The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-03
NOn-UniOnW nWorknnenand
uJnoffending Citizens
Savagely Attacked.
WOMEN CAUGHT in
RlOTOUS CROWDS. {: S:
Presbyterian Preacher Knocked
Down and Very Severely
Beaten.
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SHOPPING DISTRICTS
INVADED BY H0ODLUMS.
People Clubbed and Stoned Al
most to Death Within Square
Of Police8H cadqualters Out
look for To-day Is for
More Figl,ti,1g-One
Man Killed
SHOPPING DISTRICTS
INVADED BY H00DLUMS
(ByAssociated Prcss.)

(By Associated Ircss) Ri.
s5 CHICAGO, May 2-The death OF one
man and the injury OF scores Of others
vas the Immediate result OF to-dav's
fighting between the striking teamsters
= and their sympa thizers on the one side
and the police and the non-unions men on
the other.
There We're riots IN all parts OF the
s. city. Men we're dubbed and stoned tnl-s
most to death within a square Of police
headquarters and five miles away. men
were shot down IN the streets. At a
hundred places between these tro ex-
trenes OF distance, there were assaults
and fight In the streets. Non-union men
we're peltcd with stones, bricks and every
other conceivable sor. OF missiles. They
were dragged from their wagons beaten.
dubbed and stamped upon.
In return, the non-unon men. although
&hopeIessly oulnuinhcred In every ST trusglc,
fought 5desperate ely n several INSTANCES.
they drew their revolver satid einDtlcd
hem into the GRO ~ds that pressed around
ana threatening thc.r$ lives
Tie colored drivers especially, were
quick With their weapons. Large mum
"A bcis of3Etie non-un!on drivers carried
heavy clubs and they swung thenlSwitlij
terrific effect throughout the day. As
far as can be ascertaned tonight. the.
. list o! Injured numbers in the neighbor-
hood OF forty. but 1t is far snort OF be-.
ing accurate. #
The outlook for tomorrow is for moro
fighting and there is not tie slightest
evidence of the approaching end Of the
strike. fs1
Disorder in Streets.
The fighting to-day IN the streets was
even more fierce and sav.ige than that
or yesterday. The strikers and their SYM
pathizers attacked the 5non-u!ion men at
every opportunity. assaillng them with
bricks, stones, clubs, knives and any
aud every other offensive weapon upon
which they could lay their hands. @
@ The fighting occurred III the heart of
%t the business section Of the c.y. men be-
Z ing shot down within two hundred feet
( of the retail store OF Marshall Field anl
Company and dubbed nearly 10 death at
the corner OF the Auditorium Hotel In
plain view Of hundreds of ladies WHO
were compelled To run from The mob
to save their own 4 lives.
In many instances, men. walking along
4 the streets, who had no active connec-
y ton whatever with the strike, were as
saulted by hoodlums who bear Them first
8 and later accused them OF being strike
breakers notable instance af this kind
was that of Rev w. Il Wheeler. paslor
OF the Ninth Presbyterian Church. who,
while passing the corner Of Desplaines
and Adams Streets. on his way to the
pennsylvania depot, was attacked by three
men, who knocked him down and beat
him numerically, until the timely ar
rival Of the police saved him from fur-
tfer injury Mr.. Wheeler managed to
hold ono of his assailants until the police
could arrest him. Sa
One Man Killed.
William Miles, a colored waiter while
E at work In n lunch room at Adams ana
sansamon Streets, half mile from any
former scene OF rioting during the strike,
was also a victim of the strikers fury,
Il although he had had no connection what
ever with the trouble. He was accused
of being O strike breaker, wi,s pounded
ii "a on the head with q billy. knocked dowr,
and trampled upon, Miles was removed
10 the hospital whore his injuries were
y pronounced severe. fEfsfs
AS far as known, but ono man was
H killed during the day--Charlcs Beard
4 struck on the forehead In a fight near
8l the Auditorium Hotel. He died of a frac-
II tured skull at hospital where lle had
4 been taken. a partial list Of the IN
j,ired foots up }thirty-two,
A. 4 S, utely, floor manager Tor Mont
gon,ery, Ward and Company, who has
been active in the Interests OF Ward AND
Company since the commencement OF tlle
~ strike, was attacked by three men WING
he thinks had been following him iol
several days, While passing q vacant. lol
Y In Oakenwald Avenue. The men knocket
& him down and kicked him In 9 terrific
6St manner about the head and face ite
knocked one Of them down withse MY
and the Others ram ID,
Mob Attacks Negroes.
Rloting near tito Aud itoriunl Hotel brok'
y out THIS afternoon when coal wagons fol
Il the Edwin n Daniels VA Coal COMPANY Y
t driven by two colored men and gllardes
III forty others, We're attacked q py Y
II cipwd of 5000 persons. Al along statt
street the negroes experienced trollhle
but they were able To protect themselves sA,
ls8s3 With their hickory clubs, W'heneyer4t y,
crowd would ATTEMPT to rush at ~
wagons, the colored men WouNl use ihel 4.
Il clubs, maulng the strike sylnpalth thizsf
numerically, sig 4 y
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