Z on their wagons. was refused by y the
chief Of police. Positive orders we're is
sued that under no circumstances must
the officers mount5the wagons, and they
will continue to march abreast Of the
wagons on the street tor keep along with
them while walking on the sidewalks.
Tho order, Chief fsof Police Q Nell ex-
planned, was simply intended to ward off
criticism. 8sssss ~ 4ss u $! Z. III
ono hundred and fifty wagons Of the
seven express companies went to and fro
across the city day, and in many in-'
stances completely unguarded and at no
time under the supervision OF more than
enc or two olicemen. Every wagon car
rled q guard, armed with rifles or dou-i
sDle barreled shotguns. The guns were;
iii plain evidence Throughout the day and
no ATTEMPT was made to interfere with
any OF the express wagons. The trucks
or the Scott transfer Company were
guarded III the same manner. Mon car
srying rifles were on every wagon and
around their waists were belts loaded with
cartridges. The company Il transacted its
business MS though there had been no
strike against 1t. s5s Ri = IS D i
q Mr. Scott to might was elated over the
success OF the day. both sides made
gains today, and the result leaves era
about as evenly balanced as before.
& The accession to the ranks OF the team
sters was made when a strike was Il e.
clared against the coal firm Of Crerar,
Clinch and Company II This concern enl-
ploys several hundred men and delivers
&C al to @. large number Of the most prom
5inent office buildings In the city. One!
OF their drivers was discharged for re-
fusng to make deliveries and the rest
walked out at once. s8ssii ~ SSssis5
Tho gain for the Employers Aaso-t
citation was when the members Of the
Hay and Grain Dealers Association, which
employs 1900 teams. declared that dellv-
cries would be made to any place in tho
city Irrespective o. strike conditions. If
drivers refused to obey orders. they were
discharged.
Fighting in Streets.
The mobs that filled the streets in tho
business quart ers o-day were larger and
suglier In disposition than those Of yes
terday. There was fighting In all parts
of the down town quarter throughout the
day, and a dozen times policemen were
compelled to use their clubs and wagon
guards, who are armed with heavy
canes. swung them whenever they were
attacked or thought an assault was about.
to be made, In many cases these Gual ds
were not careful whom they nit. and sew
ernl persons were knocked down simply
because they, were nearest 10 a guard
carrying q hickory club. On tho other
hand, the strikers and their friends were
equally indlscriminate In assaultlng peo-5
$ple. There were q number OF instances
where rnobs boarded street cal and wan
tonly attacked people riding in Them CIV
ing as a reason later that they woro
strike breakers. when, In fact. they had
nothing to do with the strike. sT
81 w. Jamison and Edward Boswell, tho
latter a negro medical student, were two
sufferers Of this class. The mob that
boarded a State Street car In which JaIni-}
son and Boswell were riding, dragged
tho two men OFF and beat them unmerci-
fully. Walter Norton, n negro. while
passing Van Buren, and Market strealA,l
was proclaimed to be q strike breaker,
and beaten almost to DEATH TT
f I'D to Z o'cocE tonight a score OF lnell
had been taken to hospi tails Wit all sorts
OF injuries. Besides there were two score
who were injured in the various fights
OF the day, whose names could not be-
learned. In ono fightsat Harrison Street
md Michigan Avenue four men We're
knocked down by wagon g'inrds and car
rled off by their friends Similar occur
rences were the rule whenever the po-
lice charged into n mob and the number
of injured tonight is probably close 70
seventy-fYe H e Vi
fft NIL 800 p ~.