Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-17
A CLASH At ALBANY.
Soldiers Charge the Strikers and
Drive Them Back.
USED CLUBBED GUNS
Troops Are Stationed at Every Corner
10 Project Gar Company saloons
and Houses Are also Closed
by the Soldiers.

BY the Soldiers.
Albany. n. T.. May :G--At 8 O'Clock
this morning the United Tmction com.
nny began preamtions % move cars
General Barnes. in command of tho
Twenty.third regiment, brought out be-
fore the Quail sraethau tine entire regi.
mcnt 80 tAe same time the Tenth bat.
TALON started down town, dropping out
details nt street corners along the Trac-
tion line running % Broadway. ono
company of tho Twenty.third, company
A. started % clear out "a mob massod at
the curve on Central avenue. Parsua'
sion was of mo- avail aul back went the
company dozen PAGES.
"CharEe bayouet-." shouted Lieut.
/ Col Bmdy, who was near by Down
went the cleaning points ami ona rush
the men started for the crowd. Just a.
thcy reached them there was quick
reverse OF guns and butts smashed
against human bodies With a howl
tho crowd started back. some with bloody
faces and some with broken bones. The
mob was NOT allowed On stop until Il
was driven thrc, block. away Then
/ every side Of the street for blocks
around was cleared and the details be-
| gan work closing up saloons and houses
| In two corner saloons they found surly
| groups aud one the soldiers had 20 club
cine men with thoir rifles General
/ Barnes thCn ordered windows in the
/ houses closed. Usually rifles pointed
was sufficient. but iu one or two cases
the details had 90 enter tho house and
close them. the women defying them.
All the time the inside harm doors were
/ open, cars ready manned with non.
union men. waiting the word 20 run
out ON each car were two motormen.
two conductors nd two Piukcrton de-
teruv,s. the latter armed with loaded
rife- .n hands,
"The men arc ordered not % Ere ex-
cent 10 Is absolutely necessary said
Superintendent Fnssott Of the road
40 $3.50 O'Clock the first car emerged
from the barn and rounded the curve 60
a spot where a crowd had wrecked two
Others Tuesday Goncml Barnes was
on the car and when it reached the ob.
stuctions a coupling was made and the
damaged cars removed 10 the barn. The
crowd was too far distant even 20 see
the operation and II window went ur
the gunrdsmen soon shut it with an or.
der
While this was going on the street
corners along State street route began 60
assume conditions Of military posts. De
tails Of soldiers in every prominent
square kept the people moving 10 no
large crowd could gather
AZ 0.2O O'Clock second car left the
stable and started over towards Madison
avenue. "a thoroughfare not guarded
On board the car We're Lieutenant Col.
onel Brady and company Of the
Twenty.third regiment guarding two
motormen and two conductors They
proceeded over Quail street, stopping 70
remove fagstone distractions from the
track The car was an open one.
II was 10 o'clock before the first car
reached the last Of the distractions ami
then il was ran up 10 the line. In the
meantime the company ran out seven
other cars and got them ready for bus.
mess. On each car was full company
Of militia. The FIRST car moved ont and
down the avenue with no trouble and
car No. 2, with n trailer followed few
minutes later. There was hardly a rip.
pie Of excitement as the cars moved on
down the hill 20 take the different
routes. There were hoots aud Kisses at
several points, but up to the time the
various cars reached State street. no se.
rious troubls had occurred, and there
were no great crowds at any point.
Evidently the great display Of military
force and the way the crowds were
handled had nwed the riotous element