The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-20
SERIOUS RIOTING
 FOLLOWS SHOOTING
TWO KILLED BY TROOPS DUR ING STRIKE DEMONSTRATION
 IN WALES.
Both Were Neutral Parties and Sen ious Disorders Follow Fatalities
 of Day.

| Llanelly, Wales, Aug. 19.-Riot Is rampant in Llanelly tonight, as the result of troops having fired upon a mob today, killing two men and ser liously wounding two others, all oI them alleged to nave been young lab orers who were in ne way connected with the railway strike. One of the men is said to have just arrived O. the scene, drawn there by curiosity The inhabitants of the town are greatly infIamed over the shooting, (which they consider unjustified and tonight rioting of a serious character broke out.
 Five hundred soldiers had to be hastily summoned to clear the streets |of angry men, while others are guard ing the electric power house and the public buildings, which the rioters threaten to burn.
 The house of a magistrate was raided and footed this evening. and another house and several railway cars loaded with provisions were burned.
 Llanelly is regarded as the Key West of Wales and disturbances have been constant here since the railway strike was declared. Several times the mob became So menacing that it was necessary to read the riot act.
 Today's affray occurred on Union Bridge close to the ra.@-sy station. An incoming train had been brought to standstill by the mol and several strikers jumped on the ensine and beat the engineer and firemSn.
 A platoon of soldiers - -e#t 10 the scene double quick ~~SSl the mob scattered up the steps o>yrloc~s the bridge and scaled walls into the near. by gardens. The angry men pro ceeded to tear down the walls and Lombard the soldiers with ,ricks An officer of the troops managed 
 for a time to placate the mob but the missile throwing was renewed. There. upon the soldiers fixed bayonets and | a magistrate read the riot act, the crowd meanwhile jeerIng and contln- uing the attack. When several sol diers had been hit the officers com manding fired their pistols into the air and the soldiers did likewise with their carbnes. The crowd, however, believing that only blanks were be- ing used, continued to jeer and throw missiles
 Then followed other shots from the troops, directly at the disturbers. one man sitting on Che wall was sIen to turn over backwards and fall, and three others dropped in their tracks. The mob then quickly scattered In terror.
 Rioting continued throughout the night and three more deaths were added to those of the afternoon, wbile many persons were injured. These casualties resulted from an lexpIosion during fire in the rail-
 way freight sheds, started by rioters. lThe local mob was joined tonight by l3>s00 tin plate workers. who also
 were incensed at the shooting of the
 men by the troops and, although 500
 militiamen guarded the railway line. the combined mob ont maneuvered them, tore up the tracks. footed the
 troop trair and secured large quan- ltity of ammunition and then barnaf
 the cars containig the soldiers equip
 met.
 Afterwards the rioters marched into
 the town, b. oke into the office of a justice of the peace, who had read
 the riot act, and threw his goods
 into the street.
 When the police and troops dispers-
 ed the rioters they again returned tc
 the freight sheds and set fire tc
 them. As the flames were licking ul
 the buildings a serious of exploslons
 occurred. The troops charged anc
 drove back he rIoters and then cx
 tingulshed the blaze.
 i Search of the ruins revealed the
 three bodies.
 In the streets and at the railway
 shed soldiers were compelled to make
 a number of bayonet charges. 1 Many persons, including women ana lchiIdren were wounded