Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-10-03
RIOTS ON MICHIGAN BOR
DISCHARGED EMPLOYEES ON
ADAM 500 RESTLESS.
Can Not Get Their Wages--iansI
Foreigners Are 5Lamed--can Nc
Reasoned With--They Attacked
Office Building--Destroyed &,
thing on Ground Floor.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Sept
The situation in the Canadian
which has been the scene of seri
rioting by the discharged emplc
of the Consolidated Lake Supe
company all day, is very grave. h
reinforcements OF militia have arri
from outside, and the only defe
against the mob. which grows hou
is more or less demoralized pol
department and small company
militiamen. An assault upon the of
building by the mob early in the aft
noon, before the arrival on the grou
OF troops, was successful and a ma
of frenZied rioters secured possessi
OF the ground floor of the building,
stroying everything movable that car
in their path. A crowd of the Off
staff, with drawn revolvers, prevent
their gaining access to the upper foo
of the building. Every window al
door in the building was smashed.
The arrival of the troops on Il
ground armed with ball cartridge
about o'clock served to restore son
semblance Of order. The rioters the
contented themselves with THROWN
stones at the building and hurting II
vectives at the soldiers, who estaE
lished dead line" and prevented an
approach toward the building by an
of the rioters. &
The greatest number of the mob ar
ignorant Italians, rims, Norwegian
and Frenchmen, the latter, perhaps
the hardest of all to handle. All have
been drinking more or less, although
the bars have obeyed the order to
close. The mob is one that can not be
reasoned with and the man they seem
most anxious to get at is Mr.. Coyne,
the assistant manager, who in the abb
sence of Mr. Shields is In charge of
the works. Mr.. Coyne has discreetly
kept out of sight all day.
| Late in the afternoon the leaders of
the mob held conference and de-
handed that the company house the
men in their hotel and boarding mousse
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 pos
session of the White House, large
boarding house operated by the COM
pany. Provisions are being sent there
to feed them. AS their leaders are
making the most inflammable sort of
speeches, great fears are entertained
for the outcome of a proposed meet
| ing.
Attack on Cars Feared.
An attempt is being made to put the
streetcar system In operation in the
Canadian 500, which suspended opera
| tons after an attack had been made
on it. Inasmuch as most OF the rioters
were not in the streets at the time this
trial was made, no disorder occurred.
1t is estimated that there are 10000
men in the 500 and these are rein
forced by all the idle rabble in town.
The local police force is being
strengthened by all the deputies who
can be found, each man being given
a badge and a revolver and ordered to
uoC ih0 ihlICi WHcH6FeT 06CeSShFy.
Much feeling has been aroused over
the shooting OF two Frenchmen by
the police during the trouble this
morning. The rioters declare that the
officers used their revolvers when it
was not necessary. Neither of the
men are fatally hurt.
The mob is planning an attack on
police headquarters with the object Of
releasing the men who have been cap
tured.
The problem today's developments
has 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.
A meeting OF the employees of the
company was held and it's proceedings
were said to be of the most heated
character. The particular grievance
which seems to have infamed the
men to acts of disorder was the prom
Use of pay today, when the men who
made the promises, the employees be-
lieye, knew they could not be fulfilled.
Immediately after this meeting adj
journed the men went in a body to
the office Of the company, determined
to get their money or get "satisfac-
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