The sun., 1900-04-18
GEN. ROE TAKES COMMAND.
WORK Ar THE CORNELL DAM TO
,nE RESUMED THIS MORNING.


~ Get Back Their Old Jobs No Trace
n Found Of Sergt. Douglass's Assassin
Seventh Companies Are Delayed BY Rail-
,oad wreck-shots Are Fired by sentries.
N,ior.Gen. Charles +. Roe. commanding
os,cer OF the New York National Guard. ar.
lived at Croton Landing yesterday morning.
Ua WAS accompanied by Lieut. Col. Olin. Chief
=, staS and other stan officers and proceeded
n, once TO the scene OF the trouble between the
s,rlking Italians and Contractors Coleman.
prsuchaude and Coleman at the new Cornell
D,m. There he assumed command.
Before night he had the whole situation In
hand and at o'clock he announced that be-
for. this morning he should have every part OF
,he work under full military control and that
work would he begun all along the line.
THE whistle will blow at O'Clock to-mor-
POW morning" said Gen. Roe. and the con-
tractors will start work. and then We will sse
what there Ia In IT,
The 1T" 10 which Gen. Roe referred was the
Question as to whether there would be any
attempt on the part OF the 400 Italian strikers
10 stop or disable the works or In any way
70 interfere with their operation. To Judge
from outward appearances. there Is no reason
10 suppose that tthe strikers will raise finger
H. oppostion. but II they do they will run the
risk Of being shot down by the soldiers. And
va, the surface OF things was no smoother last
night than 1t was the night before. moment
,s',re the killing OF Sergt Douglass by AN un-
seen a, sassin; nor. In fact. was It more calm or
,earcfu than was the Bowery few minutes
after the death OF Douglass. when the music OF
the mandons and guitars. which had been
aAA
Down the Bowery and UP In the settlement
on the southern hill opposite the Italians de-
cared emphaticay that they will never go
back to work at the old rate OF wages, while
NJ the companys office Supt Gouldsborough
said with equal positiveness that. as soon as
the men we're sure OF protection. the greater
part Of them would 60 to work gladly. The
Italian leaders said nothing OF their plans eX-
cent to repeat their former declarations that
no new men would be allowed to take their
Jobs One OF them said to a Sun reporter yes-
terday:
You will not find any strike tomorrow.
When the whistle blows every man will go to
his old place and from the quarry to tho dam
all will be busy. We make the money, not
much. but IL is better than nothing. and
we keep to work as long as the soldiers stay.
deputies are sent home We all 90 out again.
Then they send more deputies and more sol.
diers and when they all get here We 70 to work
again. When they 60 away We go out What DC
You think about that2 Don't you think after
the State has been made TO spend S3,OOO q Gay
for several times that the people Will get tired
OF spending money to help contractors get men
10 DO the work tor 81 .25 dayf'
Surgeon Eugene Smith of the battaI ion made
autopsy on the body Of Sergeant Ss
abdomen and passed out at the back at much
lower point, 1t was clear from this that he
ar a considerable height Q bove his victim. The
bullet had gone clear through the BODY and
clothing and was lost in the ground, but from
lave been fired from either rife or power.
fu pistol. That IT came from "a considerable
distance wa. proved by the vSc Tact that that
with Douglass remembered hearing the sho,
fired, although the rerort was clearly heard
In the camp. Coroner Schatmeister held an In;
quest, hearing the test mony without Jury,and
recorded o verdict that Douglass came TO his
death at the hands Of an assassi IN as yet nm
identiied Sheriff Moloy sad last night tha,
nothing had been learned that would Justify
any arrests.
Information that would indicate whether the
shooting was the result OF a conspiracy among
the strikers or the act Of a singled person.
i believe" he said that the shot was nred @
vange. have learned that Douglass arrested
an Italian Just outside the lines a little while
before the shooting and found loaded revoi'
triigss and then gave the pistol back. think
this man did the Shooting"
tons we're made for the removal Of Douglass 3
body to Mount Vernon. tndertaker White. Of
Croton Landing. laid out the body in a, plain
.oasfs raf sSn asa sh' dspa sSS1 q ed tiu at
II with uncovered heads. When all had
passed by Q, detail Of six privates carrie !
which followed was Adiutant Carmody Of the
battalion Quartern aster Fiske. Corporal An
derson and Private Dumprotf,, who formed the
party detailed to take the body home. As the
funeral procession moved away the soldiers
who had formed ip parade at the guardhouse
sa|uted and remained uncovered In the rain
a. il lett the confines OF the guarded ds,
the battalion buger sounded taps" Pickets
Of the strikers watched the scene from the
Gen Roe's nrst conspl,atqn after getting t9
come before that from Major Abrams Of the
Q; the three companies Of the Seventh Rsgi-
ment which had been hurried forward by Gen.
Zoe, and a little latter came word that Troop
for duty The first that was seen OF the
mounted troops at the camp grounds WIS
Early iR the afternoon. when Troop c.
the steep hill toward the Bowery bridge. Their
course took them close to Major Denike' :
camp and his men swarmed ont and
cheered. The troops were limp and dirty
snt, although they smiled at the greeting, they
CID NOT cheer. They crossed the bridge. turned
west and then. climbing the hill back OF the
contractors office. pitched their camp on the
brow Of the hill.
Gen. Noe ordered tents for his headquarters
pitched lust In front " the contractors Office.
2yeroosins the dam. the works and Major
Denike's camp. Beyond the Italian village on
the south hill and along the old squeduct road.
vas squadron AS camp and tts pckets
traVersed the brow of he hill and also formed
lines which completely enclosed the Italian
20 ostrIker could come or 20 without his doings
being noted.
Concerning the Seventh Regiment com PAM les
expected at Croton Dam last night. Gen Roe
tall
They will camp where they leave tho train,
hut In the morning | will have number OF
them Join Major Denike's force at the works.
ny mat time ! will, have the entire territory
winch the contractors work In covered In such
aWay that no one who wants 10 work can be
quarry. patrols all along the railroad from the
quarry the works surrounded and the whole
OF the old lam and the line OF the old aqueduct
under guard IN fact, the old dam and ague-
duet | had under guard and safe last night
rived" "
Shortly after 4 clock last night the men oi
company Of the First Regiment were star
YEA by the report o. rife that came from
almost the exact spot where seret Robert
members Of the company went rushing in the
direction OF the sentry. but when they arrived
fired the shot
s,IIi II saw saw something moving IN the bushes.
Ing continued. an hred When inyestipat ted