Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-07
Andre Pappas Attacked Outside OF
Williams, White & Co.. Where
He Is Employed.
POLICE CALLED THREE TIMES
Paul HarridOn. Strike Breaker, Is Ar
rested on Charge of Carrying
Concealed Weapon.


police are searching for two others
who will be charged with assault and
battery, if taken.
Three times since o'clock last ev-
ening have the police been called to
the plant. and at II last night they
were reinforced by Sheriff Richmond
and practically all his deputies.
Andre Pappas, aged 20, living on
Second avenue near Sixteenth street,
is the man in the hospital. He was
severely beaten and kicked in the abb
domen so that internal injuries of a
serious nature are feared.
The attack on Pappas occurred at
7 this morning and so many conflict
| ing accounts of the affair were re-
ported that it has a. yet been impos-
| sible to secure an accurate account of
! the affair.
On good authority, however, it is
said he was attacked and beaten by
two men on Sixth street and Railroad
/ avenue, a few minutes after he had
| left the Williams, White & Co. plant,
where he had spent the night working.
! Whether the attack was made by
! strikers or sympathizers could not be
| learned. 1t is said, however, that the
| names of the two men who attacked
! him are known to the authorities and
| that arrests probably will follow. Ac-
/ cOrding to a statement of the injured
man he was beaten and knocked down,
| then kicked. One of the strikers who
was on duty at the time denied to
police patrolman that Pappas had
been beaten. The patrolman ar
rived a moment after the attack and
questioned the striker, who, it is GER
tain, was not himself involved in the
affair
Nobody hit him." the union man de-
Clared. He was afraid when he came
out of the building and he started to
; run. l told him not to run; that no
| body was going to hurt him. But he
ran, anyhow, and he tripped over a
rail and fell against post That is
what hurt him."
Pappas was taken to the hospital
| in the police ambulance, where he was
attended by DR.. A. H. Arp.
Has Revolver i'm Pocket.
The first arrest in connection with
the strike was made at $50 last even
ing. The man arrested was strike
breaker, and not striker He was
charged with carrying concealed wea-
pons and gave his name as Arthur G.
Thompson, residing in the Highland
addition. The warrant, however, was
made out against Paul Harridon
Harridon, or Thompson, was arrest
ed at $50 last evening when he was
on his way home from work. 32-
calibre revolver, loaded, was found in
his pocket. He was arraigned before
Magistrate Frank Gustafson in Mo-
line police court this morning, but a
change of venue was taken to the court
of Justice T. NJ Wheelock There the
case was continued until tomorrow
morning.
The most threatening situation that
has as yet developed in connection
with the strike reached a head at IL
last night, but no violence resulted
During the afternoon it was reported
to company officials that some of their
night employees had been called on at
their homes by union men and that
intimidation had been attempted. La
ter in the evening a telephone mes
sage reached them that 500 union men
from Sllvis were on their way to Mo-
line with the intention of making a |
demonstration in front of the plant
Sheriff Richmond was notified and |
soon appeared on the scene with
squad of deputies. Police were also /
called. A large crowd of men assem- |
bled in front of the plant shortly be-
fore II and made a demonstration.
Many in the crowd were onIookers. |
Fearing an outbreak of violence COM
pany officials decided to stop opera
tlonS temporarily and to send the men
home. This was done, many of them
being taken to their homes in auto
Machines In a Race.
One machine, filled with workers
VINO mad Just quilted the plant, was
pursued by another machine filled
WIN union men. There was some |
shouting by the men in the pursuing |
car, but no actual violence was at
tempted and the chase was abandoned
before the company's car started leay-
ing the men at their homes.
mere were indications today that
Ihe strike was nearing an end, but no
actual Verification of the intention of
many OF the men to return to work
could be secured
In the meantime labor leaders have
oeen making efforts to bring on a
strike at the Velie plant Meetings
nave been held in front of the plant
Iurlhg the noon hour almost every day
ms week and speakers have address,
I'd the employees. To date their efforts
20 persuade the Velie men to walk out
nave been unsuccessful.
AT the Root & VanDervoort plant in
last Moline all possibility of a strike
appears TO be at an end Men there
we're to have held a meeting Tuesday
Aternoon, but no action was taken.
Reach Understanding.
IL has since developed that at
tuesday, afternoon W. H. Vanderyoort
llmseIf called a mass meeting, invits-
hg all employees to a conference. The
neh were paid for the time spent in
conference just as If they had been at
YORK. The conference is said TO have
asted until and is reported 10 have
esulted In a perfect understanding
etween the employer and his en-
loyes' with the result that danger of
strike was averted.
There have koo.