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Show m7 I Such scenes of disorder as "vere witnessed on the downtown streets Sunday morning were repeated again tins morning, crowds of men and boys interfering with the operation of cars. The police force did effective work, however, and several of the chief offenders were arrested. As was the case yesterday, union men did not appear iujthe crowds which stopped the cars. Boys' and young men were largely in evidence. Eggs, oranges and lemons wejre thrown, several car windows were broken and trolley I ropes were cut. ' I In at least one instance a union man replaced a rope which had been severed. He counseled members of the croVd to attempt no violence if they wished sincerely to show sympathy for the strikers. The company abandoned the effort to run cars after an attempt lasting about two hours. Meanwhile some of the division superintendents had occupied positions as - ' motormen and conductors. THE FIRST EXCITING INCIDENT OF THE DAT OCCUEEED AT THE CORNER OF FIRST SOUTH AND MAIN STREETS. CAR NO. 40 OF THE MURRAY LINE, WITH JACK WILLIAMS, DIVISION SUPERIN-TENDENT, SUPERIN-TENDENT, AS M0T0RMAN. AND B. SPOTTEN, THE MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED7 YESTERDAY ON THE CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO STRIKE A CITIZEN WITH A PAIR OF BRASS KNUCKLES, WERE IN CHARGE OF THE CARt JUST BEFORE THE CAR REACHED THE CORNER ITS j FURTHER PR0GRES3 WAS ' STOPPED BY THREE KIMBALL VAK AND STORAGE COMPANY DRAYS THAT HAD TAKEN THEIR 1 POSITION ON THE TRACK. MEN AND! BOYS RAN FROM ALL DIRECTIONS DIREC-TIONS TO SEE THE- FUN." SER- 1 GEANT HEMPLE INSTRUCTED THE DRIVERS OF THE VANS TO MOVE ON-iAND THEY MOVED ABOUT SIX INCHES AT A TIME. FINALLY SERGEANT HEMPLE INSTRUCTED THE I DRIVERS TO MOVE FASTER AND KEEP MOVING. . "WE DON'T WANT ANY TROUBLE,! TROU-BLE,! BOYS," SAID HEMPLE. "BUT THE STREETS MUST BE KEPT CLEARED. ' THE REQUEST WAS PROMPTLY COMPLIED WITH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME A WAGON LOADED WITH CEMENT HAD TAKEN A POSITION PO-SITION ON THE CURVE. , Several in the crowd undertook to unhitch un-hitch the team while the driver maintained main-tained his . seat. Their action was stopped by the police officers. ",No trouble, boys," commanded one of the officers. While the teams were jblockiflfc the track, cries of 'scab," "strike-breaker," and "jou always were a sucker, William," were hurled at Williams and the condnctor, Spotten. During the excitement someone, threw eggs at Wiliiams. Another shower was diverted at rjoth Williams and the conductor. con-ductor. Both sought safety in the ear until the wagon loaded with cement had been taken from the tTack. Williams Starts Car. Williams then went to his post and started the car' again. Just as he. turned the corner he found another wagon, which was lightly loaded, on the track. The wagon -was standing crosswnvs and. according to the statement state-ment of the driver, he had no intention inten-tion to obstruct the track, but was simply watching the proceedings. Thi statement is hornA out by a police officer offi-cer who naid that he had instructed th driver of the wagon to clear the track. Williams ran his car up to the wagon , at a slow rate of speed and then threw on the power, forcing the wagon from the track. As soon as the track was clear Williams, his face as pale as death, turned on the full current, and the car shot east on First South street. That Williams did not run down and kill or maim some one on the outer edge of the track was a mystery to those ' who witnessed the incident. The car did not proceed on its intended in-tended trip to Murray, but was run to the barn with all possible speed. Newsboy Starts Fight. While this was occurring on the east, side of the street, the four corners and a spot about thirty feet west of Main on First South was the scene of another an-other exciting incident. Claiming that he saw "Abe" Steinbeck, a nineteen-vear-old newsboy throw an egg at the car Deputy Sheriff "Andy" Smith told the boy to leave the crowd and not come bach". According to Smith the boy refused to do so and started to flgnt. Pepurv Sheriff Sperry took ' hand in the affair at this time. During the struggle that followed iCoatiaued oa jajje i.) ' i i DEVELOPMENTS. (Continued from page 1.) ict as protectors, but they refused to lo so. Said one of them in the hearing f several persons: "I'll be 1 d if '. 'm going to get on one of those urn. " It is claimed that Sheriff Emery old his men to keep together. If he lid give such instruction, a- number f the men failed to observe them. ;ne of the deputies snid: "I will try tonssist in the preserva-ion preserva-ion of peace, but I have no heart in his kind of work." |