Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-29

OF the neck, The final dNstardly assault
was when one OF the mob grabbed the
switch iron from the front of the car
and hurled IL 81 Manning, striking him
In the face and tearing the slcsh on his
nose and face, Manning grabbed the
heavy brass controller and with face
livid white delcd the crowd The
bunch made a rush for the front of the
car. but al this juncture X. e, yoe
TruaS, editor OF the labor paper, Jump
cd 10 the platform ana held hurried
conference with Manning and the con-
ductor inside the car, He then emerged,
and said the men agreed IL take the car
back 90 the barn II tho crowd would
refrain from further molNStotion- Some
one In the meantime had cut the trolley
rope, and left the trolley bobbng about
IN the air. The crowd yelled that they
would allow the car to be taken to tho
uarn, and De TruaN got on top Of the
car and adjusted the trolley. when II
was driven back To the barn This no
1cemen wore thick around the crowd
put seemed unable to locate thA cge
throwers, and the n5nn who threw tie
switch iron disappeared among the
crowd and was lost to the preservers Of
the law.
AT SECOND WEST
The police got hurry up cali a bout
Iu;5U ShlS morning when word came TO
headquarters that q gang of rufiians
were beating To- death 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 che car and assaulted the mcr,.
Conductor Beck WAS badly battered nm
and his lip was cut by a rock thrown
by one oH the gang. Frank HOrricks,
nptorn1an was also beaten SEVERELY
Tho patrol wagon loaded with ofli-
ctrs made a quick run TO the scene Of
trouble but when the police arrived,
the men who Haos the assault had
fcd The Injured carmen were taken
TO the car barns,
CARS WE'RE STARTED.
Seven cars went out ;bls morning at
$50 o'clock from the barns, as fol-
lows; Car No. T9, Third avenue Car
NO 81, Wandamere; Car No, 49, MUIR
ray, Car No. 81, Poplar Grove; Car
No 1870, depot line Car % was run
back to the barn az 7,40 as Dnff Evans,
the motorman was too IN TO run his
car. He was one of the injured In
yesterdays fracases, and was still sui
1erng from Iher effects. Master Me-
chanlo Franklin DOTTED his overal1s In
good earnest this morning, and with
TWO or three barn men who remained
faithful got busy I'm restoring sevaral
electrical connections on a number of
cars, After the seven cars went out.
the entire barn promises were as quiet
as a country graveyard for the shop
hands had gone out with the carmen,
and there WAS strictly ''nothin' doing"
INTERFERENCE BEGINS.
There was no interference with the
cars until 5 O'clock at The corner Of
Main and First South streets. where
car 40 from Murray showed w with
Jack Williams lat the throttle" A
boisterous. turbulent crowd of 800 or
500 men and boys Immediately gath
cred there, giving vent to their dis
turbsd feelings in yells. jeers, catcalls
land shouts both blaSphenaouS- sand OBJ
scene AS II by magic, three large
Kim ball vaiae had dropped onto the up
track above Second South street, ana
proceeded lelsureIy nOrthward with
Williams changing his gong TO no pur-
pose At the First South street COR
ner, the riotous crowds snrged and
rolled around the car, cheering the driv :
ers of the vans and yelling, "Scabl' at
Williams Presently eggs began 10
ny, AZ constituencies youth raided the
neghboring grocery fronts and helped
themselves TO eggs without stopping
TO settle
The big moving vans stopped al the
curve TO rest the horses after their ar
duOus pull OF one block up hill. empty
The police appeared to be innocent. II
not positively DISTINGUISHED spectators;
but after the vans had rested FIVE min
utes. the police advised the drivers to
pull OF to one side. which the latter
finally consented to do, Williams then
started the car around onto east First
South street, where another obstruc-
ton was met IN a 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-
frcshn,ents-of the omelet variety. not