The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-02-24

shots.
Practical jokes of every description
were played on the Fencibles. Some
of the soldiers were stripped of their
clothing and after their arms had been
taken from them, were chased up and
down the streets by bands of young
roughs. Tin indicators were stuck on
the ends of the Fencibles' bayonets
and the girls of the district collected
brass buttons from the uniforms as
souvenirs. The young soldiers were
not assembled in squads, but were sta
toned separately, sometimes square
apart. One young girl stuck a hat pin
in a soldiers back and caused him to
jump and the crowd to laugh.
Boys Cause Trouble.
That the attacks on trolley cars in
the northeastern section We're in
number of cases planned by a gang of
boys is shown by the ante-mortem
statement made last night by one of
the youths shot in yesterdays rioting.
He said that he was employed at
factory and that on Monday he and
three other boys there formed them
selves into a committee which went
boys to the number of $50 to agree to
meet and make combined attack on
trolley cars and on men who were
aboard. According to appointment,
the $50 met at Sixth street and Lehigh
avenue, armed with sticks, bricks,
stones and other missiles, before the
attack.
Most of the boys are participating
in the trouble through pure mis-
chievousness. They are having the
time of their lives and Superintendent
of Police John Taylor has issued an
official warning to parents. He says:
Parents Warned.
MANY people as soon as they see a
crowd collecting, out of innocent curl
osity run to see what the trouble is,
and hundreds doing the same thing,
soon collect an enormous crowd.
In most of these crowds there are
large numbers of women, girls and
boys, many of them not over II or Is
years Of age, join in what they believe
is the fun and throw stones at the
cars and boot and yell at the police.
THE citizen does not think of the
chance which he and his children run
of serious injury in, joining such a
crowd; of the danger to young girls
and aged persons going to and from
work in the cars which the boy is
stoning, Of the lifelong stigma which
may fall upon the boy that we have
arrested and sent to Jail for melting
to riot and of the immense loss to the
business interests of this great CITY,
The boy who, out Of spirit of mis-
chief, throws a stone, may kill some
one in the car, as has been done be-
fore, and be tried for his life
More than 1000 persons have been
arrested for rioting and Sc nave
already been indicted by the grand
jury.
The stock of window glass here
suitable for car windows has been ex-
hausted, the transit company an
nounced today, and no more broken
windows can be replaced until an ad-
ditional supply is procured. More
than 2.0G0 windows were broken yes
terday, running the total smashed dur
ing the four days of the strike to well
over 5000 panes.
Mere Cars Operating.
This morning the traction company
announced that it had 554 cars in op-
Grafton, 81 more than at the same
time yesterday. This number, it was
stated, would be increased during the
day to 500. The company also an
nounced that it had enough men to
man 1,400 cars if the city could pro-
vide sufficient police protection. AS
one or two policemen are in each car
the company says the city is not in
position to furnish protection to all
such conveyances and at the same
time take care of the general police
situation. The number of cars nor
mally operated is 1900
The traction company today an
nounced its Frankfort line for the
first time since the strike started was
open.
No Settlement Wanted.
In defining its position upon the
suggestion to settle the strike bv
mediation, an official of the comnany
today said that under no consideration
would the company entertain such a
plan.
We have heard that Senator Pen
rose will be asked to lend his good
Offices to end the strike. That fact
would never lead us to consider any
interference or mediation from outside
parties In dispute which is not at all
an issue in which the public can be
concerned. In the language of George
RI. Earle, a director of the company.
anarchy cannot be arbitrated'"
The transit officials gave Official no
tice today that the city would be held
responsible for all losses sustained by
the company in the wrecking of cars.
frankfort Line Opens.
The Frankfort line. opened TODAY.
traverses part of the Kensington dis
trict in the north
The first car on this line carried
four policemen, but no passengers.
AS the car turned from Frankford