The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-07-22

~, ~ alt.mta Mas msds 10 do The
saan Nloirnrr bat he vas told iiAiiif
that il aosii le better faF him 10 leave.
Announcement Mas made Mednesip
that tram seald hs sehi 10 New Ton,
slon on srh1lale time and hnn,iss ~
~ hs,a ~hea the train earled lnia The
.talian AZ $50 in charge u Asrn, enth'
sae aha made u up, The agent sss
so.lnaiurudly ehaifed for hls ABILITY 10
sereo a. oondariof, brakeman, hAssAss
master aud yard master, No attempt
aas msis To- assist hum IN making ~ his
tram. 1, Was announced that tfalh
asala arrive irssm Nes London On Time
aud the whistle af an engine ~ The sAia
bFoaght The strikers and sl,ss 'ainis On
fun To the lower end q The PLATFORM
nl.rfo the train stopped. II vas The hrst
ren,ral Vermont passenger iiain 70
Atfivs since the hsginning oi the sithe
.n1 A. The crew oi siIike'bfeaksfs Alishs'
~ tbef- was q murmur oi anger from
thr thIoais IL the strikers, The ifain
aas IN charge oi spccial oiiiorf Harry
Ihompsnn and four he'nfcaAer'
Thompson wore no uniform ana hls Tam
They began 90 show the white leather
,shen thr strikers began 10 ihtrffpsate
them. Two Young fellows without collars
~ n.ckt,.s were 20 badly frightened that
,b., actually shook when told by the
.,,l.r. moi 20 retufn 20 Bfattleboro.
Thompson offered no retort 10 many
ep,the,s hurled at him and did not deny
the accusations Of the strikers ina, ne
had been dismissed from an ofsahisa"on
~ railroad men, In fact he made no
r,ply 10 either questions or insults; lhn
train crew took the regular New London
train hack leaving Braitleboro at io11.
The baggage man on this tram was 20
| h.lly frightened that he orouched on Q
nj. az trunks and told the strikers that
he would not come back again, and nc
kept his word.
1 From the moment that II became esr
] dent that the Central Vermont manage
ment had secured strike.breakers enough
40 start the trains all Of the strikers pre-
nared 10 convert the new men as last
A. they arrived. Wednesday afternoon .
/ crew az new men came from New LONDON
and with one exception the men joined
the ranks OF the strikers. The other
man was acting as railroad detecuve;;
One OF the strike'brcakers called heduy
was without a cent OF money and almost
| famished when he landed IN brat,ieooIo'
Ua was fed and agreed to leave town,
which he did yesterday morning. when
the New London train arrived Wednes'
J,v evening n different crowd OF green
| men came with il and the strikers gatn-
4 a,aJ ahout the train steps and baggage
/ car doors endeayoring to add the new
men to the strikers forces. The baggage
man was plainly an amateur and peiore
\ he could unload the baggage onto truck
someone signalled the conductor 70 osss
man could pull the signal rope the tram
had been started back. :,
! That the strike-breakers realized the
,emper OF the strikers was shown when
the train crew closed the doors and the
engineer backed the train into the yard
without the conductor registering at the
end OF his run. The car doors were
locked and the men remained IN the cars
during the night. For some time a num-
Der Of strikers gathered about the liam ~
and urged the new men to quit the )oo.,
a camp of strikers has been established
south OF the Central Vermont round;
bouse and about 30 men may be founa
i there every night. No general disposi-
t;on was shown to molest the new men
Wednesday evening though someone
threw a stone and hit one of the men IN
the back of the neck The strikers as
claim the responsibility, for TINS ac',
Yesterday morning when the 10 saa .rs,a
was made up for New London ragReo
individual appeared ready to- take his
nlace as brakeman, He told the strikers
That they need not worry about ms re.
tnrn;nc He said that he did not beiieyyee
ltLat he was born to be hung and wouu
be he" clad to accept the admonition not 10
return. 81, So.
The arrival Of the 10 o'clock New Lon
don train Yesterday morning was awaited
by crowd of people and when the train
pulled into the station with Special
officer Harry Thompson in charge there
was talk among the strikers OF a decided
" uncomplimentary nature and referring
directly to Thompson. 1t was soon dis
covered that one Of the strike breakers
who came to Brattleboro Wednesday and
returned to New London under % promise mise
that he would not return had violated
his pledge. The man was reviled and
during a war of words that ensued be-
tween the man and several strikers some
one made feint at hitting the strike.
breaker. He hit out to defend himself
and. it is claimed accidentally, hit man
named Gonyer. Gonyer. went at the
strike-breaker and for about half
minute there was considerable excite,
in the face and kicked by the pugilist and
several others endeavored to get at the
man who was pinned down on the plat
1 form. He was kicked in the stomach
and about the head before he could break
away from his assailants. When he
managed to get to his feet he made q
break through the crowd, dashed away
4 from the station and went across the
bridge into New Hampshire as fast as his
trembling legs would propel him. ny
this time the temper Of the strikers and
sympathizers was aroused and Special
Officer Thompson was engaged in g dig
cussion with several strikers. 1t. Is
claimed by strikers that he attempted to
draw a revolver. At any rate half
dozen or more men sprang at hlm ana
pinioned him against one OF the iron
posts supporting the train shed, and his
arms were drawn behind him in a way
that left him powerless. The man begged
for help and was released though no at.
) this time another strike-breaker was dis
covered near the station and it required
only few minutes urging upon the part
Of the strikers to induce him to follow
his colleague across the river into New
Chairman E. J. Waterman Of the
board of bailiffs was at the station short
ly after the affair with Thompson, but
turned hmD to New London. Mr.. Waterman
was asked by Conductor 7. J. OBrien to
be present at a meeting Of the strikers
which had been arranged for the after
/ noon in Festival hall. It became known
Yesterday noon that the railroad officials
had requested better police protection
for the company's property and employees
! at this point, and it was expected that
| some action was to be taken in the
matter after the meeting :.
1 At 2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon 20
1 men including idle engineers and firemen
gathered in Festival hall, which had
been placed at the disposal of the, strik-
1 ers by Chairman John Calvin, and were
i oddressed hv several citizens. The speak