Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1901-05-22
RIOTING AT ALBANY
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED BY
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN.
Many Others Ware Severely Wounded
with Buliets and Bayonets-- People Are
stirred UP aud Threats of Vengeance
Arc Being Made.

Albany,N. Y, May 17.-Three men
fatally wounded hundreds of others
with broken heads and cut faces, cars
running merrily as arsenals, the city
under martial law with it's citizens in
frenzy of excitement and the city
authorities and leaders of the strikers
trying to get the railroad company to
an amicable settlement, was the stu
alton when darkness put an end to
tho strife growing out of the street
car strike last night Those fatally
wounded are: VIM. Walsh, mer-
chant; Leroy Smith, merchant, both
shot by National guardsmen; William
Marshall, non-union motorman, skull
fractured Others not seriously in
jured are; George. Booze, citizen,
cheep ripped open by bayonet; Will
liam Rooney, citizen, shot by Ma
tional guard; Gilbert Hart, non-union
motorman shot by mob.
The bloodshed came after day of
peace. From early morning the
crowds had melted away before bay
onets and shotguns; cars had been
operated under heavy guards and
there was an impression that the spir-
it of turbulence was waning. There
had been some minor demonstrations,
particularly in North Albany, but not
shot had been fired and as the day
passed the running of cars attracted
but little attention.
The voley fired on Broadway by
squad of the Twenty-third infantry
in which Leroy Smith and William
Walsh, well known citizens, fell NOR
tally wounded, changed all that 1t
stirred anew the feeling of hatred as
the exciting 'tidings swept through the
city and the guardsmen were bitterly
denounced. Neither OF the men had
been guilty of an offense, but were
caught in a crowd, some member of
which had stoned the guardsmen, and
by mischance were hit. The disturb
ance was not serious one and muir
der" is the title applied to the shoot
ing. The guardsmen seem to have fol-
lowed their duty as soldiers, for they
We're under orders to shoot II assault
ell. The bright prospect of settle-
ment of the strike has not served to
allay the growth of vindictlve feeling
and if the present situation contin-
ues, acts Of bitter revenge and VIC
lence may be expected 1t was on the
last run of the soldiers on the cars
that the tragedy of the day occurred.
The cars were on Broadway moving
northward and the constantly swell
ing crowd was gathered about the un-
ion depot The first of the work-day
folk had been relieved by the whis-
ties that sounded through the manu-
featuring district and they were pour
ing into the crowd. Near Columbia
street truck blocked the way of car,
and urged on by the crowd, the driver
| refused to. move on as speedily as
| required. Some one in the crowd
threw a stone and there was much
confusion. The car finally moved
forward into the next block, and an
other stone was hurled at 1T. There
was sharp command as the car
slowed down, and four shots were
fired from it.. Leroy Smith lounged
on the steps of his store; William
Walsh, his business neighbor from
across the street, was his immediate
companion. and small crowd hung
about near them. 1t was into this
crowd that the guards fired shot
at range less than twenty feet.
Both men were shot in the abdomen
and fell where they stood. A third
man. William Riley. was slightly
hurt by a glancing bullet.
Some of the cars stepped from the
car and reloaded their pieces The
startled crowd fell back at the first
shot and a moment later the guards
sprang aboard the car and were rap
idly whirling from the scene.