Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-05-15
STRIKERS on WATCH
Weary Rioters Replaced by
Others at Albany.
noN-uNioNIsrs MUCH AFRAID.
Some Inside Car Housc--others Had
Deserted to strikers-Man Badly
Hurt During Rioting-Two Cars
Wrccked-Militia Under Arms.

ALBANY, N Y, May 15.-Abont
thousand national guardsmen and a
hundred mounted men, it was expect
ed. will occupy Albany streets today
and attempt to force a riotous crowd
to let the cars OF the United Traction
company run with non-union men.
The Twenty-third regiment, of Brook
lyn: the Tenth battalion, Of Albany,
and the Third signal corps viii make
UP the complement of men. They
will be reinforced by 200 special dep
uties, 800 policemen and over hun
dred Pinkerton detectives More
rioting occurred last night.
1t was said late last night that 300
new non-union men were in train
near the city, waiting for the troops
to make their entry safe. Eight men
have been arrested for rioting, two
only of whom were strikers.
At midnight three companies of the
Tenth battalion took their stations at
three important points.
Albany, N Y, May 15.-When
darkness fell last evening about sew
eral thousand weary street car strik
ers and sympathizers went to their
houses, but they were replaced by
more, who took UP the vigil to pre-
vent the United Traction men from
running their electric cars with non
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 scale that the local
police, aided by scores of deputies
and Pinkerton men, had been unable
to quell the disturbance
One Man Seriously Hurt.
One man lay in hospital seriously
wounded, one of the two cars the
company attempted to run was in the
gutter of a street not two blocks
from the car house, wrecked, and the
trolley wires were cut in several
places. practically gripping the road.
| Near the car houses We're thousands
of men and women and children,
wrought up to pitch of frenzy that
BODIED i'll ii the doors of the ear house
opened to let out another car. Inside
the car house, afraid even to look
out of the grated windows. were about
rs non-union men, whom the com.
pany expected to use in running the
cars. Early Tuesday morning there
We're about 15O OF them, but by night
fall about 65 had deserted and joined
the ranks Of the strikers.
The men claimed that they were
brought here under misappreher-
sion and that they supposed they were
going TO Philadelphia.
Tuesday afternoon the police prac.
tieally admitted that they were pow
erless to take care Of the large crowds
on the street IL cars were run. and
General Manager Mcnamara immedi-
ately called upon General Oliver, in
command of the Third brigade, for
protection. He said;
I'VE intend to run out cors If it
takes the entire national guard of
New York state to protect u.s.
General Oliver issued an order as
/ sembling at their armory last night
the Tenth battalion of Albany, com
prfsing four companies of the ma
| tional guard of infantry, and the
Third signal corps, mounted. General
Oliver said that he would warn the
| remainder of the Third brigade to be
in readiness for a call.
The riot Tuesday was full of excit-
ing features.