Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-11
CAR STRIKE SPREADS;
RI0TING RAMPANT

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system OF the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company, which had been a
bulwark of strength for he company
since the strike begun, became tied up
by a partial strike of its employees.
The trouble started when a west
bound train reached the Forty-sixth
street station. Here the crew deserted
and the train was run to the Sixty
ninth street terminal by men sent out
from that point. Subsequently other
crews deserted their trains at the
Sixty-ninth street terminal. The COM
pany's officials would not discuss the
situation, but the ticket windows Were
closed and the crowds on the platform
took to the streets.
The company gave out a statement
that at s a. IN. today ii was operating
COS cars, and at 8 a. M, Tic. 200 more
than at the same time yesterday.
Strike Leaders Statement.
At IL o'clock, c.. o.. Pratt, the strike
leader, announced that he had called
out the levated and subway men and
that IS per cent of the service on that
system was tied up. The company
claims there is no strike; that two
crews quit and their places We're filled.
1t is understood that some of the men
who stopped work this morning re-
turned TO their rains when assured OF
protection. Ample police protection
now accompanies each train.
All of those injured in last nights
rioting will recover. About 100 are
under treatment in hospitals. The sta
ton houses were filled to overlooking
with persons arrested for rioting.
Strikers Are Ugly.
AS illustrating the ugly feeling en-
gendered by last nights rioting there
were more minor disturbances this
morning probably thai at any time
since the strike began. The strike
sympathizers devoted their energies to
the harrassment Of the strike breakers
and others who are running the COM
paratively few cars that are on the
streets. Each car carries one or more
I policemen, u few passengers the
public evidently being afraid to ride.
Thousands walked from choice, how
ever, as a means Of getting even,' with
the transit company for its recent In
crease in the rate Of fare.
Four hundred additional sub-police-
men were sworn in this morning.
Timothy O'Leary, assistant superin-
tendent Of police, who has been in ac-
tive charge of the policing of the city
since the strike began, said today that
If necessary to preserve order 10000
extra men would be enrolled for police
duty.
At moor subway and elevated rains
were running 90 minutes apart. The
usual schedule is four to hv minutes.
Threats of Violence.
Benjamin Rice, the first motorman
to abandon his train, said his wife
found a note on the porch of his little
home in West Philadelphia this morn
ing reading: IF you go to work we Will
blow up your house"
This unnerved him and nc quit.
When the train was abandoned the
passengers sent up a loud cheer. and
this influenced the crew to also quit.
This afternoon the mayor ordered
the suspension of Captains DUNCAN
and Thompson, two veterans In the
city's police service. No reason is as
signed, but it is presumed they are
charged with failure to vigorously push
the orders against rioting.
Some Near Riots.
During the noon hour when the
streets were filled with men and boys
employed by business houses, there
were several disturbances that bor-
dered on riot. One block from the
postoffice a crowd surrounded a car,
dragged the motorman n conductor
off and peat them, and for a while the
air was filled with missiles. The win
dows ard show cases OF a drug store
were smashed.
Women passengers In the a
crouched terrified on the floor while
the cor windows were being smashed.
A policeman was hit on the head by
a brick and seriously hurt. On q riot
call a patrol wagon filled with police
men scattered the crowd and made
several arrests.
Quieter After Night Riot.
Philadelphia, June 5.-Conditions
were quieter this morning in Phila-
delphia following last nights riotous
outbreak In certain sections when the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
put into effect it's order 10 run after
nightfall, a thing that has not been
attempted since the strike of it's mo-
tormeh and conductors began, last
Saturday.
One policeman shot and probably
fatally injured. nearly a hundred per-
sons bruised and battered either by po-
licemen or strike sympathizers, and five
cars wrecked and then burned, was the
result of an attempt on the part of
the company to operate cars at night
by imported strike breakers. The point
at which the most serious rioting oc-
Cured is known as the Kensington
Mill district.
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