Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-12-01
fierce Street RIOT
NEVER WAS There such DIS
ORDER IN:HAMILTON, ONT.
Striking Car Men and Sympathizers
Attacked by Police and Soldiers
Street Cars Were Wrecked-Over a
Hundred People Injured-Frank
Fitzgerald Will Die.

Hamilton, Ont, Nov. 25.-Never in
Hamilton's history were 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'3
night sticks and the keen edge OF the
soldiers swords, in conflicts on James
and King streets. At n 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 8 o'clock concerted effort was
made by the police and soldiers to
clear the streets. James street. in the
vicinity OF the city hail. was packed
with a dense crowd of yelling hood
1ums, 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 suf-
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
hoofs on the pavement announced the
approach of the cavalry, and the
crowd, attached from both sides, broke
and fed down the side streets ant
through Railways into back alleys
Inc streets in tne vicinity of the city
hall were closed, but it was only
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
came the target for fusl.ade of bricks
and stones. The strikebreakers ant
detectives deserted the car as the mol
endangered by Ine avalanche Of rocks
They were followed by section o
the crowd and given severe beating
The street car was derailed and Liter
ally torn to pieces before the militi
could reach the spot. The mob melte
away as the soldiers charged wit
fixed bayonets.
This was the last concentrated den
onstration made by the rioters durin
the evening, although disorders on
smaller scale we're frequently up
midnight.
Streets Strewn With Debris.
The streets were strewn with debri
Many plate glass windows N store
were broken by flying missiles.
Twenty Of the rioters were lande
at the police stations. The policeme
arrested scores but the crowd rescue
the prisoners.
Nearly 100 persons we're treated
the hospitals. Their injuries, howeve
are not serious. They had been hit
club. The soldiers, as a rule, use
the fat of their swords and the bu
ends of their rifles.
Frank Fitzgerald, whose skull vi
fractured in the disorders, is at Il
point of death.