Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-10-01
OFFICE ASSAULTED.
Discharged Employees Who Want
Pay Commit Lawless Acts.
TIE mob TRIED TO GET An OFFICIAL.
nat He DIscrsstly Kept Out Of sight-Cea-
siderable Feeling Aroused By the shoot
ing Of Two Rioters BY the Police
" More Riots Feared.

nat He DIscrsetly Kept Out Of sight-Ooa-
siderable Feeling Aroused By the Shoot
ing Of Two Rioters by the Police
More Riots Feared.
6auIt Ste. Marie, Mich, Sept To-
Last night the situation in the Cana
dian 500, which has been the scene
of serious rioting by the discharged
employees Of the Consolidated Lake
Superior company all day. was very
save. No reinforcements of militia
have arrived from outside. and the
only defense against the mob. which
grows hourly, Is q more or less de-
moralized police department and o
small company Of militiamen. An as
sault upon the office building by the
mob early yesterday afternoon. before
The arrival on the ground of troops,
was successful and mass OF frenzied
rioters secured possession OF the
ground floor Of the building. Destroy
ing everything movable that came In
their path. A crowd Of the Office stan,
with drawn revolvers, prevented their
gaining access to the upper floors OF
the building. Every window and
door in the building ia smashed in.
The arrival Of the troops on the
grounds, armed with ball cartridges,
about eight o'clock served to restore
some semblance Of order. The rioters
then contented themselves with throw
ing stones at the building and hurting
inyectives at the soldiers, who estab-
iished dead line" and prevented any
approach toward the building by any
Of the rioters. The greatest number
Of the mob were ignorant Italians,
Firms. Norwegians and Frenchmen,
the latter perhaps the hardest OF all
TO handle. All had been drinking
more or less, although the bars yes
terday q'ternoon obeyed the order to
close up. The mob was one that can
not be reasoned with, and the man
they seemed most anxious to get at was
Mr.. Coyne, the assistant manager,
who. In the absence Of Mr.. Shields. Is
An charge Of the works. Mr.. Coyne
discreetly kept out OF signt al gay.
Late yesterday afternoon the Leaders
OF the mob held o conference anu az
Inanded that the company mousse the
men in their hotel and boarding house
and feed them until the money ior
their wages 10 forthcoming' In oroer
10 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.
It Is estimated that there are S,VOo
men in the 500 and these are rem
forced by all the Idle rabble In town.
The local police force Is being
strengthened by all the deputies VINO
can be found, each man being gwen
q badge and revolver and ordered
to use the latter whenever necessary.
Considerable feeling has been aroused
over the shooting OF two Frenchmen
by the police during the trouble yes
tefday morning. The rioters claim
that the officers used their revolsers
when II was unnecessary. Neither OF
the men Is fatally hurt The mop
threatens an attack upon ponce heau-
quarters with view Of effecting the
release Of all the men who have been
arrested. Both this building and that
occupied by THE fire department 10
guarded against attack.
The mass meeting Of the men held
last night in the white house." the
biz boarding house Of the company
which has been turned over to the
men, was Unexpectedly quiet and or
Derby. An attempt was made to al
lay the passions Of the men by an Of
fer made by the Brotherhood Of
Woodsmen, an organization main
tained among the lumbermen. to fu 7.
nish an attorney nls 70, u =, S S,s hands