Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-03-10
SIX SHOT FROM
A TROLLEY CAR
+ -
Angry Strike Breakers Rode
through Mill District Firing
into the Crowds.
STONE STRUCK a MOT0RMAN
Outbreak Followed One of the
Most Uneventful Days since
the Street Car Strike
Began.
STONE STRUCK A MO7ORMAN

Philadelphia March Six persons In
.uding a young girl were wounded to-
night by bullets fired by a party Of al
eyed strike breakers who rode wildly
up and down Frankford avenue in n
trolley car and shot into the crowds
that lined the sidewalks.
After one of the most uneventful days
since the beginning of the strike, the
stoning Of cars was renewed tonight
olorg Fiankford avenue, the principal
thoroughfare in the mill distric. In the
northeast. A stone thrown by one of the
crowd injured a strike breaking motor
man. Infurated at this crowd of
about II of his comrades took ont n car,
al OF the windows of which they broke.
With their clubs.
A. the car loaded with armed strike
breakers sped down Franltford avenue,
bullets were rained AT the jeerinG crowd.
Policeman Bragg, who was standing on
the sidewalk. received Il bullet IN his
helmet about an inch above his head.
Helen May, ID wears old. was struck in
the leg by n bullet john Moloney. 1'
years old. and Michael Osborn, -. were
also shot in the legs and Frank Bromilev
93, received a bullet in his foot. These
wounded were removed to the Frankford
hospital. Two other injured were taken
10 their homes.
After reaching Allegheny avenue. the
rar was switched TO the northbound track
h,- it's crew and the dash back to the barn
1cpan SO swiftly was II driven that
before the crowd realized that 1t was
corning back it had speed past them and
INTO the barn again.
THE MOB WRECKED CABS.
The shooting OF inoffensive bvstanders
worked the crowd TO a high pitch Of ex-
cltement and as other cars came down
lie street the mob wrecked them, in sew
.ral instances leaving only the trucks
on the rails. About dozen arrests were
made
There were a few minor outbreaks in
the downtown districts late tonight.
The police and labor leaders busted
themselves all day preparing statistics
to support their widely divergent claims
Of the strength Of the sympathetic strike.
The labor leaders reiterated their claim
Of 1000 on strike and say that many
additional recruits Will leave work to-
morrow.
Director of Public Safety Clay on the
other hand said Tonight that a recan-
tdSS OF lIle GU 3 : IIlluSllld4 eSlaDllSll-
ments to-day shows that while 1,91
workers walked out to-day, 800 strikers
returned to work
Leading manufacturers OF hosiery met
lo-Gay and decided to close down theiI
plauts. employing 5000 workers. unit
NJ cnday. The employees stated that 80
"bourdcrs." who are in the sympathetic
strike, made this step necessary.
one interesting development in connec
ton with the strike was the appeal BY
officials of the Philadelphia Nationa
league Base Ball club to the strike lead
srs late to-day. The base bah interest:
asked that the union men who have
been working ON the bah park improve
mcnts be permitted TO complete the work
Unless the entire work is finished BY
April -, the opening OF the Natona
eague season, tho base ball men say
the club will he badly handicapped. Th,
abor leaders promised to place the mat
ter before the full committee.