Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-06-29
Some Of the Plants Operated Under
Militia Protection.
SOLDIERS ON GUARD.
Believed that the Soldiers will Have
to Stay There for Several Weeks
Warrants Are Issued.

was riot III which James Norris, age
H. lost his life.
The riot occurred Thursday evening a
the Mcmillan plant as the wOrkmen wer
leaving the factory for the night 4
crowd had surrounded the plant and a.
the, Workmen emerged they were at
tackled. One of the WOrkmen was Engi
neer Casey, and the first accounts of tn,
! ARRAY stated that he was attacked b.
| 11GTris and hit the latter over the heaC
with Club IL Self-defense. The exac
manner III which Morris met death how
ever, has not been determined by the cor
| Oncr's jury.
Sumr,oning the Militia.
| The police force and the sheriff ex
| pressed their inability t0 cope with the
1 crowds, and acting on their request thu
| sAerIH ordered four companies of the Ma
! ti0Hal guard from Milwaukee, and they
| haVA' since been Oh guard duty in the mil
! dis+fIct.
| ThEee of seven factories affected by the
| strike are now running, They are the
| Paine, McMil.9n and Morgan plants
| Palne's was the only one not forced 80
| close RsS doors According to statements
of the nHllmen there are 1t bout $40 mem
at WOrE in the three mills. The strikers
ricketS report a nn1ch sma Her number.
he entire military force Was placed. on
duty this morning, but no dtsturba ares
are repOrted- Sheriff Lampert has sn-ern
i'll force ut 25O depTties, all GA duty in
all parts Of the city in the vicinity of the
homes OF n0nunOn V1orkmen tad. ne AZ
factories.
Warrants A}8ve been ISSUED fog abou,
fifty of the le9ders of iast weeks fataE
rIotS. The warrants are now in posses
Sion OF Sheriff l.ampert, Who will com
menee 70 make, arrests his afternoon
/ Trouble Is appt1hended, ae the strikers
have declared theE will resist ATTEMPTS to
l y nf +hCsJtp no,,
Permitted to Hold Their Meeting.
/ The striking woGdw0rkers were allowed
/ to hold. their meeting Sunday evening at
South Side Turner hall without interfpr-
/ ence,. Gean- Boardman having come to the
conclusion that it WGFIld not be Just to
deny them the privilege when there wxs.
| so great assurance OF protection in tbs
presence of the militia against. any upe
roarlOus demonstration AS Il resri1 of th y
speeches.
The hall. Was filled to, Its utmost rapaci-.
" when ttie time for speaking arrived
Thomas l.. Kidd was the first to occupy
the floor. His speech seemed to be purely
extemporanesus in its character, although
there was, evident Il studiauS avoidance of
anything that might be construed as be-
lng-lnhamnatoRF @r melting to riot. There
were several steMDgrapheEs in the bmiid-
ln%7 taking UttaraneeS verbatim.
Mr.. Kidd in his talk referred to .Ehgi-
neer Casey. whp,, it is charged by the
strikers, dealt. the, fatal blow to ypRng
Morris. The tenor of the speakers re-
marks seemed to- ERdicate that st9ps
would be taken. to- prosecute the man on
Charge of ruMrder- He limited that The
authorities we're efnteavoring to shie4d
Casey and eventually ged Kim free.
But" said Mr.. Kidd, Eve want tonsee
that the authorities don't aOodwink- rs
this time
During thee COARSE of his remarks tEae
speaker said ,l}a, had heard tlGt nlen speak
of Carleton. EOSter' IN terms that could
not be construed in. amy other Light than
atfeetlonate, Ind he had alses heard the
emEdAyeS of Mr.. GiGIijd express sorrow
for their old mpl0XeaL. This, he declared
Wasea source Of pleasure to, 6irn HadE
the other ma Eufacturens bee1a as consid-
eratas he said. the tr0RSIe would have
been settled fang at1. He was of the,
Oplal@n that Etad not tire other lnillmen
brought their influence to bear upOn the.
tWot gentlemeEi- uSt mentioned the men
WOULD have aced mach better than they
haVR- Confirming, rs. sand: II will un-
dert9Ee to say that if this strike LASTS
much longer nulr4ber of the nIillmen
viii BE competed to. give up business and
give place to 0therS~WhO will oneratn the
business so che stockholders would GET
larger divide ads and the" ToGhguen would
betpald better wa gees'
Threa teEza- BGsrcort
II statement that showed that the bit
telinaSs of tie fight nDx being waped
WIGS to the eject that. if the struggle end
ed with the Union raen defea1ed. he would
see to 1t that hiss entire energy was ex-
GEt4d against the use OF OShk0sh-madp
sash, doors y1nd blinds, in this country.
To those. who believed the backbone.
ef the strike was $bBokeE he called atten
ti@n TO theefuneraM procession Of the aft
Hrnoon. 1T was one OF the largest pro-
iGesSi0ns of woodWorkers ever seen in This
dtty, and was an indiGa zion that the men.
were loyahisO the union"
Mr.. Kidd Outliaed al PLAN wherebyvthsa
strikers would b4. provided with food So
long as the strike wouEI Last, if it was ia,
tine end CM the Summer He said if had
been suggested by FARMERS in this vi
GtnIty tl2t IT naan were sent throughout
Fne surrounding country and the situa ti9n
were explained 1atiie, farmers they wo1rId
contribute IN salchi a way that the men
could a1 least get enGaqgh to eat. He said
the pi 5kaa WOuldi be acted upon tOmorraw.
lie c@nciuded<bE saying that the pickets;
would be maintained in the vicinity of
the 1n1fls as usual, and instructed those
OF the strikers who would be called upon,
to ald IN that capacity. as to what they
should say 800 men looking for employ
menE 1t was the right of the strikers;
ne SAD, SO long as they did not use force.
IN OBTAINING the men from gOingtto work,
de deplored the lamentable occurrence ait
l IARi oudJ LGSHl > FtoC, Tor f10CS they We're.
he said, bat, he gl0ried in the fight the
men were making. 1t was an imprisoned
address Throughout, and at times the en-
thuslasm was very great. Nh. Kidd was
l@udly caeared during the speech, and
deep impression was made.
f. j. Weber followed with short adj
/ dress In German upon the same. lines
1 used hS- Mr., Kidd.
The Funeral of Yoruag Morris.
The funeral of James Morris, the Young
man who lost his life In the Mcmillan
riot, was attended by a very large crowd.
by $eetuaL count there were OyeE. 1900 men
IN line in the procession which followed
the remains Of the young man to their last
resting place Besides the men on foot
there were carriages and hacks in great
number. Two bands, the Crescent and
Columbia, headed the divisions of the pro-
ceSsi0n.
The body of the dead striker lay in state
in the South Side Turner hall from III
the morning until the hour appointed for
the funeral. At 1 o'clock the members
| OF the four woodworkers' unions began to
form into line. At 2 O'Clock the start
| was made from the hall to st. Peter 5
Catholic church, where the funeral serv-
ices were held. The cortege was headed
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