Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-03

A mob of the discharged employees Of
the Consolidated Lake Superior COM
pany, after being put OF with promises
when they demanded their promised
wages Monday, broke away from all the
restraint large force of special police
could exert. and smashed every window
In the magnificent Office building of the
company in tho Canadian 500, charged
upon the street cars, and demanded that
the conductors and motormen join them,
and were only prevented from doing fur
Their damage by clever ruse Of one Of
the company's officials, who turned in a
fire alarm to divert attention. Almost
every man in the crowd was armed, and
in the ugliest kind Of mood. A deter
mined assault was made upon one Of the
entrances Of the building, but tho door
was defended strenuously by those in
side, who fired large number Of shots,
none OF which, however, took any effect
The hardware store Of W. H. Plummer
& Co. was broken into Sunday night.
and every gun and revolver in stock was
stolen, together with all the ammunition
that could be found.
Militia Called Out.
The authorities have called out the To-
cal company Of militia, and have tele-
graphed an urgent request to Toronto
for both the regulars and more militia.
The local military company is small, and
totally incapable OF coping with the stu
alton
Inasmuch a. the police are helpless,
more rioting at this point seems sure to
ensue. A meeting Of the employees OF
the company was held in Barnes hall
Monday morning, and the proceedings
were Of the most heated character. The
particular grievance which seems to have
1ndamed the men to acts OF disorder was
the promises Of pay Monday, when the
men who made the promises, the en-
ployes believe. knew they could not be
fulfilled. Immediately after this meet
ing adjourned, the men went in a body to
the Office Of the company, determined to
get their money, or get satisfaction" as
they putt The doors OF the Offices were
locked and guarded by police, and all the
men got was a bulletin posted upon the
doors which read as follows:
Company Posts Notice.
Officers and employees of the Consol-
idated 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 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, premier Of Can
ada, and Hon. G. w. Ross, premier of
Ontario, and 1t is expected to produce
the necessary money inside of 30 days.
While we regret very much the inabil-
1ty 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 elsewhere, leave
their checks with friends, responsible at
torneys 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 a. just
obligation against the company, which
all the property and other assets will be
liable for"
Notice Infuriates Mob.
This notice, instead of allaying the ex-
element 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 To-
cal police force and the company's pri-
vate police force, rocks and other mis-
siles soon filled the air, directed at the
windows Of the Office building, inside of
which could be seen the officials of the
company. Efforts to secure admittance
to the building by members of the mob
were fruitless, although a determined at
tempt was made. Some one then turned
in an alarm of fire, with view of using
the fire hose on the mob. The f1remen
turned several streams on the crowd, and
drove them quite distance from the
building. This reduced the size of the
mob to proportions where they could be
handled by the police, and the rioters
were then: driven off the premises.
In fight over the arrest Of a French
woodsman at noon, two Frenchmen who
attempted to prevent the arrest were
shot by the police, one seriously.
&5~- Receiver Appointed.
New Haven, Conn, Sept. 29.-John G.
Carruth, OF Philade1ph president Of the
Industrial Trust and Savings company.
was Monday appointed receiver for the
Consolidated Lake Superior company by
Judge Plat, In the United States dis
trict court. His bond was placed at $10.-
900. Judge Lynde Harrison, of this city.
counsel for the company, said the com
pany consented to the appointment Of the
receiver. 81 s Sss.5 Il q
The application tor the recetvership
was presented BY Judge Walter G. Noyes
OF the firm Of Moves & Brandegee, OF
New London, IN behalf Of r. p. Rother-
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