Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-02-24
DYNAMITE is THE
LA TEST TERROR
WING OF TRACTION BARN occu.,
PIED BY FIFTEEN POLICEMEN
BLOWN UP; PARADE OF HUN
DRED THOUSAND WORKERS

I0HiiduSlpHld, feD, Z5s--Tnre0 ued0s
two lying at the point of death In hos
pitfalls and more than thousand per-
sons injured is the toll exacted by the
reign Of lawlessness which has EXIT
ed in this city for the past three days.
There are Indications that serioua
trouble may follow the company's de<
termination to put on more cars. The
result Of this attempt and what may
follow will probably decide the ques-
tion Of mobilizing the militia of the
state in Philadelphia.
A movement is on foot to have the
sympath hizer of the striking street rail-
way employees parade peacefully to the
city hail. 100000 strong, and thereby
| show the mayor and other officials the
gigantic proportions OF the threatened
uprising, should 1t later be decided to
call q general strike
There were few disturbances and
some shooting carly this morning.
but no serious results.
The third death as result Of the
conflict between the police and the
strike sympathizers occurred today
when John Heuga, aged 18. died in
the hospital. A policeman protecting
a motorman fired into crowd OF boys
who were throwing stones at the car.
A bullet struck Heugh in the neck.
At noon 10000. men employed in
the Baldwin Locomotive works, return
ing from dinner, blocked the street
railway tracks. A riot call brought a
detail Of mounted police. AS they pass
ed there came from the windows of
shops a hailstorm of rivets, bolts. nuts
and iron ore. Fire from the police re-
volvers had small effect upon the
crowd when suddenly the whistle at
the works was blown. The crowd
broke for the entrances to the plant
and In two minutes the streets were
clear The engineer prided himself on
doing more with his whistle than
police were able to accomplish with
his guns.
| Three boys were shot and probably
fatally injured, while several received
less severe wounds yesterday after
noon in riots which followed the re-
sumption of service by the Philadel-
phia Rapid Transit company. The
shooting occurred In attacks on cars in
the northeastern section.
President Murphy Of the Central La
Dor union still regards general strike
of all trade unions in the city as In
evitable, although Organizer Pratt Is
reported to be opposing this move. A
delegation Of labor leaders left for
Washington to ask Senator Penrose to
use his influence for peaceable soll-
tion Of the trouble
Mobs Beat MIIItiamen.
Members Of the State Fercibles. an
: independent military organization
about 200 strong, were placed on duty
yesterday armed with loaded rifles
They were detailed in the Kensington
mill district, which is a hotbed Of
union sympathizers. In their first
I skirmish they were badly beaten by q
!. mob, who paid no attention to the bay
? onets and enatched the rifles from the
hands Of the young militiamen.
Members of the state FencibIes, ac
cording to Mayor Reyburn, acted as Il
they were on a picnic, allowing girls
in the mill district to wear their capt
and cut the brass buttons off theil
clothing.
At one point group of rioters cap
tured member of the fencibles ant
carried him several hundred feet from
his post, where they stripped him o
4 his coat, hat, cartridge belt and gun
y and threw them into a sewer.
t Building Is Dynamited.
= Fifteen policemen quartered in th'
. barn of the Philadelphia Rapid Transi
. company at Ridge avenue and Yorl
= street, narrowly escaped death las
night when the entire northeast cor
ner of the building was blown away b,
dynamite. The explosion occurred jus
> as G. o. Pratt was about to address
!, meeting Of carmen at hall at Ridg
e avenue and Dauphin streets. Thi
: building, as we'll as others in the vicin
ity, was shaken by the shock of th
explosion. How the dynamite wa
placed in the car barn is mystery. l
y evidently was exploded In the toile
= room in the corner OF the buildinl