The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-08
NONUN|ON DRIVER
ATTACKED IN HOME
ON HARBERT AVE.
Fifteen Men Beat Up and
Carry Off Clover Farm
Dairy Driver Said to Have
Been Armed.

armed, pursued Brown Baker. one obI
the strike breaking drivers for the
Glover Farm Dairy, into a private
residence, dragged him out, knocked
him unconscious with blackjack
and carried the unconscious man off
in an automobile at 10 O'Clock Tues
day morning.
The assault occurred at the resi-
dence Of r. W. Baker, 12iS Harhert
avenue when Mrs. Baker was alone
in her home. The spectacle of crowd
OF angry men manhandling another In
her front han so frightened Mrs. Bak-
er that she was Frustrated with nerV-
BUSINESS
The attack, according to L. N.
Learned, manager of the Clover Farm
Dairy, was the work of striking drv-
ers of the Milk Drivers thion and
their sympathizers. Q. n. keeton
plant superintendent of the dairy, who
was on the wagon which Baker was
driving when attacked, claims. 50 Mr..
Learned stated, that he recognized
two Of the assaultng party, as strk-
ing drivers. The automobile in which
Brown Baker was carried off. was
Chalmers belonging to one Of the
strikers, MIR, Learned claims.
Fight in Private Home.
When the assault occurred, Keeton
was at the back door of the Baker
residence receiving some empty milk
bottles from Mrs. Baker Mrs. Baker
Help! Help" and hurriedly locking
| her back door rushed to the front
Of the house. It was then she saw
| the hall fun of men who were shaking
| and striking another
According to ueighhors of Mrs Bak-
| err who watched the nonunion driver
was struck on the head after he had
been dragged to the front porch
There We're two automobile loads
| Zone Ford and one Chalmers) of the
attackers, according TO, observate9ns Of
both Mrs Baker and Mrs, A, Sum
| merfield. who resides at 1870 Harhert
| They pursued the nonunion driver
| into the Baker residence when he ran
| into the house for safety,
The driver Baker was taken south
east out into the country and later
| taken n the vicinity Of the Glover
| turned loose. When he arrived at the
dairy he displayed a bump as large
as goose egg behind his left ear
| where he had been struck when
knocked out, He declared that his
captors threatened to kill him before
turning. him loose II he ever again at
| tempted to drive milk wagon for the
Clover Farm dairy.
| 4, b. Northcutt, another nonunion
driver OF the dairy company, was
| oVoppou Nnlle ueitNerlnE milk IN ne
| gro section OF Annesdale called Jack
| Row. and frightened away from the
| wagon by the curses and threats OF
| the same party which attacked Baker,
| This occurred prior. to the assault on
Brown, Northcutt left his wagon and
went back to the dairy.
Signs of Intoxication.
Mrs, Baker declared that the men
VINO attacked Baker cursed him while
attacking him in her home and CON
tlnued to do so after the had
dragged him to the front porch.
Keeton claims that all of the men,
some lS who attacked Baker, showed
signs Of semiintoxlcatlon
:, Bolton Smith, president Of the Glover
Farm dairy, said following the attack
no, On nus two drivers. that he didn't
We certainly VIII not send drivers out
to be beaten up said Mr.. smith.
IN view OF the statement of the no.
lice commissioner that we win have
to furnish our own police protection,
! Gon KNOW how we can protect our
the drivers and send them out with
them" '''ies'e
The affair at the home Of r. w.
baker was reported to the police, but
| at IL O'Clock Mr. Smith had NOT de-
cided whether he would swear out
warrants for the two men in the as-
sauIting party said to have beer recoc =
nlzed. He was consulting with al =
| tion. VI az
| Tho dairy company sent ont five
wagons on the retail routes Tuesday
morning, Mr.. Learned stated,
" A. Austin, president of the MIX
Drivers union, stated about O'Clock
InesdaS that the fight with the dairy
company mas now resolved itself into
one Of effort to have the union recnr1 >
nized in its entirety.