The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-02
THREW HOUSE At
sTR|KE, BREAKERS
Sympathizers Tore Down the
Walls Of the Building and
Heavee Bricks at the
Str s. Car Barn.
CITY IS IN A TUREso1L
Complete Tie-up OF City and Interur-
ban system and Militia is Ex-
pected to be Called
Out.

L OAlLcu Iicps lSdecu wire SerVlCe.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov. L.
Demonstrations and car-stoning which
kept the city in turmoil, following
strike OF the street car men, reach
ed climax late today when the ar.
rival Of Ave hundred strike breakers
at the Louisiana avenue car barns,
precipitated the worst riot In this
city's history.
Strike sympathizers took possession
of partly dismantled building. Liter
ally tearing down the walls, they
hurled hundreds of bricks at the car
barns which housed the strike-break-
ers
The north end OF the barns was
wrecked. The demonstrators took a
large beam, crashed 1t through the
doors and entered the dining room i'm
provised for the strike breakers aud
wrecked it.
| The police arrested two men. The
crowd attempted to rescue the pison-
ers and the police had to protect their
heads to get away in safety. Follow
ing this riot, and other outbreaks dur
ing the day down town, the board OF
4 public safety decided to employ 200
special policemen. The state militia
! were expecting an order to do strike
duty.
The citys shoppers and workers
i walked home tonight, The tie-up wal
complete, even the interurban cars
not daring to enter the city Cars dis
charged their passengers in the sub
urbs. They had the cohice OF hiring
vehicles or walking.
When the police guarding the car!
that were running early in the day
were called off to handle downtown
) throngs, the traction company wa!
forced to suspend operations. WcmeT
: in sympathy with the strikers board
: ed cars and If pIeadings failed to i'm
8 press the car men, the women drag
s ged them off and pumelled them. Th
r women persuaded the regular EN-
Y ployes at the car barns to go out an
march In body to union quarters.
4 Men boldly boarded cars In plail
Q view OF police, both mounted and o.
,, foot, and cut trolley ropes, attacke
e strike breakers and otherwise dan
e aged the cars. Crowds would chez
J. and In dozen cases bricks riddle
# the cars. Repeatedly the police use
), their clubs to rescue employees.
e The street car company official
Il complained of lack of police prote,
d ton, declared that they had plenty c
e men willing to work but asserted tha
no attempts would be made to ru
e cars until police were stationed o
e each car.
e The union leaders were tubtlar
h. over their success in tieing up tn
le lines. They emphasized the fact ths
ls the strike was called only after r
1t peated efforts to arbitrate had bee
rebuffed by the company. Mass NEE
le ings in headquarters were PRACTICAL
,e continued throughout the day Non
,e Of the scores of persons injured al
d. seriously hurt. The merchants ass
citation has taken steps toward en-
n. ing the trouble. declaring that bus
10 ness was practically stopped dow
%. town today by the strike. Howeye
10 the statements from both sides a
ar bitter and preparations have be;
:, made for a long struggle.
There was no attempt to run al
cars tonight Traction officials wou
not say tonight when the strike brea
!, ers. now housed and guarded In
:, - car barns, would be used in an attem
-, to resume traffic.
Il. The appearance of repair wag
; In the down town district tonight "
- the occasion for another nosiy demo
- stration. The fire department W
= called out to detract attention but t
'" ruse failed and the repair wagon
- forced to flee. Une man was sllgh
hurt In the fighting.
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