The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-03-02
4 General Strike Hay be Expected OF all
Philadelphia Union.
RIOTING In STREET
Three Boys Were Shot and Proha-
bly, Fatally Wounded and sevessi
Other People Were More or Less
Seriously Injured in Fights About
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Three boys were shot and pGooa-
b,v fatally wounded. while several
received less severe wounds TUESDAY
in riots which followed the resump-
ton OF service by the Rapid iran
sit company. The shooting oceu7se'
in attacks on cars u the aoTtheaSses' Il
section. -;
market street. the principal ousi-
ness tnoroughfare in the heaEl VI
the city, was the scene o. cls'aso-
ances during the entire day. cars
were stoned and two policemen were
roughly handled by q MOP o, ss'-
eral thousand persons. A dozen ar
rests were made and the prisoners
,,acea in trolley car. This was
s.ormed and two OF the prisoners
escaped.
President Murphy OF the Centra!
labor Union still regards : genera!
strike OF all trade unions in the city
as inevitable. although Organize
Pratt is reported 10 De opposing THIS
move. a delegation Of lae@- lead
ers left for Washington Tuesday 70
ask Senator Penrose TO use his IN
anence for peacable solution OF the
trouble.
Members OF the State FensioieS
an independent military organization
OF about eco members. were place.
on duty Tuesday night. armed w!tc
loaded muskets- They were detailed
In the Kingsington mill district Il
the northeast. which is hotbed o
union synpath!zers-
In their arst skirmish they wer'
hadIv beaten by the mob. who pait
no attention TO the drawn oaEone':
and snatched the mUskeis from tn
hands OF the young militiamen-
Members OF the State Fenc!o!es
according TO Mayor Rey5urn. actin:
as though they were on picnic. a.
lowing girls Il the mil! district Z
wear their caps and cut the bras
austou Off their clothing. AT on
point group OF rioters captured
member OF the FencibleS and car
rsed him several hundred feet irou
his post. where they stripped hin
OF his coat, hat. cartridge belt an
ern and threw him into q sewer.
A aoaunion conductor was bad!
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hurt at Sixth and Market street las
Tuesday afternoon when crowd al
tackled his car after boy had pui!
ed the trolley pole from the fee
wire. Policemen drove back u
crowd at the point OF -erolTers an
started the car. Il had gone but
short distance when q heavy iro
weight, thrown from . window
crashed through the roof Of the We
4 hicle.
Fifteen policemen quagteTed IN tn
barn OF the Philadelphia Rapid tran
I, sit company at Ridge avenue an
York street narrowly escaped deaf
whea the entire northwest corner
the building was blown away wiz
dynamite. The explosion occurre'
Just as c. O. Pratt was about I
address q meeting OF car men at
hal, at Ridge avenue and Daupnil
streets.
This building. as we'll as other
In the vicinity. was shaken by tn
shock. How the dynamite was plac
ed In the car barn IS mystery.
The State Fencibles. after beint
: hsrrasse6 and beaten all day BY
mob CT thousands OF strike breaker
along Lehigh avenue. were with
drawn ct n1ghtfall. The militia ha'
been powerless against the moo. 5u
e half dozen mounted police ha'
ridden up and down driving the riot
ers before them during the after
uaon. Only TWO cars were run 0!
this line during the afternoon. ant
beth were badly shattered by stones
Policemen IL this locality we-'
fred upon by strike sympath!:er
who had concealed himself in ST
Simean's church at Lehish arenu'
and Hutchinson street This earas
cd the guardians OF the peace ant
they returned the fire. hitting ". Z
Collins in the groin. He was remov
ed TO the Episcopal hospital