New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-08
MOB BATTLES Police
IN BOSTON Il" STRIKE
Officers Badly Beaten in Night
Attack on Cambridge Car A.
ter a Day OF Rioting.
SHOT FIRED AT CONDUCTOR
Union Says 1000 Men Are Out,
and Aims to Cripple Power
Plants by Appealing
to Engineers.

Boston, June 1.--Rioting broke ou'
again this evening in connection WITH
the strike of employees of the Boston
Elevated Street Railway Company
which began this morning. Disturb
ances occurred in Cambridge and Soutf
Boston. In North Cambridge three po'
lice officers were badly beaten by
mob. out of which a revolver shot was
fired at the conductor of a stalled car
Several arrests were made.
The North Cambridge disturbance &C.
CURED directly in front of Police sta
tlon !, and centred about an Arlington
bound car, closely packed with passen-
gers, which had been stopped when the
trolley rope was cut by a crowd oi
marching strike sympathizers. The con-
ductor had mounted the car 10 secure
the severed rore when a shot was fired
by some one in the crowd. 1t did nt
damage. but the crowd pulled the con-
ductor from the roof and set about
emptying the car Of its occupants.
Detective Sergeant Frederick Ellis ano
Fatrolman Temple. Of the Cambridge po-
lice. who were in plain clothes, were
badly beaten. and Lieutenant james Cox
who was on desk duty at the station ano
went to the assistance Of the other OF
ficers. received similar treatment.
When reserves arrived, the injured Of
(lcers pointed out as ringleaders two
men. who were arrested Thomas j. Col
Inns. a conductor, was charged with as
sault and battery and Frank II. Conway
q motorman, was locked up on charg'
of assauting an officer
Passengers and Crews Attacked.
Growing with each hour the strike
had spread tonight so that service or
many lines in the metropolitan district
was only occasional. The wild scenes
Of the early morning hours, when cars
were stoned and conductors, motormer
and. in several cases, passengers were
roughly handled, were not repeated dur
ing the day, but police preparations were
made for trouble tonight.
Estimates Of the number Of men on
strike varied widely. Including motor
men and conductors OF surface cars
guards and brakemen Of the tunnel and
elevated systems and few other classes
Of employees, the union claimed 1000
members on strike, with additional mem
bers Joining hourly.
Boston Elevated Company officials SET
the number Of men on strike at dark IS
about 1000" and later admitted there
were a few additional strikers. The to-
tai number Of men of all classes regular
Is employed by the Boston Elevate
Railway company is 5000, OF whom
5000 are uniformed employees.
Efforts were made at meetings Of sew
eral affiliated crafts tonight 10 have
sympathetic strikes declared. Principal
among those from whom assistance is
sought by the strikers are the stationary
engineers. The possibility OF strike ac-
ton by these men, Gripping the power
plants of the company, appealed 50
greatly 10 company officials that ar
were said 10 have been mad
ready TO ill the places Of any strikers.
The company also continued to-day TO
q greater extent the activity of the past
week in importing mon from other cites
10 take the places Of strikers. Nearly
au the cars which were operated to-day
had two motormen, one beginner aud
the other acting as instructor
Many Employees Remain Loyal.
\ considerable number OF employees re-
main firmly on the side of the company.
A few days ago body called the Boston
Elevated Mutual Protective Association
was organized, numbering, company OH
Gals say, nearly two thousand men, who
pledged allegiance TO the road.
All those on strike arc members Of the
An1algamated Association Of Street Rail-
way Employees, the local branch Of which
has been recently organized. II was the
refusal Of General William 4 Bancroft,
president Of the company, to treat with
employees as members Of this organi2a-
ton which caused the strike.
The men demand an increase of i've
cents an hour for all classes, with u
minimum wage for all conductors and
motormen Of 81 ~ day. for elevated
guards. q minimum 81 81 81 day, and
for brakemen, a minimum Of 81 60 q
day
The DAYS disorders, which developed
Immediately upon the calling OF the
strike at a. m, resulted in the arrest
Of nearly thirty men, charged with In
timidation and assault mostly. Three OF
the men were sentenced 20 serve three
montbs in the House of Correction by
Judge Bragg ia the Cbarlestown Dis
trict Court. Others received lesser scn-
fences.
In South Boston q cor vas wrecked
by a crowd, and traffic on Broadway,
which had been intermittent. was tied
up effectually Elsewhere small crowds.
many Of thea apparently composed
largely Of stI Ike sympathizers, rather
than strikers themselves, gathered in
front OF cars, hooting and jeering at the
crews until dis .ersed by police.
Service on the elevated system con-
tinued more steady than on the surface.
a shot was fired at an elevated train
near the Dudley street terminal in RoX-
bury, but 1t passed through the crowded
car without injuring any one.
Officials of the road announced late
tonight that car service on all lines
would be discontinued between ] a. m.
and > a. M to-morroW
WON'T RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Hudson Unwilling to Mortgage Farm to
Meet