The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-02-22
TWO SHOT IN RIOT
WHEN MODS CLASH
General Strike of All Organ
lied Labor Threatened
In Philadelphia.
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men whom it sheltered TO fury. He
drew his revolver and fired point blank
into the crowd.
As the two boys dropped the crowd
fell back, awed and panic stricken.
Two women passengers jumped from
the car during the lull and ran up Ger
mantOwn avenue, where they entered
stores. Men who had been riding join
ed the crowd. With the arrival Of re-
serves the crowd was charged again by
the police and forced back. while the
boys were picked up and placed il an
ambulance. Both We're unconscious.
At the Samaritan Hospital II was
found that each Of the victims had
been wounded in the left side, the bull
lets passing dangerously near the heart
IN both cases.
Slabs Death Expected.
Kalb's heavy clothing so diminished
the force Of the bullet that his in
jury IS slight. Under the probe of
surgeons. it was found that the police
mans second bullet had penetrated
Slabs side and was resting near the
heart. It is impossible to remove it
and, according to the doctors. death
will surely come.
" AAANpWS III etAA tAfh fltNNA It an
we're shattered by bullets this morn
ing, when shots were fired from the
street at the passing vehicle At the
first shot passengers and crew crouched
below the window line, lodging the
fragments OF glass. Putting on all
speed, the motorman made a record
run from the Forty-siXth 90 the Fifty
second street station. u was impos-
sible 10 find the man who had fred
the shots
At the Baldwin Locomotive works.
notwithstanding the fact that an order
prohibiting interference with the cars
had been issued by the superintendent,
more than one hundred men arrived
early and started 10 throw bricks and
stones and bolts at the cars.
Charged by Police.
Very little damage had been done
when a squad Of police charged the
workmen and drove them into the
building.
Passengers were cut and bruised by
bricks thrown through the window Of
a Haddington car east bound on Mar
ket street, at Thirty-fourth and Mar
ket streets.
The missiles were thrown by men said
10 be employees Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road, who cOugreEated in the yard Of
the railroad at that point. Most of the
windows were broken. The car went
on. and none of the passengers were
cut so badly that their treatment al a
hospital was necessary.
Thrown from the tenth story Of the
new skyscraper being constructed on
Chestnut street west OF Broad, Il large
tile shortly after O'Clock crashed
through the roof OF an Angora car, on
Ches nut street
Although passengers were IN the car
and a panic ensued, no one was hit by
the bricks. The missiles, which fell
$50 ieet, were imbedded in the flooring
after passing through the roof of the
car. Most Of the passengers left the
car panic stricken. and the policemen,
in order 10 avoid the crowd which be
gan TO gather, ordered the motorman
TO put on fun speed.
Reserves from the Eleventh and Win
ter streets station were unable to find
the man who had thrown the tile. and
were about 10 retire when a second mis-
size OF a like nature was hurled from
the NTH floor, narrowly missing the
car for which IL had been aimed.
Alexander and Haggerty, special po-
ucemen, were close by and chased the