Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-23
RIOTS All ALBANY.
Bloodshed Attends the Strike OF
Street Railroad Mon.
Atfempt to E2un Cars on the Lines of
the United Traction 90. Is ste-
sisted by Mobs-Several Per-
sons Wounded - NIiIifia-
men Are Called Out.

ness fell last evening several thou
sand street car strikers and sympa-
thizers went to their homes, but they
were replaced by as many more who
took up the vigil to prevent the Uni
ted Traction Go. from running its
electric cars with non-rnion men.
One man lies in hospital seriously
wounded, one of the two cars the
company attempted to run is wrecked
in the gutter of Il street not two
blocks from the car house, and the
trolley wires are cut in several places,
practically crippling the road. Near
the ear house were thousands of men
and women and children wrought up
to pitch of frenzy that boded i'll if
the doors of the car house opened to
let out another car. Inside the car
house, afraid even to look out of the
grated windows. were about 15 non"
union men, whom the company eX-
poets to use in running the cars. Ear
~ Tuesday morning there were about
$50 of them, but by nightfall 65 had
deserted and Joined the strikers.
During the afternoon the police adj
mitted that they were powerless to
take care of the large crowds on the
streets on which ears are run, and
General Manager Mcnamara called
upon Gen. Oliver, in command of the
Third brigade, for protection. He
said:
I'VE intend to run out cars il it
takes the entire national guard of
New York state to protect u.s."
Gen Oliver issued an order assem-
bling at their armory the Tenth bat
talon, of Albany, comprising four
companies of the national guard of
infantry and the Third signal corps,
mounted.
The riot yesterday was full of ex-
citing features. At 10 o'clock the
car barn doors swung open and out
darted a closed car with all the win
dows opened. Immediately there was
q roar of Kisses and shouts. Several
men made an effort TO board the car,
but they were kept from doing so by
the police, one of whom was stationed
on each car step. The car made
rapid headway and almost before the
eXpectant crowd realized what had
happened it was well on its way over
Quail street 1t continued to the
Union station and returned, followed
most of the way by bicyclists and peo-
pie in vehicles. The second car did
not escape. When the doors were
opened the mob surged towards it,
despite the efforts of the police. The
crew consisted of four men dressed
in plain clothes.
Before the car had started two
policemen boarded it. They simply
made two extra targets for the
stones and bricks. The car had not
gone 80 yards before one had his
helmet crushed Then began a fusil-
ade of bricks and stones.
4 great Jagged stone struck the
motorman on the head. He dropped
to the platform, with blood strea ming
from the wound. He dropped in
pool of his own blood, which COW
cred the platform.
4 few feet more and the ear ran
upon an insurmountable barricade.
With a sudden jerk it came to stop
and all on board were thrown for
ward. one of the conductors falling
amongst Il pile of broken glass and
receiving some ugly wounds and cuts.
Three arrests were made and thus
ended the first days attempt to run
the cars.
The Twenty-third regiment of
Brooklyn, has been ordered out to
quell the riots.
Albany, \. Y, May 16.-So serious
is the situation here over the Trac-
tion company strike that Gov. Odell
postponed a trip which he had under
taken and returned to the executive
mansion Two thousand armed sol
diers are now within the city limits,
more are coming and $500 are in
readiness to move to Troy when Gov.
Odell so orders. The streets are
thronged with excited men, women
and children and the otherwise quiet
day terminated in bloodshed. 4 dra-
matte element was added to the days
features by the sudden death of
Adit. Gen. Hoffman. attfa
Citizens and non-union men with
broken limbs and bloody faces, wo-
men and. children trampled under
foot, soldiers manned with flying mis-
siles and leaders in the crowds beaten
with muskets were some of the re-
suits yesterday.
Albany, \. y, May 17.-Three men
fatally wounded. others with cut
faces and broken heads, cars running
with no patrons, the city under mar
tial rule, with its citizens in Il frenzy
of excitement and the city authorities
and leaders of the strikers trying to
get the railway company to come to
an amicable settlement, was the situ-
alton when darkness put an end to
the strife growing out of the street
car strike last night.
Those fatally wounded are: William
Walsh, a merchants, and Leroy Smith,
a merchant, both shot by national
guardsmen, and William Marshall, a
non-union motorman, skull fractured.
Others most seriously injured are:
George Booze, citizen, cheek ripped
open by bayonet.
William Rooney, citizen. shot by ma
tional guardsmen, and Gilbert Hall,
non-union motorman, shot by mob.
Five hours of conference last night
with all the warning elements repre-
sented failed to settle the strike.
In Honor of senator Quay.
Philadelphia, May 1j.-Republiran