The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-28
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strike was to be called to club the Rapid
Transit Company into submission gave
the brickthrowers nerves enough to start
bombarding the cars again.
/ Along Fifth and Sixth streets. where
trunk lines Of the p r. T. run, thousands
OF people lined the sidewalks. hooting
the nonunion mOtormen and conductors
and occasionally throwing a stone Some
times the troopers had to be summoned
TO free cars that had been held UP. But
the troopers could not be every plaza at
once. They were patrolling a wide
stretch Of territory, and the mobs took
advantage Of their difficulties.
Toward evening the peril of running
cars on Fifth street was so great that
motormen. in passing Jackson street.
where the crowds were massed thickest,
gave their cars full speed and went zip
ping through a lane of yelling strike
sympathizers. The gantlet began at
Dickinson street and ran as far as Jack
son street. Hardly a car came without
smashed windows Passengers were
forced to throw themselves fat on the
floors. Several were cut by glass that
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sidetracss Car in HIS Hurry.
A south-bound car turned east at jack
son street, and the conductor was in such
hurry 10 dodge bricks that he failed 10
throw back the switch. After the car
had gone on some one placed piece Of
wood in thes switch TO hold it open. There
were three passengers on the car follow
| ing It was attacked so viciously at
| Dickinson street that the three threw
themselves on their faces. Stones and
bricks crashed through the windows. A
policeman on the front platform. struck
with a brick, fired into the crowd. but
hit nobody. The motorman twisted his
| controller clear over and the car shot
ahead az top speed. It was getting dark
The motorman failed to notice that the
switch was blocked open. The car took
the switch with terrific sag and jerk.
righted itself, shot ahead the length of
the switch. bounded across a sidewalk,
and drove into the wall OF a store at
the southeast corner Of Fifth and Jackson
streets
The impact was so heavy that the wall
gave way. letting the nose Of the car
into the store. The motorman and con
ductor jumped before the smash. but the
policeman was caught and injured
smash Kills "A Boy.
Charles McKenna, a ten-year-old boy. |
couldn't get out of the way and was
pinned between the car and the wall He
died half an hour later IN the Methodist
Hospital John f. Frederick was crushed |
In the same way and cannot survive his |
injuries. The others who were hurt seri- /
ously are three boys-Abraham Skinsky, |
Raymond Trainer, and Edward Moore.
a boy and two women in the store
narrowly escaped death. The car whlrled /
a heavy counter from It's place. The /
women and the boy were caught behind /
the counter. They were squeezed, but
not seriously hurt. It required 100 po- /
licemen to clear the street
There were riots and hard work for 1
the police and troopers along Glrard /
avenue. IN West Philadelphia, and in the
southern part OF the city. spirit of /
recklessness was plainly evident before /
actual disturbances took place. In these 1
sections the approach Of a street car
was the signal for yelling, in which !
women took part as well as men.
C0nstabIes Are Kept Busy.
Troopers Of the State police charged !
these crowds time and time again The /
constables were on the gallop for hours
riding in answer to trouble calls from
widely separated points. II was seldom
that the crowd resisted their orders to
disperse, but after the troopers had gal
loped on the people reassemhled. Driven
from one position the troublemakers took
up another. II was apparent that they
did not intend 10 leave the streets, and
that they We're waiting for things to
happen. dubbed out in one place, dis
order started in another
crowd OF 5000 wandered through the
streets between Fifth and Eleventh
They pushed a coal car across the Eighth
street car track at Washington avenue
The tracks were barricaded fore and
aft the ear. A squad of policemen
came up in an automobile and charged
into the crowd. clubbing right and left.
They grabbed eleven men during the
fracas and took them TO cells.
Cars were stoned at Fourth and South
streets in the afternoon, and several
persons were injured. When the police
went to break up the mob that had
formed there they were attacked from
the windows Of houses. Stones and
bricks were thrown at them. Five men
We're arrested.
Mob Surrounds Police Sergeant.
The police were kept on the jump in
streets and at Eighth and Fillmore streets.
A police sergeant who had arrested
rioter was surrounded by a crowd Of 100
men and boys, who threatened TO kill
him If he didn't let his prisoner go. The
sergeant pulled a pistol and walked
straight through the crowd. shouting that
he would shoot the first man who laid
finger on him. He got free, and landed
his man in Jail. There were a dozen men
arrested in this section for brick-throwing {
and resisting the police.
At Eighth street and Passayunk ave-
nue. the police were attacked. and had (
savage fight for a few minutes. Some OF
the rioters were taken to the hospital
with broken heads. One policeman had
his cheek cut open The most trivial ar
gunent between police and loitereTs was ,
spark enough TO start trouble. A police :
man ordered two men to cease bally- =
hooing for passengers for their wagon Z
They kept up the shouting. and when the I
policemen ran to arrest them, crowd {
backed up the disturbers. There was q
fight for a block or two. in which I
he bluecoats hammered half a dozen
men over the head. 2
Negroes Join In Riots. I
Crowds OF negroes along Eighth street T
,uilt up piles Of bricks and stones and d
attacked cars. They fought stubbornly | Ii
when 2 defail OF men WIS sent from he | Z