Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-17
WERE MERELY LOCKERS on
Strike Situation There Today
Under Control Of Troops.
TROUBLE AT TROY SETTLED

national SuarQSmen yesterday W H. WASH
and E. Leroy Smith are dead while VIM.
Rooney's wound Is not dangerous.
VIM. Marshall. the non-union motorman
whose skull was fractured by stones
thrown by the mob that attacked a car he
was taking out OF the barn Tuesday, can
not recover. Mr.. Smith was prominent IN
business. political and social life here. and
was the presiding officer at the last session
OF the American whist congress.
Maj. Gen. Roe. Brig. Gen. Oliver and Col.
Barnes Of the 23d Regiment, which did the
fatal shooting. said today. that while they
regretted the shooting, the soldiers had
been ordered to stop mob violence and to
shoot If attacked. and the only safety for
peaceable citizens was to move away at
the first indication Of disorder.
The 9th Regiment of the National Guard,
which will reach the city today, will swell
the number of troops in Albany to 5000.
The 9th will be stationed in South Albany.
where the United Traction Company has
large power house.
Troops Escort NOn-UniOn Men.
Twenty-Five non-union men who reached
the city early in the day were escorted by
battalion Of the 32d Regiment to the car
barns.
The directors Of the United Traction Com
pany will hold a meeting at II o'clock to
consider the situation. Meanwhile 1t is
not likely that any effort will be made to
move cars
Five companies Of the 23d Regiment. B.
c. D, G and H, under command Of Major
Case. were marched down to Quail street
barn from Beverwyck Park, shortly after
8 o'clock, and a few minutes later the Sd
Brigade Signal Corps, serving as cavalry.
trotted I'D.
In his instructions to his men Maj. Case
said that in case Of an attack they were
to first use the butts Of their guns, then
their bayonets, and as a last resort they
were to fire. The massing of troops is
taken as an indication that operation Of
cars with soldiers as passengers will begin
shortly.
John Mcnamara. general manager Of the
United Traction Company. and Robert c.
Pruyn. president of the company. are both
fearful that they may be shot at The po
lice have heard and those in command of
the military have been informed that GER
tain lawless elements have openly said that
both of them would be killed Both Of the
men are keeping off the street as much as
possible. and Mr. Mcnamara is closely
guarded when he goes out.
The company announces that before
nightfan every line within the city limits
will be in operation, but the word opera
ton, of course. means that the cars will
be running with a soldier guard. but with
out any fares being rung up, for the public
is afraid to ride.
Strike Settled at Troy.
TROY. N. Y, May IA committee from
the Troy division of the Amalgamated AS
ISOLATION of Street Railway Employees has
waited upon Mayor Conway and informed
him that the strike has been settled The
committee said that under the terms of the
agreement the employees are to receive 20
cents per hour and that the company will
treat with a committee of either union or
union men.
After notifying the mayor the committee
q o6 10 RI o,6 fof, mad t1e>
members Of the union. The news was re-
ceived by the strikers with cheers.
The conference committee has adjourned
without coming to any agreement, further
than that the railway officers will meet a
committee Of the strikers at o'clock for
discussion.
Casualties of YESTERDAY
William Walsh and Leroy Smith, mer-
chants were shot by National Guardsmen
yesterday afternoon. The other casualties
Of the day were: George Booze. citizen,
cheek ripped open by bayonet: William
Rooney. citizen. shot by National Guard,
and Gilbert Hall, non-union motorman,
shot by mob.
Neither Walsh nor Smith had been guilty
of any offense, but were caught in crowd,
some members of which had stoned the
guardsmen, and by mischance were hit
The disturbance was not a serious one
and murder Is the title applied by in
famed public sentiment to the shooting
The guardsmen seem but to have followed
their duty as soldiers. for they We're under
orders to shoot if assaulted.
1t 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 Union
depot.
Near Columbia street a truck blocked the
way of a car and, urged on by the crowd,
the driver refused to move on as speedily
as desired. Some one In the crowd threw
stone. but it went wide Of it's mark. The
crowd was very noisy and there was much
confusion.
The Order to Fire.
The car finally moved forward into the
next block and another stone was hurled
at it. There a sharp command and
the car slowed down four shots were
fired from IT.. Leroy Smith lounged on
! the steps of his store; William Walsh, his
business neighbor from across the street,
was his immediate companion, and small
crowd hung about near them.
1t was into this crowd that the guards
men fired at a range of less than twenty
feet. Smith and Walsh were both shot in
the abdomen and fell where they stood
third man. William Rooney, was slightly
hurt by a glancing bullet. Some of the
guards stepped from the car and reloaded
| their pieces. The startled crowd fell back
at the first shot, and a moment later the
guards sprang aboard the car and were
rapidly wheeled from the scene.
Smith and Walsh were hurried away to
hospitals for surgical care, and an angry
mob swarmed into the street to curse and
denounce the guardsmen. Smith Is mem
Der Of the shoe manufacturing firm of
Smith & Herrick, and citizen Of wealth.
| responsibility and prominence. He is a
member of the Albany Club and whist
expert of national reputation. He Is fifty
years Of age and has a family. Walsh,
who died at the hospital. was the head of
a plumbing house and we'll known in busi-
ness circles. Neither men had any part
other than as spectator In the demonstra-
ton that provoked the shooting.