Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-09-29
CANADIAN 800 RIOT
Employees of Consolidated
 Company Storm Offices.
TROOPS AWE THE FREyzIED MEN.
Mob Is COmposed of Italians, Films and Other Foreigners, Who Are Hard to Handle-MOre TrOu-
 b1e Is Hourly Expected.

Hard to Handle-MOre TrOu- D1e Is Hourly Expected. SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich, Sept. 29.-The situation in the Canadian Soo, l which has been the scene of serious
 rioting by the discharged employees of the Consolidated Lake Superior com
 pany all day, is very grave No re-en- 1 forcementss Of militia have arrived from
 outside, and the only defense against 1 the mob, which grows hourly, is more or less demoralized police department
 and a small company of militiamen. An assault. upon the office building by | the mob before the arrival on the ground of the troops was successful, and a mass of frenZied rioters secured possession of the ground floor of the building, destroying everything nova ble 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 ip the building is smashed in. The arrival of the troops on the grounds armed with ball car tridges served to restore some sem blance of order. The rioters then con- tented themselves with throwing stones at the building and hurling invectives at the soldiers, who established a dead line" and prevented any approach to- ward the building by any of the riot CTS.
 The mob is mainly composed of Ignorant Italians, Films, Norwegians and Frenchmen, the latter perhaps the hardest of all to handle. All have been drinking more or less, although the bars have finally obeyed the order to close up. The mob is one that cannot be reasoned with, and the man they seem most anxious to get at is MT. Coyne, the assistant manager, who in ! Ehe absence of MT. Shields is in charge of the works MT. Coyne has discreet ly kept out of sight.
 The leaders of the mob held confer ence and demanded that the company house the men in their hotel and board Ing house and feed them until the mon- ey for their wages is forthcoming. In order to appease the crowd this de
 mand was granted, and the men have taken possession of the White House, large boarding house operated by the company. Provisions are being sent there to feed them, and the men pro- pose to hold monster mass meeting at this place. As their leaders are making the most infiammable sort of speeches grave fears are entertained for the out come after this meeting adjournsg An attempt is being made to put the street car system in the Canadian Soo, which suspended operations after an at tack had been made upon it. into opera tisn again. Two cars were sent out heavily guarded. Inasmuch as most of the rioters were not on the streets at the time this trial was made, no dis order occurred but it is feared that when the meeting breaks up the at tack upon the cars will be renewed. It is estimated that there are 2,OOo men in the Soo and these are re-enforced by all the idle rabble in town A train crying 400 mere woodsmen is due to arrive shortly on the Algomar Central, and the local police force is being strengthened by the addition of ,au the i deputies who can be found, each man being given badge and a revolver and ordered to use the latter whenever nee essary. Considerable feeling has been aroused over the shooting of two
 Frenchmen by the police during the trouble. The rioters claim that the off,
 cers used their revolvers when it was
 unnecessary.
 The mob threatens an attack upon police headquarters with q view of eff Becting the release of all the men who have been arrested. Both that build ing and that occupied by the fire de pertinent are guarded against attack. 1, The problem that the developments have created is beyond the solution of
 any of the company officials on the ground. Apparently their only hope is
 that the anger of the mob will spend itself and that the men will get out of
 town by degrees
 The rioters are attacking the militia
 ut the works. The soldiers. who are being bombafded with rocks and all
 sorts of missiles, have so far refrained 1 from firing on the mob.
 Governor Mickey Fears Kidnapers.