Evening star., 1917-03-14

it will be $25. Persons arrested on
charges of concealed weapons will be
required to deposit $500 collateral or
furnish a real estate bond, while de-
PENDANTS in cases of felony will find it
necessary to give bond in a fairly large
amount.
Commissioners Brownlow and New
man accompanied Maj. Pullman on
trips over some of the car lines yester-
day afternoon and last night. They
wanted first-hand information of the
conditions and were anxious to ascer-
tain just what kind of service the
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany furnished last night.
Four automobiles are being used by
the police department to transport de-
tectives over the lines of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company.
Two of them are used for the regular
detail Of eight detectives and the others
are kept in readiness for emergency
work.
Police Armed With Hammers.
Eight members OF the detective corps,
who have been Going patrol duty in auto
mobiles over the tracks Of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Company. last
night were provided hamm, RS and other
implements to be used in removing OBJ
structions from the tracks. They return
ed to police headquarters this morning
and turned over to Inspector Grant all
assortment of bolts, strips of steel, gar
den wickets and two paving stones they
had collected along the tracks.
Inspector Clifford l.. Grant. chief of
detectives. accompanied members. of his
railway squad until after midnight and
was with them when several obstruc-
tioos we're located. The inspector said
ha a
quiet but several times it became neces-
sary to disperse crowds of strikers who
gathered in groups on the sidewalks and
obstructed the free psssageway.
Several times during the night. said
the chief Of detectives, terrific explosions
were heard and men were seen on the
tracks before The noises caused alarm.
Sulphur nd potash on tie tracks caused
the loud reports, he stated. and 1t was
Impossible 20 identify those who bad
placed it on the tracks. and no arrests
were made.
At the ~. street car barn. the inspector
stated three cars with the front glass
smashed were turned in.
The smashing of the front glass; he
stated. made it evident that the per-
sons who did the breaking were after the
motormen.
Garden Wickets in Slot.
AT 18th and c streets north east the de
tectives removed three garden wickets
from the slot They we're taken from the
garden at the Edmonds School. 9th and
D streets northeast. ard were intended to
interfere with a pow or the feed wires.
but were found before they had served
such purpose.
Two large paving stones were, found
tightly Wedged in the switch at 11th
and NJ streets southeast. and three
steel plates were taken from the
tracks near North Capitol and 7
streets.
Police of the Tenleytown district
this morning reported that nothing un-
usual had happened on the Rockville
was reported that two poles support
ing the overhead trolley wires just
across the District line had been sawed
off near the bottom. The wires held
the poles in position. however. and the
breaks were discovered before traffic
was resumed this morning. Several
residents of Maryland were sworn for
police duty along the railway line be-
tween the District line and Rockville.
A riot call was received from the
vicinity of l1th ana | streets early
was in charge at police headquarters.
dispatched members of his force and
reserves to the scene. There was
large gathering of strikers and strike
sympathizers indulging in shouts and
ieers Motormen and conductors had
deserted two cars. it is stated. because
they feared violence at the hands of
the crowd.
Other Traffic Distractions.
Policeman f f Port er of the seventh