Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-12-01
Fierce STREET RIOT
NEVER WAS THERE Such DIS
ORDER IN HAMILTON, ONT.
Striking Car Men and sympathlzers
Attacked by Police and Soldiers
Street Cars Were Wrecked-oyer a
Hundred People lnJured-Frsnk
Fitzgerald VIII Die.

Hamilton, Ont, Nov. 25.-Neyer In
Hamilton's history we're such scenes
of disorder and lawlessness seen as
were enacted in the principal streets
of the city Saturday night Scores of
rioters, sympathizers and striking car
men felt the weight of pollceman's
night sticks and the keen edge Of the
soldiers swords, in conflicts on James
and King streets. At late hour
street cars were running at intervals,
under heavy guards, but they did not
carry passengers, and continued to be
the targets for fusilades of stones and
bricks from side streets and alley.
ways.
The crowds began to gather at dusk.
The authorities at once saw that
trouble was brewing, and made their
preparations accordingly. Fights on
the street cars began as early as
O'Clock. The police welded their clubs
freely, but the situation became too
serious for them to handle. Sheriff
Middleton was notified and he imme-
diately read the riot act, which made
every able bodied citizen amenable to
police duty. He also notified Captain
Ogilvie that the aid of troops had be
come necessary to keep order.
A o'clock a concerted effort was
made by the police and soldiers to
clear the streets. James street. in the
vicinity of the city hall, was packed
with a dense crowd of yelling hood
lums. and hundreds of people were at
tracted to the scene more by curiosity
than to take part in the disorders. The
police charged this crowd first. They
Welded their clubs with telling effect
The absence OF stern methods in pre-
vious disorders had led many to be
lieve that the police would not resort
to harsh measures. The officers were
met with jeers and insults.
Smashing right and left with theiI
heavy night sticks. the police wade6
into the crowd. Men and women suf
fered alike, and soon the pavement
was marked by many unconscious
| iOillo lt IlODs itdiiGAu6 tndA tht
police meant business this time, begar
to retaliate with stones and other mis-
siles.
Cavalry Take Hand.
At this point, the clatter of horses
hoofs on the pavement announced the
approach of the cavalry, and the
crowd. attached from both sides. brok,
and fed down the side streets anC
through Railways into back alleys
.ne streets in me vicinity OF the city
hall were closed, but it was onl,
temporary relief for the authorities
Inc crowd soon began to converge OF
| King street. A street car with de
tectives on board came along and be
| and stones. The strikebreakers an,
detectives deserted the car as the mol
| grew in volume and their lives were
endangered by me avalanche of rocks
They were followed by a section O
the crowd and given a severe beating
The street car was derailed and liter
ally torn to pieces before the militii
could reach the spot. The mob mehet
away as the soldiers charged will
fixed bayonets.
This was the last concentrated dem
onstration made by the rioters durini
the evening. although disorders on {
smaller scale were frequently up t
midnight.
Streets strewn With Debris.
The streets were strewn with debris
Many plate glass windows N store
we're broken by flying missiles.
Twenty of the rioters were landed
at the police stations. The policemen
arrested scores but the crowd rescued
the prisoners.
Nearly 100 persons were treated a
the hospitals. Ineir injuries. however
are not serious. They had been hit b,
club. The soldiers, as a rule. useC
the fiat OF their swords and the but
ends of their rifles.
Frank Fitzgerald. whose skull wal
fractured in the disorders, is at thu
point of death.