El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-04
POLICE UNABLE
To STOP RIOTERS
Street Cars Wrecked, Oper-
atives Beaten, While the
Police Look On.
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to Hotel Dieu for medical treatment. il
/ being thought that his injuries were
serious. Two men We're arrested as a
result OF the attack and after being
taken to the police station in an army
truck. were allowed to go.
Along San Antonio street where the
people We're crowded together. numer-
Gus strike sympathizers climbed 10 the
tops of the car and brought cheers by
cutting the trolleys and leaving the
cars stranded. while police watched.
Police Sharply Criticised.
The failure Of the police to keep the
men away from the cars was sharply
criticised everywhere.
Capt. H. Boyd Edwards. of the
Eighth Massachusetts infantry. was a
witness of the riot at Oregon and Mills
streets. and sharply criticised the work
of the police in permitting mOtorman
z. w. Hasel TO be taken from the car
and beaten about the face.
1t was the most outrageous thing
that 1 have ever seem said Capt Ed
wards. to a Herald reporter
4 saw the man taken from the car
and another man came up and deliber-
ately stamped his foot in his face The
police officer on duty merely turned
his back and walked away. and I want
to ask right now what are policemen
placed there fOr2 Are they placed there
TO aid and abet the strikers or to pre-
serve order This policeman saw a
man take the mOtOrman's controller and
break all the windows in the car.
Taken From Car.
The motorman was deliberately
taken off the car. windows we're
smashed and the patrolman made no
effort TO stop it. 1t was one of the
worst things that I have ever seen in
anv city. Credit is due the provost
guard. for when two men ran up with
rifles. the men beating the motorman
ran away. The police had stood by and
watched
\ Herald man was a witness to the
breaking OF the windows Of a car with
the motOrmans controller The rioter
took the controller from the motornan
and, mounting the car. walked down
the aisle striking right and left with
II. breaking eevry window he struck
He left the car unmOlested by the 20
lice. several Of whom were near by
Many other statements of critical
nature were made by bystanders on
posed TO disorder Great difficulty
was experienced in wedding out the
soldiers along San Antonio street and
. mounted captain and lieutenant Of
the national guard rode through the
crowd and directed all privates AMI
non commissioned men TO report az the
police station Immediately. where they
would be provided with weapons TO dis
perse the crowd
saloons Closed.
4 report that mayor Lea had or
dered the saloons to be closed was
denied al the police station. while It
was stated that alderman r B. Stevens
had ordered them closed
In an effort to allay the feeling sew
eral saloons along San Antonio street
were closed. among them being tho
Lobby and the Lemp bar in the Flee
trio light building. Numbers of women
lodging in the second story OF build
ings along San Antonio street made
themselves conspicuous. as. clad in thin
garments. they reached out of the win
dows and cheered the strikers, sinful
taneously with the crash of a brick
against the pane of a car window.
Rioters Released.
Several persons were taken into Gus
today as result OF window sma shins
but were allowed to go when they ar
rived block or so from the police /
station.
police in a weak effort to preserve
some kind OF order. As rapidly as they
were taken to the police station strik-
ers and Sympathizers were segregated !
and were placed in different parts OF
the jail to prevent them from fighting I
A pile Of pistols and money belts taken
from the persons of sympathizers. /
strikers and strike breakers was !
placed in jailor Frank Scotten's desk |
and not assigned until the men had |
been placed in Jail
Cars Stalled.
Five street cars were standing along ,
san Antonio street up to 12-I5 o'clock (
with their poles sticking straight up in /
the air and unable to move The win |
dows were repeatedly broken by small !
stones, this mingling with the jeers 1
and boots. and orders of the police
and provost guard to stand back"
carlos Chipres was arrested al Stanton
and san Antonio streets when he
struck at patrolman Tom York and /
was taken into custody by Harry
Phoenix and sent TO the city jail where |
he was locked up on a charge OF as
sault and melting a riot Chipres was
released from jail Saturday night after
he had served out term for theft
Cars. abandoned and badly damaged, |
stood on Pioneer plaza until l o'clock.
Quiet BY One.
BY 1 o'clock the streets we're quiet |
once more. and were thoroughly
Datroled by the men OF the provost !
guard with rifles on their shoulders |
t was the general sentiment that only
he presence OF the military guard had !
prevented a serious disturbance: that
he city police might as well not have
)een there for all the good they die.
Eleven Men Under Arrest
At 2-15 o'clock TIE following names
II men arrested under Va rious CHARGES |