New-York tribune., 1910-02-21

,.,ied hv loss Of life. is expected To-
o--ar when the company proceeds 10
o,., ifs lines again. The order OF mayor
--,,-bnr- TO swear in three thousa'fi
ssdi;ionsl nolice has also embittereo it'e
-,,rn snd they denounce the action ol me
Mayer
r,,,,s,6ersble difficulty is being expert
-,ces nv the friends of those arrested in
to-dav's riots IN fpding the prisoners
ard il securing copies OF ire chefes'
7, X claimed that prisoners are eei''s
senf 10 station houses AT points iar oiS
.sn- from, the places Where the arrests
,sl.e nlaoe and that il is practically lm-
pessihie to even and them.
CREWS BADLY BEATEN.
A ,rov< started the rioting in S'h
street. near tSirard avenue. shortly af'er
O'Clock Within few minutes mon
numbering FIVE theusand gathered anu
bricks and stones began 10 n, one OF
to ,srs contained passengers, who mas
-slx fed. some Of them climbing through
,he windows. The crowd, yelling in oe-
-,sion charged upon the helpless motor
man and conductor. guarded ny TWO pc
roor,cn. Tho latter and the car crew
--o-a dragged from the inside of the cars.
whore they had barricaded themselves
They were beaten and cuffed about the
streets and the car fired
crews Of zth and Walnut street cars
were driven from their stations by a
mob Of several thousand men at Ger
r1sntop,l and Diamond streets, and after
a chase Of a block were overtaken and
be.ten Struck down with heavy blows,
-l,cy were kicked about on the pavement
,,r75l = detail Of mounted policemen res
cUed rhem.
thousands of men and women gath
cred at sSth street and Lancaster ave-
nue.. Every car that passed had to run
the santlet Of stones The windows OF
every car we're broken. Each car car
-ied 4 guard Of from five TO ten police
men. At this point -year-old Cath
crime Cochran was hit in the eye by
=vinS hricl, and rendered unconscious
The order to take all cars into the
esrns before nightfau probably pre-
vented more serious trouble. The police
g., the last car into the 43d street and
Lancaster avenue barn had to draw re-
volvers 20 drive away the crowd
IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
s dozen riots. TWO OF them Of big pro
portions. marked the progress Of the
strike in South Philadelphia. AS a re-
suit nearly every car that the company
operated was battered and smashed and
their crews and the protecting police
men were roughly handled, while one
car vas set on fire. the burning mass
forming a spectacular centre to one riot
one boy a passenger in a car that was
mobbed, sustained a fractured skull. and
viii probably die. while number Of
persons we're Jess injured, several OF
them being taken 20 hospitals.
TIE storm centre OF one Of these big
riots was II S1h street. from Tasker
street 20 Snyder avenue, a distance of
five squares. Crowds gathered on the
roofs Of the houses along Sth street and
stoned the cars they passed. break
ing windows and doing other DANA ge
Shortly after > O'Clock an iron Inlet
grating was torn loose and placed across
The tracks in Sth street. The first car
~aS halted -Four policemen We're guard
ing il The mob charged the car and
the policemen fired several shots
IL the car vas seated eleven-year-old
samson Skienow- accompanied by, his
mother and sister A piece Of brick that
few through a car window near where
he vas sitting struck him on the head,
fracturing his skull. He viii probcJly
die
A mob Of one thousand persons formed
a. Eth and Morris streets and stoned a
Point Breeze car on this car was
James Wolf. 2 fireman detailed for po-
Ice duty. flying brick struck him in
the face and he fell unconscious to the
street He Was taken 10 1t. Agnes Hos
pital with badly lacerated face. Sev-
er3l others in the crowd were injured