The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

oh CVAuckSuCc tVuiSut Wttu au tHC "oi ring elements represented. failed to set tie the Albany strike of street railway employees.
 The strikers waived all the demands for the removal of the non-union men. The Executive Committee of the United Traction Company will consid- CT the proposition in the morning and may accept 1t, and settle the strike. Meantime, Major General Roe intends to take every precaution. and ct mid night ordered out the sth regiment of New York. It will arrive here tomor- row afternoon, 800 strong. and if the strike is not settled, will assist in open ing up the other lines of the Traction Company in this city.
 William Walsh, one of the men wounded by . bullet from . squad of the 23rd regiment defending . car. died at 10:15 tonight. LeRoy Smith, shot in the same melee. was slightly improved at midnight.
 The shooting, of Smith and walsh had a very depressing effect upon the mem- bers of the 2srd regiment. and tonight, when stones were hurled at the picket men around the Quail Street barn, they did not fire in the dark. Two privates were hit and hurt. but they did not care to take a chance by firing. It was held by the officers and men generally that the order to fire was entirely jus tified.
 Albany. N. r.. May 1s.-one man dead. two fatally wounded. hundreds of others with broken heads and cut faces. cars running merely as arsenals with no patrons. the city under martial rule with it's citizens in q frenzy of excitement and the city authorities and leaders of the strikers trying to get the railway company to an amicable set- clement. was the situation when dark ness put an end to the strife growing out of the car strike tonight.
 The dead man. iy William Walsh. q merchant. Le Roy Smith. 2 merchant. and William Marshall, a non-union motorman fatally wounded. others most seriously injured are: George Booze, citizen. cheek ripped open by bayonet: William Rooney, citizen. shot by National Guard and Gilbert Hall, non- union motorman. shot by mob.
 The bloodshed came after 2 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 spirit of turbulance was waning. There had been some minor demonstrations. par ticularly in North Albany, but not a shot had been fired and as the day passed the running of cars attrr tied but little attention.
 They Call It Murder.
 The volley fired on Broadway by a squad of 23rd infantrymen in which Le Roy Smith and William Walsh, well known citizens. fell mortally wounded, changed all that. It stirred anew the feeling of hatred as the exciting tid- ings swept through the city, and the guardsmen were bitterly denounced. Neither of the men had been guilty of an offense, but both were caught in a crowd. some member of which had stoned the guardsmen. and by mis- chance Walsh and Le Roy were hit. The disturbance was not a serious one and murder" is the title applied by infiamed public sentiment to the shoot ing.
 The guardsmen seem to have follow ed their duty as soldiers, for they were under orders to shoot if assaulted. The bright prospect of a settlement of the strike has not served to allay the growth of vindictive feeling, and if the present situation continues, acts of bit- ter revenge and violence may be ex- pected.
 It 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 a constantly swelling crowd was gathered about the Union Station. The first of the work udy IOlh Hdu DeeH TeIedSeO Dy The whistles that sounded through the manufacturing district, and they were pouring into the crowd. Near Colum- bia Street a truck blocked the way of d car. and. urged on by the crowd, the driver refused to move on as speedily as desired.
 Some one in the crowd threw a stone and there was much confusion. The car finally moved forward iEto the next block and another stone was hurled at it.
 The Guardsmen Fire.
 There was sharp command as the car slowed Iown, four shots were fired from 1t. Le Roy Smith lounged on the steps of his store; William Walsh, his business neighbor across the street, was his immediate companion, and small crowd hung about near them. It was into this crowd that the guards fired at a range of less than twenty feet. Smith and Walsh were both shot in the abdomen and fell where they stood. A third man, William Rooney. was slightly hurt by glancing bullet.
 Some of the guards stepped from the