Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-05-18

Albany, May 1G.-Both the strikers
and the railway peOpl" claim tllai
there has been no further attempt at ne
gotiations for II settlement. The com.
pany says that it will proceed to move
cars today under guard of the soldiers
and General Roe, in command OF the
troops. SAYS he will assist to the best OF
his ability.
Two thousand armed soldiers m" now
within the city limits, more are coming
and 300 are in readiness to move t.
Troy when Governor Odell SO orders.
The streets are throngcd with excited
men, women and children. As long nN
the Traction company does not attempt
to move ears or bring in non-unlon men,
the crowds on the street remain good
naturcd, except for taunting the soldiers
and police, but he instant nn attempt il
made to work on The lines or bring non.
union men IN, the crowd becomes fren-
zird and blOodShed results.
Citizens sabre -slashcd. non union men
with broken limbs AMI bloody faces,
women and children tramplcd under
foot. soldiers MANNED with flying mis-
silps and leaders in the crowds beaten
| with muskcts We're some Of the results
of yesterday.
Mob and militia claShcd late in the
afternoon. but. fortunately. there We're
no serious casualties. S.vcnty-tvc non.
union men reached the Union depot
shortly before 6 o'clock. and their de-
livery at the Quail street barn, Il mile
and half away. was Il dash under
cavalry escort. with mob resistance on
almost every block. FrcuZird people
swarmcd through the police lines.
surgcd around the fast moving cavalry
men and fought to get at the cowcd non
union men inside the circle of galloping
horses.
Several men were cut down by the
cavalrymcn, but the record does not
yet show Il single fatality. In the mad
| ride through the streets few of tn" non
unionists escaped the dying bricks anf
| stones. but less than n dozen were badly
| hurt. The courage of nearly ,lozcl
| Of the nOn-uniom men failed them in til,
opening squirt through the turbulent
crowds. aud they spranG from the wng
onS and were lost in the crowd.
The ride Of the non-uniun men through
| the city WAS I he dramatic spectacle OF
the day. Their coming WAS no secret
und the plan was evidently for an open
daylight movement with arms enough Il
awe the crowd.
Fifty policemen cleared the streets
but the walls of humanity on the si'lc
walks could not he moved. Men IN,
boys climbed awnings and poles an,
every window in the surrounding build
Ing framed half Il dozen faces. Int,
an alley way that runs along the S"utl
side of the Union depot were driver fou
open trucks. Suddenly Il side door q
the depot was thrown open. and up The
alleyway toward the waiting team'
marched the non union men. Fora mo
mcnt there was no demonstration, bU
rhe failing courage of the newcomer;
showed in their blanchcl faces AMI il
the way they crouched when the,
climbed into the awkward wagons tha
waited to carry them on the widest rid,
they will ever know.
| When all We're aboard. the drivers
brought the teams out into the street
and the cavalry closed around them
Then at signal. every whip descended
every spur was driven home and th
| race was on.
High up in n window on the top foo
of Il broadway building Il wildly excite,
man bnrked out an lmprccation on tn