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Show RIOTING REPORTED IN LOS ANGELES STRIKE LOS AXGELES, Cal., Aug. 20. A crowd of striking employees of the Los Angeles railway and sympathizers said to have numbered more than 1000 attacked at-tacked the Dayton avenue car barns here late tonight, threw rocks through windows win-dows and attacked and severely beat 11. L. Lewis, superintendent of the company, com-pany, who was present. Thomas H. O'Xeil, a guard employed by the Pnci He Klectrlc railway, was 'arrested 'ar-rested tonight, following a mee'tlng of 500 si rlke sympathizers, on a charge of having hav-ing fired two shots into the crowd. O'Neil alleged he shot in self-defense after he was hit with rocks by members of the crowd. Kf one was injured. Police officers who were stationed at the barns to preserve order rescued Lewis. Following the attack the crowd was said to have threatened car crews and fifty officers were sent from the central cen-tral stf ticn. They succeeded in quelling the disturbance. |