Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — RIOTING IN LINCOLN [ARTICLE]

RIOTING IN LINCOLN

Dtprcdaticrs Follow Refusal to Establish Five Cent Fare. Lir,coin, Neb.. Dec. 22.—Enraged because the Lincoln Traction company refused to reduce the fare from 10 to 5 cents between Lincoln and Havelock, a suburb, where the Burlington shops are located, a mob of 150 persons began tearing the company’s tracks at Havelock. The town mayor Was appealed to but was unable to stop tbe depredation. A telephone message to Lincoln says an attempt was made to burn tbe company’s barns. Tbe sheriff and a party has been dispatched to the scene.