Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-04-19
CROTON STRIKE
The Outlook More Promising
This Morning.
MANY MEN LEAVING
Work is Proceeding Quietly
the same as yesterday.

Croton Landing, N. Y, April 49,
One Of the most notable effects of the
presence Of the militia at the Crotor
valley dam is the anxiety exhibited by
many peaceful strikers to pack up AND
seek work elsewhere. Fifty leave to.
day for New York, as they wish to
avoid trouble. Work was resumed this
morning the same as yesterday. Gen.
Roe said this morning that the outlook
was more promising.
Ten strikers were arrested today on
warrants charging them with having
possession of firearms, and drilling un-
der arms with the intention of inflict-
ing injury to public property and the
lives of persons anxious to resume
work.
At noon sixteen strikers were ar
rested, including Marcello Rotella,
the leader.
Csoton Landing, N. Y. April 80
Work has been resumed at the Croton
dam without opposition. About POO men
reported for duty. Thirty teams, loaded
with cement, were driven from the wharf
escorted by the cavalrymen and arrived
at the Croton dam without interference
from the strikers.
A body of strikers was fired upon by an
outpost of Troop G, which detected the
Italians cutting at one of the large cables
used at the works. Although several
shots were fired, the strikers managed to
dodge into the woods near by and escape.
Fifty strikers are to be arrested on
the order Of Major General Roe, com
mander Of the militia The charge
agat,r,t tefam amar will be that of carrying
hre .ttsen iatr.Imf Roe obtained their
mar - that iuty sheriffs. Angelo
ko' NJ. ~ N strikers, may also
threa. '5sSl nen taking the places
Of strikers e,ln be killed. The charge
against him will probably be melting to
riot.
The cavalry troops encamped on the
hills overlooking the dam were in perfect
command, but no extra guards were
thrown out. The masons at an early
hour were ready to resume. They were
aided by 40 laborers who had been CON
cealed, it is said, in some part Of the
works all night. The contractors assert
that IL of the striking laborers returned
to work, but the strikers deny this and
say that not man has gone back. The
leader, Angelo Rotela, maintains that
the demand for 81 80 day will be CON
tinued and that the masons cannot go on
without the assistance of laborers. The
backbone of the strike, from viewpoint
OF the contractors, is broken, but Rotclla
expresses the opinion that the demands
he makes will be compiled with eventual
ly; that it will be impossible to get la
borers from New York to take the places
of those who are out.
The seven companies Of the Seventh
regiment that were stalled at Ardsley
started for the old Croton dam to join
the battalion of three companies encamp-
ed under command of Major Abrams.
Immediately after their arrival an order
was issued by General Roe for eight com.
panies to proceed to the Cornell dam,
where they were distributed so as to |
all approaches to the works. |
This leaves two companies of 100 men |
each on guard at the old Croton dam
The distribution of the eight companies |
ordered from Croton dam to Cornell dam !
is as follows: Three in the granite quarry
near Peekskill, three on the ridge known |
as Little Italy, which is to the east of |
Major Denike's command; one on the |
hill near where General Roe has his |
and the other in the val
ley just north Of the dam. 1