Milford chronicle., 1910-02-25

city-Msy Ask Governor to Send
State Militia.
Philadelphia. Feb. 23-The Ph.la-
delphia Fencibles the society troops
spent the night in their armory. sew
ing patches on their olive drab pants
and applaing witch hazel 10 their
bruises Their Introduction as a punt
tive force into the street car strike
brought about the most desperate riot
SO far and the Fencibles were saved
from a savage hammering only by
th- courage OF a German eN-cayalry
officer who commanded squad OF ten
mounted policemen
All Philadelphia IS laughing over .
the rout of the "Inyincibles as they
proudly termed themselves. but the .
bloody fight at Germantown and Le-
high avenues that resulted from the
employment Of the Fencibles was no
Joke A dozen men were shot az least
100 We're clubbed. women were knock
cd down and trampled upon. children
we're injured and for two hours there
was a fierce battle between the police
and 10000 strike symparhizers that (
RACED for five blocks along German
town avenue
The snnolucei Intention OF the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit company
TO run cars along Germantown ave
nue.. and the news that the Feucibles
were coming TO safeguard the cars.
attracted a crowd Of 10000 people
who strung themselves along German
town avenue and massed heavily in
Lehtgh a fine wide street
Up came the Fencibles with should-
cred muskets their officers rafting p
out orders faster than very young vol.
uuteers could comprehend easily All q
along the avenue for blocks you heard ;
"Oh Mamie amt he pretty2 Do Won I
'srose he knows which end of that q
gun TO shoot WITH Harmless tests
soon became sneering insults The J.
soldiers looked as if they wished they ?
were anywhere but the place they o
were stationed
Presently. as II the whole movement v
had been carefully organized. squads u
Of young men and bows stole up be u
hind each far separated soldier and 5.
stole cartridges from his belt snatch g
ad az his hat or tried TO Jerk his mus q
let ont OF his hands Here and there lu
militiaman lost his temper and l'
struck ont with his hst or the butt III
u bis gun. In no time at all there was o.
scufiing all along the line. on er
Women Attack Fenelblss.
Suddenly, near Huntingdon street. 90
woman screamed and attacked one be
Z the soldiers with her fists. scratch. tn
" at his face. Real trouble broke Ike ne
thunder clap Boys and men sprang E'
n the soldiers fifteen or twenty 10 ba
older. bore them down took their an
luskets away from them. tore their eri
cats on their backs struck them in eft
be- face with clinched fists and rolled bel
lem IN the dirt The crowd. now con
rrted into a mob. wedged itself be-
zen the miliriamen and the Fenci-
lei we're utterly helpless 10 defend ina
If the order had come to NIL
lem 10 shoot they couldn't have pes
eyed Many Of them had lost their ne
ms. and there was hardly a man IN tiol
T. who had a single cartridge left in ord
= belt
The intersection OF Germantown and the
high avenues vas sureing mass Of ing
en- and women. In which you could bur
. every now and then a bayonet and
inted al all kinds OF queer angles. fes1
lvice hats were whirling in the air era
the crowd snatched them from the P
ads Of the youthful soldiers Women boh
ava aranT Eh
iding up brass buttons that had been con-
/ from uniforms stri
Then came the rapid clanking Of aga
rses' feet. Acting Sergeant Buehler. lals
ing at the head OF ten mounted Pra
n hit the mob at full gallop Bueh tacA
spread his squad in a fan SHAPED NEE
nation and drove square into the Pl
lrt Of the press There was no ercl
ser the suggestion Of humor. The pres
2 had turned into bloody reality. issu
cry time mounted policeman Prat
ing his club somebody man or wo- med
4. went down with a broken head trad
q paralvzed arm With
IS he swung past a church near I.e- then
avenue Buehler's club struck a ing
nan on the side Of the head. She mi
ppcd with scream Of pain thar Plies
heard above the roar Of fighting said
-oung man sprang on the steps Of Th
church and fired a revolver at were
hler's head The bullet missed wind
the Young man fired again ami
in, until his pistol was empty A
policeman leaped up the steps
beat the youth down with heavy Pa
rs from his club. to-..,
he Fencibles meanwhile We're with ID n
wing themselves by main strength tsuv
] the fight They were worse than fo-D,.
ess BY ones and twos they held
lched themselves out of the batter brrct
squirming mass and assembled
ly near the barn from which they
marched so jamtily The fight
inued long after they left Ne'
through the crowd men had explo