The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-02-21
|NFuR|ATED MOB
TRIES LYNCH|NG.
Philadelphia Motorman Pulled
From Car And Barely
Escapes Death.
POLICE CHARGE CROWD
WHICH WRECKS CARS
Three Thousand Extra Police
Ara Sworn in to Preserve
1 \; Order at All
\ ! Costs.

AttemptA1 Iynching OF motorman by
an inftraatsd mob of Kensington.
shortly before noon to-day. resulted
in ths tnstring or forty rioters by po-
ice whc rode down the mob In ans
wsr TO tsxs3 riot calls. Infatuated sym
/ pAthIserss maddenec by the importa-
ton Of strike breakers. attacked a car
at the corner of Kensinston avenue
and p street. dragged the motorman
and conductor from their posts. pulled
the four policemen guarding them of
the car Mnd while a number held the
officers Others ran the motorman TO d
lamp-p@st. threw a rope around his
neck ard were on the point of lynch
ing hinal when he was rescued in a
thrilling manner by mounted Police
Lieutenant Sykes.
Beaten until he was hardly able 10
stand. the motorman pleaded piteous-
~ with Abe mob to spare his life.
Sykes in answer TO the FIRST riot
call. came dashing around the corner.
and. realizing the seriousness of the
situation, charged his horse directly
into the crowd. swept II back at full
spesd. Grabbing the naetornsn 81 mr.
swept by, he dragged him several hun
bred feet with clutch on his coat
collar and then hurled him safely into
rtgar Etore. TIRE mutornarra-s ~rt--
onsiy Injured. was afterwards hurried
IN q hospital
Tac crowd then attacked The con-
duefor. dragged him 10 the sidewalk
and tramplea him into unconscious
meas. He. toe, was removed To hos
pitai In a a ericus condition. The riot
ers then attacked the ear and wrecked
II beyond repair BY this time the
second riot call had been sounded
ans reserves sweoped aewn on the
mob. tntur.ng forty OF them. three o.
= whom. irf is feared. VIII dte-- TWENTY
] -sEreass M@Fe made,
Realizing the futiilty OF attempting
10 run cars through this section OF
the city thc transit company has or
derai all the rars running from the
Frankfort barns of the streets, Few
passengers will ride in them. Almost
every car leaving the barn SO far to-
dsv has keen wrecked.
Following the violence NJ Sunday
the city il to-day swearing In three
thousand extra police. Mayor Rev
burn has issued q proclamation in
xtruesfGg that the riat act he enforced
and thar the public peace be preserved
at any et,st.
Thousands of Police.
= f.t,ifowsas the violence If Sunday the
Following the violence OF Sunday the
city tn to-day swearing In three thous-
anu pplGfs IttA hGIH ms
issued proclamation instructing that
the riot act be enforced and that he
public pace he preserved AT any cost.
Two hundred thousand persons
walked ~ work this morning in a
drixxiinG rain, In kensingtnn i IL
estimated that there arc one hundred
THOUSAND workers idle TODAY. they re-
fusing III patronixc the car service.
. In that district the greatest riots oc-
1 CURED yesterday.
d Early this morning G.. q. Pratt.
national organizer OF the Amalgamat-
= ed Caru1en's Union. issued state
mena deniaring that the call for three
Thousand extra police shows that the
Rapid Transit Company liz beaten. He
declares that his union men. number
ing sixty-,wo hundred. will don police
uniforms and preserve order, If Rey-
barn will call upon them
shorty after 8 eo'elncA this morn
ing rioting was resumed in several
sections Of the city. In response to
riot calls police suppressed the dis
ts1rbances before any real damage vas
done to cars or crews.
On the Lancaster avenue division
police are handling the controller
under the direction of non-union
msatornen.
During last nights ricting twenty
policemen and over Atty citizens were
made
According to figures given out by
the transit company to-day sa7 cars
have E,een damaged. three burned
ana 2.sos car Windows broken.
Fight With Bricks.
To-aay's rioting began with an at
tack ON car NJ kensington and
LehiEh avenues, where a mob, using
bricks and cobhlestones, broke every
window In the car, The vehicles.
manned by four policemen protecting
Tho crew, carried no passengers. The
Police charged the crowd. which dis
persed Without further trouble.
1--WE passengers were sent to the
Episcopal hospital as the result OF
In attack on car at Cambria and
Kcnsington avenues. A mob Of over
one thousand after breaking all the
windows Of vehicle. tore away the
iron gates. attacked the passe myers
/ and crew. Motorman. conductor and
messengers were dragged tn the street
and heatep. The mob WIS not dis
rfrycd until riot call had been sent
IL the city hall. which brought re-
Endorsements.
Have to Use Clubs.
Later in the day the police had to
use their clubs on crowd which at
tackled two carr at Kensington ave-
nae and Huntington street. Although
both vehicles we're fiiied with police
nsen, they were stoned from the side
walk and from the roofs Of houses
until forced to stop. Cars were being
run AT more frequent intervals in this
section, bat carried few passengers.
Trirers af wagons are aiding the
rioters HI onstrursing the tracks.
women injured.
Dt.rswg the neon. hour workbench Of
the Ral5s-iF J.acrrnotise Works made
AttaessEsr,s ears OF the Fif;senth street
Hire. ffsng 81 the car ga carried wo.
n nssns rcsyerSers I've o. rhera were
N sfrlrk With bolts and 's..i6.s TORN
L firm the pavement. Policemen with
4 drawn rrYolvers mounted to the roofs
"A u - eArs during the hour.