The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-26
EXPECT ARRESTS
IN BLAST INQUIRY
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officials began investigation and
making arrests last Monday. The
act was considered the most daring
and serious since the strike started
July 5.
About thirty persons were riding
the street car when the explosion
occurred. Most of the car windows
were shattered and the floor of the
car was torn up for distance of
fifteen feet behind the motorman's
cab. Portions of the floor timbers
were driven through the roof Of the
car.
Wheels Demolished
Front wheels and trucks Of the
car were demolished. Service on the
line was delayed for an hour and
half.
The car was in charge of Motor
man Charles Arieon, 531 N. Elder
Ave, and Conductor Jesse Richards,
1886 f. Washington St.
Police said the explosive was not
placed on the fiat of the car rail, but
was so placed that the wheel flange
set the explosive off. Brushes in
front OF the wheels on the street car
could not sweep the explosive from
the track.
Several former street car COM
pany employees faced the Ma
rion County grand jury. They
were quizzed on acts of van
dalism in connection with the
strike. This courts action is based
entirely on the acts themselves,
while in Federal Court the action
charges violation of the preliminary
injunction.
Persons living lear the scene Of the
explosion said they saw two automo-
bile loads of men near the spot be-
fore the blast and heard the men
discussing car mems wages.
Dynamite Found
Police believed two attempts to
dynamite cars were frustrated.
Three pounds OF nitro powder.
high explosive. found on the River
side car line near Twenty-Third St.,
this morning were turned over to
police by Conductor Lloyd Reese,
1908 w. Washington st. Reese said
the powder was in the groove along
one of the rails. The front truck of
the car passed over a portion of the
powder. but It fSned to explode,
Reese said. The motorman stopped
the car before the rear wheels
reached the powder.
Three sticks of dynamite tied to-
gether were found in the grass along
an alley in the rear of the 1900
block Kenwood Ave. by Ollie Burton,
Negro, 920 w. Twenty-Third St,
driver of a coal wagon. Police took
the dynamite to headquarters. The
sticks probably had been prepared
FOR a dynamiting attempt on the
Illinois car line, officers said.
Ward Files Bill
Wards amended bill of informal
ton in Federal Court charges Park
er and Armstrong, with conspiring
with strikers and union members to
persuade and induce other employees
Of the company to join the union.
There is no reference to the men
having any part in violence or van.
dalism, and the charges are substan-
TALLY the same as the contempt bill
on which the men were arrested last
week
1t also alleges that Parker and
Armstrong told strikers that the in
junction against the leaders, issued
July by Federal Judge Robert c.
Baltzell was not binding on union
members.
This allegation is on affidavit of
Curtis Johnson and Jesse Young, two
strikers. who assisted in the organi-
zation work. An affidavit of Russell
Bane, union member, now held in
the Marion county jail with ten
others for contempt of court, sets
out that Parker and Armstrong at
tended the daily strikers meeting
and spoke up to July IS.
Ward drew up the amended COM
plant in the face of motion to
quash the first citation charges, filed
by Frank P. Baker, strikers attor-
ney.
Bakers motion declared there was
no valid restraining order before
July g." and that there were no
charges of the defendants violating
the order OF July 3. 1t also attacked
the courts temporary restraining
order of June 2, and Wards bill Of
information against the men.
The case Of Jefferson Fade, 2240
N. Illinois ST., also charged with con-
tempt of court, will be brought be-
fore the court, Tuesday.
Street railway officials said normal
service was being given.
Women Plan Visits
Under leadership Of Mrs. jeanette
'O'Brien. 1901 Polk STU Mother
Jones' of the street car strikers,
committee of four women relatives
Of the strikers will visit number
of officials and organization in an
effort to obtain settlement Of the
controversy
Mrs. O'Brien addressed the morn
ing meeting of strikers. but refused
to announce plans for the visits. y
We've been letting them know in
advance and they've been running
away" she explained.
BIG PICNIC AT PARK