, 1870-08-29

tho men under their charge to the aIannin lnTia
house in safety. At tho 1crchanta a,
which have lately zeaumed work, the'o "'A'
also scepes OF turbulence. .,t;vs
The Mayor At once decided S1At s1.r
measures must b. taken TO cheek tne nnaa" ata,-
fnl acts Of the rioters. who seefneu ae1p
mined on b1oodshed to connlete tnsn
venge, and early this moraing he te4esnAptti,ss ti,s
Governor ClAfain for militia: 70 lqsns lqnsns,,Me 1
peace Of the city, ALSO to the o1Ato ]ot17''AN
Ordern vere Immediately Issued from ino
State House for the two Taunton COZ wi
Of tho Third Regiment to p,oceeo o,,ssa 70 a.
River, and, With comHend&ole EarW r
Company b, Captain Visits, and cotnP4nJa
Captaiu Macon, numbering about eeven.y,xao ,x ~,
men, we're at the Taunton depot N ~ H. ~ a1
bout after receiving ordets, reaching tn!s e.y
1t about half past o'clock, when taes du!s{ ~
Companies End e Of the same regiment.
who were qusrte-ed there In readiness 'of my
trouble which might ensue.
a lsrge number Of special police nsa essn
sworn ii during the day, swelling the eniie
fotco TO nearly one hundred, sfa !: was ,rs1. U!
powered, the ul1itiA should be called upon.
Throughout The day tho Gitv WE reenatkA-
| bly quiet, but knots Of ths unemployed neo
could be found hanging about me a3r s4t rsan,
vcssation ono could easily observe that thafs
that they Here rot At Ill inclined to be de.
faated, il strong wills auddetermiaat1on eosno
| prevent it.
The Mayor, to guard ae>lnst any nnaeess, s;as
| sa1y loss Of life, bad Issued proclamation
calling upon all citizens desl1ous o. pse.etS,,
ing the peace to abstain from ming[iag WIN
| the crowd, for on TuesIAJ evening many h1a'
treds had assembled out Of une1e curiosity.
| 4 pcetet was circulated generalay through
the city to-day. enxnating from the sqihnesa
to abstain from all illegal proceedings, ane a
requesting them to use eTa1S effort to man
tain the pubic safety.
But as night drew near the excitement Of
the dissatisfied ropulaee began to increase
and At 6:45, the hour when work ceAsed q
the Duzfee Mills. there we're all Of 1000 PEG
BE ga.l cred along Pleasant street, on Thlcl
fhe nuiltk ara Situated. For an lour p1ayloul
tho police Lad been stationed at intervals OF
the street to keep the crowd from presslnl
too strongly toward the entrSa:e OF the mlls
guard Of officers in the front and in the rea
Of hi1u,1t w2s the signal for gr >.sus and hasssd
large portion OF which eame from n
womer, who filed the windows OF th
houses the entire length sof the s'zeei
This WAS repeated :, until, al the ne ~.
there waa no demonstration except in one o.
two instances, when the cro1d made arms
aud ve1e dtlreu back by the police, who mad
three arrests, which had the etfoct to sudden
y bring theae attempts to an end. fe
| stoncs wh1e thrown proEn5acGoualy, and %
mRH was badly hsuised about the head. Th
crowd quickly dispersed fioni the vicinity {
| the mills until tue last man had departed, b.
until lste in the evening groups could be fouu
wandering about the streets IN a so1newha
sxcited coruition.
About l.alf-psst O'Clock nineteen sta'
constables arrived from Boston. and there II
mains no doubt that this, with the other forct
At disposal, will insure qniet III the city.
The receting we1kmen IRE guarded At the
homes tc-night, and the oRnets OF the mil
: afe determined that they ehaa be perraitts
: to gain an honest li.ing.
The owners do not have much confidence
ths Association Of Spinnots. and in the
!. opinion these men are responsible for all Il
tioub}e whicl. has occurred, They also assc
that the ass oeiation has agents at the dep'
on the arrival Of every train to prevent ne
; men from working in their factories.
Tuesday one Of their officers visited Bostol
, and upon his return he was mct by spinner
who Obliged him to answer all their question
bofo1e ho was allowed to pruceed, they fea
ing that be had been to employ new worl
| nPu.