The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-13

was made to lay another line but
false alarm of fire was turned in at
that minute and the department was
sent out to North Eighth street only
to find that they had been the victims
of a hoax.
The New Car Is Ruined.
With the demolishment of the three
cars on the track completed, the cry
was sent up, Get the new car" and
the mob set out on run down First
avenue west towards where the SPLEEN
did new car that just arrived in the
city Saturday had been unloaded
from the NJ. & St. l.. railway. The
canvas covering the car was set on
fire and a bombardment of bricks
started before the officers could get
on the scene. The fire department
made quick run back from the false
alarm and had line of hose laid and
the water started before the crowd
realized that they were on the scene
In very short order the hose was sew.
cred with knife but not until the
fire had been extinguished. The
car was badly blistered and burned
and all the windows broken.
The mob Immediately surged back
towards town as soon as the fire was
extinguished and again attacked the
cars on the track. The badly mutt
lated cars were pushed down the
track to the vicinity of the car barns
Here two of them were left and the
other was pushed on towards the out
skirts of the city. Near the Inter.
State Manufacturing company, south
east of the Rock Island depot, the car
was fired and completely consumed
by flames.
Threaten To Burn Hotel.
Returning to the other two cars
near the car barns, the crowd, which
by this time had thinned down con-
siderably in numbers, began to make
threats on the Rock Island Hotel on
Rock Island avenue, where the strike
breakers were quartered. Chief of
Police Stoler appeared on the scene
at that time and dissuaded the men
from attacking the hotel, He had
gone to the house to take the three
men who had been given refuge in
the city hall when the cars were at
tackled, and had witnessed the prepar-
atoms made for receiving the mob if
it did plan to attack the place. In
the house were twenty-five desper-
ate men and each one was armed
with a gun. Had Chief Stoler been
unable to stop the crowd from storm
ing the house there would unques-
tionably have been a wholesale list of
murders in the fight that resulted
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arrived and the crowd was soon dis
persed by the officers. All the strike
breakers left town Sunday morning
on the early trains.
One arrest was made as a result
of the affair. Paul Richardson was
arrested Sunday morning and is held
in the city Jail pending trial on the
charge of cutting the fire hose when
IT was laid from the Public Library
corner Saturday night .a
Dssraceful Occurrences.
Police were assaulted with the
same viciousness melted out to the
car men. Chief of Police Stoler
made an arrest and was openly as
saulted by the members of the mob
in the effort to get the prisoner away
from him. Before he reached the
door of the city Jail three officers
We're battling with the crazed indi.
Viduals twenty deep about them. AS
the chief neared the steps of the city
hall with his prisoner some fellow
slrang from the top of the steps and
alighted upon his shoulders. The re-
lease of this man was openly demand
ed of the myaor short time after he
had been placed in a cell.
That murder was not done by the
mob was no fault of theirs. One of
the car operators was chased from
Market street into Second avenue, at
the south of the city hall, and there
felled with blow upon the head from
a stone. He fell stunned, and while
PROSTATE and unable to offer resist
arcc the crowd fell upon him, ston-
ing and beating him without mercy.
The fellow was rescued with difficulty
and Ihe attention of physician was
required to sew up the wounds about
his lead.
Police and county officers and citi-
GERS tried to address the mob, but
their words were jeered and hooted
until they could not make themselves
heard. or they were brushed aside.
Governor Orders Investigation.
Advices from Des Moines to- day
state that Governor Clarke has taken
a hand in the matter of maintaining
order in Oskaloosa. He has order
ed Attorney General Cosson to make
thorough investigation of the riot of
Saturday night, search out the lead
ers and prosecute them. A repre-
sentative of the Attorney Generals
Office is expected this afternoon, and
1t is understood the Mahaska County
Grand Jury will be recalled to hear
the evidence. The Governor has al
so ordered State Fire Marshall Roe
to make Investigation of the incend-
larry fires which destroyed one street
car completely and ruined another.
Whether the city of Oskaloosa is
liable for the damage to property
done by the mob Saturday night is
much mooted question to-day.
There are presidents in other places
where damage has been done to in
dictate that the taxpayers may have
to foot the bills. There is no specific
statute in Iowa, it is said, that GOV.
ers the ground.
One Arrest Made.
Paul Richardson. arrested Sunday
morning, charged with cutting the
fire hose, was up before Mayor Seev.