Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-02-21
STRIKERS DOING
GREAT DAMAGE
Three thousand Special Policemen
Added to Quiet Riot

force has been called out for strike
duty and an enrolment of three
thousand special policemen today give
the city a garrisoned appearance
Street fighting was resumed at day
break when the Philadelphia Rapid
Transit company started to operate
their cars with nonunion platform
men.
Scores of workingmen in the out
lying districts began attacking the
cars as they left the barns, and the
police and specials had difficult work
in breaking up the riots.
The company made no effort or
attempt to operate the cars during
the night, but confined their efforts
to preparing for the service today.
Scores of strike breakers were
brought to the city and placed in
the various car barns under sprotec-
ton.
As the result of yesterdays riot
ing and the work of last night twen-
ty policemen and thirty citizens are
in the hospitals, many seriously in
jured. Hundreds of arrests have been
made. The riote have burned 297
cars up to the present time
Terrible Riot Occurs.
A bloody affray between the police
and the rioters occurred this after
noon, when a mob attempted to lynch
a nonunion motorman and conduc-
tor, but were saved by the police,
although they were apparently in a
dying condition when rescued.
The moose was about the necks of
each when the mob turned on the
officers, who were the mounted po-
lice. They rode at full speed into
the rioters, injuring forty so badly
that they had to be taken to the
hospital Twenty arrests were made
Nearly every car that was started
today was wrecked. The guards seem
to be entirely powerless.
Not Car Moving.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 21.-
Rioting in every section of the city
followed the attempt of the Philadel-
phia Rapid Transit company to oper-
ate its lines here yesterday. Passen-
gers and crews we're driven from
cars by Infatuated mobs of strike
sympathizers, and in nearly score
of instances the abandoned cars were
burned or otherwise destroyed At
nightfall every car was withdrawn
from service.
Stern measures were adopted by
the police to quell the disorders.
Scores of persons were arrested. Two
women were hit by stray bullets and
many injured persons were taken
to hospitals.
Mayor Reyburn ordered Director
of Police Clay to swear in 5000 adj
ditional police and issue a proclama-
ton enforcing the riot act.
The executive committee of the
central labor union yesterday after
noon pledged both moral and finan-
cial support to the strikers. They
also decided to call a sympathetic
strike of every union man in the
city in case the authorities put into
effect their threat to operate the
cars with policemen and firemen.
Riots Begin About Noon.
In the morning cars were run on
every line with little difficulty except
in the mill district of Kensington,
where cars were stoned by mobs. At
III O'Clock transit company officials
announced that cars were running on
the regular schedule. Shortly after
ward riots were reported from scores
of widely separated localities.
In the southern section mob OF
boys drove a conductor and motorman
from their posts and, after the four
women passengers had left the car.
set it on fire. The car following was
stopped also and was being set on
fire when a detachment of police and
a chemical engine reached the scene.
Girl Is Shot in Leg.
In this same section Mary Deylin,
aged 16 years, was shot in the leg
when the police fired their reVolVers
in an effort to check the mob.
In the usually quiet residence sec
ton of West Philadelphia mobs for
a time baffled the police. Stones