The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-10-06

that the negroes leave the car. In
/ instant later the riot was on Bricks
and missiles crashed through the car
windows and the crashing Of glass
mingled with the shouts Of the bowling
! mob. Riot calls were sent into the Cen
trail station and every available police
man and a hundred more sworn-in
deputies were dispatched 70 the scene
/ in automobiles.
The police found strong resistance.
They were attacked with bricks and mis-
siles the thuds Of which alternated with
/ the blows by the police. Scores fell
] before the advance of the police. Heads
were split open and many knocked into
Inconsistencies In making arrests il
was necessary for the police 70 beat
their way out Of the crowd The police
depended solely on their clubs and did
not resort to their guns The barrage
grew so heavy that both the motorman
and the conductor deserted the car. It
was with considerable difflculty that the
police got tire negroes through the
crowd and in a machine and took them
i TO safety. When Capt. James Mozart
ney arrived on the scene he started TO
swing his club right and left with all
his night moving a wide path. It was
while one of the strikers was about 20
slug the officer that fellow officer
feled the rioter in the nick Of time.
Dozens were wounded and were given
medical aid The police patrol as we'll
as the street car was the target CT
bricks and as it made its way through
the rioters it fairly shook SO heavy was
| the barrage Of bricks and stones that
rained upon it. 1t was fully an hour
I before the rioters were fully dispersed
1t was a noticeable feature that nearly
every one of the rioters were foreign
born. Thirty-one of them were taken 10
the policies tation and charged with rios-
ing They are being held on bonds
placed at $4,000 each.
Following the riot spell Saturday
afternoon calm settled over the strike
bound areas until dusk. when the striH-
ers began to gather in different parts
OF the city Increasing their forces
and patroling the streets in AUTOMOBILES
the police and deputies quickly dispersed
the crowds as soon as they gathered and
throughout the night therew as no VIC
lence reported. A little trouble was re-
ported on Virginia St when pickets
tried to stop a crowd OF nearly forty
negroes from going into the mill.
Yesterday afternoon and last night
the police were frequently called supon
to dispense gatherings that with leaders
I to incite them would have turned them
into another rioting mob. In some
cases they again gathered after they had
been dispersed and it was necessary for
the police to be constantly on the alert
to keep them moving.
From Eleventh ave. to Twenty-second
st. Broadway was seething mass of
strikers all afternoon. Il would not
have taken much to have set the flame
agoIng. Many were surely and it was
necessary to almost prod them along
Dozens Of large gatherings we're broken
up in different sections Of the South
Side last night and they crowded the
streets until early this morning.
1t was at one Of these meetings that
Frank spychalski. 1888 Pennsylvania
st. alderman Of the Fourth ward. was
arrested on a charge OF melting riot
when he was heard to say Come on.
come on. don't be afraid boys" speaking
to a crowd Of strikers He IS nov
lodged in the city jail without bond
Glenn Dimiff owner Of fiat building
at Fourteenth ard Jefferson SITS. said
TO be one of the bosses in the Gary
mills. was shot in the back Of the neck
while standing in the doorway Of his
home at 100 o'clock this morning. He
avs rushed to Mercy hopital where il
was said he may die
alter The police arrested Todos DON
nof. 1919 Adams st, for the shooting
The police claimed the shooting result 81
from quarrel over a debt Of s. 600
Two shots were Aired at the special
roIice while they were driving a crowd
away after the Dimin shooting. No one
was struck.
Company 7 Of Cary called to Ham
nond during the riots at the Standar ]
steel Company. will not be called out
during the disorder At Gary until their
services arc absolutely necessary The
policy of the state authorities is not to
call out a local company in case Of
disorder in that vicinity. Capt RANKIN
said he had not got orders TO even hold
his company in readiness.
shortly after 900 o'clock Mayor
Hodges became alarmed over the stu
alton and fearing it would benome IN
controllabie he got in communication with
Adjt Gen. Harry B. Smith at Indiana
10 Gary Four companies arrived Over
the Gary & Interurban shortly after
midnight. They are quartered in tha
armory and Broadway Imediately after
their arival they were posted in differ
tent sections Of the city and are now do
ling regular picket guard The four com
panies total in the neiEhbor hood Of 800
men and many served during the car
strike at Hammond.