The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-11-14
First Clash Comes in Connection
With Lockout at Lamp Max.
ing Plant Friday Night
TWO DETECTIVES ARRESTED
Men Who Were Guarding Workmen
Taken Into Custody by Union Men
Who Had Been Named as
Special Police Officers

| just after O'Clock Friday evening
when detectives protecting non union
men who had been employed in the
| factory were ugnly handled by a mob
of union men and their sympathizers.
| The detectives were finally landed in
jail on charges of carrying concealed
weapons. None of the men was
badly injured by the mob and the
trouble was little more than free for
all fight.
| A crowd of several hundred union
men and their friends had gone to the
plant at closing 'me and had lined up
along the sidewalk leading from the
factory. When the non-union men
came out of the plant they were
jeered and hooted and the men on the
sidewalk brushed against them and
made life generally miserable for
them. The detectives in the employ
of the company attempted to protect
the ruen and it is claimed that IN do
ing this duty one of them threatened
to strike one of the men on the side
walk. This was the sigma for an in
cipient riot and some of the me41 on
the walk crowded about and De-
tectives E. p. Reid and Frank Peces-
chowski were struck with clubs. AT
this time WV. Britton and Raymond
Starr, two of the leading union men,
who had been sworn in as special
police officers, went into the crowd
and arrested the two detectives. The
non-union men returned to the fac
/ tory where they were cared for during
the reGt of the evening.
Few people had known of the ap-
pointment of Britton and Starr as
police officers, but it was leArned
later that these men and Charles Kill
bourne had been sworn in by the
mayor late yesterday afternoon on
the petition of ten aldermen. It was
stated that the men were sworn in as
special officers to aid in protecting
the plant of the company.
The two detectives were staken to
jail and booked on charges of assault
with intent to do great bodily harm,
but this morning they were arraigned
before Justice Donahue on charges of
carrying concealed weapons. A
change of venue was taken to Justice
McCarron and the case is being,heard
late this afternoon.
The managers of the plant went to
Mayor German this morning and
protested against the appointment of
leaders in the strike as police officers,
claiming that they could hardly ex-
pect the fullest protection of the city
for their men and their property if
men leading in the fight against the
plant were named as officers. They
claimed that both Starr and Kilbourne
had been active in the troubles at the
plant and were regarded as leaders of
the men alleged to be locked out,
while on the other hand Special Po-
lice Officer Britton is the chairman of
the political committee of the trade
unions. Mayor German insists that
the petition signed by the ten alder
men made the appointment of the
men an action of the Council.
The managers of the Badger pre-
sented new proposition for the pro-
lection of the plant to the mayor.
They requested that all detectives
EN- ployed by the company and all
special police officers heretofore ap-
pointed be called off and that the
chief of police be empowered to ap-
point eight men to have charge of the
plant as special police officers. The
mayor took this proposition under ad.
visement and promised to give his de-
cision this afternoon.
There was no trouble at the plant
at noon today, but large crowd Of
the men had assembled about the
street corner near the plant. During
the morning the managers of the
plant had employed chef and placed
cots IN the factory, so that it is MOI
thought that there will be any further
/ trouble on account of ASA ults on the
non-union men or detectives. The
managers of the company stated to
day that they were perfectly willing
to send all detectives out of the city
if the city officials would assure then
of protection.
Manager Wilson, of the Remer &
Wilson detective agency, was in Ke
nosha during the day, but he has only
two men on the ground and no NOR,
have been ordered.
The local police should be able t.
take care of the situation but tn,
managers of the plant seem to thinl
eight men who can give their entir,
time to the protection of the PLAN
aad preventing trouble would be nor,
acceptable.
The hearing of the two arrested de
tectives was continued until mex
Thursday by Justice McCarron anc
the men gave bonds of 500 to be or
thand at that time.
EMBROIDERY AND STAMPING
New designs for shirt waists. etc