Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-20

hINeNa TOT nAlA n DOCK IN All nlTeELlOnH
rom the Intersection.
a hurry call was sent to the police sta
lion and a squad Of officers arrived on
the run, followed By the patrol wagon.
rhe wagon wa used to clear the track
IN front Of the car ard several husky Off
ters put their shoulders to the rear guard
rail and shunted the car along the track
past the crowd. The trolley pole caught
bn a guy wire and broke the trolley wire,
causing considerable delay on the east
bound track.
Several hundred men in a compact mass
turged from one car to another a. fast
ls they came along. Policemen were sta
toned on each car and kept II clear Of
the crowd.
There was little or no attempt at vio-
lence except to cut trolley ropes, and after
two or three cars had suffered from this
method Of attack the conductors held the
ropes up out OF reach Of people on the
street. After the crowd had surged from
Fourteenth and Farnam to Harvey and
back TO Douglas and the police had made
several arrests. the crowd thinned out
somewhat and the police drove it back to
the sidewalks and kept It there.
strikers Are Not I'm Riot.
The strikers sympathizers contented
Themselves standing on the sidewalk and
yelling "seab' to the men working on the
cars, and why don't you Walk TO the
few passengers. n strike leaders insist
the strikers we're not the ones who inter
fered with the cars, but that on the con-
trary all strikers 'staid in line while
some "sympathizers" attacked the cars.
Five men we're arrested during the dis
turbance and placed in jail. charged with
"inciting a riot" None Of these men was
a member Of the striking carmen's union.
They we're Dan Nicholson. sixteenth and
Oak streets; Charles Bigley, 1902 North
Eleventh street; w. e. Tilten, Twenty
second and Hamilton streets; Fred Lang.
Dm Burt street, and G. w. Martin, 242a
Lake street.
Ben Ross was arrested in the morning
for trying to Keep passengers off a Far
nam street car. Ross is in sympathy with
the strikers and aired his opinion while
on the car. He lives at Ola North Twenty
fourth street.
Bridge Car Stoned.
Sunday afternoon a crowd of several
hundred men, who had crossed the river
from Omaha, stoned a westbound car on
the Omaha line near the east end OF the
bridge. Every window in the car was
broken, but all efforts on the part of the
mob to overturn the big car dow the high
~embankment failed.
Immediately following the attack on this
car the officials OF the street railway com
pany decided to discontinue ali car service
between the two cities and on the local
lines in Council Bluffs. Orders were
promptly sent out for all cars to return
At once to the barns.
J. A. Doolittle, conductor Of the car at
tackled. vas struck by a piece Of brick
on the side OF the face, which was badly
cut. Reuben W. Roper, the motorman,
after bringing the car to a stop, when
confronted by the mob, succeeded in max
ing his escape by running back down the
track. The car contained about sixty pas
sengers, none OF whom was injured, as
they succeeded I'm leaving the car before
the fusillade OF bricks and paving stones
began. They walked across the bridge TO
Omaha Striking employees disclaim any
connection with the attack on the car.
Failing to turn the car over. the mob
deserted It before the Council Bluffs police
came up. The car was returned to the
barns.
tcke Are Peaceful.
otTlkeI are on picket duty al the car
barns in Omana and Council Bluffs day
and night, but with orders not to use vio-
lence under any circumstances. Their
instruction from the officials is to talh
TO nonunion men who present themselves
at the barn for work and to endeavor b.
peaoeable means to convince them that the
strikers cause is just and that they should
not go to work.
At the barn at -Twenty-fourth and Vim
ton streets sixty men are on picket duty,
twenty-eight are on picket duty at the
barn at Twenty-fourth street and Ames
avenue; twenty at the Harvey street barn
and twelve at the barn in Council Bluffs.
Entire Police Force Down TOwh.
The entire police force Of the city was
on duty m the downtown district Sunday
afternoon, according to Chief of Police
Donahue, who is determined to keep
close watch on everything pertaining to
the strike from the very start and to pre-
vent any trouble, II possible. The chief
was. on duy. on the streets during the
afternoon and personally directed the move
me1ts of his men, sr