Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-01-28
JUDGE GAYNOR'S DECISION.
The Companies Must Run Cars for
Accommodation of the People.
Militia Had a Busy Day. Sasurday-Noh-
Union Men Roughly Handled.

the soldiers to cover every place where
there is danger of an uprising and the
strikers and sympathizing lnobs are carry
ing ON guerilla warfare. They rush tc
an attack and then disperse, and by the
time authorities have been notified and
forces have been sent out against them there
is no one to arrest for the wrecking ofprop-
erty that has been done. Pursuing these
law breakers has proved very exhausting
task for the soldiers.
The hope that they all, or at least some
of them, would spend Sunday with their
families was early dispelled, for the atti.
,udc of the strikers indicated that as soon
as the soldiers are relieved from duty
there will be further scenes OF violence
With the large force of 1900 policemen,
1000 specials, some 800 or more detectives,
and ZOO of the states best troops, the
mobs continued their terroriZing work.
Many OF the mobs are led by men who
have no real interest in the strike, except
that they sympathize with the strikers
The more law abiding of the strikers are
awaiting with hopefulness the decision of
Judge Gaynor OF the supreme court in the
mandamus proceedings which have been
instituted against the companies to COM
pei them to run their cars. About 200 Of
the men who went out on the strike have
gone back to work
At the Old Rate of Wages.
At l o'clock Saturday morning word
was received at the Twentieth precinct
station that wire cutting was going on
near Ridgewood depot Sergeant Conk-
lin went there with squad of 40 men and
raided Dad Fellows hall, the headquarters
of the strikers on Palmetto street. Four
hundred men were in the place at the
time Master Workman Murray says the
police dubbed the men right and left,
drove them oa5 of the place and broke all
the chairs. tables and windows. The
strikers scattered in all directions, and re-
treated to saloons in the neighborhood.
Mr.. Murray says that Sergeant Conklin
went into Dodds saloon, on Myrtle and
Gates avenue, drew his revolver and
threatened to shoot the bartender He
was persuaded to desist, however, and
quiet was restored after all the saloons
had been closed. At a meeting of the
strikers Il committee of seven was APP
pointed 20 secure a lawyer and take the
matter into the courts
Sheriff Don't has been notified that at
Maspeth n mob wuylaid non-union man
who was on his way home from the stables
and knocked him down and gagged him.
They then carried him to a vacant barn at
q place called Palmetto, where they put
rope around his neck and suspended him
from the beam. Fortunately he was
rescued before he had been strangled to
death. He was conveyed in an uncon-
scious condition to the car stables at
'o'' "Ne.o ''o iio"
Lies IA na oheohsei"us Coh"'''on,
MS recovery IS s't1u 10 pe ooun'iui, lhere
Is d p,acA anu oiue ~, riuse ABOUT MS neck
MADE by tine rope. Inc mans name has
mn ~, Se' pee ~, icI'rheu'
ilefe WIZ oe no respite lor the soldlefs
nov on ou'y III b[oohiyn: IL was re-
por.eo 'h"V 'nc i,le'hpers OIL .he seventh
rcgiiaehV "ouiu DC SEM nome SATURDAY
puV Al VIC" vi 'i'c peOVy iio'ils "hioh Is
poiiis oa.liet o,i III Every uilec'ioh' an ohe
resi'iieh's Vi 'hc L irs' anu oecohu Orig
aueS' eAocp' ,he Nil.h' VIII ne hep' mere
ioi se'erai onys. uehefai McLeer said
this morning Viit'O 'he troops VIII remain
~ piooAi!n Juso as lohs as 1here Is
,.'.o' ~ 80 pio'eoo uoAi"nu' ~
80 'o i.i1 VIZ 10
- " 'oo''on Vi
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"a I''S l1o"is pau oit'' pe'weeh
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nav, nav oeo,i Ieueiseu rum Vic oiu eihpioyes
Iah,s 'n,'O INCL 1''is pe AeP' ,or Vheih.
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WIN ''nu "ouia iosuii pu' are aifalu Oh
'io'o,'o ''' VIC ianu' y, .heir iciio" s1ris-
cas- WY ''ie ii-i.,eu W ieiii''ih out. III
was "iso ''hnouiioeu 'iia' ho ne" INES
wouiu VI opoiieo 'ouay' owing 10 Vhe oehse
ios.
Ares.ueh' norton vi 'he Atlaheic ave
nue. r''iitoai saiu uhao ne Wouiu not take
oach any vi 'he oio men ne mas no use
ior 'he,h' ihasiiiuch as ne haa All the men
ne heeoeu NOW 70 run MS cars. lie said
ne oiu ioc lhteho 10 oischarse new man
TO place an oio one. Inc employees OF the
power mouse are hoiulhg 1neetings TO con
siuer "hether or notle would De advisable
ior 'heh TO serlke in order TO help out the
mo'oriheil anu conductors now on strike.
IL IS saiu 'iiie the chances are Ill favor OF
the men going OUT ana
Gripping the Companies.
Judge Gaynor, at l2:3o Saturday, issued
an alternative writ In the application of
Joseph Leader, for a mandamus to com
al prDr l,ysN IAt. t, \