The Washington times., 1917-03-14
ONLY ONE DISORDER
REPORTED AT NIGHT
Police Investigating Stoning of
Car on Four.and.a-HaIf
Street Line.

with police on the aieet through
out the city to put down, riots
only one case of disorder was re-
ported this morning as a result OF
efforts OF. the washington Railway
and Electric Company to operate its
cars after hIghtfali.
Reports Of company officials vary
widely from those of the police on
the stoning OF south bound car No.
sig, On the Four-and-a-half street
line between Maine and Missouri ave
ntes st 8 o'clock last night.
Three Tainted.
According to the report turned in
at the company's main office from
the o street car barn. which is un-
der charge Of Supt. W. S. Ballinger,
three of ten women passengers on
the car tainted when it was attacked
by strikers.
One woman, who refused to give
her name to the company's agent, was
struck by a brick. She was not seri-
ously hurt and declined, It is said, to
go to a hospital for treatment.
James Fitzgerald, said to be a strike
breaking motorman from New York,
was cut on the hands by flying glass.
He declared he put on full speed when
stones crashed against the windows
of the car and outdistanced his pur-
surers.
Fitzgerald told his story to a group
of reserve car men at the o street
barn.
81 put on speed when the ffrst
brick struck the car. l ran away
from the strikers.
Five windows were broken by
stones and bricks"
ABOUT fiftten men hid behind trees
and when the car came by they
showered missiles at 1t.
"One OF them-a stone-knocked
out the glass in the front door and
a piece of it struck me on the hand.
1 was hot cut badly.
Stops Car when Women Screamed.
"The women screamed and 1 stop
ped the car.
"when 1 saw tie strikers advance
from behind the trees / thought some
thing serious might happen. So
threw on full speed and outdls-
tanced them"
Sam Jampoe. of New York. the con-
ductor, declared he was not hurt.
Police reserves, who were only
few blocks away. answered riot call,
and dispersed the strikers. who had
gathered on Missouri avenue.
No one was arrested.
Reserves from three precincts were
called to Eleventh and ! streets
southeast shortly after Z o'clock last
night to scatter crowd OF several
;undred unionists and syrnpathiZers.
They had gathered around two cars
of the AnacostIa line which had
stalled. No violence was attempted.
the police stated.
Many Lines Obsfructed.
Plain clothes detectives reported to
Inspector Grant they had found
scraps and iron and other obstruc-
tions in slots on various lines on the
toIr last night.
An extra number Of reserve strike
breakers was held at the q street
barn following last nights attack on
FOur-and a-half street car.
I'VE expect no trouble from them
to-day" said Superintendent Ballinger.
The official claimed 100 per cent
service from Soc until noon today.
The full number of cars in ordinary
hours, twenty-five. was running at
noon today. he said.
This number will be increased ten
cars at the rush hour this afternoon.
Superintendent Ballinger declared he
has enough men to man the cars
properly when the extra ones are
placed In service between 4 and I
o'clock this evening.
The first car left the barn two min
utes late this morning. The starting
time is 8 O'Clock. Yesterday morning
not a car moved from the barn until
6 o'clock.
Following last nights attack. there
was no assembly Of strikers at the
o street barn this morning. A few
stood around in groups. discussing the
turn events have taken, but the crowd
OF yesterday was missing.