Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-05-16
ROOFS HAVE BEEN CALLED
htional Guardsmen Are Pro-
Atectlng Albany and Troy.
IRE GOING TO STRIKE SCENE
Kenty"two Hundred Will be
M Put on Duty.
1rst Active Step ofthe Military Forces
Aibsny Was Taken This Morning,
Hpn They Cleared Streets IN tho
lghborhood of the Quail Street Barn.


lbany, N. Y, May IA. Riot fol-
Jed theyattempt today of the Union
Et4ction %. to resume the operation OF
portion OF Its electric street railway
H9tem in this city, which had been
l9dup by the strike of employees in
Ru1Nfsted last week.
{IB company had secured 200 nom
34l8 men to take the place of strikers.
Rst night housed the new corners
10 Quail street barns, where they
I guarded by police and DEPUTY
|Hs<iffs. Outside the barns, large
1iber of strikers and their sympa.
01zsrs assembled during the night,
prowd growing until it numbered
|5Qp or more by the time the company
Ready to send out It's first car. Two
femen were on the platform with
p mo norman, and two guarded the
4Ax platform, The crowd greeted the
Frpearanoe OF the car with derisive and
FqsultIng cries, and obstructed its pas
|Hge, but y squad of police cleared the
fAy, and 1T passed on and away from
|bs neiehborhood of the barn.
Hail an hour later, a second car
|nltERed from the barn. The crowd i'm.
5ately made dash for 1t, some of
54p hurting issiles at tine motorman.
|{|f police could not withstand the
44h OF the mob, and some of the riot
were soon upon the platform. Tho
Fptprman was struck aeveral times on
H9 bead until. bleeding and senseless,
F'relinquished his grasp of the
|fnales. On the rear platform, two
1<n pulled the trolley pole down, and
|4Ht4t until 1t broke. Tho car had OBJ
lHep some momentum ard, striking
D. switch, went off into the gutter.
MON the mob had Accomplished their
|4kpose, they withdrew with cheers.
|1f police arrested four or five of the
|5'ters. One OF the trolley wires fell to
H4'Btreet a few minutes after, having
|19n out, putting one line out OF COM
3Saion.
TBS car which had previously left
~ bRrn made several trips up and
RM5 town not carrying any passengers.
t4e corner of State and Pearl streets,
HQ4 the car came up on it's second
Hp,,a boy threw brick at it. A man
ne saw the act caught the boy by tho
t1Ptders. In an instant, the mob had
PrA the boy away and assaulted the
ttxen who held him.
Manly dozen of the non union men
espompany Brought from ont OF town
HsSfted after the attack on the second
were carried away in triumph
mixers shoulders.
|. Ihauy, N. ", May 10. Tho traction
ff}HB vas productive OF mn serious dis
fdaf during the night. This company
|ed8'po further effort to operate cars
reQair its lines, and will probably
bm*1p inactive until the military
Irc4 Vailed by the State is 10 position
auord the fullest protection. A
|fQp& effort was made during the night |
bring the contending interests into |
Pnf9kence, but 1t failed; aud at this |
|EzE the breach is as wide as ever, |
1e os adjustment of the militia patrol
Ran shortly before midnight, when
re5 companies OF the Teuth Battalion |
ne tquietly and quickly dispatched !
|osn NE Washington Avenue Armory. |
|Qe company was ordered to the trao. |
IN Howerhouse. another to the upper
|rn Darn and the third to the north |
n tarn. When ID Co., which was
FQ4{6d to the uptown barn, swung
~ <2uail street, jeeriag crowd fell
qn Its tanks and rear, and followed
AZ ne barn. As 1t halted in front of |
Re nHfn, shower OF rocks and other
laRA m fell among the men. 1t WAS
l07fof Tor time that there would be
|ola2p but the police drove the crowd
fqk, md the soldiers made no menace
move. The police withdrew as soon
tne National Guard picket line was
IHRIfsned around the traction COM
fnY e plant; and as the night wore on,
Qrowd melted away. As the new
" came, the crowd reassembled; and
34F light, it numbered, about 500.
Ne e&ptries Gept the street clear. The
|uu1n were particularly vindictiye,
! Pom led out their choicest epithets
E48 non union men, who showed |
la1>t41ves at the upper windows of the
~ drst detachment of the Twenty
|lrq INFANTRY arrived here at 7.45
|clpck this morning, and its opening
n this great industrial struggle
t1Q, near being tragedy. just after
8ln had crossed the New York
bridge spanning tbs Hudson,
4elx misplaced switch. The pow
8pgine drawing it jumped the
|.Q* hand went tumbling over on its
None OF the cars left the track,
" 9nd5 were given jolt that shook
|0ry man in the train. There were
" men In the detachment, under
feut Col. Brady. The entire Second
RKlment, under command of Col.
|hgd of Troy, and numbering 1000
I'm from Troy, Cohoes, Hoosic Falls,
Rbeneotady and Saratoga, has been
|Qered 10 report In this city this after
P4n. This will make the total military
|spgth about 2, 200.
|Ahe first effort Of the traction COM
koy toward a resumption of traffic
|u4t be the repair of its wires. The
PI1ey line is down on Quail street,
~ from various parts of the city come
|Rprts OF wire cutting. The wires on
|emain thoroughfares seem to be in
IN but there has unquestionably
per- cutting at isolated points. The
|0 cars wrecked in the rioting yester-
NJ morning are still piled up on Quaill
F9et. and the track must be cleared
Permit any sratfic. Fifty non union
|en are still housed in the Quail street
Hfn, and the efforts OF the strikers to
NJ them over hare SO far failed.
ppther plea was made to them mt long
|nge this morning, but it apparently
Rt no response. Half dozen non
hon men, brought here by private
Ftectives, were discovered in down
W hotel at midnight. and a great
|8wd quickly gathered about the place
be police cleared the sidewalk but
crowd hooted derisively at any one
~ entered or left the place. The
Hhagement of the hotel finally mott.
N the detectives that he could not
|Qger accommodate their charges. The
M were taken from the hotel by
Epng guard of police and detectives,
|u left the CITY on late train.