New-York tribune., 1906-11-25
SCORES HURT In RIOTS.
rpoOpS CHARGE STRIKERS
Uomen and Children Injured-Mob
DESTROYS .SHeetc0rs.

,,.-o,lton. ont. Nov. 24-scores Of persons
,ri,,red in collisions between rioters and the
-. and soldiers here tonight Several street.
,-era demolished by the striking streetcar
,s their svmpathizers The riot act has
,een read by the Mayor
,,,;,,re5 include women and children. The
-.o.+s are strewn with debris from the broken
A. 10 o'clock the militia. infantry and
mere charging the crowds with fixed
,.vonets and drawn swords
,-o,,er in Hanilton's history were such scenes
s,sorder and lawIessness seen as We're enacted
- ,ne principal streets of the city tonight.
,.,-es NJ rioters. symrathizers with the striking
-.e-car men. felt the weight Of policemens
,,ebtsticks and the edges OF the soldiers swords
=. .asnerate conflicts in James and King streets.
40 late hour streetCars were running at inter-
&c under heavy guard. but they carried no
ssAreers and continued TO be targets for fusil-
,,ses Of stones and bricks from side streets and
,uo-rsvs. Drastic as were the measures taken
- the authorities tonight, 1t was plain that
,bs mob spirit had not been broken
The crowds began to gather at dusk. The
.u.,or,ries at once saw that trouble was brew
a., and made their preparations accordingly.
,t,acks on the streetcars began as early as
,.,ol, The police welded their clubs freely,
- the situation grew too serious for them to
.o,d1e Sheriff Middleton was sent for and he
,-,AdiateIv read the riot act, which makes
sverv able bodied citizen amenable TO police
duty He also advised Captain Ogilvie that
.be aid Of troops had become necessary TO main
tain order.
At o'clock a concerted effort was made by
hs roIice and soldiers 10 clear the streets.
lanes street, near the City Hall, was packed
14tb yelling hoodlums and hundreds of persons
attracted 10 the scene more by curiosity than
IN take part in the disorders. The police charged
.bA crowd first. They welded their clubs with
falling effect The absence of stern methods in
rreyious disorders had led many to believe that
tbe police would not resort 10 harsh measures
tonight The polCe were met Win JeerS anu
insults
Smashing right and left, with their heavy
nightsticks the police waded into the crowd.
Men and women suffered alike, and soon the
ugvement was dotted with unconscious and
tloodstained forms. Pandenlonium reigned. The
mob realizing that the police meant business this
time began TO retaliate with stones and any,
thing they could lay their hands At this
point the cIatter Of horses hoofs announced the
approach Of the cavalry, and the crowd at
;eaked from both sides, broke and fed down side
streets and through Railways into back alleys.
The streets near the City Hall were cleared,
but it was only temporary relief for the au-
thorites.
The crowd soon began 70 converge in King
street streetcar with detectives on board
came along and became the target for fusillade
Of bricks and stones. The strike breakers and
detectives deserted the as the mob grew in
volume and their lives were endangered by the
avalanche Of rocks.
They were followed by part of the crowd and
beaten. The streetcar was literally torn 10
pieces before the militia could reach the spot.
The mob melted away as fast 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 a smaller scale were frequent up TO
midnight
Al 1890 o'clock the authorities appeared to
have the situation well in hand. although it is
realized that the trouble is by no means over.
Il is probable that the local officials will ask for
more soldiers.
The streets are strewn with debris. and many
plate glass windows in stores were broken by
nylng 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 10 patrol boxes
Nearly one hundred persons were treated at
the hospitals. Their injuries, however. We're not
serious. being principally severe bruises where
they had been hit by clubs. The soldiers, as
rule, used the fat OF their swords and the hutt
ends Of their rifles. Most Of those treated at
ihe hospitals We're able to go home after having
Their wounds dressed.
Frank Fitzgerald, whose skull was fractured
IN last nights disorders, is at the point Of death