The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-08

Saw Four Men Fall.
An Associated Press man, VINO 80
on horseback behind string OF cars
saw four men shot from the glass car
windows. The first shot was fired a.
the intersection of Turk and Buchanah
streets. by a guard from the rear
nIatform of the car that nea ted tne
string of seven. The bullet struck
young man standing on the curp anu
inflicting flesh wound in his arm.
The shot was not fired until most Oh
the windows of the cars had peeh
smashed with stones, several or "hich
had struck and severely bruised some
of the guards on board The shootihs
of this man aroused the mob TO
pitch of frenzy.
Paving stones and other obstructions
were cast on the track and IN ma
nav the car was brought to a stand
still a block further on. Hurting any
missiles that came easiest to hano,
cursine and screaming for the hFes
of the strike breakers, hundreds OF
men and boys surrounded the car. IN
a moment the fusilade OF sho.s rams
~ and the crowd fell back in fear
The instructions were cleared away
and the car proceeded, followed
hIock behind by two others. Inc
sound of the shots apprised inc maj
crowd in the neighborhood OF fHnIoIo
and Webster streets that bat.le was
and bows came running down I4,k
street in pursuance of the strike
breakers who. standing to their posts
shot again into the crowds lDuisc.ii-
inately and repeated showers Oh stohes
struck and injured them.
Youth Shot Through Lungs.
At Van Ness avenue a youth perhaps
twenty years of age was shot through
the lungs. He pitched forward INTO
the street. whence he was lifted ana
thrown on a mattress IN Iurhitae
wagon. He was hurried to the eier
gency hospital Still the mob checkeo
hut not. dismayed by the rain OF bull
iats kant nm a running pursuit of the
slowly moving cars, stoning them and
cursing the guards.
lust beyon Van Ness Avenue. the
first squad of police arrived IN a pa
troll wagon. The mob stoned them, too'
hut presently desisted on being I'M
niored nv union pickets, who shouted
frantically, Boys, don't hit the cops
they are our friends.
The mob called on the officers to ar
rest the dozen or more guards on the
hrst three cars. Very Few OF the Pc,
Iicamen drew their clubs. They tried
TO persuade the maddened men ana
hovs to dispense, but without erect.
One union man who was loudest IN oe
nunciation of strike breakers. created
a dramatic scene. While the smoke
from the emptied pistols of the guards
still hung within the shattered cars.
he threw off his coat. raised his arms
and wildly offered himself as sacri-
fee to their bullets.
At Turk and Hyde Streets, three
blocks east of Van Ness Avenue. the
guards again turned loose their weap-
ons on the following crowd. In the
fusi1ade a policeman was shot in the
hack. presumably by accident. None or
the strikers or their sympathizers ex-
hibited a pistol or used weapons other
than stones or bricks. Along the line
Of skirmish, from webster Street. as
far as franklin, garbage cans. We're
taken from the curb and their contents
thrown at the guards.
Guards are Arrested.
The first two cars succeeded In get
ting as fas as Market Street, where
officers from the Central Police Station
in Eddy Street arrested the guards and
took them to headquarters where they
were booked. under what charge the
police refused to say.
second and third relief squads from
the central station, under command of !
Captains Scott and Duke, raced out
Turk Street in carriages and automo-
biles. Captain Scott was the first Of
fcer observed to use actual force IN
ordertto dispense the crazed mob
Leaping from his buggy, he drew
his club and struck right and left. Az
ter he had knocked down four or nVe
of the strikers and their sympathizers.
the saIutary effect of his manner of
treatment became apparent; the mob
broke and began to run.
AS Scott pursued them with raised
club, he tripped over paving stone
and fell headlong in the street. At
this, the mob set up a shout of delight.
and missiles of all sorts were hurled at
the PROSTATE man. He picked himself
up and gave chase. Captain Duke, ar
irving a few minutes later, followed
Captain SCOTS tactics and. with half
dozen burly patrolmen. beat back and
scattered the crowd, which retreated,
jeering toward the car barns at Turk
and Fillmore Streets.
Competent observers of the rioting
expressed freely the opinion that the
tragic happenings of the afternoon
might have been in large measure
avoided if an adequate police force had
been on hand, and if the police had not
hesitated to use force in oposing vio-
lence.
All of the wounded men were re-
moved to the emergency hospital.
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