The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-02-22

situation developed by the strike oc-
Cured this afternoon when man
charged with robbing jewelry store
and who was being arrested. was
taken from the officer BY mob Of
strike sympathizers. When the pria-
oner attempted to escape the police
nln drew his revolver and shot him
IN 'he leg
Bitter Temper.
While the damage done to the prop
erty or the rapid transit company to
day was not as great as yesterday.
the temper Of the rioters was no less
bitter. The extra force Of police
seemed to have n deterrent effect on
the strike sympathizers In many see
tions Of the city. In a statement Is
sued tonight Mayor Reybnrn said the
police would be protected even II the
whole police power of the city and
the state had To be called on.
The first shot at a striker was
fired late this afternoon In the ex-
element incident to n great mass
meeting being held by the union men.
\ policeman attempted TO force the
jured. The officer drew his revolver
and fired at one man. but the bullet
went wide and no one was injured.
While this meeting was In progress
iron gr1tings that are used To cover
sewer outlets were torn up and placed
on the tracks. Soon there was n
blockade of ears and the crowd
, amused Itself by breaking all the
windows. The ears were filled with
! passengers. several of whom were cut
| by flying glass. Occurrences of this
character were reported from nearly
every section OF the city, but only in
one instance was there an atteinpt To
:, burn the cars.
| The police at city hail late tonight
| refused To recognize n discharge for
/ c. O, Pratt. issued by Magistrate
! German before whom friends of the
/ strike leader had entered bail In the
| sum of $1,000. He will be Obliged to
remain in a cell all night.
Other Warrants.
1t is reported that warrants have
also been issued for John X. Murphy
president of the Central Labor union
and Peter Drlscoll, head of the loca
| fireman's union. Pratt's arrest aroused
great Indignation among the union
men in this city and n delegation
from the building trades union tonight
pledged their support to Murphy and
announced their intention To stand
with him whenever he felt 1t neces.
sary to call a general sympathetic
/ strike.
An attack WAS made late tonight on
the elevated railroad II was the first
time that this line of travel has beer
interfered With. As the train ap-
preached the Forty-slXth street sta
ton In West Philadelphia. three hnl.
lets We're fired through the windows
Of the foremost car No one was In.
jured
The first fatality of the rioling o.
Cured tonight when an unidentified
man died at a hospital. He was in,
inred today In a clash betHee1 . reol
and the police. Knocked down ano
trampod upon, he was found lying
unconscious after the street had beer
cleared, Policeman Fred Tyson. whost
skull was fractured in riot prob
AMY WI Gie,
General Strike.
That general strike of tho lahol
organizations of this city would b,
called before the week was over. pos
sibly tomorrow, was positively statet
at the carmen's headquarters at mid
night by John J. Murphy president o
the Central Labor union.
Power has been placed by the Cen
tral Labor union in the hands of my
self and Secretary Charles Hope" HI
said, ito call general strike. Thi
will involve at least 100000 working
men and women in this city. Nothing
can stop general strike now. | can
stop 1t.
with the arrest of C. o. Pratt, the,
have forced the same conditions on th'
general trade as on the troleymen
The general trouble Is likely to begll
with daybreak and before the end o
the week there will crtainly he a gen