The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-09

yard.
Mr.. Johnston said that he pro-
tested and a policeman replied, Get
along or I'll wrap this stick around
your head" He was unable to re-
member the officers number.
Police Chase Picketers
Armed with riot clubs and pistols
police chased picketers from the vi
entity Of the hosiery mills last night,
in many instances Unfortunately
striking private citizens, who had no
connection with the labor trouble.
A large bus, such as the hosiery
company has been using to trans
port nonstrikers to their work at
the mills, numbered into the 700
block, Park avenue, last night as the
workers were homeward bound. The
blinds of the bus were drawn as it
rode toward a group of strikers,
congregated in the street.
Without warning nine heavily
farmed policemen, who were using
the bus as a decoy, suddenly sprang
from the vehicle and bounced upon
the strikers. Slugging right and
left and drawing their pistols, the
policemen charged the strikers.
Shots Miss Children
One picketer, a young man, ran
between houses pursued by several
policemen. AS the striker ran,
policeman fired several shots which
narrowly missed several children at
the home of Miss Beulah Lee of
728 Park avenue, who supports her
mother and four younger children.
The bullets narrowly missed Cora
Jane Lee, ID, and her brothers and
sisters, Lewis, IA; Marjorie, 10, and
Jack, IL, who were in the back
yard of their home. The police
mans bullets struck a garage on
the Lee property.
Cora Jane Lee, frightened by the
shots, became hysterical and faint
ed Her younger brothers and sis
tiers wildly fed for shelter.
Screams Bring Crowd
The screams of Beulah Lee and
the children attracted crowd of
fifty persons who ran toward the
house, just as the police emerged
from the back yard, having lost
their quarry. Menacingly, the
neighbors and pickets hemmed in
the group of policemen and de-
manded to know who had started
the outrage, and who fired the
shots.
A detail of thirty-five policemen
from the mills arrived and dispersed
the mob.
Another shooting fray occurred
when Leo Schriefer, 81, of 416 North
New Jersey street, striker from
the National mills, joined a group
-of pickets in the 800 block Park
avenue, where a bus was being at
tackled
Woman Reported Struck
Schriefer said he started across
an alley to leave the scene of the
trouble when a policeman fired a
shot which narrowly missed hitting
him. His wife, Marie, who is not
an employee of the Real Silk mills,
was waiting for her husband A
policeman ordered her to move on,
and as she started walking, a po-
liceman hit her on the head with
his riot club. Several other cops
grabbed her and showed her into
the street.
While police fired wildly in the
vicinity of the plant during one of
the trays, Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest
La Mar. 500 North East street, were
standing in their yard. A squad
of policemen swept through the
street in pursuit of a striker and
Mr.. and Mrs. La Mar were forced
to drop to the ground to escape
the bullets. Clifford Fraser, SOTO
East Twenty-first street, witnessed
the incident and reported it to po-
lice headquarters.
j. P. Meeley, "a, of 423 South
Harding street. an employe of the
Metropolitan Coal Company, ga
. North Davidson street, was on his
way home from work, and walking
on Massachusetts, avenue near Lib
erty street, when he was attacked
by police.
Lets Use Our Clubs"
Mr.. Meeley told spectators that
he had no connection with the labor
trouble. Hollis Yensel. 1892 Robson
street, and Bruce Pickard, 331 East
North street, witnessed the smuggling
of Mr. Meeley, who suffered a severe
cash over the right eye
Mr. Medley told The Times that
he was walking peaceably along
Massachusetts, avenue when the
police surrounded him, a sergeant
who led the detail, cried come on
let's use our clubs, that's what
they're fori"
Three other innocent byStanderS
who had no concern with the strike
also were assaulted by police, it was
charged. They were A. Green, 81,
sS54 Oakland street; Paul Green, Is,
Technical high school student, same
address, and John Richie. 81, of Ella
North East street, who is in the
radio business.
Jerked From Car
The three men riding in an auto
mobile were crossing College avenue
at Sixteenth street when a carload
of police stopped them and jerked
them out of the automobile, in
hiring A. Green's arm and hitting
Paul Green on the head. throwing
his schoolbooks into the street. The
three men said they had no con-
llection with the strike.
Another alleged atrocity occurred
when John KIM, IS. of 1872 East st.
Clair street, an elevator mainte-
nance contractor. who had no con-