The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-06-27
SECOND EFFORT TO
MOVE CARS
FATAL
Eggs and Lemons Descend In Show
ers On Crews and Policemen AS
Cars Are Run On Washington
Street Near City Hall
$ FEW ARRESTS NO DAMAGE.
At Mass Meeting Speakers Urge No
Violence or Damage To Property
and Pledge Carmen To Assist
Authorities To Keep Order.

| HOENIX.-Ancient eggs and spoil
ed lemons formed the ammunition OF
sympathizerS of the striking carmen
| when an attempt was made yesterday
morning to operate cars on the lines
of the Phoenix Railway company. Fol
an hour the downtown streets were
thronged with crowds who impeded
the progress of the cars, hooted the
men operating them and indulged In
the pastime of pulling the trolley
poles from the overhead wires. With
the exception of two or three minor
fistic encounters between men with
diverse opinions, there was no serious
disorder. But such as it was, there
remained nothing for Manager Mitch
ell to do but to order the cars back
to the barns and abandon the idea of
attempting the maintaining of any
thing like schedule.
For the best part it was a good
natured crowd, more bent on mischief
than genuine damage, in which the
striking carmen themselves were con-
SpicuouS by their absence. But three
arrests were made throughout the
day, one being that of a man, not
identified with the carmen, who pulled
a trolley pole from the overhead
wires at First and Washington streets
at a point where there is a maze of
with being broken thereby precipitat-
ing live wires upon the pavement in
the midst of the throng assembled at
that point. This was the only Incl
dent coming under the notice of the
police which might have resulted dis
astrously and the arrest was made
for safety's sake.
When word came up town that cars
were being dispatched from the barns
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them. There seems to have been
semi-organization at work preparing
to greet the cars upon their arrival
at First and Washington streets. AS
the motormen stood their ground and
started to run over the crossing,
shower of eggs came from every di-
rection. This shower was augment
ed by another of lemons that had
been lemons too long. One motor
man was covered from head to foot
with a mixture of yolks, whites and
his post and passed the point of as
Semblage.
Hardly had he passed over the I,
switches when dynamite torpedo, |
such as formerly was employed in an
the advent of the glorious |
Fourth was exploded under the wheels |
Of his car. Bystanders say that the !
force OF the impact was sufficient to
lift the car into the air, but if it did,
the wheels fell back upon the rail and
the progress of the car was not re-
.arded although the motorman lost his
nat.
Policeman Duncan gained deserved
and provoked a laugh when
about a yard and a half of eggs struck
lin full in the breast and ran all
over the uniform he had received
rom the cleaners the day before
Policeman Crow received dainty egg
n the left eye and spluttered his way
,ut of sight Other eggs intended
or men on the cars went wide of
heir mark and found marks on the
opposite side of the street among
innocent bystanders."
These are the interesting incidents
ttendant upon the futile efforts of