The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-17
RI OODSHED AT CR0ToN DAM.
sFRGEANT DOUGLASS KILLED BY
UNKNOWN ASSASSIN.

SoIdier OF Mt. vernon company
shat From Ambush When He Went
q ont 10 Relieve a GUard-SOIdiers
Greatly Excited and More Trouble
Il Fchred-TrOOps Had just Gone
II on Duty-The Italian Strikers
seemed PeacabIe.
creton Landing, n. Y, April 16.-The
FIRST bloodshed as the outcome of the
s+ril,e at the Cornell dam was the life's
tiool of Sergt. Robert Douglass, of the
Eleventh separate company of Mount
vernon who was shot dead by an un-
Known assassin while he was relieving a
suard at $50 o'clock tonight.
The widest excitement prevailed
throughout The camp as soon as the news
of the assassination spread to the differ
ent tents, and the soldiers are frantic
over the crime
The point where the sergeant fell is
4 known as Post Ten. which was in charge
of Corpl Mcdowell. 1t is situated on top
4 Of the hill near Little Italy, where armed
4 strikers were seen drilling or marching
v about early this morning brandishing
81 rifles and shot guns. The spot is high
n oyer the huge pile of masonry and from it
e one can command view of the country
for miles on each side up and down the
n Croton valley.
Douglass was talking with Corpl Nc
N Dowen and the other members of the
q guard when he suddenly clapped his
q hands to his stomach and said: Load,
81 boys I'm shot" and fell to the ground.
Fl It was pitch dark at the time, but Nc
81 Doweu and the other fired a voley into
81 clump of bushes near by without hit
81 ting any one.
a No one saw the flash or heard the
y sound of the shot which killed Douglass,
4 and il was a most mysterious affair.
a Meanwhile the men picked up the fallen
# sergeant and carried him down the hill
n on stretcher, but as soon as they reach
81 ed Douglass tent the poor fellow died
. without saying a word
M Lieut.. Glover with a squad of men then
searched the hilltop without success. Then
M the guards were called in and concen-
trated in the valley, with the exception
of those placed at the cable station, where
81 the shooting took place.
Arrival of the Troops.
Troops arrived to-day at the Cornell
dam, where the strike of italian laborers
81 is on. There was no disturbance and to-
s night there is no indication of any out
I'll break by the strikers.
Fl The fourth and eleventh separate COM
81 panies are in camp in the Croton valley
and a cavalry troop from New York is at
& Arisley.
ia Early this morning the strikers held a
meeting, and finding that no effort was
IA going to be made to work on the DAM
# dispersed
# About Il a. m. a telegram was received
by one of the leaders from Consul Bian-
Chi advising them TO be quiet, and in
forming them of the fact that the militia
was on its way to the dam.
Strikers Took Notes.
. 1t was afternoon when the special train
from Yonkers carrying the troops arriv-
p ed here. Their arrival was noted by an
Italian on a bicycle, who remained long
q enough about the station to count them
and then started for the dam.
About half a mile from the village he
B was met by another strike messenger on
a bicycle, who carried the news about a
nile where a third messenger rode with
all naste to the Bowery, where the strik-
eFs We're waiting.
Ihere was a blowing of horns, and while
q 'he troops We're waiting at the station for
ne word to move, the armed Italians
carrying an American flag and two Ital-
ian RAGS, crossed the Little italy hill to
ne Ao"ery. They were cheered by the
'Neh IN the Bowery and watched with in
Nj 'e5esJ by the deputy sheriHs
Three Accidental shots.
While the troops were en- the march to
me dam three nervous militiamen acct
DentalIy discharged their rifles, but no
'e was hurt AS the troops swung in.o
narrow lane called the Bowery, twen-
'anahs with mandolins and guitars sat
"e walk playing lively tune. To-day
L'Sler Monday, a holiday in Italy.
.H ne militiamen pitched their camp in
we 'ne ground where construction work
"'' dam is temporarily suspended and
'"S We're thrown out. Everything is
'''' ana the company says it will make
attempt to begin work until Gen Roe
s' Ii is thought the attempt will be
On Wednesday. The strikers leader
7Ho Rottella, said tonight that there
''' be no trouble and that they did not
opose to fight the soldiers.
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MORE TROOPS SENT THERE.