Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-02
CA|l|lC0NS7ABULAR'|Y
POLICE ADMIT INABILITY TO
QUELL THE TURBULENT
MODS.
STRIKERS TRY TO INVOLVE U. S.
Several Rioters Sentenced, One Lead.
or Getting Six Years-Scenes Of
Violence Continue With End
Not in Sight.


officials of this city virtually acknowl-
edged their inability to cope with the
present strike situation when a re-
quest was made to John C. Groome.
superintendent of the state police.
that the 200 members of his command
be brought to this city for police duty.
The lines in the city were run on
much more regular schedules but on
several of the West Philadelphia and
down town lines no attempt was made
to run cars all day, although these
sections were comparatively quiet.
The shopping district on Market street
was again the scene of almost contin-
uous disturbances, especially at tho
noon hour. No one was seriously in
jured. :.
Fifty Shots Fired. II
The Baldwin Locomotive Works
was the scene of a serious disturb.
ance during the lunch hour of the
hundreds of employees: One employee
was shot in the foot and about so
shots were fined at laborers who
sought refuge on the upper floors of
the buildings and hurled bolts and
nuts at the policemen. Every time a
head appeared at a window it was
the target for bullet from a police
mans revolver.
In order not to endanger the lives
Of the pupils who would be forced to-
ride on the cars, the board of educa-
ton decided not to open the two high
schools for girls during the remainder
of the week.
Leading clergymen held a confer.
ence to discuss means for bringing
the strike to a peaceable termination.
Archbishop Ryan, the head of the Ro-
man Catholic faith; Bishop Wilson of
the Methodist church, and Floyd
Tompkins, an Episcopalian; Rev. L. B.
Haer, Lutheran, and Rev. Drs. Joseph
Krauskopf and Leon Elmieh, rabbis.
were among the leaders of the confer.
ence which was participated in by
clergymen of all denominations. The
ministers were in secret session and
the result of their deliberations was
not announced.
kilograms were sent to President
Taft and Senator Penrose by the of.
ficers OF the street car mems union.
saying:
Union men on strike here offer
services for operation of mail and
newspaper cars as was done through
out last strike. Company refuses to
allow union men to continue to oper.
ate mail cars and has forced them
off their mail cars by summary dis
charges. Interference with mail oper.
atoms therefore comes rom the com.
pany and not from the strikers"
Union men claim that the company
is interfering with the operation of
mail cars to give chance to ask for
federal Intervention.
A United State mail car was de-
rallied at Germantown avenue and
Cambria street. The car, which was
bound to the postofice with a load
OF mail, was SO badly damaged that
it had to be dragged to a nearby barn.
The car company has issued state
ment in which it is claimed that the
strikers cannot and will not win"
The heavy hand of the law pressed
hard on some Of the men and boys
who have been arrested for. rioting.
Elwood Carr, alleged to have been
ringleader in riot in the Kensing,
ton district, was sentenced to six
years in the county prison. There
were six counts against him and he
got year on each. 49,
John Kline, who could scarcely un.
derstand English, was given two
years, and Ellis Atkins was given q
similar sentence. A 17-year-old boy
was sent to the Huntingdon reforma-
tory for 13 months or throwing mis-.
siles at car and other boys and men
were sentenced to two and three
months each. While the evidence
against. most of the defendants was Of
the strongest character, there was
an apparent vein of sympathy among
the jurors.