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The Signal, 1899-7-13, Page 7RIOT AT LONDON. MICIiIA CALLED 007. Street Car Strike Results in a Free Fight. POLICE AND CARS STONED BLTHB Cfl6WD. The Forest CIty's Oeod Name Badly Sanlrched by a Mob -Company of the Royal Casedlen Regiment fled to be Called Out on Saturday Night - too ales Called Upon From Windsor, (lalt, Woodstock and Uuelph --- Several Cars Wrecked-- --Non-Union tlen and Officers of the Law le- ItnioNe41144MlitTrostong, ab - --' London, Ont., July 9. -The street railway strike, which tar the peat sew days appeared to have reached s gaiseoeh'u stage, *named a startling pyre yeesterdey afterssonn. Early in the day it was rumored that the ooen- psay'e Due -union .Itaspioy..s were go- b* ea - .eawe..mute the lemon given being that the men. aride somL*& iI working for $3 a ;day. mire earning oc.7 halt that. only get - thee halt • day's wast dally. Mr. Carr, Munger Of the oampsa7, when tq- mphatloally denied an knowleed• knowledge u( any di••atiitaotiva aflame his sou-ualoa iI*$oyees, or of aay intention to take dM the oars. about Y doiock, however. a crowd d 400 or 600 poop:. gathered •t the career d1. Dundee and Lyli streets to await cierSapaosats. Twelve of the city polies City Detectives ?fickle and eider a0i • number of the Street naiteri'a special detectives were crena epieg sad tar a time order pre about '2.10 p.m tee ease se then reached the Downer d Lyle tad Dendaa streets, were switch- ed alt sed-ne into Ifhe barn, each r' /rear Wee loudly cheered es it. turned the eerier ; peri at �later. • few minutes o ears which just Gose into the hers Were bre asilent out out again, thewee a messent M.•••"'i mpreem-frekelaat. ..o1 emt es tarsen, --trestle sad -'HUD READY FOR VIOLENCE. C'aduotar FLtmlasiooa. who was In charge of the (Mt oar to moms out. put hie hared to Me reap posed. as to draw a revolver. The setkin did not esape the notbo of the crowd, and tmmectatety a number of atones were thrown at the ear. It a nerd test a woman threw the Omit stone. One of the ether cars followed almost tmm*dl- atet7, and 1t also had a number of win- dnce broken by stones. The men In charge of No. 54. wishes went in first. retuned to take the car out awn and It remained In the bels. Both of tate other cars tarred Net on Dunne sasses and Pemba at the loop, came west again. As tong peeved through the crowd they reeeled1 a volley of ✓ eps and Mom and most of the win- dows were =seabed. Three other cars. which had come eastward on Dundee street, were similarly treated Two al tbem. on Marntst, each carried moms lady pammme.a a *aide from groans and blame they were not molested. After that no mon care were run in the east end during tk. afternoon. The e•at-end cars were kept loving around the Rldoet OM. 1s the man - time 1.M Mead ed �w beet ersl Obotwaad ate I! etrwet from Lyle 40 Addable One of the sompany'P special de tectivae MOW 9.11. had • narrow escapes Hs was 'funding near the ear tarn. whet Coe of the by$tand• ete leered at kion. Hull grabbed the ma., by the &rm and ordered the prier. to armee Use A number 1(t people went to the man's rescue, and Hell drew his revolver. This lnoen.ed the crowd. and bet for the timely. intervention of DetWetive Elakte and Police Sergeant Adams Hull would probably have been roughly headiest; ea It was he war seraek wilt Moose several tia•a sad reesivsd a saver* grab In CM Mad. THE MAYO1 SOMME. AL about 8.10 May Wheat and ('DW of Pollee Williams arrived at the corner of Deedas and Lyle streets The Mayor's arrival wasrraMmd with groan and Marra. *tan ng up in the buggy, be attempted to 0Pesk to the crowd. lie was greatly mgt. tate'. and It war everal minute. before be meoeeded In getting a hearing. He mid he had been elect- ed to do. his d,1.T and be would do It. They were doing oarm to the cares of the strikers. "These men shall have $.lana, aad I will help you to get It for them." he said. I Imve always borne your friend." Cries of "No. you haven't,' Jost at elec- tion time," "Yoe have been henget by the nompany." "How •boat your Mock in the new Motels railway?" ,.Yoe haven't dole year duty." eon - tinselly laterrnpeed tate speaker. Ma• M that nosIn e the to nen bon Min had asked for or °Maahood keper- *! n to carry firearms. Be con- qo y. b7 Urging tarso: to go hoses Ald. Parnell and Joseph T. lark' also ahem nen dpfp e's. a crowd, sed *aged Tim the crowd to break amp again asked the dChief urged IgM to read the riot act. Aid. Par. 11•41 objected to the Chid'* pro- posal as an unnecessary prOv0oatlort Elder R. C. Evans wets Millie for by the crowd and gave gems 1100'6 ru coeel. 