The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-18

used them tS good effect upon the mil;
windows. At length gone boy. more dar-
Ing than the rest. shied a rock at one OF
the office windows and the crash Of glass
was followed by the turning off OF the
electric lights I'm the Office. The first
stone was followed by another. unAl
several windows had been broken. AT
every crash Of glass the crowd howled
and the excitement grew In force.
A small squad OF policemen had been
sent 10 the mill at the request OF the
management, and they managed TO keeI
the entrance To the mill gate clear. In
the darkness II was difficult TO see where
the stones came from and more difficult
TO catch anybody in the act OF throw
Ing stones. so no arrests were made.
One officer thought he had hit upon one
OF the stone throwers and attempted to
seize him. but the crowd closed i'm i'm
mediatcly and the attempt was given up.
Perhaps 1t was just as well, since with
the increasing excitement the crowd
would have been exceedingly difficult TO
handle had any attempt at an arrest
been made
While this fun was going on in front
Of the mill there was as much fun In the
rear A dozen or so boys and youne
men were gathered In the rear Of the
Bristol blocks. and they occupied them
selves with alternately kicking stones
loose from the frozen earth and pegging
them at the rear windows OF the mills.
The broaeside OF glass afforded an ex-
cellent target, and as seven out OF every
10 missiles thrown resulted in a smashed
window pane. s<he damage must have
been considerable. The handful of po-
licemen detailed TO protect the mill were
too busy at the front to pay any atten-
tion to what was going on at the rear,
SO the boys were unmolested, and they
hept up tho1r malicious fun until the
lights in the mill were dimmed and finally
went out.
The crowd In front OF the mill was
meanwhile, gaining i'm numbers through
the addition OF the operatives OF the
Bennett and Columbia mills. which had
just shut down for the day. An addi-
tional squad OF policemen. led by Lieu
tenants Bryant and McBay Also pre-
sented itself, and things began TO assume
the semblance OF order when a fresh
outbreak. and the most serious one OF the
evening occurred.
This was precipitated by the appear
ance Of Superintendent Law and one OF
the clerks Of the mill office, who started
from the office door for Acushnet avenue.
where they intended TO take their car.
No sooner had Mr.. Law and his clerk
reached the street than the crowd
hemmed them in, and II was for a mo-
ment impossible for them to move in
either direction. A Gordon of police went
TO their assistance. and with two police
men In front, one on either side and two
behind the superintendent and clerk
were escortedf UP Coggeshall street to
Acus hnet avenue
The crowd followed behind, hooting
and yelling Ike so many Indians. Only
a few steps had been gone when some
body threw lump OF frozen earth at the
little party. and as II struck upon a po-
liceman's back and broke with a cloud
OF dust the crowd set up jeering afresh.
One lump OF dirt followed another and
81 the way up Coggeshall street dirt
Jumps and stores rained upon the heads
OF the superintendent and his escort
When they had seen the superinten-
dent aboard his car the police returned
TO the mill and cleaSed the street.
In consequence OF the disturbance.
which threatened more trouble, Treas
urer Wilcox decided not TO run the mill
today.