El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-11
STRIKER IS SHOT IN SHOULDER;
STREET CAR STONED ON PARK LINE
Five Men Arrested Charges of Intmidatng Street Car
Employees; Officials Of Electric Co. Say They Are
Through With Strikers and Will Not Take Any
More Back; Strikers Stand Pat.

themselves peacefully and lawful On
Z the other hand the street car company
! officials have imported men here from
/ neighboring states who are manning
/ their cars with six shooters and rifles
| on them, and at the barns some or
! these same men are paradlng around
I there with six shooters on, walking on
/ the Sidewalk and in the streets or
] dering pedestrians off Of the side
I walks and streets
Why Armed Guards:
/ We have been advised that no man
! excepting an officer IN Texas has a
! right 70 carry a pistol We have been
} informed that the sheriffs office and
| the police department have not sworn
l in guards for these street cars nat
] we want TO know IS, VINO are Ihcse
men and by what right have they to
parade around the streets, sidewalks
{ by the company barns and on the
street cars armed to the teetht It's
up TO some one TO answer or investi-
gate what Is going on by men IN the
employ Of Stone * Webster company
! officials"
Car Windows Broken
Advised that the street car had been
held up and stoned. police arrived after
everyone had gone All OF the windows
of the street car had been broken by
volley of stones, while two MeXicans
who had been struck by flying bits OF
glass were brought to the station and
questioned They stated that they did
not hear any shots but had narrow
escape from flying glass A description
of some Of the people throwing the
stones was given to the officers and
efforts are being made 10 locate them
Bradley knew OF No Shooting.
District manager Luke Bradley. Of
the Electric company. stated Tuesday
morning that he had not been advised
of any shooting by the mOtorman and
conductor of the street car that had
been stoned. Neither Mr.. Potter nor
myself have any knowledge of any
Of it, said Mr.. Bradley We received
a report that the car had been stoned
by strike sympathizers and every glass
window in il broken, but that was all
We We're not advised Of any shooting
and I am sure that. II the motOrman
of the car had heard OF anyone being
shot he would not have hesitated 10
report il at once
Through With Strikers
As far as the company is concerned
we are through with the strikers
Monday afternoon We sent out orders TO
Is men whom We believed TO be re
liable and who did not have any part
in the strike They did not report for
work, and that is as far as we can go
You can state that the Electric COM
pany is through with the strike It was
our intention TO take back men as We
needed them. but we would not have
reemployed any men who had taken
part in the strike. We have gone as
far as We are going to, as We offered /
them chance TO come back to work /
and they did not do it The men who !
were arrested on warrants Tuesday
held up an employee Of the /
company as he was crossing the viaduct
Sunday afternoon and threatened him" I
Conductor Attacked.
Strike sympathizers attacked the con- !
ductor Of car in the Second ward at 4
the railway track at Seventh and Ore
gOn streets late Monday night, accord
Ing to a report TO the police and the 7
ar company. Aside from striking the
conductor the sympathizers did not at
empt TO do anything. fleeing before the
arrival Of officers.