Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-05-12

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Weavers Other Labor Nutrs.
st. Louis. May l0.--At 80 O'Clock yes
terday, u car of tn, SUI burbin line. hay
Ing on board " police officers, left De
liodiamenl, II the llty limits. for down
town. \ large crowd surrounded the
station. but there was no demonstration
when the car left. u force ol 100 police
men keeping order. Ten minutes later
u car On the kirkwood division Of lh'
suburban. line left DE llodiament with "a
similar guard on board. Six other ,ais
making eight in all. followed the first
sent out. These were guarded by po-
lice who had received instructions Ia
use their clubs freely If the ears and
their crews were molostch.
At the close Of the day both sides en-
pressed full confidence in the outcome.
\ dynamite cartridge exploded under "A
car ON the Mcremac Highlands division
of the suburban line with great force
yesterday, The explosion splintcred the
track and damaged the car. The car
was occupied by Il dozen workmen \
humber of shots We're fired by unseen
persons, but nobody on the car Vas
struck by "a bullet.
AS a Suburban ear was passing tho
Baptist sanitarium last night a number
of men in the grounds OF the institute II
threw stones at the car. Some one on
the car fired at the crowd. the bullet
hitting Frank Lebrecht in the breast.
Lebrecht attempted 10 enter the sani-
turium, but fell dead on reaching the
door.
One story ia that a policeman ON the
car fired the shot. Dan Donovan was
placed under arrest by the police.
charged with firing the fatal bullet.
Donovan Is employed BY the railway
company.
Pawtucket. II. l., May 1O-What
tranSpired in front of the Lorraine
mills last night gave every indication OF
a riot for the city officials to look after.
and while stones and other missiles were
freely thrown. during ii period of about
30 minutes, the affair terminated with
out any serious injury being inflicted on
anyone. The trouble was precipitated
by an attempt of the pickets to talk with
the Italian weaveis as they came out
of the mill, in an endeavor to induce them
to remain away from the mill, and not
resume operations in the pla Ces made va
cant by the striking weavers about four
weeks ago.
The pickets We're unable to obtain any
reply from the Italians and after spirited
arguments on the part of the pickcts had
failed to bring about the desired re-
suit, a large number of men, women and
children commenced to throw stones,
sticks and mud at the Italians as they
home in Providence.
Deputy SHERIFF Blanchard. who is em-
plOyed by the mill management to pre-
serve order about the premises. was so
roughly handled that he drew his re-
volvcr to protect himself from assault.
The barge thea started slowly toward
Providence. but it was again held up as
Superintendent Blade of the Lorraine
mills made his appearance. Everything
that could be found on the ground was
thrown at him by the crowd. Mr.. Blade
finally made his escape under guard OF
an officer, and Sheriff Blanchard quelled
the disturbance sufficiently to enable
the load Of Italians to proceed to Prov
idence.
At meeting OF the striking weavers, Il
vote was passed condemning the action
Of those who took part in the assault
early in the evening. II was also de-
clared that the strikers were not re-
sponsiblc for the affair in any way, but
that the pickets had made an attempt
in an honorable way to induce the Ital-
ians to leave the mill. and that the dis
turbance that followed was carried on
by those not directly interested in the
strike. The striking weavers voted to
invoke the police to look after the Ital-
ians, az it is claimed they all carry weap-
ons.
last night Superintendent Mccall OF the
Lorraine Manufacturing company asked
for better police protection al the mill
where it was discontinued by order OF
the mayor shortly after the strike began.
BY order Of the Lorraine company the
sheriff served about 20 writs of ejectment
OH families Of strikers who occupy
houses owned by the company.
Elmira, n. v, May l0.-The wipers.
hostlers, ash bumpers and machinists
helpers employed by the Lackawanna
Railroad company here struck yester-
day for an increase of wages. The
strike is probably in sympathy with
that Of the roads employees at Buffalo.
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