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Show DIDN'T LIKE WATER j NOVEL METHOD OF QUELLING RIOTING STRIKERS. ,; ( Fire Department Ordered Out and , Hose Turned Upon Rioters With , Startling Effect. . . . j The attempt made by the officials of the Conecticut Rail way & c. Lighting v "Co: of Bridgeport, Conn.,-to run their cars with non-union men Sunday re-suited re-suited in a riot in which at least thirty'two .men, I were' 'injured. The sheriff says that another such .'out- j break will make the calling out of the j; j state troops inevitable. At the pres- ' ' j ; ent time it is supposed that the; eoun-. ty sheriff will supersede the police in the control of the city. " . : : ; Six trolley cars were started out, -but were forced to return to the barn, crowds surrounding the cars, throwing throw-ing stones and other -missiles, the ca? men all sustaining injuries. Crowds gathered at the barns and when the last car had passed in the doors there were 4,000 people gathered in a vacant va-cant lot opposite and violence, once more broke loose. Bricks, stones and ovorolilTio- that nnnlrl hp thrrvwn Wfrp hurled at the barns, and anything that belonged to the company , in the vi. i cinity. . ,; . -.. At this point Mayor Mulvahiil saw that the sergeant and nine policemen '. ' who were stationed at the car -barns . were entirely unable to cope with the. ' mob, and he sent for, Chief Coffin of' the fire department. After a ; short ; ': : ; consultation the . latter, ordered, out ' : ; engine company -No. 6 and a line of 1 ;! ; hose. . Superintendent Bingham also ' ordered every mati to co-operate with the firemen, and finally the mob" slow;.'".- ' ry fell back before the. water, j 1 |