The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-05-21
PEACE MAINTAINED BY ARMS PRE-.
vAIllNG AT ALBANY.
CASUAL OF THE STRIKE
Number Two Dead, One Dying and
Sixteen wounded-A Drenching Rain
Aided In Keeping the Rioters Down.
The City Guarded Everywhere by
Troops-Nine Hundred More Soldiers
Alphabetically Guarded Cars Run
Molescation.

n dying and sixteen suffering from
injuries more or less severe, is the re-
cord today OF h casualties resulting
Company employees IN this city. or
the three men who were wounded by
the fire of the national guardsmen yes
terday, william Walsh and Leroy
Smith are dead. while William Room
ey's wound is not dangerous. William
Marshall the non-union motorman
whose skull was fractured by stones
thrown by the mob hat attacked a car
he was taking out of the barn Tuesday.
annot recover Mr.. Smith died this
morning. He was prominent in bust
ness. political IND social life here, and
was the presiding officer at the last ses-
sion of the American Whist Congress.
A drenching rain succeeding a warm,
humid day made Ii unpleasant for the
military guarding the city tonight, but
had the effect of clearing the street
of crowds.
There. was no repetition today of the
scenes of disorder and turbulence that
have marked the other days OF the
strike. There was the same imposing
show of military strength and in mid
afternoon 600 additional troops of the
Ninth regiment. of New York, were
added to the already large force now on
duty here.
Two elements seemed to contribute to
the quietness that prevailed-one, the
the general antiPinafi0n of a cattle
ment of the strike. and the other a feel
ing of sobriety that stirred the anger
and indignation over the killing of Will
liam Walsh and Leroy Smith.
More n%on-union men were brought
into the city. but, contrary to expecta-
ton. their coming did not inflame senti-
ment to an appreciate extent. The
Traction Company added part of an
other division to the section operated
by force of arms and, as on h proceed
ing day. began late in the morning and
quit early in the evening.
Under orders from their officers the
street patrols kept the people moving,
and it is doubtful if a crowd number
ing 500 assembled anywhere in the city
during h day.
Quail street barn was again the CEN
ter from which action radiated. A
heavy force Of troops was massed there
n at 9 o'clock a battalion of the
Twenty-third regiment and the signal
corps cavalry troop were sent west
ward to the New York Central tracks
and picked up twenty-five non-union
men who a been quietly dropped at a
crossing some distance from the West
Albany station. They were quickly
embraced in a hollow square of infan-
try and hurried to Quail street barn.
Once the n%on-union men were safe in
the barn, the moving Of cars began.
Major Case. who commanded the bat
talon in charge at the barn, instructed
his men hat in case Of attack they
were to first use their rifle butts, then
their bayonets and as a last resort their
cartridges.
The mounted signal men were in
structed to use first their horses, then
the backs of their sabres, next their
sabre blades and last their revolvers.
The distribution OF troops along the
line into the city and out to North AL
bany was the same as on the previous
day and the whole distance was effect
lively covered. At certain points sharp
shooters were stationed on roof tops
and every possible precaution to guard
successful attack taken.
The first car mad glided down into the
city before it was generally known that
one was in motion. but it only
slight notice. The cars carried strong
guards who sat with their guns half
aimed in constant readiness for trouble.
The arrival Of the Ninth regiment
created a stir hat subsidized after 1t
had marched away to it's camp on the
Heights in South Albany. The special
train of sixteen cars that brought the
Ninth from New York rang its way
into the Union depot at 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon and as soon as it pulled up
the troops came piling out and soon
marched into Broadway. Three bag
gage wagons were stoned on the way
out through South Albany, but the es-
| cort disregarded h attack.
The afternoon was featureless save
for the events recorded.