The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-09
Six Persons, One Young Girl,
Wounded by NoIley From AL
legged Strikebreakers.
STRIKERS FRENZIED BY
FIRING ON BYSTANDERS
Result is Wrecking of Several
Cars by Angry Mob That
Fills the Streets.

sons, iucludiug Il Young girl were
wouudcd tonight bv bullets fred by
party Of alleged strike breakers who
rode wildly up aud down Frankfort ave
nue. ~ trolley car and shot into the
crowds that lined the sidewalks
After one Of the most uncveutful
davs since the boginpiug OF The strike,
the stoniug Of cars was renewed tonight
along Frankfort avenue. the priuclPai
thoroughfarc in the mill district,
\ stone thrown by one OF the crowd
injured . strike breaking motorman. ! n
furiated at this, fifteen o. his. comrades
took out n car. all of the windows of
which they broke with their clubs. As
the car. loaded with armed strike break
crs. spcd down the avenue. bullets were
raiued at the ieeriug crowd.
Little Girl Shot.
Helen Nav, aged II. was struck in the
leg by bullet
John Maloney, aged Is and Michael
Osborn. aged "a. were also shot lu the
Ices. and Frank Bromley, aged %, re
ceivcd bullet in The foot.
The wounded were removed to The
Frankfort hospital. Two others injured
were taken TO their homes.
After reaching Allegheny avenue The
car was switched TO the nortbhoun1
tack bv its crew and the dash back
10 the barn began. So swiftly was II
driven that before the crowd realized
that it was coming back. it had sped
past theul and into the barn.
The shooting of lpotcnslNc hystapd
ers worked the crowd 10 q Olgo pltch
Of excitement aud as other cars came
down the street tho mob wrecked sew
eral. leaving only the trucks on the
rails About dozen arrests were made
There we're few minor outbreaks III
the downtown district late tonight.
Announcement that plants represent
ing - per cont OF the hosiery maputac-
turers OF Philadelphia would close do!wu
until next Monday. was the most IN
portaut development in the strike sit
uation today.
The announcement was coupled With
tho iutimatiou t6at. il tbe employees IN
the hosiery plapts did not return TO
work By that time. the mills might re
main closed down until fall.
One of the manufacturers said that
tho hosiery associaticu represented
uills employing 10000 hands. MauY
Of them verc reported 10 have gone out
on the frs. dav Of the general strike:
Many Strikers Return.
While accrssons to The strikers
ranks wcrc reported today from some
= few mon from the Baldwin Locomo,
tive works. there were many reports OF
strikers returning 20 their old places.
Manufacturers declared that mauN
union men were disappointed over the
failure OF the general strike to force
the Rapid Transit company TO aro''
;rate. Union leaders denied that there
were any dctcctions.
c. O. Pratt. the carmen ) leader, 3d'
dressed a crowd Of several hundred al
= meeting of the Allied Jewish Trades.
urging the mon 10 stand fast lu win
ming cause. He declared that if au out
door demonstration were permitted II
would assume proportions that would
surprise i6c country.
Brewers Stay at Work.
The report from Cincinnati that the
local brewery workers might nc OF
Jercd out. has apparently been discount
ed by The local brewing interests. The
Philadelphia Brewers association isl
sued efatcmcut in which confidence
wa expressed that the men would stick
20 ibcir job.
"In licw Of The Good will aud har
oiony that have existed so many years
between emplnver and employee, no ylo.
lsiior Of lbe existing contract is looked
foJ toe statement concluded.
Suorts Play Part
One interesting development today was
the appeal b. officials of the Philadcl'
rta National league baseball club to
the strike leaders. The baseball inter
ests asked that the. union. men who have
been working on the bali parb Improve
mcuts bc permitted 70 continue and CON
plctc work Unless The cutirc work is
finished by April -. the opening of the
season. tho baseball meu say tbat the
club will hc b8dlv handicapped,
The labor leaders promised 10 place
the mattev before the full committee,
New bicachcrs arc being erected and
impTovmcn;s arc being made t" flc'
Grand stand