Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-03-24
CAPITAL news And GOSSIP
Street Car Strikers Making Serious
Trouble.
BUSINESS TAKINGAGENERAL VACATION
Churches Fesl'the Need of Revival
Farmers Are Blue Over Cotton Sit
uation-Esss Going at % Cents
,espOndsnos The YOrkyillo Enquirer

Correspondence The YOrkyille Enquirer
Columbia, March 2s.-The strike of
the street car men of the Columbia
street railway afforded considerable
excitement for Columbians last Mon
day, when several fights occurred and
three men were placed in the hospital;
but since then things have been quiet
ard the cars hayebeen running with
out interruption. But as one of the
strikers expressed it to the cores
pendent of The Yorkville Enquirer,
"thefe is no telling when hell will
break loose yet" And there isn't.
The striking motormen and con-
ductors are mad clear through. A
Ford automobile filled with policemen
follows each street car through the
city for protection of the car men and
passengers. There is every reason to
believe that If the policemen are
called off, the strikers will resume the
practice they inaugurated Monday
of pulling off the "scabs" as they
term those attempting 10 operate the
GERS from their places.
The fighting Monday afternoon
started at the corner of Main and
Taylor streets in thickly populated
section of the business district. A
'scab" motorman and conductor and
a guard were pulled from the car by
strikers and strike sympathizers and
beaten up pretty badly. Two of the
strike breakers finally managed. to
escape from the infuriated strikers
and dodge to safety into stores along
the street. The third man evidently
didn't see a store door handy so he lit
up the, street as fast as he could go
toward the state house leaving his hat
and coat on the ground beside his car
His pursuers never caught him. While
there was no way to record his time,
according to spectators he was MAX
ing about 100 yards every ten seconds
and then some.
More trouble and the gravest trou-
BILE of the day occurred later Monday
afternoon near the state asylum, when
a motorman and conductor in charge
of car were attacked and passen-
ger, who is said to have attempted to
come to their rescue, got such a maui
ing that he had to be taken to hos
pital, while one of the strikers was
also badly beaten up. Three arrests
were made and following hearing be-
fore Recorder Kimball Tuesday morn
ing, the three strikers, who are charg-
ed with ! attacking the cars were.
placed under heavy bonds for their ap-
pearance at court Of general sessions,
while several other strikers and strike
sympathizers were placed under peace
bonds. Clint T. Graydon, a promi-
nent lawyer Of Columbia, is attorney
for the strikers.
A Columbia policeman was request
ed Tuesday following the hearing in
police court, to, surrender his badge
and pistol, it being charged by the su-
perintendent Of the street car COM
pany that he gave evidence by his act
IT..
in shaking billy in the superintend-
ents face that he was in sympathy
with the strikers. AS a matter Of fact,
it is said that most of the policemen
are in favor Of the strikers.
1t was learned Wednesday that
number of strike breakers from Sa-
vannah and Atlanta were brought to
Columbia by the street car company
Tuesday night to man the cars and it
may be that the complete service of
the company will be resumed by. Fri
day or Saturday. Governor Cooper
has announced his intention to call out
the entire national guard of the state
to protect the street cars, if necessary.
Most folks in the capital are expect
ing more trouble,