'I;e Mala Smaii the crowd dwindled done and smith Neese! for an boor until IM Mew Pen7 ordered the rare to be taken to the barn. THE SECOND DISTURBANCE. The second dint nrtwanfe started sb4 k 0 p 111 la true Net end. TIM ob▪ ey elnd *sereind ears entered the' t. amtalunreoieebd. When e deed was slealong needy every window In atdled with stone, slid hien" which began to fly In eloedl. The fourth dialed 0 siailar fat When the sixth ear Care along the motorman left hie poet, and as the retell to the barn had been Word 1.b ear paw on to the loop 61 lite hut Immo* dwhin t as badlyWrecked, aoate- 41°. °tartti n a flee Midst the .amsM- :N Wet' The ear wad finally got 116 Kbars about Ain ovine* thin The pul1be kept the } • t--. A MOTORMAN =RT. e ' e ne11 0*r ter ernes In the anon • wen No. 56, *blob atm ran Ilse MS Noss& *Me/ormabade a R had his d� two e threw of his _rlbe breh- �Iln aorA Mb w(-• *MIYmt1a. Ar. Drake bs h ►la n'e , 1lMgteet Y naw a0 ▪ Met reffe�_ ender a tweet »• e. etng a s' mad them aeaesse • madam The the able � or FlatMiele `ea eat se* climbed on the roof and held the trol- ley pole until the car reached the bent. Both' men were loudly chewed. Car No. 8U /topped on Dundas street between Lyle and Adelaide. The win- dows were broken. and tike crew de- serted the car. Clow on cams No. 82. at such speed that the motorman lost control of the brakes afis care lied BAD 14u. IRI, *nashllfariTM feadeF, Ate - her the ve*ttbttle of No. 80 and shat- tering every window. No. 64 nearly shard the acme fate. Three Oars. coupled together, wen reit 1a by P. C. Harry Hammon and Sergeant Ma- guire and reached the barns 11( safety. All the cars in the east mid bets how out of the way. the dlsturbetno oeaaed for the timo. Tire actual vio- lence was done by a entail proportion of the crowd. the emit majority be- tel o-teg Pend re apm1otnts, several of whom were 1111 by flying stone. Tbe anti - entity of the unruly element was di- rected again the cars and their crews, but the police were let alone. The blemoosts mode no arrest«. but were busy taking names. THE FLN&L RIOT. Abagt 8 dolook a rumor anted that e vent cats had been lett attending m Dnodas street near Richsssad beim bstimerted by the uhi-union mot- ormen and ooudrttrtar.. The crowd. which mon welled to immeaae propor- tions, thereupon atarted west down Dundee tweet, and oe reaching the rai' d. the .temeom'i�"gtheeting ban sl- ats*eathinuous far =verb bongs. At 0,00 Mayor Wilson arrived and urged the armed to het the care elms. His weeds, however, had no effect, end be soon afterward proeeeded to read the riot sot amid the jeers d the mob. THE TROOI'S CALLED OUT. T. C. Hunaestoa, a farmer union roe tomes and Detective Nickis took two of the wrecked urs along the crowd- ed streets to the bares. Steers were dimmed upon thence but. they were ed badly hurt- The armed around the four remaining cam steadily increas- ed, and the pdioe were hustled when 11.30they S at onar Judge Eliot issued • e to make arresta- be- gniaitioa to Col. $obese, D. 0. C., for the militia. A detachment of 32 men from Na 1 Ooenpaa, R. C. R. I., WoLseisy barracks, with Cot. Buchan in command, arrived •t the corner of Dundas and Richmond streets about 12.30. Before that time the orowd had Uwimdlad down,and theatooe-thr•owieg bad ■Int st ceased. Between 311 and 800 persons, costly boys and young tees, remained on themes. when the soldiers apppp.eeasred. The police/nes lined wttth batons drawn and promptly the etreeta The oars were then takes to the barns witboat moaeta- tion. Ilse