The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Brick Throwing and Other Popular Diversions of that Nature Among the Incl dental Features.
 Very Few Cars Running About Midday-Men Say Upwards of 4,00O Are Out and Others Will Follow. Company Has Hundreds of kebreakers In Addi- tion to Many Who Refus- ed to Join the Union lice Reserves All On Duty. '
In Cars Smashed and Motormen and Con
 ductors Either Forced or Voluntarily Leave Cars
 Amidst Shower of Missiles

Boston, June 7-Riotous scenes. to- day. marked the calling of strike by the union employees of the Boston Ule- vated which controls all the surface. subway. and elevated street railways in Greater Boston and many neigh boring cities and towns
 After a stormy three hours meeting the newly organized union voted at 4:15 almost unanimously to strike. At 4:55 the first charge on "a car waa made by a crowd of 70o or more. Dur ing the next five hours cast were stoned, rasssngers driven fwjth car crews to the streets, treslsyE were dis connccted and tied down, c1ashes with police reserves occ1arfed at Score of points in Boston. Cambridge, Charles town, Roxbury and S0merville and many arrests made.
 The strikers were particularly in- censed at the action of axmotorman at Washington street and 4 Adams a huge prepayment, conference.-the suburban car by standing on the tracks. The motorman put on full speed when 100 yards away from the crowd on the tracks. In the mean time, striker had smashed the win dows and climbed aboard. When the car was 50 feet away from the crowd he tore the motorman from the lev CT, threw him to the car floor and re- versed the power.
 The strikers claim they have $500 men in their ranks. Two thousand att tended the meeting in Paine Memorial Hall which voted 1898 to 8 to strike. tended this meeting were ever em- ployed on their cars. The company also claims that at least 5000 of its 5000 employees have joined the Loyal Federation" recently. organized.
 The first charge on car was at Castle Square, near the meeting hall. Car crew and passengers were driven from an out-bound Brookline car, cob blestones were hurled through the windows and thumb screws on the fuse box torn out and thrown away. It was half an hour before traffic on that line was resumed. The crowd was dispersed by police after. rush had been made. It gathered again in the heart of the downtown district at Washington and Elm streets. Where a emi-convertible Medford car, out bound from Adams Square, -was stop ped by 100 men. who smashed WlnooWs with a sledge hammer that track re, through the windows and chased the The conductor and Mo- torman Thomas Fay resisted and were roughly handled Fay showed tear in his coat which he said had been cut by man welding long knife. :.
 Superintendent James Costello or car division, was thrown to the street and trampled on. The trolley rope was cut and fuses removed and tra1- fic delayed for an hour.
 Another car was put our CT COLT mission at 7:30 on Washington street. A mail car. came along then ana the strikers turned repairers ana sent
 At Haymarket Square. an Everett car was stopped and wrecked and two more were wrecked on the Charles town bridge enroute to the city. sleep CTS were put on the tracks at Cragle Bridge, over which some surface cars some from Cambridge: IraIIif Was delayed on that line for two hours. avenue and Fremont street. in the Backbay. was another holdun scene. A Dudley street-Cam- bridge car which runs on a belt me circuit. was stopped and was sent to the Lenox street barns to be repalf- .d As it was showed into the barn a Jamaica Plain inbound car was stop oed at the entrance of the building and had to follow the Dudley street .ar to the repair shop. Motorman c. F. O,Brien and Conductor B. H. A Sollamer were DOJn cut duu LII ulScN about the face and head. In spite If the disorders, the elevated ran nore cars in the early hours than they ,yer have before at the same time.
 Besides the 1000 Loyal Federation sts.' 1.5OO imported strikebreakers made up the car barn crews.
 As soon as the first reports began o reach headquarters. Police Commis- ,;oner O'Meara ordered all reserves ,n duty at the subway and elevated stations and the car barns. He also ordered on duty at o'clock the men who had quit at 1 this morning and were not booked for. return until 6 his evening. All precinct captains md headquarters inspectors were call d into active service and Superinten- lent Pierce was put in charge of the outside forces.
 .Rioting and attacks on cars contin- led throughout the day. great
 rowd gathered in front of Washing on street headquarters of the union md not until a squad of mounted foot 'olice had repeatedly ordered the rowd back and then threatened to harge with drawn clubs was the mob The motermen and con .uctors openly refused to leave the ars to readjust the trolleys and po- ico 1,od n do if n nreyanf traffic