The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-27
TRUCE TO END
TROLLEY STRIKE
RIOTS, is HOPE
Fifty Injured So Far in
Clashes Between Police
and Workers.

BIZ CHtfed Press
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 27.-An
armistice ending the Los Angeles
railway strike after three days of
bloodshed and violence in which
more than fifty persons have been
injured, was expected today.
Sporadic outbreaks continued, but
hopes for an early truce scared after
acceptance by union leaders and
company officials Of a proposal to
submit the wage dispute to an i'm
partial committee.
Mayor Frank l.. Shaw. acting as
peace-maker,( was hopeful the ar
mistice would be signed by noon.
The agreement represented re-
cession of both FACTIONS. Strike
leaders had held out for arbitra-
tior by the regional labor board. The
company insisted the controversy be
submitted to the state railroad COM
mission. Mayor Shaw's proposal that
each SIDE name an accountant and
agree on an engineer to serve on the
committee was accepted. The union
specifying as condition that all
strikers be reinstated. Company
officials promised an answer on this
term at II a. m
Despite the progress toward peace,
guerilla warfare continued.
Dozen Are dubbed
A mass outbreak occurred in the
heart of the downtown district last
night that was not quelled until
riot squads used tea gas.
The riot continued for more than
an hour.
A dozen men were dubbed into
submission. Tear gas fumes filled
the streets. A policeman was tram
pied by the mob when he tried to
arrest a suspected pickpocket whom
the rioters believed was a striker.
The disturbance started when
gang assembled at Seventh and
Broadway, busiest downtown inter
section, and jerked the trolley off
the first street car that approached.
When the second car moved into
the intersection from an opposite
direction, the action was repeated.
Airbrakes were disconnected and the
control boxes dismantled, stalling
the cars.
Traffic Is Paralyzed
This was repeated on two other
street cars arriving at the other
crossings. Traffic, street car and
automobile, was paralyzed over a
fiVe-block area. Passengers filled
the streets.
The riot started when a man
shouted that his pocket had been
picked and pointed out the sus-
pected thief, a prize fighter. Pa
trolman L. R. Peterson collared the
suspect. Evidently believing the
boxer was a striker, the crowd
rushed the officer, trampling him
under foot He was bruised before
a flying wedge of fellow Officers
reached him.
Fist fights broke out. Police, I'M
able to cope with the situation,
fired tear gas rifles into the crowd
Gas seeped into nearby stores and
restaurants, driving patrons into the
streets, weeping. Several women
tainted. Officers, swinging sticks,
beat ten suspected ringleaders and
arrested them.
RiOting Is Controlled
Approximately an hour and a half
after the disturbance started, the Sit
uation was controlled and traffic
untangled.
Rowing bands continued their dep
relations but on a modified scale to
that which marked the first forty
hours of the strike. Reports still
came in of street cars being dam
aged and their crews threatened.
The strike was virtual failure in
solar as halting operations was
concerned. Street cars have moved
as usual, although schedules have
been slowed on some lines. Com
pany officials said yesterday ten
more cars than usual were running.
Strike leaders, however, said patron
age has fallen off.