Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-05-20
Bloody Battle Follows Attack
on Trolley in Cleveland Sub
urb' -Four Men Are Seriously
Wounded by Bullets,
CHILD DECAPlTATED;
MOB SEEKS VENGEANCE
Car Strike Situation Grows
Grave, Heavy Force of Police
Called Out to Combat DiSor-
der in Streets,
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Cleveland May l9,-The most sert-
Gus violence Of the street car strike
occurred in Lakewood. a suburb. to-
night, when four men were wounded
by bullets. one car was burned and
another partly wrecked Trouble ha
been anticipated and the first car run
into Lakewood on the Clifton !iue
carried no passengers. When it stop
ped before Il railway bridge, crowd
which had been lying in wait leaped
from behind the bridge and opened
fire on the crew and guards. Guards
". j. Bames and Bohnswan returned
the fire. over thirty shots were eN-
changed.
While the shooting was in progress
the crowd grew to nearly thousand.
Another car arrived and its crew and
guard Joined the fight Gasoline was
poured upon the second car md it
was burned to the trucks The Cleve-
land police were notified and sixty Of
tcers were sent to the rescue. The
first car, riddled with bullets and win
dows broken, proceeded to the car
barns.
Motormau P. c. Elsholz was shot in
the leg, John Gray and George Alex
ander, guards on the second car We're
shot In the chest, and Mace Burlm-
game who was in the crowd Wh In
made the attack was shot In tha
hand All were taken to Il hospital.
where they are reported to be scri-
oIisly wounded.
An earlier disturbance occurred in
the downtown district when Yctta
WOlkinson, lIttle girl, was killed by
a Woodland avenue car while she was
attempting to cross the street. Her
death was said TO be due to the intT-
perienced motorman being unable -
control the car. AS soon as he rem
tZed what occurred, he stopped the
car several blocks ahead where the
police were notified. The conductor
had left the car and sought refuge IN
q nearby drug store. The crowd al
tempted to reach him, while others a.
tempted to catch the fleeing car and
assault the mot0rman. The police ar
rived just in time to save the con
ductOr, at whom the mob was yelling,
Lynch him, lynch himl"
The girls head mad been severed
from her body Il" mistake two
morgue-k keepers had been called.
When their dead wagons arrived one
took the girls head and the other her
bod,
The frantic parents Of the girl eX-
ciledly trying to obtain possession Of
the severed parts of the body lnflam-
ed the mob spirit and moro serious
trouble was narrowly averted tE the
nc,lce. ....
The state arhitrators took uT JhNlf
TASK OF endeaVorng TO erect a con-
citation between the strikers ara lhe
Mumclpal traction company eaiI| lals
morning, and remained in session sew
efal hours,
While the car service was signify
improved today the general situation
appeared so serious tonight that pos
sihlities OF speedy settlement no"
are regarded as somewhat remote.
The members of the carmens union
began series Of meetings for the
purpose of arousnp sympathy and to
appeal to the public to refialh from
using the cars until the strike finally
is acttled.
At these meetings the proposition
also Of petitioning the city council to
order a public veto as TO whether the
franchise recently granted and under
which the Municipal Traction company
Is operating shall become effective.
This proposal is based upon the new
initiative and referendum law enact
ed by the state legislature few weeks
a"o. This law provides that the oues-
ton OF whether a street railway fran
chise shall become operative shall rest
with a majority Of the voters of the
community, providing Is per cent Of
the voters petition the city council to
hold such q vote The petition will
make it obligatory Sn the council to
submit the matter 20 vote. the
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