The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-19
Riot and BIOOdShed Mark Course Through Fac-
 tory District
WOMEN DRIVEN OUT AND
 INSULTEO BY STRIKERS
Mob Element Got Charge of Dye Work ers' Convention and Immediately
 Began Crusade on Mills,
 Causing Great Damage.

otCib bOiit IN. J.t June 1o.-lnlS ClLY was in the hands of a mob today and as a re- suit of the riots a 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 by stones and bull lets by the striking silk dyers' helpers or roughs acting for them. There were threats to resort to the torch, but so far nor Murphy for troops.
 There seems to be every indication that the riot was the result of a pre-arranged plan to involve the would-be peaceful element in the affair from the start Among the leaders of the trouble was man named Mcqueen and another named Galleano, the former an Englistman and the latter an Italian.
 This morning Chairman McGrath who has held the strikers in leash since he first obtained control on the second day of the strike, was on hand and presided. He spoke, so did Mcqueen and Galleano. and the latter worked his countrymen into frenzy.
 Mob Element In Control.
 Then Mcqueen leaped into control of the meeting. He called for a vote on the question of calling for a general strike and a committee was appointed to con slider means for bringing the silk workers out. Galleano was one of this committee. Five minutes later Galleano emerged from the group shouting something in Italian. Instantly a mob had formed about him. Into 1t rushed the Italians and then the other foreigners, and moment later the mob, led by Galleano, swept down Belmont avenue.
 A quarter of a mile down Belmont ave- nue 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 volley of stones which riddled the windows in the front of the building
 President Grossgebauer telephoned for the police.
 When the operatives were out of the Columbia the mob swept down Belmont avenue. Several members of the group, J3rescis old comrades. with Galleano at the head, were in the lead. A half mile march brought the mob to the Cedar AllII, MHtI6 llcy Sldg GU dIltil "CiO out.
 Burst Open Doors.
 Just beyond the Cedar Cliff is the Ryne Warner mill. The doors were burst open there and the men and girls were found ready to go out and waiting for orders from the New York office. The rioters wait ed there until the mill was closed The next place visited was cotton braid factory. The rioters climbed in windows and burst in doors. MT. Rheinhart, the owner, ordered his employers to quit for the day.
 The mob rushed through the cotton works ard did much damage, and then poured on down the street to Bamford Brcs.' mill on Cliff street. Here Patrol men Robinson, Swcetman, Keys ard De- tective Magte faced the mob for live minutes, telling them the employts had gone out by the rear and the works were clcsed. Over the main door hung sign reading: "Dyers' Helpers Wt nted' There was rush, and men leaping On the shoulders of others. tore 1t down Vol leys of stones were hurled at the officers and all four were struck several times section of the mob made for Banfcrd mill nearby. The police sought to head them off, but a shot was fired and bullet went through Robinscns right arm. It stag ger ed him and fe was reGaining his feet when a jagged lock hit him on the head, laying open .he scalp. Supported by his conra 1es Robinson Vas taken to the Bamford home The remaining three drove back the mob from the house and the attack on the mill was renewed
 he young women in the mill tried to get out and were driven back, but es- caped later by the resr exits.
 Reporter Struck by Mob.
 alr ll.ya aolr and one of her arms badly hurt. A re- porter who was in the mill was hit on the head with a stone and his scalp laid open The mill would have been wrecked inside as we'll as outside had not a patrol wagon loaded with officers charged through the mob on Clin street Stones rained down on 1t and none of the officers escaped. Patrolman Irving Post saw a man hurl a stone and fred the bullet striking the rioter in the neck. Be- fore the officers could get to the man he was hauled into the mob and hur- ried away. With revolvers drawn the of- ficers quickly deployed, and the mob fell back A block away Galleano again ap- peared and led the mob through Temple street to Pelgram ant- Myers mill, where the employees were compelled to come out Flushed with success the mob push ed across Main street to the New Jersey Silk Company establishment, where the employees were going out. At Levy's mill at River and Bridge streets the man. ager met the mob at the door and as sured the leaders that the employees were preparing to leave. When the mill was emptied the strikers moved on. They passed River street to the Laurel. the Empire and the Augusta mills. The lat ter mill was still full although shut down. The mob found this out and bursted in. They found themselves face to face with the women of the mill led by Mrs. Parker, determined to stand their ground. The women were thrust