Rock Island Argus., 1911-11-20
RIOT IN MOLINE
FOLLOWING CAME
Local Celebrants Try Danger
Gus Feat of Parading
Through Streets.
MADE TARGET FOR ROCKS
Regular Melee Occurs but Forth
nately No One Is Injured
Carried Coffin.

Infuriated by the school spirit dis
played by about 12O Rock Island high
school pupils and members OF the
alumni who went to Moline at q late
hour Saturday night in a chartered car,
hundreds of Plow City fellows crowd
ed about the local crowd as they left
the car, and within a few minutes
there was one, awful melee ended on
" after the Islanders were we'll on
their way back to their own beloved
city. It was little before 10 o'clock
when the bunch started for Moline.
There had been a big bonfire on the
levee, talks by every member OF the
team who hied into sight and by the
Hon. G. Washington McCaskrin who
installed himself as master of cere-
monies. With fully 800 in line and
with six able bearers carrying a cas-
ket which contained Moline's cham
pionship aspirations the bunch start
ed through Rock Island.
PARADE THROUGH TOWN.
The Argus Office was the first place
visited and then the crowd filed
through the New Harper. Following
demonstration there the L. S. Nc
Cabe & Co, and Young & McComb's
department stores were paraded.
The curtain for Uncle Toms Cab
in had just been hoisted at the Illi-
nois theatre and the scene in which
Eva scars heavenward had been
reached when the bunch tapped on the
doors for admission. But Manager
Billy klinck preferred that the boys
remain outside for fear of too great a
disturbance and his wishes were read
lily respected. The Empire vaudeville
theatre was visited and its doors were
opened TO the bunch by Manager E. T.
Dolly. Quietly the paraders marched
half way down the middle aisle and
back along the side. Giving a yell
for the manager, they left. Having ex-
hausted their lungs and battle grounds,
Moline was picked as a nice, quiet, lit
tie ground for a walk and half of the
paraders walked and ran to the car
barn, grabbed the only available car
and crew and were off for Moline.
STORM BUSINESS CENTER.
Entrance 10 the heart of the eastern
village was made midst great vocal
noise from the throats of the victors
rOoters. Still bearing the prettiiy
painted coffin, the six bearers left the
car at the corner Of Fifteenth street
and Fifth avenue Hardly had the last
of the invaders left the equipage when
the others We're attacked. In a jiffy,
the Moline bunch had buried the coffin
in the midst OF . mass Of splinters and
debris. Then they had the temerity
TO lombard the Islanders with all sorts
Of missiles. One of the Moline braves
attacked an Islander He had been
smoking a cigar, but it, in company
with a couple of his molars, journeyed
down into his throat as the result of
well directed blow. Finally the crowd
was back on the car and then aged
eggs and rather hard brick bats were
sailed at the car. The curtains were
pulled down to protect the Islanders
from the flying glass. and after with
standing the shock of bOmbardment
for 5 minutes, Conductor Hant man
aged to crawl on to the top of the car
and hold the trolley in place He was
the object of several poorly directed
missiles and escaped them all. The
motorman was not so fortunate He
was struck in the face by q flying brick
and stunned. He was barely able to
stick 10 his post, but thanks to his
work the Islanders finally were able
to escape the Moline crowd
POLICE NOT IN SIGHT.
a riot call Jhat had been turned into