South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-03
MObS ASSaiI Cars on Michigan
ST., and StrikebreakerS
Flee From Shower of
Stones and Eggs.
FIND DUMMY bomb"
ON WASHINGTON LINE
Vicious Looking Internal Ma
chine Proves to be Moth
ing But Plaster of Paris
and Cardboard.
"Rioting which consisted chief

"Rioting which consisted chief
windows and egging the strike
breaking crews continued Thursday
and no intimation from either side
in the street railway strike that an
adjustment might be reached soon
was in evidence.
Police were kept busy Thursday
answering riot" calls and many cases
were revealed where elaborate at
tempts were made TO frighten the
strikebreakers without intiictlng any
actual damage One of these was
the planting of a bomb minus any
explosive on the Washington tracks.
Three cars were badly damaged
by concurrent Tioting at "a half
dozen points during the noon hour
and three others were deserted by
the crews and were left on the
streets without controller handles.
Crew AbandOns Car.
The crew of car NO. % going
west on Lasalle ay., bound for W.
Washington ST.. became frightened
at the crowd at the corner Of La
sale and Michigan and beat hasty
retreat The car was backed full
speed down the hill and across the
bridge In front of the Wooden
company the crew leaped 10 the
ground and ran down the side
street pursued by several of the
rioters while the car ran wild al
st 10 Bridge ST. The control
L. srs were taken by the motOrman
and conductor and for more than d
half hour the car could not be
moved.
Al Division and Michigan SITS. a
lasalle car bound north was stop
and practically every window brOk-
en- Unlike the attack on Wednes-
dap. practically the only missiles
were bricks and stones. The trolley
was pulled from the wire and the
rope cut which effectively prevent
ed the movement of the car until
the arrival of "a squad of police un-
der the direction OF Capt. Schock.
Three men. Herman Tulchusky.
John Frye and Veru RinEerburg
were taken into custody ana a strict
patrol soon quoted and dispersed
the crowd. The car. however, had
10 be taken 90 the barns immedi-
ately.
HilI Street Crew scared.
Seeing at a distance the trouble
at the corner of Michigan and La
sale. the crew of nOrth-bound
Hill st. car went as far as the
switch on Hin ST. and meeting
there the car from the opposite di-
rection abandoned the cars and dis
appeared from sight These cars
were not noticeably damaged as
there was no trouble.
Every few minutes calls came iu
from other parts of the city a
SQUAD Of police Wers sent 20 the
crossing of the Lake shore tracks
and chaplin ST. and directed the
strike breakers 20 run their ear
back TO the city. Minor outbreaks
were reported ON Michigan out as
FAR as sample ST. small crowds had
conzregated al Bronson ST. South
st. and Sample So. and "a few rocks
were thrown ar passing cars.
one offender sentenced
REGARDING the charges wf.ch are
beiun brought against the men.
DEPUTY Prosecutor Swartz said
THURSDAY morning that he was ac-
ouainted with q statute specially di-
racted against the throwing Of any
OBJECT at passing railway train
hut he said that he was not certain
whether or not this applied 20
street cars All 81 the men so far
arrested have been charged with
malicious trespass and the single
sentence thus far handed down has
been 10 DAYS i'm the county Jail and
81 and costs
Charged with violating ordinance
1853. which forbids the throwing OF
glass on the streets. 4. %. Newton.
employed hy the company as a
strikebreaking conductor was placed