militia remained *boat the barns for an hear, when all was quiet. MORE MILITIA SUMMONED. This morning OW. Holmes. D. 0. irlegraphed for oompe.nles of eoldlere from (:alt, Ouelph, Woodstock and Windsor, In all about :'00 men. who are expected to arrive in the city early tomorrow morning. The city to -day was perfectly quiet. Those injured by ealeelles thrown by the mob Included the foliowtng motor- men and conductor B Riney. struck three tamee, now broken. ribs frac- tured and reale cut. 0. Senithee's, cot over left eye. Wyley. shoulder tmruaeri Sauer. left elbow Injured. Crittle. side bruised. Also the follow• lag pollee officers: Detective Flynn, facie cut and braised ; Detective Sp etnell, .mors scalp wound.; Detec- tive Egoton, cut on the back of the !testi . Deteottn McLoughlin, head eat; P C. Downs, face wound. The total number of oars damaged war seventeen. 9eteral costly plate- glass windows In stores near the some o: the rioting were broken. AftOTHalt *TORY How the freebie Ooirmenosd-Was it Planned Beforehand? Loudon. Ont.. July 9.-Vosterday was a day that will he Wag remem- bered In London, when the strike of the electric raltway employees reached a climax In a riot that had to fir quelled by troops eine Thursday an organized attempt to work up a strike among the present employee/ of the company has been going on among thr Ankara. and thia morning two of the leaders, John Toot and Charles Wrlghtman, went around the fac- tori.r to warn strikers arab sympa- thizers to esemble at noon In Gon- dol' East. The were maimed at the corner 01 Adelaide aad Dundee streets a thou- sand 'tots at 1 o'clock, and booted and. Wooed every car that came along. Ore of the oolmpi.y's em- C7ees, JohDalai M ION Se have John an endierithi~ With the striker". 1004 set a ah>Iele pas- a0eger, a motorgesl celledMedal- moue. and a Tr'eato private detec- tive named MoLegklln. was received with a ,hall of Mmes sad Rieke. Tho Brash of breaking glAss and stain tsl'bng wood sparred the mob on to farther •reearea. and when the de- tective. with drawn revolver aad AMO& - 111gg110CAltf ; at, , the., oar., .. he was felbd to the earth with n atone. *mother aotorman caned Wrigley received serfioaI Warier about the bead and had three ribs broken from the o0dsieght d the mob. He he sow la 1.M1thotrpital with Mewed Seperintenolent Carr. who had re- ceived wind el bas projeeted. ries a clay or two befom trot word to Mayor Wagon, and the Mayor drove rapidly to the .years et the disturb- ance. arriving afloat 0.110 o'clock. He exexhorted the crowd tobe(* quiet 1,per�a�, d and the. - Aid - Atndl was tsali4� .poo he baa mtrlk.es lora 4. s heme% ho he waa tame ptltatlflg; *std, m expended sympalky with then. he urged tines .1e bleak hp. Finding pleading sod eztertetlon of no aril. the Layer departed. Tit6 RIOT AT NIGHT. r1'k4 crowd *tort 1. h 01 Math 0 **clock.**clock.ek. wheel then a autos. Brompload them to Mom' eggetlinieS mikes. Tel mire bulli, to *170 i ns , at the bar, thrn e aa- abtl fsc r*4 tttan4Wwt tilts t i.*M INT more MIM 'tapped Ih tt1. When ss "kr eking mads to mew* ort a at eking NOW lb. woederor10M Oomt 8.30H s rot 11at n- nnswS aiara•beg p.opertlaoa and me- .erwl DIlq kavtng been 1pjtllq, 11./7er DIAL dravo+ty'the at>ft/Irad aaggain urged thome received crowd to go bo 27rey rtoeived his advice with bred* and cat walla. Ilse pluckily held Ms pia*, however, and when he found his warning of no avail, he read We rot act. The mob were impressed, tart not intimidated, and stayed where they were. The Mayor. hav- ind performed his duty, left and sent a requisition to Lieut. -COI- actress, D. 0. C., at the berraoks to turn out the company of the Royal Cana- dian Regiment to aid 11M civil pow- er. lie had previously warned him he telephone to hold Mined? le read and by 10 o'clock Col. Buchan had his men lined up In order and ready to be marched off. Stashed (ace peeped from windows ea the tramp. tramp of the troops came ecttotng airing Oxford street and Col. Buch- an's sharp word of command wbeelal them on to eeibmund and down to wards the scene of the riot. Ttw