Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-09
POLICE RESERVES
SCATTER CROWDS,
ARREST PICKETS
Throng of Strike SympathizerS
Gathers at Fifth and
Main Streets
PRISONERS ARE RELEASED
Two Calls for Additional Patrol
men Are Sent to the Gen.
trail Station
PRISONERS ARE RELEASED

Filling the streets, crowding the
sidewalks and occupying every point
of vantage at Fifth and Main streets
last night more than 500 persons, most
ly brewery workers on strike and their
sympathizers, proffered their moral
and physical support to the picketers
who walked back and forth in front
of the Belmont bar at the northeast
corner of Fifth and Main street, and
interferred with the traffic TO such an
extent that long lines of street cars
were delayed.
The crowd became boisterou5 when
ever one of the pickets was placed un-
der arrest and lusty cheers were given
when the patrol wagon arrived for
the accused. The men at times at
tempted to interfere with the Officers
and two prisoners were taken from
patrolmen and released. Captain Len
hansen, Lieutenant Spellman and Ser
geant ID. l.. Adams, with all aVallaDle
patrolmen, armed with night sticks,
appeared on the scene at $3.50 o'clock
, and ordered the crowd to disperse.
They experienced considerable diff
Guilty in clearing the streets and in
some cases it was necessary for the
officers to use force to make the un-
ruly ones move along.
POLICE PREPARATIONS
The day began unusually quiet The
police expected a strenuous days
work and all officers were ordered on
duty yesterday morning and assigned
to beats in the disturbed district where
they expected rioting. The labor
union leaders, 1t is understood, inti-
mated that they would begin the week
with vigorous picketing campaign
and would have pickets on duty con-
stantly to fill the places Of those ara
rested for alleged violations of the
picketing ordinance. To prevent trou-
BILE and maintain order in the troubled
sections and in the court room where
accused picketers were arraigned, Spe-
cial squads of officers were kept on
duty at the central police station IN
readiness to answer emergency calls.
During the day the extra patrolmen
experienced but little difficulty in
handling the situation. The strikers,
as a rule were orderly. and when one
of their number was arrested for pic
keting no attempt was made TO pre-
vent the officer taking the prisoner
to the police station. With the ex-
ception Of loud and lusty cheers the
arrests were made without demonstra-
tion on the part of the union men.
The first case of disturbance TO
amount to anything occurred near the
Llewellyn Iron works, when Arthur
Mcdowell, q newspaper photographer,
was roughly handled and his camera
kicked out of his hand. Mcdowell was
arranging to take a picture of Edward
Hunt, who had been placed under ar
rest by Sergeant Ross on charge OF
violating the picketing ordinance,
when owen Concannon, another striker
rushed at the photographer and kicked
the camera out of his hands.
CONCANNON CAUGHT
Several other strikers then attacked
Mcdowell and struck him several times
in the face and escaped before the Of
ficers could reach them to take them
into custody. Concannon was. caught
before he could get away and was
locked up in the city Jail on a charge
of disturbing the peace. He was un-
able to furnish $25 bail and probably
will remain in Jail pending his arraign-
ment in police court this morning.
Fred Halbert a striker, attempted to
prevent Patroman Fisher from taking
into custody a picketer who was pa
rading in front of a saloon in South
Main street Halbert insisted on the
officer releasing the prisoner and then
attempted to force Fisher to release
the accused. He then was arrested on
a charge of interfering with an officer.
Fifty-one arrests were made during
the day for violations of the picketing
ordinance. OF this number twenty
were released on their own recoSni-
zance by Police Judge Frederickson
late Yesterday afternoon. The number
of arrests were greatly augmented last
night when the police began making
arrests by the wholesale In this case
those taken into custody were MEM
hers of the brewery workers union.
After several hours strenuous work on
the mart of the tired patrolmen, thirty
five brewery workers were arrested on
charges of violating the picketing ordi-
nance These arrests were made attec
o'clock last night when the crowd
began to gather at Fifth and Main
streets.
TROUBLE STARTS
The first trouble last night occurred
shortly after o'clock, when Patrolmen
Kierscey and Farrell arrested picket
at Fifth and Los Angeles streets. While
the officers were taking their prisoner
IN patrol box they were surrounded
bv a crowd of strike sympathizers ana
compelled to release the accused. few
minutes later Kierscey was assisting
Patrolman O'Howell to make an arrest
at Fourth and Spring streets Friends
of the accused picket rushed TO the
assistance of the latter and as before
forced the officers to turn the man
loose.
Nv this time a large crowd had
gathered at Fifth and Main streets
and when 1t was learned at central
police station that two men had been
taken from the officers, Acting Lieu
tenant Spellman ordered all available
officers to go to the scene and handle
the throng. Sergeant d. L. Adams was
placed in charge of the squad shortly
after 8 o'clock and succeeded in keep
ing the streets partly clear. Several
patrolmen were kept busy arresting
pickets who insisted in calling atten-
tion to the fact that unfair beer was
being sold in certain places near by.
500 AT CORNER
By o'clock more than 500 persons
were gathered at the corners. The men
refused to dispense and continued to
stroll back and forth and block the
streets. At $3.50 o'clock the situation
was reported to Captain Lehnhausen,
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