Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-30
BEYOND POLICE CONTROL
RIOTERS IN COLUMBUS CAUSE
OF CHAOS.
Man in Jail Said to Have Con.
fessed to the Use Of
Dynamite

COLUMBUS, Ohio. August 30-Riotins
was resumed last night in almost every
part OF the city. Large crowds gathered
and attacked and shot at cars and beat
up the crews. Many persons were in.
jured. battalion OF troops was sent to
nth street and Leonard avenue. where a
mob of more than a thousand was wreck
Ing cars. At o'clock one car was blown
to pieces. 1t Is not known whether OF
not the motorman and conductor were
killed. The police were powerless.
Twenty rioters were gathered In how.
ever. and taken to police headquarters
Thomas Randall, police automobile
chauffeur, was taken to a hospital sho,
in the head. Albert Wilson was shot in
the back in the rioting. William Chambiss
was shot in the thigh. The troops did not
nre a shot A crowd Of 100 strikers and
sympathizers were gathered at the Union
depot trains. and an people aliRhted from
the trains handed them strike bills and
urged them not to ride in the cars Soon
q crowd or street railway detectives and
strikeoreakers appeared and tried to force
the men away.
General Fight Results.
general fight followed and the rail-
way men used their revolvers freely, bur
only one PERSON. John Caldwell, a by
stander. was wounded Caldwell received
bullet In the thigh. A policeman sent
In riot call to police Headquarters.
This was not responded to. and then the
officer called for troops from the adiu-
tant generals Office. Maj. Goodrich was
sent to the scene to investigate. but when
he arrived peace had been restored.
Mrs. Martha Crawford. from Macarthur,
Ohio. boarded a High street car at the
Union station Immediately on her arrival
In the city. and before the car had gone
two blocks she was struck in the head by
brick and her skull laid bare. She was
taken to hospital In an unconscious
condition.
A crowd riddIed a west Broad street car
with bullets, and the conductor and mo-
torman returned the fire. Police boarded
the car and disarmed the crew.
Fifteen sticks Of dynamite. seven and
q half pounds In all. were found on the
tracks In West Broad street.
A motorman and conductor OF q Leon
ard avenue car were severely injured at
Cleveland and Buckingham streets when
their car was suddenly assailed with
shower OF bricks. Both were struck on
the head and knocked unconscious. Their
scalps were cut. and they were other
wise bruised.
Conductor Badly Wounded.
A man stood at High and Long streets,
one OF the most prominent corners in the
city. and fired three shots at a car and
made his escape. One OF the bullets
struck William Hopkins. a conductor. In
the chest. Hopkins was taken to a hos
pital. His condition IL serious.
Detective Coach of Cleveland. who Is
in charge OF the police work for the
street railway company, has In jail in q
neighboring town William Miner. one or
the ringieaders In the dynamiting and
other strike depredations. who is said to
have confessed. Miner is said to have
told where the explosives for blowing UP
cars were bought, and also the details
of a plot TO blow up the residence of E.
X. Stewart, manager of the Columbus
Street Railway and Light Company.