Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-16
r,i,ens Are Saber SIashed, Non
Union Men Have Bloody Faces
STIRRING TINES IN ALBANY
r.oo,onds Of Armed soldiers iu the
cly aud More In Readine" to
uoyo-sliua,ion IL Serious,


.uutions which he had undertaken
4 .nd returned to the executive mansion.
4 Tuo thousand armed soldiers are now
q nt,bln the city limits, more are COM
II loo and $500 are In readiness to move
20 Troy when Gov. Odell so orders, The
n .,,sets are thronged with excited men
and women. and the otherwise quiet
a aay terminated In bloodshed. Dramatic
VI .,ement was added to the days fea-
u nres by the sudden death Of Adjt.-
n Gen. Hoffman,
81 Aslong as the Traction company does
"a -, ottempt to move cars or bring In
non.unlon men, the crowds on the
',,ests remain good natured, except
~, haunting the soldiers and police,
# M, the instant an attempt Is made to
NJ sort ON the lines or bring non-union
III NAN in the crowd becomes frenzied and
IA boodshed results
& riGzans saber- slashed, non-union
NJ nan with broken limbs and bloody
8 saces women and children trampled
III nnder foot. soldiers manned with fly
M Ing missiles and leaders In the crowd
"a testen with muskets, were some OF the
IA results Of the day
M Wob and militia closed In combat late
~ mia afternoon but by the accident OF
IA tortune there were no serious casual
~ ,,es II was the introduction OF more
.X ron.unlon men to take the places OF
III more striking Traction company en-
v ,Ioves that produced the violence,
N eayenty.lye on.union men reached
"a. ,bo unlon station shortly before 9
. oclock and their delivery at the Quail
aH st,eet harm. a mile and a half away,
& ras made with a dash under cavalry
.j< ,sSort With mob resistance in almost
'i& sverv block Frenzed men swarmed
III tbroygb the police lines, surged around
the fast.moying cavalrymen and
Xtonybt IA get al the cowed non-union
linen inside the circle OF salapihs
#hOrses, IL.
i'll The rays Of the setting sun gave gilnt
h bnsv sabers but the long blades,
SNleded by forebearlng hands' seldom
fdescended In serious plows' several Vi
/. .frered cayarymen, but the record does
5not vet score a single fatality,
M In the passage through the streets
3few Of the non-unonlsts escaped the
.fylng bricks and stones that We're
'.shurled at them, but less than q dozen
& 1Rere badly hurt, The courage OF nearly
~ dozen OF the nOn-unlon men lalleu
,1them In the opening squirt through the
%trowds, and they sprang from the
Wagons that carried them to mingle
Mn and be lost IN the crowd.
tlM The ride Of the non-unior men
Through the city was the dramatic
<1pectacle Of the day. At s o'clock the
'fhrd signal corps, mounted and armed
IS cavalrymen formed a hollow-square
around the non-unlon men who mad
1nst arrived at the depot.
% Five thousand men tagged at their
/. slheels and TANNED In around them and
<l5housands more crowded into the inter-
4 betting streets. Fifty policemen formed
,15In a Gordon about the waiting Dragons
ond tried TO force the crowd back. The
)ireet was cleared, but the walls Of
\ Humanity on the sidewalks held firm
3nd could not be moved
,l8 A broken alleyway that runs along
De south side Of the union station was
b. stage Of the opening scene. Into II
M we're driven four flat topped open
rucks The crowd recognized them as
BE- same vehicles that had carried the
IA 'rst batch Of the strlke-breakers, and
1Breeted them with groans.
,SH Suddenly a side door Of the station
as thrown open and up the alleyway
owaTd the waiting teams marched the
3 on-unon men. Once they were all
',s board, the cavalry closed in around
+ PEN and the race was on.
|6E The police threw themselves across
&he street Vim solid phalanx. but the
HEfoWd roaring its threats against the
fReW men, swept over the police and
tXook Up the chase Ahead were thou
r. ands more, and with no fear for either
Rees OF horses or blades OF steel they
N{losed IN around the cavalrymen.
III Soon there came a volley OF bricks, |
wv three Of the non-union men sprang |
4 rom the rear wagon and were lost In |
Whe crowd. The flying column dashed |
10 State street for the run up the |
9 u past the capitol. Here the crowd |
as as dense and desperate as the |
lner and men plunged In around the |
alloping horses.
Vhe rider, cut of from the crowd |
Iought his saber down on the face of |
he OF his antagonists, and line Of |
lood marked where II struck
TWO blocks up State street a clever |
llltary ruse blocked the downtown |
oD. Two companies Of the Tenth |
hialion were concealed in Chapel |
Ieel and when the cavalry escort |
ashed past they ran across State street |
~ faced the pursuing crowd with
Aea oayonets. The new line wavered |
hu broke on one flank, but In the main |
movement was successful.
nut the non-union men we're not yet |
ee Smaller crowds had gathered at |
ailous points along the route TO the |
aIh and they threw stones when the
n'unlon men rushed past. There was |
lolher Wild scene at the barn, where
'ousands more had assembled. The |
Iantry repeatedly charged into the
oNd, substituting butt for bayonet,
nu after much effort passage was
ghed for the scurrying cayalcade,
~ y was safe inside the enclosure.
alA'een OF the non-union men were
Jured during the ride and many OF
4 Ky stunned, weak and scared, had TO
4 uelptd from the wagons. or the
'.teh injured men only one was sent
"e hospital. He was wounded In
~ arm and head. and the surgeons
Ky ne was shot. The strikers say
ai eighteen non-unlon men deserted
the ride, and that less than
TX we're safely landed In the barn.
~ hollow square OF infantry, pro-
,Seu Dy lines OF pickets that reached
H. every bisecting street and an odt-
4 shlllhlsh line In circular form that
passed all, the traction tower
f,suu was moved out OF the barn this
Ier 'eIuuon and two hours were spent in
pSl'lhg trolley wires. The heavy
h vi guardsmen and the stringency
protective measures seemed to
kp,sr WI crowds that surged around the
- sAiIinish line and there was no
me soldiers were jeered and
b. put no one offered them VIC
4 ~. me city is quiet az midnight.
H. the strikers and railroad people
|, a. .Hat there has been no attempt
k,rrro,,latlon for a settlement. The
kor. says that 1t will proceed TO
Ssfs tomorrow under guard OF
soialefs, and Gen. Roe. in COM
4 ~. OF the troops. says he will assist
fo0ps. 's aoihty WIN ms z'IVV
'''1ail' the nOn-unI0n mot0rman,