Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-08

cases thousands. Of union men an In
sympathy with the striking conductors
and motormcn The local police had
been powerless 10 prevent the noon
hour diversion Of these men, which had
taken the form Of destroying cars and
boating strike breakers.
10 was different yesterday. When
the men poured out into the streets.
armed with hammers. bits Of iron, and
other handy missiles that they had
brought from their shops. they were
astoniahed TO see a group ~ silent
black-robed and lean horsemeu lined
up az the curb instead NJ the some
what cOrpuleut and garrulous men In
blue and brass II is an actual fact
that in several cases those horsemen
Ola not have 10 do thing but be there
The would-be rioters dropped their
missiles behind them and went to their
nearby homes or sneaked back into
the factories for their neglected din
ner pals
At other points II was necessary for
the state police 10 ride about a little
quietly telling individuals or groups not
To- l1iter on the street Here and there
throughout the district there WAS just
a suggestion of real action
a group of young working women
threw the refuse OF their lunch boxes
NN "a IiANHlIlk lANa anu NifN NNUDUfl 10
see what happened. s state horse
man who had ignored the throwing Of
garbage by girls told them 90 move
along They an huddied up on a Night
81 steps Of an old branch public IT,
brary instead. The trooper rode his
horse up the steps and a crowd Of
screaming girls ran for their homes.
Not one Of them had been hurt and
that was as the trooper and his horse
had intended II anybody In this town
ie hurt by these state police before
tho trouble Is over Il viii be because
that somebody deserves a. They don't
shoot until 1t Is necessary, but they do
not hesitate an instant when n little
blood letting will promote law and
order. And when they DO shoot there
are no stray bullets going wide of the
mark 10 hit the long suffering "in-
uocent bystander."
A TYPICAL INCIDENT.
Another incident was at oxford
street and Germantown avenue. A
foolish driver of an express wagon de-
liberately guided his horse 50 that a
wheel barked the skin OF "A state police
sergeant's horse The sergeant told a
mounted man Of the regular city force
20 20 after the driver and arrest him.
The city policeman trotted alongside
Of him down the block calling on him
20 stop The driver laughed at the
policeman. and made faces at him.
There would have been no arrest had
not a state trooper become Interested
I'm the matter He went down that
block at a gallop. rushed his horse
through the space between tho mount
Of the city policeman and the wagon
grabbed the express horse by the
bride, and pulled him 10 a standstil
Then he turned around just as the
eNpressman was about TO abandon his
rig and seek some other part OF Phlla-
delphia out came that extra long "a
with an order for tho driver 10 keep
his seat, which order. Il Is needless 10
say. was obeyed Then the state po-
liceman ordered the city man 10 take
the prisoner TO the nearest station, and
that was an end of the matter. but Il
had been an object lesson In COM
paratlve police methods. and n was
am that WAS necessary 70 assure COM
plete order on that corner for the rest
of the dav
The only rock throwing Of the day
was on Fourth street. the offenders
were half "a block away from the near
est state trooper, but ne saw them, and
galloped down the block The stone
throwers lodged into a factory en-
trance and slammed the heavy doors
behind them. The policeman fired two
shots through tho door, and that closed
that incident. c. A. 3.