Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-17

/ Albany n. ". May-2S-One dead a nd
three more fatally wounded at the hos
pital and hundreds of others with
| broken heads and wrecked faces, cars
| running merely as arsenals with no
patrons. the city under martial rule,
with its citizens in a frenzy Of excite
ment and the city authorities ard
leaders of the strikers trying to get
the Street Railway Co. to come to an
AMIGA BILE settlement. was the situation
when darkness fell, tonight. The list of
casualties so far is:
! VIM. Walsh. merchant, shot by Ma
tional Guard. dead.
VIM. Marshall. non-union motorman.
skull fractured. will die.
Leroy Smith. merchant, shot by Ma
tional Guard fatally wounded.
Gilbert Hail. non-union IaotorIlan,
shot by mob. will recover.
George Booze. citizen. check ripped
open by bayonct.
VIM. Rooney. citizen, shot by Ma
tional Guard. not seriously.
Non-C Union Motorn1n Mon han.
James Glynn. Frank Flint Ernest
Morse. James Murphy. Thomas Kelly,
Michael S. Mullin. Michael Curtin.
Charles Jennings, Myrnn Walk. Mich
ael Kelly. Stephen Q. Hare. were al
badly cut and bruised 10y rocks thrown
by strikers.
Trooper F. j. Harrington and Troop
or Walter Van Guysbipg Of the Sd Sig
mi Corps wounded with stones.
Hundreds Of citizens were slightly
wounded by flying missiles and bayo-
Ects.
Tho bloodshcd in Albany came after
day Of absolute peace. Early this
morning. tho crowd had melted away
before bayopct and gun, cars had been
operated under heavy guards and there
was an impression that the spirit of
turbulence wos waning. Noon had seen
the sentrics and patrols practically
without occupation. Some minor DEM
Orstratiors occurred, particularly in
North Albany. but not shot had been
fred. and as the day passed the run
ring of cars attracted but little at
tention.
But Il vollcy fired on Broadway by
souad of the ed Infantry in which Lc-
roy Smith and VIM. Walsh. wcll-known
citizens. fell mortally wounded, brought
an instant change over this situa ton.
filled with the promise of peace. 1t
stirred anew the feeling of hatred as
the exciting tidings swept like wave
through the city. The Guardsmen were
bitterly denounced. for neither Of the
two men fatally wounded by their bull
let's had been guilty of any offcnse.
They were caught in crowd. some
member of which had stoned the
guardsmen.
The disturbance was not a. serious
one and murder is the title applied
by inflamed public sentiment to the
shooting. The Guardsmen. however.
seem to have merely acted under n
strict Interpretation Of orders, which
we've to shoot if assaulted.
The bright prospect of a settlement Of
tho strike has not served to aliay the
growth of vindictivc feeling. and, if the
present situation continues. vengeance
and violent deeds may be expected.
The day began with All imposing show
of military strength in the western por-
ton of the city. The nassirg of troops
began at s o'clock. Tho I'D Infantry
drove back the crowds that surrounded
Quail street in a series of spirited charg-
rs. These rushes were theatrical and eX-
citing hut not especially dangerous. Once
tho area about the car barn was clear.
he dispatch of detachmerts to guard the
lines during the prospective movement Of
troops began.
When the defensive lines we-e cOmplct-
ed the movement of ears began from
Quail street barn. In quick succession ~
ears were brought out and all were
manned with heavy guards MEETINGS hal
been hung down over the sides of most
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