The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-05-16

Albany, y. y May lo.-T AO4hpLJ a.
O'Clock this morning the United Traction
company began preparations to move its
cars. At that hour General Barnes, in
command of the Twenty third regiment,
brought out before the Quail street barn
his entire regiment. At the same time,
the Tenth battalion started down town,
dropping out details at the street corners
along the traction line running to Broad
way.
Company A of the Twenty third started
to clear out tae mob massed at the curve
on Central avenue. Persuasion was Of no
avail and back went the company dozen
PAGES. Charge bayonets!' shouted Lieu
tenat Colonel Brady, who was near by.
Down went the cleaning points and on a
rush the men started for. the crowd. Just
as they reached them, there was quick
reverse Of the guns and the butts smashed
against human bodies. With a howl the
crowd started back. some with bloody
faces and some with broken bones.
Mob Driven Three Blocks.
The mob was not allowed to stop until
it had been briven three blocks away.
Then every side street for blocks around
was cleared and details began the work
Of closing up the saloons and houses. In
two corner saloons they found surly
groups and in one the soldiers had to
club the men with their rifles. General
Barnes then ordered windows in the
houses closed. Usually a rife pointed
was sufficient, but in one or two cases
details had to enter the houses and close
them, the women defying them.
All the time inside the barn doors were
FIVE open cars ready manned with non
union men waiting the word to run out.
On each car were two motormen, two con-
ductors and two Pinkerton detectives, the
latter with loaded rifles in their hands
The men are ordered not to fire ex-
cept it is absolutely necessary said
Superintendent Fassett Of the road. At
$3.50 o'clock the first car emerged from
the barn and surrounded the curve to the
SPOT where the crowd had wrecked two
others Tuesday. General Barnes was
on the car and when it reached the OBJ
struetions a coupling was made and the
damaged cars soon removed to the barn.
The crowd was too far distant to even see
the operation, and if window went up a
guardsman soon shut it uD with an or
der.
Genuine Military Posts.
While this was going on, the street cor
ners along the State street route be-
gan to assume the conditions of military
posts. Details Of soldiers in every prom
inent square Kept people moving so that
no large crowd could gather.
At 9:2O a second car left the stable and
started over towards Madison avenue, a
thorougbfare not guarded. On board of it
were Lieutenat Colonel Brady and COM
pany of the Twenty-third regiment guard
ing two motormen and two conductors.
They proceeded over Quail street, stopping
to remove fagstone distractions from the
track. The car was an open one.
When the road officials were ready to
move another car, word was sent to Col.
Lloyd in command of the Second regiment
at North Albany and he Immediately be-
gan placing his men along Broadway at
points where trouble was feared. House
holders were warned that a brick thrown
from a housetop or window would mean
the arrest Of all the inmates, and strag-
glers on the street corners were notified
to keep moving.
Driven Back Again.
It was 10 o'clock before the first car
reached the last of the obstructions, and
then it was run up to the end of the line.
In the meantime the company ran out
seven other cars and got them ready for
business. On each was a full company
of militia The first car moved out and
down the avenue with no trouble, and
car No. 2 with a trailer followed a few
minutes after. There was hardly ripple
of excitement as the cars moved down
the hill to take different routes. There
were boots and Kisses at several points
but up to the time the various cars
reached the foot of State street no serious
trouble had occurred, and there were nc
great crowds at any point. Evidently the
great display of military force and the
way the crowds were handled had awed
the riotous element.
AS the numerous cars kept coming
down the hill the crowd near the post
Office increased in numbers and began tC
get excited. The military charged and
irove them two blocks from the junction
81 State and Broadway. The cars ran
ap Broadway as far as the company's
barn and although there were several
thousand people. the hostile demonstra-
ton was limited to jeering.
Following the passage of cars the re-
,air wagons, guarded by seventy mounted
signal corps men, came down the street
and turned up Broadway, where there
vas some repairing to be done.
The United Traction company has added
10 its five rewards offered yesterday fol
Information as TO who hurt the nonunioI
men, FIVE more rewards of S100 each.
Mayor to Arbitrate.
A conference was held in the Office o
Mayor Blessing te-day between the mayor
corporation counsel and Attorney Woolard
he latter representing the strikers. 1t wa
here decided that the strikers should nee
ate this afternoon and draw up a com
promise proposition to submit to the trac
lion company as the basis of the settle
Oent Of the strike. The mayor viii &C