The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-15
Strikers and Sympathizers Assail
Non Union Men and Police With
Showers of Bricks and Stones
Local Militia Ordered Under Arms
and Reinforcements Hurrying
From Other Points.

ALBANY, N. Y, May IA thousand
national guardsmen and a hundre
mounted men viii occupy Albany's
streets tomorrow ard attempt to force
riotous crowd to let the cars OF the
United Traction company rln with non
union men, The Twenty-thi reg ment
of Brooklyn; the Tenth battal on, of
Albany, and the Third signal Ger. win
make up the complement of men Th v
viii be reinforced by zoo special deputi $,
500 policemen and over hundred Pinker-
ton detectives. 1t is feared that the
bloodshcd and riotous scenes IF today
VIII be repeated with much greater
fatality
The results of today are one man
dying, fully twenty or thi ty Injured.
eighty men out Of $50 brought here BY
the company induced to desert. the troll
ley lines cut, cars demolished and the
police almost powerless to control h
thousands of men patrolling the streets.
The company, however insists that It
Will run its cars with protection and 1t
IS said late tonight that 300 new n
union men aIe in a train rear the city
waiting for the troops to make thei
entry safe. Eight men have been ar
rested for rioting, two only Of whom
were strikers.
At midnight three comDani s of tha
Tenth battalion took their stations at
SHtCc important points.
STRIKERS IN UGLY MOOD.
When darkness fell upon this city
thi7 evening several thousand weary
street car strikers and sympatniz-
ers went to their homes, but they were
replaced by as many more. VINO took
Up the vigil to prevent the Union Tract on
men from running their electric cars
with n0n-uniOn men. The darkness
brought some confidence that there
would be no attempt before morning to
move cars, for two attempts made in
broad daylight had brought bloodshed and
riot on such a scale that the local police
aided by scores of deputies and Pnkerl
ton men, had been unable to queH the
disturbance. One man lies in a hospital
seriously wounded. One of the two cars
the company attempted to run is in the
gutter Of q street not two blocks from
the car house, wrecked, and the trolley
wires are cut in several places, practical
ly gripping the road. Near the car
houses are thousands Of men and women
and children wrought up to a pitch of
frenzy that BODIES i'll if the doors of the
car house open to let out any car. In
side Of the car house, afraid even To
look out Of the grated windows, are sew
enty-1iye non-uniun men, whom the com
pany imported to aid in running their
cars.
Early this morning there were about
$50 Of them, but by nightfan 65 had de-
serted and joined the ranks of the strik-
ers.
POLICE POWERLEss.
The men claimed that they were
brought here under a misapprehension
and that they supposed they We're going
to Philadelphia. This afternoon the police
practically admitted that they We're pow
erless to take care of the large crowds
General Manager Mcnamara immediate
~ called upon Gen. Oliver, in command
OF the Third brigade, for protection. He
said:
we intend to run out cars if it takes
the entire national guard Of New York
state to protect us
Gen. Oliver issued an order assembling
at their armOry tonight the Tenth bat
TALON OF Albany, comprising four COM
panles Of national guard infantry and
Third signal corps mounted. Gen. Oliver
SAID he would warn the remainder of
the Third brigade to be in readiness for
a call The riot today was full of ex-
citing features.
At ten o'clock two of the big car doors
swung open and out darted a closed car
with all the windows opened. Immediate
ly there was a roar OF Kisses and shouts
Several men made an effort to board the
car, but they were kept from doing so by
the policemen, one Of whom was sta
toned on each car step. The car made
rapid Roadway and almost before the
eXpectant crowd realized what had han
pened it was well on it's way over Ouail
street. 1t continued on to the Union
station and returned followed most of
the way by bicycl.sts and people In vehi-
cles The second car did not escape.
When the doors were opened the mob
surged towards 1t despite the efforts Of