The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
Soldiers and Police At
 tack Strikers.
MANY STRUCK TO PAvEMENTS
Officers Smash Right and Left
 With Night Stick.
Cavalry Charges Yelling Mob, Under Fire Front and Rear, Crowd Re- treats to AIIeywass--use
 Brick. and
 stones.

Hamilton. ontario. Nov. 24.--Never in HamIIton's history were such scenes of disorder and iawIessness seen as were enacted in the principal streets of the city tonight. scores of rioters, syn- pathizers with tho striking street car men, felt the weight of policemen's night sticks ana the keen edge of the soldiers, swords in conflicts on James and Ging Streets.
 At a late hour, street cars were run ming at intervals under heavy guards, but they did not carry passengers. and continued to be targets for fusillades of stones and bricks from side streets and alieyways. Drastic as were the measures taken by the authorities to- night. it was plain the mob spirit has not been broken.
 The crowds began to gather at dusk. The authorities at once saw that trouble was brewing, and made their nrsnarations accordingly. Attacks on inc street cars began as early as o'clock. The police welded their cluos freely but the situation grew too ser ious for them to handle.
 sheriff Middleton was notified ana he immediately read the riot act, which makes every able -noaiea cilizsh s. amenabIe to police duty. He also notls fled Captain 1givile that the Alu oh traans had become necessaryfto main
 A. o'clock a concerted effort was ,,ade b.y inc police and soldiers t9 clear sthe streets James street, ID tne Yteah~ lty of City Hall. was paekea With 2 dense crowd of yelling hoooluins ana hundreds of psopie alfacteM scene more by curieaity than to take nart in the disorders. The police eharg- sd this crowd first. The officers were met with jeers and Insults
 : sn,ashing right and left with their heavv night sticks. the police waded lnte the crowd. Men and women sui sefod alike, and soon the pavement was marked by many unconsclons AoIins 1; The mob, realizing the police meant business this time, began to retallate with stones and other missiles.
 Al thfs point the chatter of horses 5oofs on the pavement announced the ypproach of cavalry and the crowd at .acked from both sides, broke and ned town side streets and through railways nto back alleys. The streets in the vicinity of the City Hall were closed put 1t was only temporary relief TOT he authorities.
 The crowd soon began to converge on <ing Street A street car with detec- ives on board came along and became he target for a fusilade of bricks and stones. The strike -brealers and de- tectives deserted the car as the mob endangered by the avalanche of rocks
 They were followed by section of the crow1, and given severe beating. The street car was deraiied and liter ally torn to pieces before the militia could reach the spot. The mob melted away as the soldiers charged down the street with fixed bayonets- This was the last concentrated demonstration made by the rioters during the evening, although disorders on smaller scale were frequent up to midnight.
 At 1:3O o'clock this morning, the au- thorities appeared to have the situation well in hand. although it is realized hat the trouble is by no means over Z. It is probable the local officials will ask for more soldiers.
 The streets are strewn with debris and many plate glass windows in stores were broken by flying missiles.
 Twenty of the rioters were arrested and landed at the police stations. The policemen arrested scores, but the crowd took the prisoners away from them before they could get to a patrol box.
 Nearly loo people were treated at the hospitals Their injuries. however. were not serious. They had been hit bv cIubR The soldiers as a rule used the flat Of their swords and the butt ends of their rifles. Most of those treated at the hospitals were able to leave after having their wounds dressed.
 Frank Fitzgerald, whose skull was fractured in last nights disorders, is at the point of death.