The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-09-29
RI0TING 1T THE 500.
Employees of Consolidated
Lake Superior Co. En-
ragged at Not Re-
ceiving Pay.
BREAK INTO The OFFICES.
DESTROY EVERY THING THEY
CAN Lay HANDS ON.

&1IASA As0 - @NAsA
CAN Lay HANDS ON.
All che Windows and the Door Smashed
Troops aud Fire Department Orr
dered Out-severaI Streams of Water
Turned ON the Mob which Falls Back
"A Dead Line OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Posted by the Company.
SauIt ste Marie, Mich. Sept. 2S.-To-
night the situation in the Canadian
500, which has been the scene Of serious
rioting by the discharged employees Of
the Consolidated Lake Superior COM
pany all day, is very grave.
A meeting of the employees Of the COM
pany was held in Barnes hall this
morning and its proceedings were of the
most heated character. The particular
grievance which seemed to have in
famed the men to acts Of disorder was
the promises of pay to-day when the
men who made the promises, the em-
ployes believe, knew they could not be
fulfilled. Inmedfatly after this meeting
adjourned the men went in body to
the office of the company determined to
get their money or "get satisfaction
as they put it.
The doors Of the office were locked
and guarded by the police and all the
men got was a bulletin posted on the
door which read as follows:
"Oficers and Employees Of the Console
dated Lake Superior Company:
'The president and directors in New
York have been unable to raise the
money to pay to-day the wages and
salaries now due the men and officers
of the company. Advices received from
New York this morning indicate that
our president and directors have a plan
to raise the money necessary to not
only pay the men but to start up the
works that seems to promise success.
The plan has the endorsement and
promised support OF Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
the premier of Canada. and G. w. Ross,
premier of Ontario, and 1t is expected to
produce the necessary money inside Of
thirty days. While we regret very
much the inability of the company to
pay to-day the fact remains that there
is no money to pay with.
There seems to be only one thing
left for them to do and. that is to accept
offers Of work elsewhre, leave their
checks with friends, responsible attor-
neys or business men to collect for them
when the company pays. Bear in mind
that your wages will have to be paid
ultimately and constitute just oblga-
tion against the company which all the
property and other assets will be liable
for
This notice, instead of allaying the
excitement of the crowd, which by this
time was estimated to number 1900
made them furious and despite the ef-
forts of the combined strength of the
local police force and the company's
private police force, rocks and other
missiles soon filled the air, directed
at the windows Of the office buildings
The assault was successful and a mass
Of frendzied rioters secured possession
of the ground floor Of the building, de-
stroying everything movable that came
in their path. A crowd of the office
staff with drawn revolvers prevented
their gaining access to the upper floors
of the building. Every window and
door in the building Is smashed
Someone then turned in an alarm Of
fire with view of using the fire hose
urson the n1oz. The firemen turned sew
eral streams on the crowd and drove
them quite distance from the build
ing.
The arrival Of the troops on the
grounds armedwith a b II cartridges
about o'clock served to restore some
semblance of order. The rioters then
contented themselves with throwing
stones at the building and hurting in
yectives at the soldiers, who estab-
lished dead line and prevented any
approach toward the building by any Of
the rioters
No re-enforcements Of militia have
arrived from outside and the only de-
Tense against the mob, which grows
hourly, is more or less demoralized
police department and small company
of militiamen.
The greatest number of the mob are
Ignorant Italians, Finn, Norwegians
and Frenchmen. the latter perhaps the
hardest Of all to handle. All have been
drinking more or less, although the
bars this afternoon obeyed an order to
close uo. The mob is one that cannot
be reasoned with and the man they
seem most anxious to get at is Mr..
Coyne, the assistant manager, who in
the absence of Mr. Shields, is in charge
of the works. Mr.. Coyne has discreetly
kept out of sight all day
Late this afternoon the leaders of the
mob held conference and demanded
that the company house the men in
their hotel and boarding house and feed
them until the money for their wages
is forthcoming. In order to appease the
crowd this demand was granted and
the men have taken possession of the
white House, a large boarding house
operated by the company. Provisions
are being sent there to feed them.
An attempt is being made to put the
street car system in the Canadian 500,
which suspended operations this morn
ing after an attack had been made up
SGsntinusd on Eighth Rage.l.