Arizona republican., 1903-09-29
There Are Stirring Times in
 the Canadian SOO
LAKE SUPERIOR OREMPLOYES
Hay~ Possession of the Place and Are Engaged in Destroying the Prop erty of the Already Embarrassed Corporation.

night the situation in the Canadian Soo. which has been the scene of seri- ous rioting by the discharged employees of the Consolidated Lake Superior company all day, is very grave. No re-enforcements of militia have arrived from outside, and the only defense against the mob, which grows hourly, is a more or less demoraliZed police department and a small company of militiamen.
 An assault upon the office building by the mob early this afternoon be- fore the arrival on the grounds of the troops, was successful and 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 prevented their gaining access to the upper floors of the building. Every window and door in the building is smashed in.
 The arrival of the troops on the grounds, armed with ball cartridges about ? o'clock, served to restore some semblance of order. The rioters then contented themselves with throwing stones at the building and hurling in- vectives at the soldiers, who estab- lished a dead line" and prevented any approach toward the building by any of the rioters. The greatest num- Der of the mob are ignorant Italians, Films, NorwegianS and Frenchmen, the latter perhaps the hardest of all to handle. All had been drinking more or less. although the bars this after noon obeyed the order to close.
 The mob is one that cannot be req Soned with and the man they seem most anxious to get at is MT. Coyne, the assistant manager, who in the ab sence of MT. Shields is in charge of the works. Mir. Coyne discreetly kept out of sight all day. Late this afternoon the leaders of the mob held a con- ference and demanded that the com pany house the men in their hotel and boarding house and feed them until the money for their wages is forth coming. To appease the R,en this de mand was granted and the men have taken possession of the Whitehouse, a large boarding house owned by the company. Provisions are being sent there to feed the men and the men pro pose to hold a monster mass meeting at this place tonight.
 As their leaders are making the most infiammable sort of speeches, grave fears are entertained for the outcome when this meeting adjourns. An at tempt is being made to put the street car system in the Canadian Soo which suspended operations this morning af- ter an attack had been made upon it. into operation again. Two cars were sent out late this afternoon, heavily dnd Tho YaI rioters were not in the streets at the time this trial was made, no disorder occurred. but it is feared that when the meeting breaks up tonight the at tack upon the cars will be renewed.
 It is estimated that there are 1000 men in the Soo tonight and these are rc-enforced by all the idle rabble in town. A train carrying four hundred more woodsmen is expected to arrive on the Algona Central tonight. The local police force is being strengthened by all the deputies who can be found each man being given q badge and revolver and ordered to use the latter whenever necessary. Much feeling has been aroused over the shooting of two Frenchmen by the police during the trouble this morning.
 Tine rioters declare that the officers used their revolvers when it was not necessary Neither of the men are fatally hurt The mob threatens an attack on the police headquarters with view of effecting the release of all the men who have been arrested. Both this building and that occupied by the fire department are guarded against attack.
 The problem today's development 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 the men will get out of town by de- grees.
 The mass meeting of the men held to- night in the White House. the big boarding-house of the company which has been turned over to the men, was unexpectedly quiet and orderly An at tempt was made to ally the passions of the men by an offer made by the Brotherhood of Woodsmen, an organi- zation maintained among the lumber men, to furnish an attorney free of charge to collect all pay checks left in his hands. The meeting broke up without any particular confusion or disorder