New-York tribune., 1901-05-18
AWEn BY THE MILITIA.
CARS RUN AT ALBANY UNDER GUARD
OF SOLDIERY.
MANY CONFERENCES HELD TO SETTLE
sTRIKE-MR. SMITH DEAD-MORE
NON-TNION MEN.
tBT TELEGRAPH To THE TRrBUSE.I

NON-UNIoN MEN.
ley TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUHEl
Albany. May 17-Through the day there were
many attempts TO bring about an agreement
between the officers Of the United Traction
Company and their employees. Mayor Blessing
and Mr.. Andrews. Corporation Counsel. and
other city officials Of Albany labored increasingly
10 harmonize the differences between the COM
pany and its men. Conferences followed one
another at frequent intervals all day between
the men on strike and the officers or the COM
pany All over the city intense interest was
manifested in these efforts to bring about peace
and frequent inquiries were made at the United
Traction Company's general office by telephone
il the strike had been settled.
Deep anxiety was shown that the hope of a
harmonious settlement OF the conflict should
not be disappointed.
While these appeals for peace We're being
made. however the grip of the National Guard
upon the city's streets frightened. Major
General Roe and Brigadier-General Oliver
changed their tactics. Crowds We're not permit
ted to assemble upon any of the streets along
which the railroad lines ran. Sentinels were
stationed at frequent intervals. with orders TO
keep people moving. If a man stopped on a
sidewalk TO speak 10 a friend he was politely
asked to move TO retire into a doorway
TO hOlG MS conversation IhuS no crowds col
lected. Broadway in the vicinity of the New
York Central station. where Mr.. Smith and Mr..
Walsh shot yesterday. was notably free
from passing people.
Where there were hundreds OF people congre-
gated opposite the great railway station yester-
day. with scores of women and children scat
tered through the crowd. only twenty or more
persons could be observed. People were eau
tious. and thought that part of the city was
not safe place. Upon the roof OF the New
York Central station could he observed the
peaked caps Of a group of sharpshooters. whose
guns commanded Broadway for long distance
in either direction-especially in the direction
of the street where the 23d Regiment soldiers
were attacked yesterday by rioters.
QUIET AT QUAIL-ST BARNS.
The day opened quietly at the headquarters
of the 23d Regiment. at the Quail-st barns.
Pickets were out, and one was allowed in the
street in the immediate vicinity of the barn.
There was no crowd TO speak OF on any Of the
picket lines. At o'clock the guard was re-
iieved and during the next hour the hustle of
preparation for the days work began in earnest.
Just before 8 O'Clock Major Cases battalion
consisting Of Companies b. E. G, II and c.
marched down from the camp at Beaverwyck
Park and were drawn up before the barn to re-
ceive their instructions. These instructions re-
lated solely 10 the mode Of procedure 10 be
adopted in dealing with any disorderly demon
stration. They were brief. They were Butts first,
bayonets next, then bullets" This is the reg
ular order, it explained. but it is repeated
upon certain occasions a reminder. There
is a standing order that there shall be firing
except at the command Of a commissioned Off
Ger. Every detail made to-day from the Quail
st. headquarters was under the command of a
commissioned officer.
The instructions that If there should be any
disorder IL should be Butts first, bayonets next
then bullets" was also given by Colonel Lloyd
of the ID Regiment. whose LOO men guarded
Broadway from North Albany TO Safest; that
is. along the river front
The order probably was an indirect command
that there should be no shooting unless as a last
resort, and. as one means OF preventing anv
shooting, people were kept moving In the streets
by Colonel Loyd's men
To-day one walking through the street where
Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Walsh were shot saw that
the doors of the Smith & Herrick Company were
closed. and that long bands OF black Grape hung
from the front OF the building, and that similar
bands Of Grape hung down from the doorway
OF Mr.. Walsh's plumbing store across the street.
Soldiers Of the I'd Regiment paced up and down
before each door, and every one that passed
seemed aware Of last nights horror and glanced
General Oliver, under whose immediate COM
nland the three thousand soldiers of the Ma
5uonal Guard now here are remained at his
headquarters at the Camera Club all dav di
recting by telephone and by aids the marches
OF the soldiers in the city. He followed his plan
OF yesterday, but enlarged his field of operations
CARS RUN OVER NEW LINES.
Yesterday he sent out cars guarded by soldiers
over only one line of the United Traction Com
pany. To-day he sent the cars over two more
lines Of the company, and thus invaded new ter
ritory. Cars were sent over the Central-ave
line as far as Quail-st., and also 20 North
Albany. General Oliver had a big map of AL
bany upon his desk. and managed the cars al
most as though he were a traction line owner
himself
No cars could be sent out of North Albany until
the non-union men came down from Quail-st
The first car from Quail-st. reached North AL
bany at 1880 o'clock. On IT were eight nom
union men. They quickly aighted and hustled
10 the car barns, where they remained for the
time being. The six other cars that came also
brought non-union men, so that there were
enough 10 send out seven cars, each with a crew