St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-06
Brutal Evictions in Glasgow
Evoke Much Disorderly
Conduct.
Houses Battered in by Police
and Destitute F antilles
= Turned Out
The Public Now Sympathizes
! With the Glasgow
9 Strikers.
Caustic English Comment
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road strike is practically ended, to-day
may be said to be the most exciting day
in the history of the strike. Seventy
hussars, are eyicting the strikers from
the houses belonging to the railroad
companies, which they occupied as en-
ployes of the railroads. No actual vlo-
lence has been reported, but many dis
tressing scenes have been witnessed.
Much suffering seems in store for
the families of the unfortunate
strikers, who now, more than ever
before, have the sympathy of the
allowed to proceed. Some houses,
however. were barrieaded against the
eyictors, and, when battered open, were
found TO be crowded with people, who
refused to retire, and were forcibly
elected. A few stones were thrown,
and there were outbursts of hooting and
jeering at the officers from onlookers.
Although late this evening quiet was
restored, police and military were pick
eted in the streets and about railway
stations. A serious disturbance occurred
at MotherwelI to-day. Motherwell is at
a railway junction thirteen miles south
east of here, and there are extensive
iron works and coal mines in the place.
A DisorderIy Crowd,
composed of strikers and their sympa-
thiZers. hostile to the authorities, had
gathered, and, when ordered by the pO-
lice to dispense, refused to do so, and
began a general stone throwing. The
sheriff then read the riot act, and
squad of police and military charged
upon the crowd, and cleared the street.
The rioters. however. soon began to do
further mischief. Six of their number
had received wounds from policemen's
injuries greatly incensed them.
They quickly gathered. and at
tackled the railway station, taking
possession of the building and wrecking
the signal boxes. Trains were COM
PEELED to run through the station with
out stopping because of the fusillades
of stones which the mob shOwered upon
them. Eventually the military fired
blank cartridges at the crowd and sue
ceeded in dislodging them from the sta
ton. A detachment Of police which
had beeu telephoned for to Glasgow,
was received on its arrival with groanS
and Kisses, but the rioters soon entirely
dispersed in the face OF the super
ior force of their opponents. 1t
was only through the lord provOst's
casting vote that any of the Glasgow
police were permitted to go to Mother
well, half of the Glasgow magistracy de-
string to throw all of the responsibility
of quelllng the disturbance at Mother
well on the military. While number
of miners were returning from Mother
well, where the CaledOnian Railway
company recently attempted to evict
some of its striking employees from their
homes,
2 They Sacked a Shop
in the village of Blantyre, eight miles
from this city. The men acted in a
riotous manner. and their actions finally
became so threatening that the village
authorities were forced to summon mill
tary aid to quell the disturbance. 1t is
feared that the miners sympathy with
the strikers will introduce a turbulent
element into what was hitherto COM
paratively orderly movement. The
North British Railway company has
taken out 218 additional summonses
against strikers for leaving their posts
without giving the company due notice.
A mass meeting of strikers was held
here to-day, at which resolutions were
adopted condemning the provost for as
sisting in the work of evlcting strikers
from their homes. Mr.. Burns, the labor
agitator, addressed the meeting. He
promised the men the support of the
London trades unions, and predicted
speedy victory for the strikers. At
public meeting at Berwick resolutions
were passed expressing sympathy with
the just demands of the mel, land afnnd
was ope ned in support of the movement.
Although large number Of trains were
run to-day, there was great delay in
transporting both passengers and
freight. 1t is stated that there are signs
of further accessions to the strikers
from the workers on account of the
heavy duties imposed upon the latter.
All the miners in the MOthwell district
have suspended work. They are largely
responsible for the riots which occurred
N MotherWell to-day. Intense excite
ment prevails in the place, and it is
estimated that there are 10000 persons
in the crowds which throng the streets.