The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-29
BLOODSHED FEARED
DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES IN THE
500 ARE RIOTING.
DRINKING AND IN BAD HUMoR.
LEADERS STIR UP TROUBLE WITH
EXPLANATORY TALKS.

ONCE building of Consolidated Lake
Superior Co. Attacked and One
Floor Wrecked-MOb Numbers u
Thousand and Is Increasing-Look-
ing for COyne, Who Keeps Out of
Sfsht-MOb's Demand That Com
pany House and Feed Its Mem
bers Complied With--Two of Rior,
crs Shot.
Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Sept. 2S.-To-
night the situation in the Canadian
500. which fhas been the scene of Sc
rious rioting by the discharged en-
ployes of the Consolidated Lake SUI
perior Company all day is very grave.
No reinforcements of militia have ar
rived from outside and the only de-
Tense against the mob, which grows
hourly, is more or less demoralized
police department and a small COM
pany of militiamen.
An assault upon the Office building
by the mob early this afternoon be-
fore 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, de-
stroying everything movable that
came in their path. A crowd of the
office staff with drawn revolvers pre-
vented their gaining access to the up
per floors of the building. Every Win
dow and door in the building is
smashed in.
The arrival of the troops on the
grounds armed with ball cartridges
about 2 o'clock served to restore some
semblance of order. The rioters then
contented themselves with throwing
stones at the building and hurting in
vectives at the soldiers who estab-
lished dead line" and prevented any
approach toward the building by any
of the rioters.
Mob Made Up of Foreigners.
The greatest number of the mob are
and Frenchmen, the latter perhaps the
hardest of all to handle. All have been
drinking more or less, although the
bars this afternoon finally obeyed the
order to close up. The mob is one that
cannot be reasoned Win and the man
they seem most anxious to get at is
MIR. Goyne, 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 a conference and demanded
that the company house the men in
their hotel and boarding houses and
feed them until the money for their
wages is forthcoming. In order to APP
pease the crowd this demand was
granted and the men have taken pos
session of the White House, a Large
boarding house operated by the COM
pany.
Provisions are being sent there to
feed them and the men propose to hold
a monster mass meeting at this place
tonight. AS their leaders are making
the most inf1ammable sort of speeches,
grave fears are entertained for the out
come after this meeting adjourns.
Police Told to Shoot.
1t is estimated that there are 1000
men in the 500 tonight, and these are
reinforced by all the idle rabble in
town. A train carrying 400 more woods
men is expected to arrive on the AL
gonna Central tonight. The local po-
lice force is being strengthened by the
addition of all the deputies who can be
found, each man being given badge
and a revolver and ordered to use the
latter whenever necessary.
Considerable feeling has been arous-
ed over the shooting of two Frenchmen
by the police during the trouble this
morning. The rioters claim that the
officers use their revolvers when it was
unnecessary. Neither of the men is
fatally hurt, however.
The mob threatens an attack upon po-
lice headquarters with a view of af-
fecting the release of all the men who
have been arrested. Both this build
ing and that occupied by the fire de-
partmbent is guarded against attack.