Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-08-22
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West Albany.
He is also, it is said, building on the
aid of the kindred organizations which he
says cannot afford to let him loose this
fight. An engineer is quoted as saying:
I'VE are going to help these men out. Ii
they loose it will be death blow to Or
ganized labor"
The women relatives and riends of the
strikers are giving the soldiers as much
if not more trouble than the strikers.
They annoy the troops in every possible
way, mounting cars and trestles and
dropping stones and big pieces of coal on
the militiamen and jeering at them. The
soldiers are at a loss to know how to do
with these female disturbers of the peace.
They can hardly fire upon them and do
not like to deal harshly with them. These
women are mischievous, also and do not
hesitate to dare to do what the strikers
would ordinarily pause at.
Two women were detected in freight
car, and after being driven out a can of
kerosene was found in the car. 1t is pos
sible the intention of the women was to
ignite the oil at an opportune time.
With Governor Flower in Watertown
at home and Adjutant General Porter in
Buffalo, the military headquarters of the
State have practically been transferred
from the capital to the opposite end of
the State.
All the important general staff officers
of the National Guard are here, and it is
evident they are greatly interested-not
only because of the strike but by reason of
the mobilization of so large a number of
the State troops in one locality.
Gen. Porter, when interviewed to day,
said
81 f1ndImyself among many friends in
your city, about 1000 of them (all in
uniformly and 1 expect to have chance
to see them all. 1 do not recall an in
stance where the militia of the State
has ever been congregated at one place
before. In 1877 Governor Robinson called
out all the troops, but they have never
been massed together at one point"
In reply to a question as to when the
soldiers would probably be recalled, Gen.
Porter said:
1.-THE length of time the militia will re-
main here depends upon circumstances
and the will of the local civil authorities
that requested them to be sent here" =
The arrest at Waverly, yesterday,
| of striker Mcnamara, is the result of an
| order which was given to the Reading
| company's counsel, Mr. Bissell, at Buffalo,
on the 18th inst. as follows, from the
general office of the Philadelphia Sc Read
| ing railroad:
81 have no doubt you are not losing
SlgnG OIL the ODllgaUlOnS Wnlcn are imposed
upon us in the discharge of our duty to
this property and the public to use every
lawful means of bringing to justice all
who are guilty of participating in the re-
cent outrages. The company must not
spare any means or expense in vigorously
prosecuting to conviction every man who
can be proved guilty.
"a. A. MCLEOD, President"
| This arrest is only the beginning OF
active criminal proceedings against all
parties who have been guilty of destruc-
ton of the company's property, interior
ence with or menacing its employees
| At the conferenbe between Gen. Porter
and Sheriff Beck last night they talked
for two hours, and at the finish decided
to keep the troops here until the strike
ends or until they are satisfied there is nc
more danger of cars being destroyed OF
attempts to wreck passenger and freight
| trains. e. sssTEz=i = Mka