The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
MOB BOMBARDS
 A RESTAURANT Greeks Attacked for Badly Treating an American FIRE ENGINE CALLED OUT Police Cannot Control Crowd Which Gathers and Demolishes Greek
 Restaurant-SeveraI Men
 Arrested and Jailed.
FIRE ENGINE CALLED OUT

Roanoke, Va, July H-Resenting the treatment of young American received from several Greeks in a Greek restaurant about Il o'clock tonight, a large number of Americans bombarded the place with bricks, demolishing the windows and doors. Some one inside fired several shots into the street, none taking effect Several hundred people quickly gathered in the street and bricks continued to fly for two hours, the police being un- able to move the mob. At 1 o'clock this morning shouting was heard for several blocks
 Judge Bryan ordered the police to ar rest an American who was in the street, but when the officers started to do so the crowd yelled. No you dGnt" and Closed in The policeman did not make the arrest.
 Shortly after 1 o'clock Mayor Cutcheon arrived on the scene and is trying to in- duce the crowd to break up, but the hoot- ing continued.
 Another attempt by the police to arrest a man in the street failed. The crowd yelled and Judge Bryan warned the dis turbers that he would shoot the first man that assaulted one of the officers
 At 1:30 a. m. a fire alarm was turned in by order of Mayor Cutcheon and d company from the central station came to the scene with an engine and hose wagon to wet the crowd and force 1t back. As the hose was being attached to the hy- drant there were loud cries of "cut the hose" and "shoot him, shoot him." the last remark being aimed at the fireman. When the water was turned on the crowd moved back in all directions, but the brick bats continued to fly through the air. A place next door to the Greek res taurant where the trouble started, was bombarded
 Mayor cutcheon has ordered all the all night Greek restaurants closed and inc lights have been put out.
 A quantity of carbolic acid was thrown from the window of a building opposite the restaurant and a number or persons on the sidewalk were burned on their hands and arms.
 As fire wagons went through the streets they were stoned by the crowds. At 9 o'clock this morning the police charged crowd near the police station, using their night sticks, which fell on, num- heTof heads. Several men were arrested and landed In jail.
 At o'clock Sunday morning the sec tion in which the Greek restaurants are located covering a territory of several blocks. are filtered with broken giass' dishes. eggs and refuse
 Every Greek place in town. dozen ar more including restaurants, boot biack stands and hat cleaning establishments, has been wrecked. , .o,. The mob at o'clock was sca''ere, o'e s'. tho Central portion of town. Mayo Cntcheon Is still on the streets. pleading with the mob to disperse Two arrests have just been r/de by the police but one of the men was resceud Dy ms friends The fire department has re- turned to the station. A crowd has just appeared at the Bel mont restaurant, where the trouble start cd in search of the proprietors, but were assured by the policemen that no one was
 The crowds will likely be on the streets till daylight. Several Syrian shops were wrecked. The Greeks canont be found