Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-23
Police Hurry to Scene Of Trouble in
Station Motor Car.
SOME OFFICERS RECEIVE BLOWS
Missiles Strike Bluecoats Engaged in
Quelling Trouble.
NO ARRESTS MADE AT SEEM
other Parts of city quiet and All
Peaceful at Quarters of Strike
breakers in Barn at Twen-
tieth street.

In riot which occurred last night at
the Vinton street car barn, William Petri-
Geek, boy OF II. was shot i'm the thigh
and car operator whose name was not
learned was badly beaten about the head
and body.
Two carmen were struck in the abdomen
by flying brickbats and the services Of
physician were necessary Another was
struck on the side of the head and a num-
Der Of others wero hit on different parts
of the body. None Of the members OF the
mob is thought to have been injured.
The trouble started when a fuse was
blown out Of one OF the cars as It was
backing into the barn. The car stopped
on the curve and could not be moved, thus
blocking six other cars. The carmen who
were in the barn thought that the cars
were being attacked and ran out of the
barn throwing brickbats pieces of iron,
bolts and such other missiles as they could
find. Hoodlums then began TO stone the
carmen and the cars. The windows were
were injured whneWSy were We TT trying I'M 'to to
get the car into the barn.
stones Thrown at Cars.
Five other Clrs We're Toned between Six
teonth and Ei teenL<Sn vin,on street The
mob began thiAubgg and the crews made
hurried exit by running away. They
took roundabout course and finally
found their way into the barn on Twenty
fourth street The cars were. badly
wrecked. The windows, ferNeb and seats
were broken. The cushlonsS&t a number
of these cars were torn out and broken up
in the street.
car was disabled on Thirteenth and
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caught on fire and was Slightly damaged
before the flames were put out. Several
other cars were blockaded at this point
and a number of the windows broken by
flying stones and other missiles.
riot call was sent into the police sta
tion when the trouble began and the pu-
lice dashed out In automobiles Sheriff
Bradley employed an automobile and an
swered the call with a number Of men.
The police soon quelled the mob on
Twentyfourth street which enabled the
street car men to get the cars into the
barn. The street car men were said to be
fighting among themselves while the cars
were taken into the barn and It was re-
ported that two OF their number was Sc
verely beaten by other car men. The fight
took place inside the barn. Nothing was
given out OF the extent of the trouble and
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Police Rescue Cars.
The police turned their attention to the
five cars that were deserted between Six
teenth and Eighteenth street, on Vinton,
after getting the other cars In the barn.
A crowd of more than 500 people had sur
rounded these cars, but they were dis
persed by the Officers. A number of street
car men took the cars to the barn.
The cars were loaded with passengers
when they were attacked by the mob.
Nothing Is known of any of the passengers
being injured. John Fitzpatrick, street
car man. protected one woman who was
holding a child by bending over her while
the car was being stoned. brick struck
him in the back, but he was not seriously
injured.
Commons Appeals for Peace.
Ben Commons, one Of the officers Of the
street car mems organization. helped quelI
the mob by talking to them. He got up
on stand In the vacant tract in the
bloch south of the barns and made an
appeal to the men to go to their homes
and not do anything that would injure
the strikers cause or chances OF winning
the strike. The talk had its effect and
a large number Of them left for their
homes Immediately. The strikers are not
thought 70 have taken any part I'm the
trouble.
The working street car men attempted
on several occasions to break out OF the
barn and attack the mob. but the Officers
drove them back with difficulty.
mail car loaded with police was run
from the barn to South Omaha and back
to the city, but none of the members OF
the mob attempted to stop 1t or hinder
it's progress in any manner.
Mrs. Maggie May. Twentieth and Cunning
streets was arrested for throwing bricks
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