Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-03-01
POLICE AND SOLDIERS ROUGHLY
HANDLED ~ STRIKE
sYMPATHIzERs..
SEVERAL HURT; DYNAMITE USED
Governor and Mayor Consider caliins
Out the state Militia.-Gsnera'. :.
WaIkout ordered, and Il May
Materlalt1e.

resumption Of service by the Phila
delphia Rapid Transit company. The
shooting occurred In attacks on cars
in the northeastern section.
Market street, the principal bust
ness thoroughfare In the heart of the
city, was the scene Of disturbance, dur
Ing the entire day. Cars we're stoned
and two policemen were roughly
handled by . mob Of several thousand
persons. A dozen arrests we're MADE
and the prisoners placed on trolley
car. This was stormed by the mob
and two Of the prisoners escaped.
Preparations were made by the au-
thorities to call upon the entire force
or the state militia.
President Murphy. Of the central
labor union, still regards Z general
strike Of all trade unions In the city
a. inevitable, although Organizer
Pratt 10 reported to be opposed to this
move. .
"A delegation OF labor leaders left
Tor Washington to ask Senator Pen
rose to use his influence for . peace
able solution Of the trouble.
FencIhlss are Beaten.
Members Of the State Fencibles, an
Independent military organization.
about 200 strong, were placed on duty
armed with loaded muskets. They
detailed in the Kensington mill dis
trict in the northeast, which Is hot
bed Of union sympathizers. In their
lirst skirmish they were badly beaten
By mob who paid no attention to the
drawn bayonets and snatched the
muskets from the hands Of the young
militiamen.
The probably fatally injured boys
are John Hughes, IS years old. shot
In the neck, and w. E. Collins, 20.
shot In the groin, and John Walter.
stabbed, aged Is years. They re-
ceived their injuries late in the after
noon when q mob attacked car at
Germantown avenue below Westmore-
land street.
Marrow Escape for Police.
Fifteen policemen quartered In the
car barn at Ridge avenue and Nork
street narrowly escaped death when
the entire northeast corner OF the
building was blown away with dyna-
mite. The explosion occurred just as
G. o. Pratt was about to address .
meeting Of car men at hall at Ridge
avenue and Dauphin street. This
building, as we'll as others in the
vicinity, was shaken by the shock Of
the explosion. How the dynamite was
placed in the car barn Is . mystery.
It evidently was exploded in the toilet
room.
The State Fencibles, after being
harassed all day by . mob Of thous-
ands Of strike sympathizers along LIE
high avenue, were Withdrawn at night.
TALL. The authorities have been pow.
erless against the mob, but . half
dozen mounted police had ridden up
and down. driving the rioters before
them during the afternoon. Only two
cars were run on this line during the
afternoon, and both were badly shat
tered by stones Police. when In this
locality, were fired upon by strike
sympathixer who had concealed him.
self In st. Simeon's church at Lehigh
avenue and Hutchinson street. This
enraged the guardians Of the peace
and they returned the IRE. hitting w.
p. Collins in the groin. He was re
moved to hospital.
Director Of Public Safety Clay said
that should outside assistance be re
quired he would ask for the stale con
stabulary before calling for the state
militia. He expressed himself as be
Ing satisfied with the way the police
managed to handle the mobs up Il
date.