The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-11
POLICE SMASH hob OF 10000


] pOhcefneu Kept their places calmly mercy
ordering the crowd to keep in motion.
/ Mounted men rode SLOWLY around tbs
/ park. the riders erect and alert. but re-
framing from threatening gestures.
/ Suddenly the crowd Realised that
Pratt and Murphy with members Of the
COMMITTEES Of ten had arrived IN an auto
mobile and were demanding admiteancs
to the park There was a surging tOwarC
the gate where they were arguing. 4
/ was obvious THAI the number of polics
had increased. Telephone calls had
brought detachments from car barns
and police stations where they had beer
in reserve.
There was bluster Of words between
the Union chiefs and the lieutenant OF
duty AZ the main gate of the park. }
! Burwood Daily. lawyer who has achieved
some notoriety in connection with ths
strike. insisted that President Fogel had
promised the use ~ the park
The lieutenant said itnpassively thai
such might he the case. but that he was
MOI taking orders from Fogel supt.
Taylor had said no. and the no went
with him Pratt and his friends waved
their hands and the chauffeur backed
them out % the crowd and headed down
Broad street. They tried later to get
foGei nor his associate. Shettsline. could
be reached. Possibly they didn't went
to be.
When Praits machine swept gu, into
the open somebody started the cry that
the union chiefs were leading a march to
me cry Hall \ yell was raised. -on
II was taken up ihundrousIy all around
the park From all sides the stampede
started. There was a steady tramping
to the chorus OF many voices. The
policemen on duty az the park stayed
Ehere Ihey were. except for a company
OF troopers who split the crowd and
gailoped On down Broad street The
multitude. disorGAnized and unexplained
swept on without resistance for several
blocks.
Then the van understood that Taylor
two miles. from the baseball grounds to
Spring Garden street. he had posted az
short Intervals mOre than coo policemen.
while troops Of police cavalry trotted up
and down the sides Of Broad street held
in reserve.
Taylor. quiet. contained and rather
grim looking. commanded in person.
He was in tho position Of general at the
beginning OF an engagement. The idea
was emphasized by the uniform he wore.
Occasionally he gave an order TO a
mounted man who galloped hurrtedly
away. or by a wave Of hand signalsed a
lieutenant at the head of a squad TO move
on few blocks.
A short distance from the ball PARK
squad OF Brownies the negro police
men. blocked the street They wers
ordered to tear into the crowd and thew did
a. AZ the same moment a troop oG
mounted men rode into the crowd from the
ri M M md Of
the marchers from the main body. II
was the beginning Of the strategy Taylor
had planned. TO divide the mob into So
tons aud then hammer each section into
the nearest SIDE sareet The plan was
carried out systema tically
a. York street Taylor's men ripped into
the first OF the sections clubbing savagely
The mounted msn drove the people
against the sides of buildings. pushing
ihem hand until they yelled for mercy.
FreQuently you could not tell what Was
going on in the thick Of the press. You
saw a club sweep upward and downward.
heard a ihud and a veil OF pain The
police horses knocked men and women
spFawhnG. The air rang with curses.
II was a. ugly spectacle a. ever was seen
on any street OF this City OF Brotheriy
Love.
Stree, by street. the details OF police.
dsFected by a general. this man Taylor
hammered disorderiy unionism on the
public highway.
There was a long series Of encounters
that we're oddly like The scrimmagcs at a
football game. iOu saw policeman
swing a club with men scrambling all
around lose his footing. go to his knees
and he buried for a feW seconda under a
weight " twisting squiTIning figures.
Men dart~d out IL the lighting holding
their hands to their heads. Often the
hands were dripping bbosd
the Iu~n They were seen 10 claw 81 the
faces 81 the bluecoats and hurl shoes
n raight AZ Gayior'a men. When they
r,.flsed TO be driven they were knocked
down
IL was not Al all novel to see a woman
pack herself up clutchinR her head
There WIS never a moment when the
Doiics. hezitated NJ the method 81 dealing
with tbs. mot. They we're told 20 smash
~ assG ;.,vy wcr" carrying out orders.
~ Norris siTess, whefe "A wrii % I5o.STT
mes, had Iy....n stationed Nv TayluT the
ADV anciur crowd Spisb two Trolley carr
that had i'e..n ,fopp'-d near Broad II rect
The uss,;Ormen were looking C',rIouslV
from their plai forms Voices started
'Ip ~ the moi. Here they arr the -.
Mil EN-
1h.. mo, oTnen and conductors jumped
~ th. cars and ran tor dear life pursued
lJy men who detached themselves from
tue rDarcher, and ran with bricks IN their
hands. Before the pOlicemen could gss
going both ears had been wrecked and the
Tnuh ~s@ s~iriing hack into line IN the
centre ~ Broad street.
The police jumped IN and Used their
clubs freely An old man Who paused
20 light his pipe went down under a
heavy blow Ne lay where he was Until
the mob had swept By.
At Fottsrall Square the mob somewhat
weakened by Taylors tactics. paused TO
wreck more cars. Lieut.. Kenny. ~ the
bead oI a squad 10 Brownies. sailed INTO
the car snashers ne negro DoIicem@n
showed a yellow sareak They held lack
when Kenny rushed. He turnesi and
damned thsm for cowardIce They showed
their white tssth In gTins
Kenny spranR at two 81 them and
b,,npsd their heads together The rest
decided that Il would be safer 10 fRht
the mob han an lrinS lieutenant 30 they
walked INTO the SCRAP. flve hundred
Of the Inarchers were diverted from the
main body.
SUN. Taylor was reforming his lines |
all the time and a. Ridge avenue a few
hundred Of all vArteties Ut policeman 1
wAlioped and walioped while tho crowd |
took it, mediciDe and lodging under |
the ciIIlJs prcsssd forward.
several cars crossing Broad street l
we're smashed mildly. lag' mostly the /