The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-30

ing Cars OF Hdii-llqht company
and Succeed In Doing Considerable
Damage With Bricks and Other
Missiles - Several Cars Wrecked
and Nonunion Crews Forced to
Seek Safety In Flight.
Columbus. o., July 30.-Presence
Ct three regiments OF the Ohio Ma.
tional Guard failed to have the de-
sired effect on the riotous element in
Columbus. and the city passed
through the worst night since the
eugurated last Sunday.
AS soon as the shades of night be-
can to fall union sympathizers broke
loose In all sections Of the city, the
rolice and millt.amen being power
less to check the rioting which was
roattered over many square miles OF
territory. AS a result of the nights
work three men are in hospitals, suf-
fering from injuries of a serious ma.
ture. Before the troops could reach
the points where the trouble was in
progress the mobs would have scat
tered and been lost to view.
On the West Side the strike sym.
rathizers adopted guerrilla tactics,
men and boys concealing themselves
behind houses. barns. trees and brush
piles. Every car that passed was
bombarded with bricks and stones,
three men being seriously and 20 per.
sons slightly injured in the fusillade.
II. Williams had his head cut open
and was hit In the abdomen with a
brick. William Balcan was hit in
the abdomen with brick. William
Farber Of Cleveland was also serious
~ injured when his stomach receiv.
ed the full impact of a flying brick.
bat. The police and soldiers were
unable 70 stop the warfare, owing to
the fact that the belligerents were
too well concealed and fleet OF foot
After several hours of continuous
bombardment the nonunion crews
pulled the cars into the barn and re.
fused 10 make any more runs.
At Grogap a Linden car was de-
Ysjled by a scyths being tied to the
track. The crew made Q dash for
liberty and escaped after being
chased for more than mile by a
Ao~ling mob.
Motorpdsn Loses Ear.
At Cleveland and Eleventh avenues
three persons we're hurt when a car
wes derailed. Conductor Bersch re-
ceived eight ugly cuts on the head
Motorman A. Allen was dragged from
the car and severely beaten. His left
ear was kicked off and the eardrum
shattered.
Eight cars on the Neil avenue line
were badly damaged by missiles
hurled from behind trees and shrubs
In Goodale park. No passengers were
on the cars, which accounts for the
fact that no one was injured during
the continuance OF the hostilities.
The men and boys jumped from tree
TO tree 80 quickly and disappeared In
the darkness that few of them fell
into the clutches of the officers.
Adjutant General Weybrecht an
nounced that tonight the streets OF
the city will be patrolled by the 1900
soldiers now here, and that II they
are unable to preserve order he will
call out the Fifth regiment of Cleve-
land or the Eighth regiment, which
Is now in camp at Marietta.
Chief OF Police Carter reported 3S
disturbances OF a serious nature and
innumerable scenes Of disorder of a
minor nature.
Governor Harmon, after reviewing
the situation upon his return from
Charlevoix, Mich, announced that in
his opinion Mayor Marshall was
premature in calling for troops, as he
had not exhausted all his resources
He refused to permit the troops to
do police duty In patrolling the
streets. but said they would be held
In readiness to respond to riot calls
whenever the police force was no
longer able to preserve order. When
the calls began TO come In faster
than the operators at the police sta
tion could handle them, orders were
issued and troops were sent to vari.
GUS parts OF the city
Want Compulsory Arbitration.
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