Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-25
SERIOUS RIOT TAKES PLACE WHEN
EXPLOSIVE WRECKS CARRIER
WITHOUT PASSENGERS.
BOTH SIDES ARE DETERMINED.
Men and Women Use Roller Skates IN
Getting from Homes to Places
OF Business.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE ON SUNDAY.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. IL
There was a serious riot at Fifth street
and Lehigh avenue in the mill district
this afternoon. Dynamite was exploded
under q car which as a result was brok-
En- in half and completely wrecked. There
were no passengers, and previous to the
dynamiting the mob ordered the crew
off the car. Police arrived quickly and
with drawn revolvers coWed the mop.
Several arrests were made. Otner acts
Of violence were reported this afternoon
The strike leaders, wearled by sun
days strenuous work, rested unllI 4dte
| this morning, and no further statements
were given out at union headquarters
Beyond the statement that "all INES are
| in operation with the full quota OF cars,
the officials of the transit company also
declined to comment on the situation.
Conspicuous on the lapels of the work
! ing mOtOrmen and conductors was the
insignia OF the keystone union. the rival
of the Amalgamated ASSOCIATION, OF
which the strikers are members. Ihe
| former union was founded by men who
remained loyal to the company during
| last years struggle and is not animated
with any other body. The present trou-
| BILE began when the officials Of the com
|
! keystone union, against the wishes OF
the members of the Amalgamated asso-
citation. The latter body made the re-
quest OF the Rapid Transit company Off
| Gals that no other union be recognized.
| The recognition OF this organization was
one of the main points at issue between
| the strikers and the company.
One thousand men on the eligible list
| for policemen and fremen were sworn in
yesterday and the city hall this morn
| ing was the scene of great activity
among the police officials who were pre-
pairing to swear in 5000 additional men
at che first sign of further lawlessness
Officials Are Determined.
The Officials of the company started
| operations today with a grim determina-
ton to run cars on all lines where it
was possible to get men.
! Every one of the thousands of brick
| throwing yesterday" said an officer of
the company, has merely served to
| strengthen the determination to spend
every cent the corporation possesses, and
! to use every car the concern owns, to
operate the system. There will be no
| surrender"
National Organizer Pratt of the Car
mems union said:
| "Our men are better organized and
better disciplined than they were. If
| the company could not defeat our raw
| recruits last summer, the officials will
| not now break the ranks of our vet
! GRAMS"
Representatives of the corporation ad-
mitted today that 1000 men refused to
| take out cars yesterday. This statement
is disputed by the strike leaders, who de-
! clared that more than 5000 are on strike.
| One explanation of this discrepancy Is
! that many of the trolleymen who wished
to continue work did not report as they
| were in fear of being injured.
! Many Injured Sunday
| It was estimated today that 100 per-
! sons were injured yesterday, chiefly by
stones or other missiles. Few people,
| however, were seriously hurt One of
! the latter, little girl who was shot
| while watching boys attack q car, will
| probably recover.
A statement issued by the company
! says that in all 297 cars were damaged
during yesterdays disorders. Two cars
were completely burned, and one partly.
A total of 260S car windows were brok-
en-. The company expects to keep i'll
operation today 1900 cars, 600 less than
the regular number.
The traction company concentrated
most of its energy during the moraing
| hours on lines running to the business
sections. Service was maintained on
nearly all the lines to the center of the
| city, but was uncertain. Some of the
cars were half filled. The majority, how
ever, carried few passengers.
That the fear Of personal injury to
riders was we'll grounded was shown by
reports Of stone throwing resulting in the
| breaking of car windows and the wound
| Ing Of several persons slightly.
Sensational reports that blood is run
ming in the streets Of the city and that
| police are having pistol battles with
mobs are not true, 1t was q noticeable
! fact that most Of the disorder was start
| ed by boys in thickly settled parts of
the city. stone snow ball or other
missile would be thrown. or a trolley
pole wrenched aside and the car would
come to stop. While the car crew was
trying to get started again a shower of
bricks would fly, crowd would gather
and then a call for police would be made
| In three instances cars were on fire.
Generally in other cases windows Of the
cars were broken.
When a squad of police arrives the
crowd usually disappears without further
trouble. The four persons wounded by
bullets yesterday were watching the
crowds. Except in the case of the little
girl who was hit by a policeman's shot
those suffering from pistol injuries were
struck by stray firing from unknown per
sons in the crowds.
Transfers Garry Passengers.
1t was bad morning for the tens
of thousands of persons who were com
PEELED to walk to their places Of employ
ment. Rain fell heavily, but despite the
gloomy, disagreeable weather, the peo-
pie took up their tasks cheerfully. Every
teamster who was willing to carry pas
sengers" found people eager to pay high
fare to carry them to work. One of the
amusing sights was men and not a few
young women going to work on roller
skates.