Show RIOT IN bridgeport CONN CAUSED BY A STRIKE bridgeport conn may IS hie attempt mado by tha of the con railway lighting compact to rim their cars with nonunion non union men yesterday resulted in a riot in winea thir ty two men were injured the raya that another such outbreak as occurred will mako the calling out of state troops inevitable at tho present time it is supposed that county sheriff will supersede the police in the ic atrol of the city yesterday morning six trolley cars acro started out there were largo crowds around the car sheda at tho time abo cars acro manned by 12 of tho men brought to this city by the car company there was no disturbance for a couple of hours when the first car however had completed its third crip and was directly in front ot the wheeler wilson factory where a crowd of at least persons had gathered a bombardment of stanca began deputy sheriff and who were riding on the car into the crowd to arrest a man wh m they had sew throwing a stone ho waa and with much difficulty fifty aft to the car the stone thrower was a big fellow and struggled BO that a policeman who was standing nearby went to abo assistance of the sheriffs immediately mayor dennis was teen hurrying through the mob lie up to tho policeman and ordered him to take his fiands off the prisoner he then told the deputy they had better let the man go during the argument the prisoner dasha 1 l iway jn the meantime atones were flying in n shower and one struck mayor Mulva LiH on the head bruising it badly the two sheriffs jumped cn the cir end told the motorman to pro bcd ocd to the car a quarter of a mile distant the bombardment did not abate and the crowds on the street were so thick that the motorman had to go slowly the stone throwing soon became to furious that the sherina drew their re valvera volvera and fired five shots in the air caused the bombardment to let up a little and the car reached tha barns and was run inside the other five ara operated kept on the streets and received exactly the same treatment and they followed the first car into the ehuda when the last car n the doors there were people gathered in n vacant lot opposite and violence more broke loose brinks stones odd everything that could be thrown vaa hurled at the barns and anything that belonged to the company in alie vicinity at this point mayor abill MW that tho sergeant and nine policemen who were stationed at the car bartins were entirely unable to core with lie mob and he sent for chief coffin of the lire department and the latter ordered out company ko G iad a line of hom was laid and water auroe on iho superintendent binham atlo or awed overy man to oo with the and finally the mob slowly fell back before the water one of fac breakers was assisting the firemen in 1 the boxe when a irick hit him on the head an kincid kin kid bilm to alio ground J it is positively known that not a man of tho twelve who were on the cars escaped injury of tomo kind every one of them as they stood on the allt forma of their cars while going into alie barns was ecea to be profusely from tho head and face in addition to tho injured headmaster da vis of the trolley company was ly injured by a itono stono which struck him on the head sheriffs hendrie and acro the principal magnets for the crowd and each was struck on parts of abo body at least a doran timea no attempt was broadb to run cars tonight in an interview the sheriff 1 I will have no further interference on the part of mayor I 1 will have special men here tomorrow and will io my best to preserve peace and it tha mayor or anyone albo lie vill bo stopped if necessary I 1 wil supersede mayor Mulva hul in authority |