The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-02-02
Nonunion Operatives Were Hooted
and Jeered, but the Cars Were Not
Molestcd by the Strikers.
STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNOR
HE Is DETERMINED THERE SHALL
BE NO MORE DISORDER.
Strike in n SmeIter at Deadwood, 8. ID.
Pullman Car Company Cuts Down
Its Employees Hours Of Labor.

WATERBURY, Conn. Feb. Light
companies of the First Regiment. Con-
necticut National Guard, and six COM
panies of the Second Regiment. with two
Gatling guns were called to Waterbury
tonight at the command Of Governor
Chamberlain. because OF 1.-The imperative
need" occasioned by the trolley strike Sit
uation. The riot about the streets last
night, coupled with threats OF further dis
turbance tonight led TO the call for troops.
There was repetition to-day OF the
violence OF last night. but crowds congre-
gated about the streets and had to be dis
persed by the police. while there were
rumors of an attack to be made to-aight
on the car barn, where the nonunion mo-
tormen and conductors brought here by
the Connecticut Railway and Lighting
Company are quartered.
During the day all the lines were operated
usual with the nonunion trolley men.
but though there was some hooting and
jeering from the crowds. the cars were not
molested. No cars were run after dark.
Companies q and a of this city, a part or
the Second Regiment OF the Connecticut
National Guard. were called to their ar
mory Just before o'clock this evening
and remained there under orders
Governor Chamberlain. when asked why
the militia had been ordered out. said:
Because the situation demands IL. / had
hesitated about il. but every effort has
been made by the local authorities In Wa
terbury to avert violence, and to-day IL
seemed apparent that wisdom dictated
prompt and energetic action If law and
order and the welfare of the city and
State were to be conserved.
Fourteen companies of the First and Sec
ond Regiments, Z. ~. e.. reached this city
this evening. and together with the two
local compan nies, A and q. are under COM
mand of Brig. Gen. RUSSELL Frost, of south
Norwalk. All the visiting companies. which
average fifty men each. and with the local
companies total 500. arrived in the city be-
tween $40 and 1918 on trains from New
Haven and Hartford, and marched TO the
armory Under police escort. amid the hoot-
ing and kissing of the crowds that quickly
gathered.
Companies A, B, r and * of Hartford.
l. of New Britain and ID of Bristol arrived
under command OF Colonel Edward Schulze.
They brought with them two machine gun
batteries. Company G of Manchester. and
Company of Rockville. also brought Cat
ling guns
When the Second Regiment contingent,
consisting of Companies B. g, ID, and +
of New Haven. arrived. the streets were
crowded with people and there was a noisy
demonstration, though there was no sign OF
active violence. Cries of ''Scab' were fire.
quent along the route TO the armory. Late
tonight one company ordered TO the
car barns, and there was great excitement
among those who witnessed the departure.
Violence continued to-day, though no Sc
rious damage was done. One of the injured
nonunion motormen, who Is I'm a serious
condition, was ordered to be removed to the
hospital. Three nonunion men were on
their way to the hospital for a stretcher
when "a mob of several hundred men and
boys assailed them with stones. The men
and found refuge in the hospital. The
mob surrounded the building and became
so threatening that the superintendent tel
ephoned TO the police for protection. Three
officers were sent up, and they succeeded
i'm dispensing the mob, but when asked
TO escort the men back TO the car barns,
IL is said. they refused. This evening a
squad of officers escorted them to the car
barns. About twenty nonunion men have
been injured in the riots