Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-29
Policemen Look Upon and Condone Violence.


Of the neck, The final dastardly assault
was when one of the mob sra bbed the
switch iron from the front of the car
and hurled it At Manning, striking hin,
In the face and tearing the flesh on his
nose and face Manning grabbed the
heavy bress controller and with face
livtd white deled the crowd. Tho
bunch made rush for the front Of tho
car. but at this jumcture r.. Il. De
Truax, editor OF the labor paper. jump
ed 10 the platform aud held n hurried
conference with Manning ana the con-
duetor inside the ear. He thcn emerged
ana said the men agreed to take the car
BACK TO the barn it the crowd would
refrain from further noleStatien- Some
one In the meantime had cut the trolley
rope and left the trolley bobblng about
In the air. The crowd yelled that they
would allow the car to be IA ken to the
barn. and De Truax got on top of the
car and adjusted the trolley. whom IL
was driven back to the barn The 20.
licemen were thick around the crowd.
but seemed unable 10 locate the egg
throwers, and the man who threw the
switch iron disappeared among the
crowd and was lost Ia the pTeservers cf
the law,
AT SECOND WEST.
The police got a hurry up call about
1880 this morning when Nord catne 10
headquarters that a gang OF rutianS
we're beating TO dea tn two men OH
Second West between Third and
Fourth South street, The men had a
car which they wanted 10 place In the
barn at Seventh West but the mob
stopped ;he car and assaulted the men.
Conductor Beck was badly battered uD
and his lip was cut by a rock thrown
by one OF the gang FRANK HoVriclSs,
metornlan. was also beaten severely,
The patrol wagon loaded with on
GERS, made a quick run 10 The scene Of
trouble bur when the police 81 rived,
the men who made the assault had
fed. The injured carmen were taken
10 the car barns,
CARS WERE: STARTED,
Seven cars went out ;hls morning at
$50 o'clock from the barns, as fol-
lows; Car No, 70. Third avenue: Car
No, 81, Wandamcre; Car No. 80. Muir
ray; Car No, So. Poplar Grove Car
No. 1870. depot line, Car 81 was run
back to the barn at lao as Dotf Evans.
the rIotornlan was TOO Ill IN run his
car. He WAS one OF the In jured In
yesterdays tracases. and was stlll suf-
fering from their effects. Master Me
chanio Franklin dofled his overalIs In
good earnest this morning, and with
two or three barn men who remained
faithful got busy In restoring several
electrical connections Oh a number Of
cars After the seven cars went out,
the entire barn premises We're as quiet
as country graveyard, for the shop
hands had gone .uut with tho carmen,
and there was strictly 'nothIn doing"
INTERFERENCE BEGINS.
There Was no interference with the
CARS until O'Clock at the corner OF
Main and First South streets where
car 40 from Murray showed VI VITA
Jack Williams Eat the throttle" 4
boisterous, turbulent crowd OF 800 or
900 men and boys Immediately gath
cred there, giving vent to their dis
turbed feelings in yolis. jeers, cakcalls
and shouts both blasphemous and OBJ
scene Az II by magic, three large
kimbali vans had dropped onto the UP
track above Second South street, and
proceeded leisureIy northward with
Williams Changing his gong to no pur-
pose. At the First South street COR
ner, the riotous crowds suTged and
solled around the car- cheering the driv-
ers of the vans, and yelling. "Scab!" at
Williams. Presently eggs began 10
fly. as constituencies youth raided the
neiehboring grocery fronts and helped
= themselves to eggs without stopping
10 settle.
Inc Dig moving vans stopped al the
curve to rest the horses after their ar
duous pull of one block up hill, empty.
The police appeared 10 be innocent. If
not positively disinterssted spectators;
but after the vans had rested five mir
utes, the police advised the drivers to
pull off to one side, which the latter
finally consented to do. Williams then
started the car around onto east First
South street, where another obsIruc-
ton was met in two-horse dray load
ed with paints. The crowd had blocked
the wheels with cart rungs and chained
one of the hind wheels. There was
another wait OF five minutes for re-
ffeshrnents-of the Omelet variety. not