rum, were steady, and marched In ominous quiet. Aa they proceeded towards bund*" Ant f k .pQo& k*gi- �fOw.A1 them t crowd on the sidewalk, who saw them go by In silence. People who did not wlds to be {resent at a fracas which might result fatally began be- taking thesnaelves to their homes, and the mob who were gathered on. Richmond street near the corner of Dundee grow item demonstrative. T1HE TROUBLE OVER. - "11a1t1 game the order 4e corder of Richmond and Dundas e treeta and the tutu of the rifles teethed all together on the pave meet. The crowd way massed in a semi -circular form on the right side of Wades street a little ap Rich- mond. and watched the movementse of the troops with uneasiness. Mayor Wilson consulted with Ciel. Holmes, who was present as district offloor emumandktg, with Col. Buchan In command oat the company, and the mob became almost silent. A aquad of police charged them, and they scattered with amazing rapidity. booting as tbeywent. Where a thousand men 1 been massed a moment bstore In tbreate,ing atti- tude. there were left a few scurry - log form*. aid the street was clear. On the left corner of Dundas street two cars were ataedi to with every wladoy , swathed in. and the motor- men were engaged In clearing away the broken 'glass and bits of smash- ed wood. For slmost an hour- the barrack company stool at ease on the me • hep the' Mayor sralrefa dee that all further trouble waa over for the night. The men moved off up Rich- mond =re= behind the cars, which ran slowly. with a squad of police- men *bead to clear the tracks of possible obstructions, in human form of dberii** A crowd of several bandretl followed on the sldewalki, and an occasional Jeer or threat was hurled at ter seoortlog party. The carr were safely run Into the car berme 0a Lyle street. and the sol- diers were halted to protect the movement. When the operatlou was over Chief Williams 'stepped for- ward towards the groops of men who were whispering together on the corner and held up his hand. "I want every man here to quietly go borne to his bed," be Dried, and with a few partiog sallies the crowd dieperwed quietly. The soldiers were marobsd back to their quarters, and the theta. 'bamoe was over for the nigbt. MagistrateFerkris away from the city. aad it Inv {Mayor Wilson In the awkward pcsi o of dealing wtth any rioters that may be held by the officers at the law. He will act as Megiatrate to -marrow morning, and announced toriour correspondent laal night that he intended to put his foot down firmly, and make an example of any diatwibsrs of the peaoe who miget be brought bsbwe him. SUMMONING TROOPS. To -day an intense quiet reigns •veryw-bere. In the very atmosphere neon' there is a feeling of tenabo, and one mimes upon the streets the usual large Sunday atternom crowds Remarks on the strike are surprising- ly few, except in official qusr'tera, and tbe:ir guarded nature Indicates Mst moot people prefer not to be mined up in the affair. At 12 o'clock to -day torr companies of the militia went ordered out from hie 21st Essex Fusiliers, hied Oxford Rifles, Bibb Batt. and 30th Wellington Rifles. Alarming rumors have reached the ears of the diktats, add from authen- tic information teoslved they have lees led to believe that very serbots trouble may to expected to -morrow. The strikers era lying low, and are said to bs pampering fora grand blow to-morroov night, which they hops will settle the affair. Wkst teem the intended move will take It is Impossible to *tate, bat the gravest fears are ex- pressed that even more extreme meas- ures than heretofore are contemplated. Lteut.-col. Holmes, D. 0. C.. mut out telegram to Lieut -Col. Gulllott, of Wbeleor,; L1eat.Col. Acheson, of Galt; Lieut. -Col. White, of Guelph. and Lieut..