The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-02-25
THREE YOUNG BOYS ARE SHOI
DOWN BY PHILADELPHIA
POLICEMEN
MILITIA QUIfTS THE GIRLS
Car Barn is Dynamited and Fifteen
Policemen Chartered There
Have a Close Call
For Lives

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 23.-Three boys
were shot and probably fatally in
jured and several received less scv-
ere wounds today in riots which foi-
lowed the resumption of service by
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit com
pany The shooting occurred in at
tacks on ears in the northeastern sec
ton
Market street. the principal thor
oughtare in the heart of the city. was
the scene of the disturbances through
out the day. cars were stoned and
two policemen roughly handled by a
I mob of several thousand. y dozen
We're arrested The prisoners were
placed on a trolley ear. This was
stormed by "A mob and two escaped.
Preparations are made to call upon
the state militia if the police to-
morrow are still unable to cope with
the situation.
President Murphy. of the Central
Labor Union still regards general
strike of all trade unions in the city
inevitable although organizer Pratt
is reported opposed to this.
Labor leaders went to Washington
today to ask Senator Penrose TO use
his influence for a peacable solution.
Fifteen policemen quartered at
Narrow Pine Ridge narrowly escap-
ed death when the entire northeast
corner OF the building was blown
away with dynamite. The explosion
occurred as National Organizer Pratt
was about to address meeting of
carmen at hall corner of Pine
Ridge avenue and Daughin street
This building and others in the vici-
nifty were shaken by the explosion.
How dynamite was placed in the car
barn is a mystery. 1t was evidently
corner of the destroyed building.
Members Of the state Fencibles, an
independent military organization
two hundred strong. armed with
loaded muskets. were detailed to the
Kensington mill district in the north
east. which is a hot bet Of union SYM
pathisers. In their first skirmish
they were badly beaten by the mob
who paid no attention to drawn bayo-
nets and snatched the muskets from
the young militiamen.
Members Of the state FencibleS ac-
cording to Mavor Reyburn. acted as
though on picnic. allowing the girls
in the mill district to wear their caps
and cut the brass buttons off their
clothing.
At one point group of rioters cap
tured a member of the Fencibles. car
ried him several hundred feet from
his post. stripped off his coat. hat
cartridge belt and gun, and threw
them into a sewer.
The probably fatally injured boys
are:
John Hu~hes. IS; shot in neck
John Walter, Is; stabbed.
w. f. Collins. 20 shot in groin.
The two former We're injured dur
ing attacks on the cars at German
town.
The Fencibles. after being harrass-
ed and beaten all day by mob of
thousands along Leigh avenue. were
withdrawn at nightfall. The militia
had been pOwerless against the mob
but half dozen mounted police have
ridden up and down driving the riot
ers before them during the afternoon.
Only two cars were run on this line
this afternoon and both were badly
shattered by stones.
Policemen in this locality were fir
ed upon by a man concealed in ST.
SimeOns church. This enraged the
police and they returned the fire, hitt-
ing w. f.. Collins.
Director of Public Safety Clay said
tonight that should outside assistance
be required he would ask for the
state cOnstabulary before calling
for militia He is satisfied with the
manner in which the police manage
to handle the mobs to date.