Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-28
NEVER WAS there such DIS.
ORDER INHAMILTON,
Striking Car Men and sympathizers
Attacked by Police and Soldiers
Hundred People lnjured-Frank
Fitzgerald viii Die.

Hamilton, Ont, NOV. 26.-Never 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 pollcaman'a
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 Z
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 s 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 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 their
heavy night sticks, the police waded
into the crowd. Men and women sui.
fered alike, and soon the pavement
was marked by many unconscious
forms. The mob, realizing that the
police meant business this time, began
to retaliate with stones and other mis-
siles.
Cavalry Take Hand.
At this point, the clatter of horses
boots on the pavement announced the
approach Of the cavalry, and the
crowd, attached from both sides, broke
and fed down the side streets and
through Railways into back alleys
Inc streets in lne vicinity of the city
hall were closed, but it was only
temporary relief for the authorities
Inc crowd soon began to converge on
King street. A street car with de-
tectives on board came along and be
came the target for a fusl.ade Of bricks
and stones. The strikebreakers and
detectives deserted the car as the moi
grew in volume and their lives were
endangered by Inc avalanche Of rocks
They were followed by section Of
the crowd and given a severe beating
The street car was derailed and liter
ally torn to pieces before the militia
could reach the spot. The mob melted
away as the soldiers charged with
fixed bayonets.
| This was the last concentrated dem
onstratlon made by the rioters during
the evening, although disorders on 6
smaller scale were frequently up to
midnight.
| Streets strewn With Debris.
The streets we're strewn with debris
Many plate glass windows N stores
we're broken by flying missiles.
Twenty of the rioters we're landed
at the police stations. The policemen
arrested scores but the crowd rescued
the prisoners.
Nearly 100 persons we're treated a
he hospitals. lneir injuries, however
ire not serious. They had been hit BY
hub. The soldiers, as rule, uset
the fiat of their swords and the but
,nds of their rifles.
Frank Fitzgerald, whose skull was
fractured in the disorders, Is at the
point Of death.