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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1912
Page
4
Boston officials confront L strike turmoil as 5000 demonstrators surround Dudley street terminal with rock throwing and torpedo actions. Many arraignments follow, including six months for James Scully and four months for Frank Conway.
Everett police on strike duty were hospitalized after their hired car skidded on a wet bridge approach and crashed into an iron post. Patrolman John Lonergan suffered severe injuries. driver W J Condon and fellow officers Edward Welsh and Francis Moss were bruised. The same officers later halted an attempt to wreck a Neponset bound car, finding rails, boulders and lime barrels placed on the tracks.
Shots fired on an elevated train near the Forest Hills terminal just before 10 pm. Bullets struck the car sides and windows as it passed Keyes street, with bricks and stones pelted at a car gouging woodwork from the side.
An early evening incident near Egleston square drew attention as missiles were directed at a motorman’s cab on the first car. Protests included thousands of pedestrians with I dont ride badges. Five men were later arrested for obstructing foot traffic amid blasts under a special Boston Elevated car.
Boston L officials released a statement noting eighty eight strikers have applied for positions and been taken back. The notice says during Friday morning over one hundred men voluntarily left the service.
A local pharmacist extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as effective for kidney liver and bladder issues. He says it quickly shows results with many customers testifying. Free trial bottles are offered by mail from Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York with regular bottles sold at 50 cents and 1.00.
The company states 88 workers were employed under the ad in aid of operations. Loyal staff are prioritized, while many who resigned previously applied today. From morning to night lines ran on the entire system, including elevated tracks from Sullivan Square to Forest Hills and tunnels like Tremont Street and the Cambridge subway. After dark service exceeded Sunday levels, linking with rapid transit to cover most areas. They pledge safe continued operation with public authorities' protection.
Organizer Fred Fay reports after touring the system that seven meetings of carmen drew enthusiastic crowds at strike headquarters last night. Fewer street cars were in operation yesterday.
The statement notes many older men joining the strike and fewer cars in operation. Transfer points show gaps with minimal to no cars, while 300 to 500 patrons gathered at stops, signaling a perceived decline in service.
Two passengers injured as rocks and bricks were thrown at cars near the Middlesex Fells. Miss GC F French of East Boston suffered a scalp wound after a brick shattered a window. Motorman Cronin and another passenger were hurt by flying glass and a heavy rock. A bystander Benedict Fitzgerald was knocked unconscious and later taken to Malden Hospital. A Medford strike parade near the Everett line prompted police intervention and plans for a Friday tag day to raise strike benefits.
Track Inspector Pierce Patterson Angell and Murphy of headquarters report a Neponset district house used by a gang of young men meeting under two older men to plan trouble for the Elevated road. The discovery suggests planned disruptive activity.
Crowds gather at the Dudley Street terminal as 5000 to 6000 youths flood the streets. Police arrest six boys for disturbance, a woman faints then recovers, and a Blue Hill car misroutes causing amusement. A brick damages a Blue Hill car. arrests follow for caps on tracks and obstructing tracks.
A mob attacked an Ashmont and Milton trolley car near Fields Corner and struck the motorman on the head with a brick. He was bruised and dazed but another motorman took over and the car continued. Police guarded cars to keep order as inexperienced operators started their runs.
About 300 strikers and sympathizers marched from Cambridge to Union Square Somerville last night encountering police led by Sergeant Ray. Thomas L. Finnegan, 18, of Cambridge was arrested for disorderly conduct after the clash. A second crowd stoned cars in Magoun Square injuring a woman passenger who was treated at home. Banners proclaimed support for citizen organization and protest slogans.
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