('ol. Hegler. of Ingersoll, in en comard of the 21st. 29th, 80th and 22nd Battalions. rtspe0Uvely, ord lametals' a rtals' sambsr of men and offi- cers from mob battalion to report to- morrow at earliest opportunity in Lon - dos. to aid the oleic power. They were signed 'Col. Holmes." and ordered to be Art*11ed as follows : 214 Essex Fuel - Item and 22nd Battalion Oxford Rifles. one captain ore subaltern. four cor- porals, one bugler and thirty privates each ; 29th and 80th Battalions. one subaltern. two sergeant*, two oorpor- at and twenty privates each, with a *ntW,or►al0utersent from the 29t1s. Tbey ere to report In marching ord'r. and will be quartered at the bar- raotn. They will be formed into rice battalion ender command of Lieut.- Col. ieut:(1.M. Law -retro Bnebase and will be dis- puted about the city In the most ad - es ticipp Anticipating further trout*, tomor- row, Mayor WtIsnn seat a requisition to Lfent.-Col. Holmes for the force mimed All the convent.* ordered out will arrive In the city In the morning. with the .mention of that from the a artlict '01011 Mit a row,o' , :t)0 r disposal the authorities do not look forward to any very merlons trouble. and at the mens it will be momentary. The a(ty w111 in all probability he pat no&, military taw for two week*. TR11116 To Wat*OE A. 3 la TRAIN. Per Doing so • Port krt. Mas 3.1'. Years In Peatttactlary. Ileffab, N. Y.. July 8.-Jwsteph Pen- dent, a leiter, of Fort Erie, Ont., waa put alto Grand Trunk train near Fort Erie Tbwudsy of entoo0. To get even -with the beltway toss, Pu -- rams piled Weveruj this on the Warts near -thin curve, and fled teem too that any tram that etryrk them would w.rely be dnralkd. The obetreetio n woe 4t0101ered past 1a time 40 pretest a train earry*gteemerd from the ranee test&L at Fart Erie to the elty It i�'e*tesse wai arrested three hour* later, wont yr+rterday wee tete' before a Malrietrwte am/ M**0fl r•d to two yearu In the rme.,...t.iar'y. .Terlge Wheitwn. WI • ,1'lInvil a:. the Invegigetlra into the awlse of the port offer ht Kinge- rr HON R. SANFORD THE; BRANDON MURDER iJ IW ED 1 iar Lost His We at Windermere, Iukoka Lakes, UF3ET YBrOY 8IALL BOAT While Out Fishing About 11 o'Olook Thla Morning. OTHER OCCUPANT OF BOA! SITED. The Aociesit Barred hear ]tinatoi Sanrord'e Owl* 1s1•na Whither He Went for • Vaeitlon Bat • abort Time Ano -Hamilton Deprived of an Honorable Oltlaen• ST*II1Y OF THE ACCIDENT. Windermere. Ont.,Juli 10. -Wills niob- ium writ 1rwOdthin siotmlfeg OOmpamy + young laay visitor: vee *pet. Two young gtrla near by heard their ealt for help. When they arrly*4 they maupged to save the young lady. Seeing the th*tator's bc.dy, whk:h could early be reacted with au oar, they managed, to get It to shore, but were unabhe to resuscitate hint. They then crossed tho bay to dr. Baker's Island for help. Mr. Baker !m- nxdlately sent to Windermere for med- ical aid. Dr. Cotton, of Toronto, tett at once for the Senator's place. but when he reached there 1t was too late to render any asistance. Hr. Samford was a native of the United States. leaving been born in New York city In the year 1840. When he was quite a young boy. howeter, lila parents died, and he was brought to Hamilton by his uncle. the late Mr. Edward Jackson. after wham Jackson street was named. At the age of 15 he return- ed to hew tack and entered the publishing firm of Farmer. Bruce k ('o.. where 1.w apeut six years. He was then offered a partnership In the latwww , batt the .death....¢ 4dla-stere THE.LATE HON. W. E. SANFORD. 1or member of the (Arm presented the carr tug out of that plan. and Mr. tia4ord returned to Hamilton. Mr. Sanford soon afterwards started in the foundry *blame In London. 11. nmglf d there but a abort time. and then went Into the wool business In this clty• This. too, he followed bat n short time. and at the age of 22, In 1842, be went into the clothing mauufactur• Lig business with Mr. A- McInnes. This was the beennleg of his won- derful success. The business grew steadily. until it became the largest employing concern In the city and once of the largest in Canada. its growth has been continuous and at the present time the firm is eugaged In extens,ns that w111 add lmart 50 per cent. to its capacity. Mr. Sanford has been 1'resid.nt of the Hamilton Board of Trade. V,e- f'trrnld 1(t of the Hamilton Provident & Loan Company. a member of the Board of Regents of Victoria Unlveer- ;