The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-08-13

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Him on Head.
Columbus. o. Aug. ~. Thirty.five
out of 14O members of the Columbus
police force rebelled when called
upon by Mayor Marshall to board
sons who have been attacking cars
nightly with stones. bricks and bul.
let's. The mutincers, Mayor Marshall
announces. viii be dismissed from
the department
The mayor called only upon regu-
| lar policemen to assume the duty on
cars. Special policemen engaged es-
pecially for riot duty in connection
with the strike were not called upon
for this service, as they were assign
ed to places about the city where
trouble was expected. Included in
the 35 who refused to board the cars
are some OF the oldest and best.
known men on the force.
Mayor Yields to Pressure.
For nearly four weeks Mayor Mar
shall had withstood pressure brought
to bear by officials OF the Columbus
| Railway and Light company to put
| officers on cars. Finally city officials
and leading members of the cham
| ber Of commerce Joined in urging the
mayor to take this step. and lie con-
sented, although he said he did not
| favor the plan. Within few hours
his change of policy became known
to the police and there was wide
| spread dissatisfaction in the depart.
ment. This reached elimination
| at rollcall. The mayor began to
make assignments and those IN rs-
bellion stepped out of the ranks.
There was little i'll feeling express.
cd although one officer took off his
coat and asked the mayor to don il
and then board car.
As reasons for their rebellion, the
officers did not advance fear. Some
said they had been warned bv gro
GERS and butchers that II they rode
| on cars they would be refused pro.
| visions Others said they had be
longcd to unions and others that they
might wish to join at some future
! time.
Two officers Weaken.
After perng told that II they re.
| fused 10 obey tho new orders they
would be dismissed, two officers who
| had at first rebelled stepped back
| into line with the regulars.
The police are searching the city
! in an effort TO run down John +.
Brady, leader of imported carmen
brought to the city to work during
| the streetcar strike, on a charge of
| shooting two women aud a child in
front OF their homes on the West
! Side
According to the report in the
| hands OF the police, an automobile
running through Brehl avenue sud
| denly stopped, when one of two occu.
| pants jumped out and got into an
! alteration with two men on the side
walk. He ordered the men 10 their
| homes. After a quarrel. he stepped
into his machine and, as 1t started,
| began to FIRE his revolver at random.
Mrs. Catherine Kelley was snot In
the knee and her daughter Helen. 10,
| received bullet in the shoulder.
Mrs. Charles Hart, a neighbor, was
| shot in the right thigh. Neither
wound is fatal.
Shooter Disappears In Weeds.
Police in automobiles Immediately
gave chase and after a prolonged
pursuit about West Side streets got
the machine colnered, The man who
had done the shooting jumped out
| and disappeared in weeds of a vacant
lot. The driver of the machine said
he had been employed as chauffer.
The police say he declared the man
with him was Brady,
The Columbus Railway and Light
company brought a force of detec-
| tives to the city In an effort to ap-
preheud those guilty OF stoning and
shooting at cars. 1t was announced
at the company's offices that a lock,
out had been decided upon, effective
at 10 a. M. Monday. Such strikers
as did not apply for places then
would be barred from future EN-
ployment. Strikers, II was an.
nounced, would not suffer loss of
merit marks, dividends or uniform
credits.
Dynamite was used on several
cars, the worst explosion occurring
on the Front street yiaduct over the
Pennsylvania tracks. No one was In.
jured in any of the explosions.
stoning of cars took place in many
parts of the city and several crews
were beaten up by mobs. Oficer
Snyder, in attempting to rescue
motorman from mob OF 5000 per.
sons on the West Side was severely
injured by being hit on the head with