The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-08-31
So Great Was the Force of the
Explosion that Windows in
Business Houses Were
Shattered.
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN
MADE By POLICE AS YET
Passengers and Pedestrians
Receive Narrow Escapes
and Hundreds of Dollars of
Damage Is Done.
american News Service.)

Columbus, O., Aug. 31.-Troops and
police were held in readiness today
in momentary expectation of further
violence following one of the widest
nights of rioting that has occurred in
the street car strike here. Cars were
dynamited in Main, Long and Sandus-
ky streets, five persons are known to
have been injured by the dynamite
and probably scores of others were
hurt in conflicts between the mobs
and the militia and police.
Columbus, o., Aug. 31.-Injured in
car explosions:
c. J. Fahrback. 1897 Cole street,
bones OF right leg shattered.
Harry Herekowitz. 327 Champion
avenue. scalp wounds and injuries
about feet.
J. A. Zwerner. druggist, 1910 East
Long street, scalp wound.
Mrs. Ollie McGregor. 2S3 Dakota
avenue. ankle sprained and leg bruis-
ed.
Ray w. Merrill, 657 West State
street, stunned when blown against
wall Of Good Shepherd convent.
Five persons were injured last night
In dynamiting outrages. the worst OF
the strike.
Cars were dynamited in Main. Long
and Saudusky streets. OF those In
jured. four were passengers. The fifth
victim was q pedestrian on the side
walk.
So great was the force Of the Main
street explosion that not only was the
car damaged, but windows In store
fronts nearby. were shattered.
One Of the men hurt in this explo-
sion was pulled from the north car.
He had fallen through a hole in the
car floor made by the explosion.
There were ten passengers on the
Main street car and similar mum.
ber on the Long street car. Four were
on the car which ran over explosives
In Sandusky street.
No arrests were made Of dynamiting
suspects.
Passengers on car 603. eastbound in
Long street. had narrow escapes when
the car was blown by dynamite at
Long street and Monroe avenue. J. A.
Zwerner, druggist. was injured. He
suffered a scalp wound on the right
side OF his head.
Whether the explosive was thrown
in or whether left on the track is not
definitely known. It is believed. how
ever. that It was left on the track.
The right rear wheel was blown to
pieces. A mass of iron was hurled
100 feet back. A large hole was torn
in the floor. Windows left up were
shattered. Falling glass from one Of
these is believed to be responsible for
Zwerner's injuries.
Conductor Arthur Huling was blown
from his station in the vestibule to
the street and was unconscious for q
moment. He was not badly hurt.
Accompanied by shock which shat.
tered windows in the neighborhood,
car 500. eastbound on the Main street
line was dynamited at Main and Grant
avenue, shortly after 9 o'clock.
c. J. Farhback, 1897 Cole street and
Harry Herskowitz, 327 Champion av-
enue, passengers. were injured. The
car crew and eight passengers escap-
ed.
The car floor was shattered. win
dows were broken and three feet Of
track were blown out Hundreds Of
dollars of damage was done to sur
rounding property. Not whole pane
Of glass was left in the front of four
buildings in East Main street.