Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-03
MARTIAL LAW
At Waterbury, Ct, and the
People Are Dazed.
National Guardsmen Go on Duty
Amid Jeers and Kisses.
Further Disorder Expected-The In.
jured Men Doing Well.

trolly strills- The citizens were more
or less dazed not so much because of
the presence of state troops but because
| Of the conditions which had made nee
essary protection other than that af-
| forded by the local authorities. The
appeal to the high sheriff of the county
and through him to the governor of the
state came after q conference, Sunday,
of the more sober and conservative cit
izens of the town who, in spite of the
absence of serious violence, detected
symptoms of menacing conditions in
| the temper Of the crowds who thronged
the streets on the Sabbath and decid-
ed to err. if ut all on the side of over
precaution Waterbury as whole
was stunned by the announcement that
troops had been ordered out and the
arrival of the soldiers made the night
one of keen excitement.
Obedient to the orders from Gov.
Chamberlain, the commanding officer
of the militia exercised moderation in
the distribution of his men upon their
arrival and there was no offensive dis
play of bayonets and artillery. One
company of infantry was detailed for
guard duty. The rest of the armed
force was stationed on the local armory
at the car barn and elsewhere in the
city. The night brought forth no vi
oleDce of any kind. The soldiers were
everywhere met with jeers and Kisses.
but no stones We're thrown and the
threats Of incendiarism uttered earlier
in the day failed to materialiZe Cit
liens and soldiers, however alike dis
counted this comparative quiet explain
ing 1t by the fact that the trolley COM
pany had made no attempt to run its
cars Sunday night. The conservative
spectators of the situation awaited
developments not without some appre-
nension.
The officials of the trolley company
lad announced their intention to OPP
crate their lines on full schedule Mon
day, and promptly on time at $50 in
the morning the days schedule was
put into operation.
A company of infantry was des-
patched to Naugatuck where one of the
suburban lines had its terminus and
where hostile demonstrations have oc-
CURED during the preceding weeks of
the strike. No serious trouble was eX-
perienced during the early hours of the
day. however, and aside from the ten
sion occasioned by the presence of so
large Il body of militia the streets pre-
sented an appearance extraordinary
only because of the unusual numbers
Of persons about.
The strikers depolted themselves with
considerable dignity. Indeed they eX-
hibited more regard for law and order
10 Nd bni IN
sympathizels. but the members of the
union let it become known that they
viewed with Indignation the action of
the governor in detailing to Water
bury so great a force of troops, hold
ing that if troops We're necessary at all,
the two local companies would have
sufficed. The governor, however, an
nounced, Sunday night, that having
decided that troops were needed. he
was determined to have on the ground
q force ample to meet any emergency.
AS the forenoon wore on the excite
ment seemed to calm and Waterburians
simply waited for the coming of night
when trouble might deyelope
The streets about the business sec
ton We're thronged all the morning
and although number of arrests for
drunkenness We're made. there was no
serious disturbances. The blue uni
forms of soldiers off duty were con-
spicuous in the throngs and some fear
was expressed that trouble might arise
from this source. Officers of the COM
panies, however, said that by night
fall work would be found for all the
National Guardsmen so that there
should be no idlers i'll uniform.
Only five of the companies in the
city We're on active duty during the
morning. These companies were sta
toned at the car barn ana maintained
a regular guard there while the men
OF other companies remained at ease
in their Quarters in other streets in
squads of two or three. 1t was learned,
Monday, that permission to enter the
auditorium building and use it for
Guartering troops was refused by the
owner of the building. Sunday night.
Possession of the place was taken.
however, as military necessity III
spite OF the protest.
Gen. Mgr. Sewell of the Connecticut
Railway and Lighting Co.. says that
ears Will run on regular schedule day
and night from now on, and that SOL.
diers will ride as q guard on every car
after sunset.
Alexander winthrop. a non-union
motornian. who was pulled from his
car and beaten and trampled on by
the mob. Saturday night, was reported
at the hospital, Monday, as in a serious
condition. He is covered with bruises
and slight cuts. and the physicians fear
that he has internal injuries. Eighteen
other non-union motormen and con-
ductors are ut the car barns suffering
from injuries received, Saturday night.
All of them have wounds caused by
the fusiIade of stones and pieces of
flying glass.
Scarcely had the darkness of early
evening settled down upon this trolley
stiike-riGden city before Brig. Gen.
Russell Frost, commanding the troops
Of the Connecticut National Guard, be-
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