The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-24

PRISONERS. all OF whom were held on
charges OF rioting
Notorusn Felled BY Brick.
Here is the brand OF trouble that
tsc citizens are afraid OF and that Tho
police do not appear TO be able to stop.
William MalOney. strike breaker.
was running car uurih on Kensing-
ton avenue when a brick came from
nowhere and fractured his skull Ma.
ioney dropped forward and sidewise
over the iron gate at the car front
There were 1000 men and women in
the mob and they yelled delightedly
when they saw the motorman was
badly hurt. \ woman leaned forward
and deliberately threw a stone at the
unconscious man. The car was moving
forward al this time. slowly. because
Maloney had passed out before he
could switch on the current. The con
euctor ran forward. threw over the
controller and dragged Malonev heci,
INTO the car. II enraged the mob Do-.
ems OF men leaped aboard the car.
hammered the conductor over the face
and head with their fists knocked him
down and kicked him and left him
Senseless for the police to take care
OF. lhey wrecked the car and got
away before the police came.
Another strike breaker got into scri.
Gus trouble at Sixth street and r.ehirh
avenue iIe WAS the conductor Of one
Of two Cionside cars that were
brought to a halt by a barricade of
iion pipes that a mob had erected
across the tracks. The motorman
showed yellow streak He saw tho
harricadc when he was a block away.
brought his car up with a jerk Jumped
OF and ran like a coyote. The conduc.
tor stuck The mob caught him.
Here. I'll give up" he cried aud
laughed
He was still grinning. his hands In
the air. when brick struck him on
the right temple His skull was
broken
Tried 70 yneh Non-Union Man.
\ mob OF 5000. in which there were
al least 200 women shrieking like bar
pies. pulled William Wills. non
union man. from the motornan's pl,f
form Of Frankford car. Lieutenant
sykes galloped mp with a SQUAD Of
Ciay's cavalry and charged the crowd
The police had their revolvers out
and It looked for minute as II there
would be- shooting. Three OF the mob
had throWn rope around Wills neck
had nooscd Il and were preparing 10
swing him up TO a lamppost The pis-
tolls scared them OF and the police
rescued the shaking motorman.
The mobs resorted 20 curious de-
vices TO stop the progress Of the cars.
crowd laid an American flag over
the rails OF kensington avenue tracks
When the motorman OF a car ran
straight over the flag they yauked him
on and beat him badly. At another
point they rolled. with much exertion.
pair az enormous beer casks obtain
go az a brewery and set them solemnlv
on the tracks. There was no trouble
here. When the first car came along
the motorman and conductor took one
look and climbed OF. Frequently
squads of strikers or their sympathiz
ers plant a-.I--ritsSsr-- 49, S~-wecr
'7fit1k and dared the motormen To ru
over them. II was about the most e.
fcctive harricade they found. The ca
men didn't dare II would have mean
their death. in all likelihood. Ashe,
carloads Of dirt. the contents Of a
) the garbage cans that could be co
/ lected for blocks around. piles of ire
! and heaps of wooden beams were pile
! on the tracks. tactics that interfere
1 materially with the attempt OF IA
{ Philadelphia Rapid Transit compan
p 20 keep certain lines in service.
4 The Rapid Transit company repor
b ed that l19 cars We're wrecked an
/ that 1853 window panes had bee
D smashed