Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-17
Seven Companies Of 9TH New York
Go to Croton Dam.
OVER 1000 MEN THERE NOW
Remains of Sergeant Douglass to
Be Sent to His Home.
SOLDIER KILLED LAST NIGHT

NEW YORK, April 17.-In compliance
with orders issued last night seven COM
panies Of the 7th Regiment left this city to-
day for Croton Landing, the other three
companies of the regiment having proceed
ed to the scene of the strike last night.
The companies are practically full. The
men carried fifty rounds of ammunition
each and marching rations for three days.
With the arrival of the seven companies
at Croton Landing the 7th will muster
more than 1900 men.
1t was decided not to take the gatling
guns, but if it is found that they are need
ed, they will be sent for. A complete am
bulance corps accompanied the regiment.
Mai Gen. Roe and his full staff left this
city for Croton dam at 1870 o'clock. Gen.
Roe will assume command of the entire
militia force now on duty at the scene of
the trouble.
CROTON LANDING, N V. April IT.
The deputy sheriffs on guard at the
quarry works have been prohibited from
leaving their post of duty without writ
ten order.
During the morning there was a skirmish
between some of the strikers and some Of
the employees of the contractors. Frank
Baker a section boss. was struck in the
face with a stone and had several of his
teeth knocked out.
Sergeant DOuElass' Remains.
Dressed in the uniform of the 18th Separ-
ate Company of Mount Vernon, N. Y, the
dead body of Sergt. Robert Douglass lay
in little wooden shed in the Croton valley
this morning. The body will be sent to his
home in Mount Vernon under guard of
his comrades some time this afternoon.
The soldiers camp, which has been chris
tened Camp Molloy, was a dreary-looking
place this morning. All through the night
a drizzlng rain fell and the soldiers and
deputies. who We're on guard all night, were
wet through. The strikers kept to their
homes during the early morning, both in
Little Italy and the Bowery. None went
near the works and - attempt was made
to resume work at { o'clock.
The first bloodshed as the outcome of the
strike at the Croton dam was the shooting
of Sergt. Robert Douglass Of the 11th Sep
arate Company Of Mount Vernon, who was
shot by an unknown assassin while he was
relieving guard at $50 o'clock last night,
The widest excitement prevailed through
out the camp as soon as the news of the
assassination spread to the different tents
and the soldiers were frantic over the
crime. The point where the sergeant fell
is known as Post Ten which was in charge
of Corporal Mcdowell. 1t is situated on top
Of the hill near Little Italy, where armed
strikers were seen drilling or marching
about early yesterday morning braudishing
rifles and shotgunS. The spot is high over
the huge pile of masonry, and from 1t ore
can command a view of the country for
miles on each side up and down the Croton
valley.
Douglass was talking to Corporal Nc
Dowell and the other members of the
guard, when he suddenly clapped his hands
to his stomach and said: Load, boys; I'm
shot, and then fell to the ground. j was
pitch dark at the time but Mcdowell and
the others fired a voley into a clump of
bushes near by without hitting any one.
No one saw the flash or heard the sound
of the shot which killed Douglass. and 1t
was most mysterious affair Meanwhile the
men picked up the fallen sergeant and car
ried him down the hill on stretcher, but
as soon as they reached Douglass tent the
poor fellow died without saying word.