The sun., 1901-05-16
The Strikers Use Firearms for the
First Time.
A BROOKLYN MAN WOUNDED.
Newcomers Greeted With Showers Of
Bricks and Stones.

and Uuhorsed. bat Quickly Rsmssntsd
Tho Riot Followed the Arrfval ef 100
Non-Jnion Men From New Yrk,-A Crowd
of 1000 Strikers and Their sympathis~s
Followed Thsm and Their Military xsoert
to the Companys Gas harm. Hsriins Epi-
thets and Bricks and Stones - Ihm-six
or Eight Deserted Before the Barn was
Reachod-An the Others More or Lsss In
iured-At One Point Two shoss wss Fired
at the Men and Ono Was woundsd
-rwenty-third Regiment Men Charged TIE
Crowd with Fired Bayonsts and Drove
Them Away From tho Barn-Ths Situa-
ton Late Last Night Was Considered serious.
ALBANY, May 1.-THE presence OF
militia in Albany has only added to the
frenzy Of the strikers and their sympa-
thizers. Not until the National Guards
men reached here had firearms been
brought into use by them. When moro
non-union men arrived this evening three
shots were fired from the crowd at them.
one bullet striking Gilbert Hall Of Brooklyn
in the arm. He was taken 10 the Albany
Hospital He was watchman sent here
by the Pinkerton Detective Agency.
The incident OF the day was the arrival
OF 100 more non-union men from New York.
Their coming was unheralded until the
local papers put out an extra at 5:i5 O'Clock
this afternoon. The men reached here at
$50 They got such a riotous reoep-
tion for two miles from the railroad station
10 the car barns that one would have sup
posed that the crowd had had days notice
10 prepare for the coming Of the men.
Before the Third Signal Corps. mounted.
passed along tho streets leading to the sta
ton, which was the first notice that many
had Of tho arrival OF q second consign-
ment Of non-union men. over 1900 strikers
and their sympathizers were massed about
the square adjoining the exits from the
Union station. The corps, numbering only
forty-flve officers and men. were reinforced
by about fifty local policemen Previously
a company Of the Twenty-third Regiment,
accompanied by Pinkerton detectives. had
gone to the depot to await the coming Of
the men.
SIGNAL CORPS PROTECT NEW ARRIVALS.
AZ on Monday night several trucks
were brought into use TO convey the men
to tho Quail street barn. Five minutes
before the train arrived the truck drivers
struck. The strikers and their friends
were gleefuL Capt. Wheeler Of the Signal
Corps, when he learned OF this, consulted
with the police, but received no consola-
ton. The Captain rode up and down
his line OF mounted men, and In minute
sabres were drawn and tie "wigwaggsrs"
were ready for business, each man grasp
ing the handle Of his weapon as II he meant
to use it in doing the duty he was called
upon to perform.
The difficulty with the drivers occasioned
some delay In getting the men from the
station. II was overcome by two SONS Of
the owners of the trucks driving two OF the
wagons, while the other two we're driven
by two of the non-union men. The new
comers left the station with mirthful coun-
tenances. They were not an ugly crowd
to look upon. Some carried dress-suit
cases and all were fairly well dressed.
They seemed to view the affair as a picnic.
and smiled as they beheld the crowd wait
Ing TO receive them. The men were loaded
on the trucks quickly. The police and
military were alert to prevent disorder at
the start.
As soon rs the first truck was ready TO
proceed on ia way Capt. Wheeler threw
out line to protect 1t. The corps was
formed into hollow square. fanking the
trucks on all sides. and the mounted men
pressed close against the vehicles TO pro-
tect their charges AS best they could No
time was lost in starting for tho Quail street
barn, where the newcomers were to be
uuartered, As soon as the command,
Forward, march," was given. the police
turned up side street and went TO the
station house.
NEWCOMERS BRsET WITH SHOWERS OF
MISSILES,
Still the men wero smiling, but before
the wagons had gono block their ooun-
tenances underwent a change They had
not reached Maiden lane, block from
the station, before they changed their
opinion Of the reception they we're TO get
Where tho crowd could not obtain bricks
from buildings in the course OF oonstruo-
ton they picked up rocks and other mis-
siles from the roadway. The worst hail
storm imaginable was not comparable to the
shower Of bricks and stones and everything
and anything that the crowd could lay
its hands on 20 hur at the frightened men
in the wagons Pandemonium had broken
loose once more. Epithets were hurled
at the non-union men. and cries OF Kill
them" and bood-curdling oaths were
heard.
The Signal Corps did their duty man.
fully. It was a trying position for the
men who had never been called upon 20
perform such duty before. This Is the
bon-ton military organization OF Albany
and in its ranks are many OF the best
athletes Of the city. They charged the
crowd many times. and drove them on the
sidewalk. But as soon a. the troopers and
wagons passed by the crowd lett the side