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several shots as he chased four or
five men down an alley near Tenth
st. and Pershing Ave, after a w.
Tenth st. car had been stoned. The
officer said one of the men screamed
and fell. He was helped to his feet
and hustled away by companions.
Patrolman Mitchell said he was
struck on the head by n Of the
stones.
Otis Roberts, 1926 Kenwood Ave,
and w. Zollinger, PA w. Twentieth
St., riding on an outbound Illinois
st. car were slightly injured when
windows were broken and part of
the flooring torn up by an explosion
when the car ran over dynamite
caps. Detective Gaughan and Pa
trolman Mcdonald, who were on the
car, escaped injury. Harvey Thomp-
son, 4015 lockwood Ave-, said the
windshield of his auto was broken
by a rock at Twenty-Second and I'LL
nois SITS, when he was driving home
after taking Roberts home. Patrol.
man Michael Morrissey reported that
he found several dynamite caps along
the Illinois st. car line.
Patrolman Walter Skinner was
struck on the head by a rock while
riding on a Riverside car at TWEEN
tieth and Montcalm SITS. Rocks,
thrown from behind a large sign
board broke several windows in the
car.
Four men escaped. through a
vacant lot near the w Michigan st.
bridge over White River after ston-
ing a w. Michigan car and placing
dynamite caps on the tracks.
Dynamite caps were found on the
tracks at Thirty-Sixth st. and ,Boule-
ward Pl., Michigan st. and Big Four
tracks and along several other lines.
The same man who stoned a street
car at Warman Ave. and Washing
ton st. is thought to have escaped
after throwing a missile at a street
railway bus at Lyons and w. Wash
ington SITS.
Sergt. Eisenhut said he failed to
find anyone after a report was re-
ceived at police headquarters that
a gang was gathering near the main
entrance OF Crown Hill Cemetery
to teal up the tracks along the Fair
view Park route.
Several police squads dispersed
small crowds at Twenty-Eighth and
Clifton SITS, Tenth st. and Highland
Ave-, Twenty-Sixth st. and North
western Ave, West and Washing
ton SITS, Seventeenth and Illinois
SITS, and Twenty-Second and Tai
bolt Ave.
A report that strikers were stoning
street ears at Thirty-Second st. and
Central Ave-, and attempting to take
crews from cars was found false by
Sergt. Chitwood.
No arrests were made during the
night. Lieut.. Leonard Forsyths
questioned a man in connection with
the placing of dynamite caps on the
tracks at Twenty-First and Illinois
SITS. but released him when he was
not identified.
Handicapped by the transfer of
,twenty-one traffic officers to strike
duty. the traffic department is hav-
ing difficulty in handling downtown
traffic during the rush hours. Traf-
fc Inspector Jones reported greatly
increased automobile traffic.
During the evening rush hours
Thursday automobiles were lined up
solidly for blocks.
Downtown garages are reported to
be doing a record parking business,
as street parking space is more than
ever at a premium. Independent bus
lines also are reaping a harvest.
United States District Attorney
Albert Ward Indicated that no ac-
ton will be taken Immediately on
citing two organizers of the union
for contempt of court. The Depart
ment.of Justice is investigating the
strike situation, looking toward cita-
ton of two individuals for disregard
ing the preliminary injunction issued
last Saturday, which prohibited John
M. Parker and Robert Armstrong,
association vice presidents, from
taking any part in influencing the
men to strike.