The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-06-20
STRIKING SILK OVERS AND AN.
ARcHisTs WRECK 4 NUN.
Der OF MILLS.
MOB LED BY AN ITALIAN
Police So Few In Number They Were
Unable to Make. Any Headway In
Dispersinq the Rioters-Number Of
Persons Shot and Otherwise Injured,
Two Of Them Fatally-Fire Depart
ment Assists the Officers. Y

was III Tue uAuuS VI d uOO Oil uoJ
and as q result of the riots number
Of persons were shot and two at least
will die.
The police did their work we'll, but
they were so few in number that they
could make little headway against the
mob. Mills were wrecked with stones
and bullets by the striking silk dyers'
helpers or roughs acting for them.
There were threats to resort to the
torch, but so far the mayor hesitates
about asking Governor Murphy for
troOpA. ~ ss:::r E~' ~? s. ''~~"@s' ~~"@s1
- There seems to be every Indication
that tho riot was the result Of q pre-
arranged plan to involve the would.be
peaceful element in the affair from the
start. Among the leaders of the trou-
BILE was q man named Mcqueen and
another named Galleano, the former
an Englishman and the latter an Ital-
ian. Others, agents of anarchist cir
-cles, have also been quietly tanning
the flames.
Chairman McGrath, who has held
the strikers in leash since he first OBJ
tained control on the second day Of
the strike. was on hand and presided.
He spoke, and so did Mcqueen and
Galleano, and the latter. worked his
'countrymen into frenzy. Then Nc
Queen leaped into control of the meet
Ing. He called for vote on the ques.
ton Of calling for general strike Of
all branches of the silk trade. All voted
in favor and committee was ap-
pointed to consider means for bring
ling the silk workers out. Galleano
was one of this committee. It was
gathered amid q babel of tongues and
A Scene Of Confusion.
Five minutes later Galleano emerged
from the group shouting something in
Italian. Instantly a mob had formed
about him. Into it rushed the Italians
and then the other foreigners and
moment later the mob, led by Gale
ano, swept down Belmont avenue.
A quarter of q mile down Belmont
avenue stands the Columbia mill, a
silk ribbon factory. The doors had
been locked when the mob appeared,
but they were forced open, and with
the crash of the doors came a volley
of stones which riddled the windows
in the front of the building. President
Grossgebauer telephoned for the po-
lice. Stones rained into the Office and
flew about his head. Twenty young
women on the first floor stood at bay
and threatened to fight and the weav-
ers on the second floor came to their
aid. William Westerfeld, the leader
of the ribbon workers strike eight
years ago, took command. He directed
those in the place to leave and de-
nounced the anarchists.
When the operatives were out OF
the Columbia the mob swept on down
Belmont avenue. Several members OF
the Group of Existence, Bresci's old
comrades, with Galleano at their head,
were lin the lead. A half mile march
brought the mob to the Cedar Cliff
mill, where they stayed until all were
out =
Just beyond the Cedar Cliff is the
Rynewarner mill. The
>" Doors Were Burst Open
there and the men and girls were
found ready to 60 out and waiting or
ders from the New York office. When
this was seen the rioters did nothing
but wait until the mill was closed.
The next place visited was cotton
braid factory. 1t seemed to make no
difference to the mob whether it was
in any way connected with the silk
trade or not. The women became hys-
terical as the bowling rioters climbed
into the windows and burst in the
doors. Mr.. Reinhardt, the owner, or
dered his employees to quit for the day.
The mob rushed through the cotton
works and did much damage and then
poured on down the street to Bamtord
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