Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-15

Strikers and Their Sympathizers
Too Much for the City
and County Forces.
NATIONAL GUARD Is CALLED ON
Leaders of the Machinists Order n
Strike-Secretary OF the EN-
ployers' Union Makes
Statement.

Albany, N. Y, May 15.-Four hun
dred members of the Esd regiment ar
rived early today from New York
City. The entire I'd regiment is order
ed to report here this afternoon. This
makes total militia strength of 9, 200.
Late last night and the early morning
hours were very quiet. The first
active step of the militia forces was
taken about 10 a. m when the Sd
signal corps mounted and a detach.
ment of mounted police cleared the
streets around the Quail street barn.
Four blocks were cleared and now
new picket lines are established at it's
outer edge. This move, it is under
stood, is preliminary to repairing the
lines in that vicinity, and clearing
away the wrecked cars and obstruc-
tions on the track.
Albany, y. Y. May 15.-The Twen-
ty-third regiment of Brooklyn has been
ordered out to quen the riots in AL
bany.
General Oliver has issued an order
assembling at their armory at once
the Tenth battalion of Albany, com
prising four companies OF the National
Guard of infantry and the Third signal
corps, mounted.
Albany. y. Y, May 15.-When dark
ness fell last evening several thousand
weary street car strikers and sympa-
thiZers went to their houses, but they
We're replaced by as many more who
too up the vigil TO prevent the United
Traction men from running their elec-
trio cars with nOn-union men. Two
attempts to move cars IN broad day
light brought blOodshed and riot on
such a scale that the local police. aid
ed by scores of deputies and Pinker
ton men. were unable 10 quell the dis
turbance. One man named Marshall,
a non-union motorman. lies in a hos
pital seriously wounded, one OF the
two cars the company attempted to
run is in the gutter OF Il street not
two blocks from the car house.
wrecked, and the trolley wires are cut
in several places, practically paralyz-
ing the road.
New Men Desert to the Strikers.
Near the car houses are thousands
OF men. women and children, wrought
up to pitch of frenzy that BODIES iI
if the doors of the car house open TO
let out another car. Inside the car
house, afraid even TO look ont of the
grated windows. are about seventy-five
non-union men whom the company eX-
poets TO use in running the cars. Early
yesterday morning there were about
one hundred and fifty of them. but by
nightfall sixty-five had deserted and
Joined the ranks OF the strikers.
Police Admit Themselves PowerIess.
Long before the day was over the
police admitted that they were power
less TO take care of the large crowds
on the streets if ears We're run. and
General Manager Mcnamara immedi-
ately called upon General Oliver. in
command of the Third brigade. for
protection. He said: We intend 10
run out cars If it takes the entire Ma
tiOnal Guard OF New York state to
protect us
Attack on n Repair Wagon
Several thousand strikers and SYM
pathiZers charged at dusk on a wagon
load Of non-union men sent out from
the Quail street barns TO repair the
trolley wires which had been cut dur
ing the riots of the morning. The
wagon left the barn under the escort
of fifty policemen. including mounted