The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05
INJURED
IN GARY RIOTING
Hospitals and Iails Filled AZ
ter Thousands of Strikers
Attack Police.
BRICKS AND STONES FLY
Eight City Blocks Form Bat
tleground as Squads Meet
in Fierce Clashes.
RICKs AND STONES FLY

GARY, Ind, Oct. 4.-Serious rioting
broke out late to-day when thousands
of steel strikers and others hurled
bricks and stones. fought the police
deputy sheriffs and city firemen. in
Turing probably scores.
The local company Of militia was
notified by city officials to be In readi-
ness for duty.
The fighting spread virtually all over
the south part of the city. extending
from Tenth to Eighteenth avenues. The
local hospitals we're soon Allied with the
injured. and the city jail was filled with
men arrested.
The fighting was of such a fierce ma
ture between squads as woll as between
individuals. and spread SO rapidly that
1t was feared It would be prolonged.
No shots were fired.
The trouble started when strikers
were leaving a union meeting. Several
| thousand men who were at the meeting
and others on the streets were involved
The immediate cause of the rioting
the first serious disorder here since the
strike was called September 22, was the
presence of number OF non-strikers on
a street car on their way to the steel
mills to work.
The car was halted at Tenth avenue
| by a passing Michigan Central train
| The strikers began to hoot and jeer the
men on the car, according to the police
and soon sticks and stones began to ny
A woman and three children were
passengers on the car. and A Dickson
secretary of the Y. M. C. A., after the
motorman and conductor had Ned from
| the car, attempted to pacify the crowd
| His words were met by more missiles
it was reported.
| A riot call was telephoned to the po
lice. The first policemen were over
whelmed. Then second riot cal
brought the remainder OF the polio
force, about 100 men. These were fol
lowed by about 500 special policemen
the fremen and between 200 and S0'
special deputy sheriffs
The fighting continued. Men witt
broken heads, cuts and other injurie
were hurried away to the three city hos
pitals AS the rioting continued the po
lice arrested more than a score,
In the meantime Mayor Hodges ant
Chief of Police Forbus notified officer
of the local militia company to be u
readiness Tor uuty IL ho0ocu
The fighting was of a desperate ma
ture. Notwithstanding that both side
avoided the use of firearms. Rocks an
clubs cracked on heads and agains
bodies, and nsts were used In clos
quarters.
The police finally obtained the uppe
hand after sending out two squad
armed with riot guns. 1t was not neces
aary to fire a shot. however. ligh
rain aided the authorities In quellin
the disturbances.
Shortly after 7 o'clock Mayor Hodge
issued a statement announcing that tn
police had the situation under contro
At that time fifty men had been ar
FORTY or nifty persons were injured
four. of them policemen. None wa
fatally hurt, according to reports. Mos
OF the injured had suffered cuts an
bruises.
AT the meeting preceding the riotin
speakers urged the strikers to take par
IN a demonstration at 10 o'clock to-mor
row night. They told the strikers I
take their families upon the streets a
that hour as an evidence OF their solidaT
jty and the numbers involved.
In the fighting the strikers gave epe
ciai attention to negroes. When n
negro was at hand they gave chase
workers who have sstust4 % strike
.