Show MOB IS ROUTED IN 1 L L. A. A STRIKE Police Use Tear Gas to Quell Riot at Busiest I Corner LOS LOS- ANGELES Dec 1 CAP CAP- AP Marked by Iby riots violence vandalIsm vandalIsm vandal- vandal Ism sm and partial interruption of service service ser ocr vice the Los Angeles Railway company's company's com coin pany's strike today entered its second see sec one md ond week with officials expressing the he hope the labor controversy would soon be ended A mob of ot nearly 1000 men and women was routed late yesterday at Seventh street and Broadway- Broadway the he city's busiest intersection Intersection- when police pollee fired a barrage of tear gas as Many of oL those gassed were passenger on street cars homeward homeward home home- ward bound The howling Jeering crowd blocked traffic as it poured into the he street yelling yelling- at trainmen Some of the m snob mob b began pulling trolley rolley poles and cutting the ropes holding holding- them Scores Score of police polle riot cars ears answered answered an an- tho the call and at first attempted attempted at- at tempted to break brcak up the crowd which completely demoralized traffic traffic fic lie by racing up and down the street with sirens open When the mob refused to budge police pollee re resorted resorted resorted re- re sorted to tear gas bombs It was more than an hour before quiet was restored t Meanwhile both sides resorted to the he radio to broadcast their sides of the he controversy P. P A. A Donoghue regional national nation nation- al labor board director said he was hopeful a conference today would end the controversy He declined declined de de- de- de dined to name the persons with whom he would confer Early today Benjamin Pacino an unemployed youth was arrested after he was alleged by officers to have peppered a street car with buck uck shot |