The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-03-23
Threatened Him When
There Was a Dispute
Over the Fare
Collected.
LEFT CAR AT PALAFox AND
GREGORY AND WAITED UNTIL
HE RETuRNEp-wHEN KNOCK
ED or THEY HURLED BRICKS
INTO CAR, WHERE LADIES
WERE SEATED.

A few moments after 10 o'clock last
night, Conductor Bowman in charge
of one of the East Hill cars, was at
tackled at the Palafox and Gregory
street junction by NE negro men,
with whom he had a dispute about
thirty minutes previous. The negroes,
being knocked from the car as they
came on to attack the conductor, re-
sorted to hurting stones and bricks
into the car, and when the latter
drew out from the station and away
from the nen there was a 1890
gentlemen and two children were pas
sengers on the car, but no one suffer
ed any injury, excepting the conduc-
tor, who in the fight had his right
hand badly cut by the glass of one of
the windows.
Threatened the Conductor.
Conductor Bowman stated last
night that when his car was coming
towards the city 1T was boarded by
seven negroes, two women and five
men. The conductor was given a
twenty-five cent piece by the first
negro he approached, and when he
asked, the negro how many he desired
to pay for the black replied in very
insulting manner: Il didn't ask for
any change did II"
The conductor rang up the five
fares and passing along down the
car collected from the two at the
end of the car, who offered their
money. thus making seven fares. AS
he collected these fares the negro
who had paid for FIVE jumped from
his seat and said that he had paid
for those two men. The conductor
told him he had only paid for five and
there were seven in the crowd.
The negro grew more insolent and
demanded the return Of ten cents, but
the conductor refused 10 return the
money, saying there were seven in the
party and he proposed to have seven
fares.
:, number of negroes joined in the
dispute, and as the car neared the
junction on Gregory street they asked
were given AS they left the car the
negro who had been loudest in the de-
mand for the return of two fares, told
tae conductor that he would see him
And gel that money yet
turn trip at 10 o'clock and passing up
Palafox street it was boarded by a
lady. Later a gentleman with his
wife and two children boarded it
These were about the only passengers
when the car reached the junction
Waiting there were the five negro
men who had left the car short
time before, the two women having
evidently left
Conductor Attacked.
As the car came to stop it was
boarded by two of the men, and one
said: I have come to get that dime,
and 1 intend having it" The conduc-
tor told them to get of the car They
were standing on the platform and
began cursing and abusing the COLI
ductor, when he landed on the negro,
knocking him from the car The
other had reached the inside of the
car, but after a short fight he too
left the car A third attempted to
get on the car, but he was knocked
Of. and when he arose from the
greund. ne hurled a brick into the car.
breaking one of the glass windows
The passengers had become excited.
but they were finally persuaded 70 keep
their seats and STOPPING low avoid
ed the bricks and stones which were
being hurled at the car by the i've
negroes In the midst of a fusilade
of bricks the car pulled out from the
station in a hurry. and the negroes
fed
AS soon as possible the police sta
ton was notified. and the names of
two of the negroes were furnished the
officers No arrests had been made
w 10 late hour.