Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-07-22
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Aside from loud talk there was no dis
turbance
The crowd gathered again at o'clock
when the New London train came In
with another strike breaking crew. The
strikers kept up their tactics of speaking
their minds freely. threatening a little and
then trying to induce the new men TO
quit. Money was offered freely as an
inducement and every one Of the crew
promised to quit work as soon as they
got back to New London. The crew
took the rs train down yesterday morn
ing. one passenger was on board. on
the whole. passengers are rather shy
about riding over the road. not only on
account OF the inexperienced train crew,
but from fear of possible trouble along
the road
Breaker Roughly Handled.
The first real trouble on account Of the
strike came yesterday morning soon after
the arrival of the New London train. y
gang of 10 strike breakers Were sent up
in addition "a the crew who manned the
train. and ii was the intention to use
some of these men as switching gang
in the yard and TO send the rest up with
the West River train. Harry Thompson,
detective for the Central Vermont rail-
road. was in charge of the train as con-
ductor and he was using his best iuiiu-
tDGt To lDfDtt inc strike breakers tD suck
to their work lie was walking up the
platform with one brakeman trying to
keep him from talking with the strikers,
when another of the new brakcmcn was
recognized by the strikers as man who
had promised the day before not to con-
tiuue working. Something was said 70
him that displeasod him and he struck
out at the nearest man. 1t happened to
be a Brattleboro young man who was not
connected with the railroad in any way.
lie did not take kindly to the blow and
before anyone could interfere he knocked
the helligerent brakeman down and be-
gan giving him a severe pummelling.
Others piled on and the brakeman was
kicked i'm the head and dragged about by
the hair until he was rescued by some Of
the less eNcitable strikers. He escaped
across the bridge to the New Hampshire
woods and remained there in hiding
through the day. Conductor Thompson
started to assist the brakeman. but he
was seized and backed up to an iron post
and held there until the fight was over
He shouted loudly for help. but no one
came to his assistance. He was relea sed
finally and escaped into a car.
Another of the strike breakers was
taken out of the car by the old railroad
men and argued with earnestly about the
adVisability of not returning to work
Some time was consumed in the argu-
ment, but in the end the man was pre-
vailed upon to stop work. The other
strike breakers remained in the train at
the lower end of the yard during the
trouble, but when the train started for
New London they all piled on with d
declaration that they never wanted to
see Brattleboro again. They had seen
the trouble and they did not want to stay
with the Battleboro railroad men any
longer than they had to. The departure
of these men left no crew to man the
West River train and 1t was not sent up.
| Council Of Peace.
A meeting in the interest of peace was
] held in the afternoon in Festival hall.
II was called by Patrick ]. O'Brien,
vice chairman of the committee of adjust
ment and Conductor r. F. Wheeler, and
was presided over by E. j. Waterman,
| chairman of the board of baliffs. After
brief Introductory statement by Mr.. Wat
erman Mr.. O'Brien made brief address
urging on the strikers the necessity of
maintaining good order so as to retain
the respect and sympathy OF the citizens
John Calvin, chairman of the board of
| selectmen, made a statement concerning
! the strike as II affected local conditions
trouble had arisen between the strike
breakers and outsiders. c. r. Crosby
| spoke appreciatively of the quality of the
men who had served the railroad and in
| dicated his belief that they would be taken
back soon in place of the unfit and I'M
/ trained men who had been put on. A. p
| Carpenter urged the strikers to stand
simply on their rights and they would re-
ceve the full sympathy of the Brattle-
| boro people. Mr. Waterman said that
he considered it a great compliment to
the strikers that no special police pro-
lection had been necessary at the Brat
tleboro station while at Island Pond a
| large force of IDENTITIES had been called
out Judge f. w. Gibson made a hit
with the railroad men by declaring that
he believed the strikers had a perfect