The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08


against treatment which they al
legged they received at city prison
today when they attempted to see
husbands and wives who were ar
rested in the disorders. Permis-
sion to visit or obtain bail for rela-
tiveS was denied by prison officials,
strikers declared.
Claude Miller. 2053 Houston street.
visited the jail and protested
that police had arrested his wife,
Marie, who is not even an employee
Of the plant. He declared that he
was refused permission to see her
and jailers informed him that bail
to free her would be $1,000 cash.
Mrs. Miller was arrested near the
plant today.
Company Bus Stoned
Miss Alberta Brewer, 81, $40 East
Eleventh street, an employe of the
company, suffered severe cuts and
bruises when a company bus in
which she was being escorted home
with a number Of other workers was
stoned by group of alleged strik-
ers at Walnut and East streets.
The bus was being guarded by a
squad Of policemen. After the ston-
ing, officers arrested Cecil Gardner,
"A, of 1915 Broadway; Virgil Ed
monds, "a, of 1915 East Michigan
street; Kenneth Fulford %, of 1925
East Eighteenth street, and James
Arthur, %, of 1863 North Harding
street. All the prisoners were
charged with assault and battery
and melting to riot.
AS the bus proceeded to Vermont
and New Jersey streets, after the
Stoning, one Of the tires was pune
tured at a street intersection and
another large crowd collected When
a new attack occurred, the police
swiftly broke up the crowd, arresting
Joseph Seal, So, Of BIT East North
street; Joseph Mathews, 701 North
DreXel avenue; Thomas Kinney, 764
North Pershing avenue, and Kearney
Dix, 1141 Broadway, on charge Of
assault and battery and melting to
riot.
Bonds Alleged Refused
Miss Kenyon, waitress in the
cafe, was halted early today as
she attempted to break through the
police Gordon to 60 to a grocery.
She told a reporter that police
man said, Get back or I'll show
you how damn quick you'll get a
ride in the wagon
Police, according to strikers,
kicked strikers last night when ar
rests we're made.
Al Farb, professional bondsman,
told a Times reporter today that
Chief Morrissey had refused to let
him sign bonds for strikers last
night on the grounds that he had
already signed one for a striker
earlier in the day,
It's funny that I can sign bonds
for ten or twelve gamblers and can't
sign bond for several strikers Mr..
Farb said.
State police in full uniform and
riding on motorcycles followed the
company BUSES to the plant today.
Strike Sympathizers Nabbed
Three strike sympathizers who
went to police headquarters to in
ouire about the arrests also were
locked up charged with melting to
riot They were Carl Adams, $50
East Seventeenth street. Cecil
Glass, 1902 College avenue, and Bev-
eridge Foster, 1903 East Raymond
street, a labor organizer.
Another bus was attacked by a
crowd of strikers in the TOO block,
Park avenue. Loaded with workers
from the Real Silk plant, the bus
was stopped by crowd of strikers
who hurled bricks and other missiles
at the windows Again the police
went into action and arrested Arlis
Blakely 604 East Twelfth street,
and William Ravenstein, 1905 West
Thirty-sixth street. on charges of
assault and battery and melting to
riot.
Eva Beckman, 81, Of 1904 North
Pennsylvania street, told police that
she was attacked by a crowd OF girl
strikers as she was walking to work
at the Real Silk plant today. The
alleged attack took place at Mas
sachusetts avenue and Liberty
street.
Bystanders in Difficulty
Following Miss Beckman's report,
in which she stated that she was
scratched and struck, police arrested
Miss Irene Walker, Is, of 1870
Spruce street; Mrs. Laura Billiard.
%, Of 1855 Houston street; Miss
Wilma Floyd, 20, of 1886 West YER
mont street; Miss Annabel Reed, IS,
Of 73l Massachusetts, avenue; Miss
Beatrice Clark, %, Of 430 North
Keystone avenue, and Miss Marie
Galloway, Is, of e15 College avenue.
All were charged with assault and
battery and melting to riot.
With all streets and alleys around
the Real Silk mills blocked of by
police order. innocent bystanders
had difficulty in getting through the
lines.
Police Violence Alleged
David Rodecler. 10, son of the
restaurant operator, was said
to have been arrested last night
while standing on a porch on his
fathers property. John r. Rodocher
has operated the cafe for thirteen
years and has owned his property
there for eight years, he told a
Times reporter.
Also arrested on disorderly con-
duct charges we're Edgar McReyn-
olds, 27, 1926 North Sheffield street;
Thomas Hines, %. 1865 Parker
avenue. and Clayton DeMott, ~.
28l8 Cornell avenue. :