Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-05
Band Of SO TerrOrizesToW
Of MOuItOnb0rO, N. H.
Residents Flee 10 Fields and
Woods as Men Shoot.
Dispute Over Pay-Gav. Bass Orders
Posse TO Scene.

MoultoHboro, y H., Aug. 4.-Parad-
| ing through the streets of this peace
! ful mountain town, so italian laborers
at work on the new summer estate of
Thomas c. Plant, the Boston million
aire, caused the large number OF sum
mer visitors here TO fee from the town.
and fought the citizens So savagclv
| that it was necessary to appeal to Gov.
| Robert p. Bass for help. COY. Bass
| ordered IiPh sheriff Herbert Burke Of
Madison 10 take his deputies and
hasten at once To the scene. Sheritf
Burke left tonight gathering his depu-
| ties and posse along the way, and ar
rived at this town with - armed men.
Pie laborers have been at work can -,
fSlHs ont the extensive plans Of Mr.
Plant . Improve large tract of land
he has bought near Ossipee Park To-
hi2at tRes received their fan paw for
| tHt nj GAGS service but We're not
etttH 'AeiF l2fe# back to Boston. winch
thu demanded. The fore@en i'm charge
! OF the lahorers were firm in their re-
fusal to pay the fares of the men back
to Boston and then the excitable for
ei*o=ia broke al restraint.
Ine' locked their foreman IN in
soiEe al the shanties, after heating
them and then ran Wild thruuph lha
| str. IS Of the town. They were armed
with knives and pistols, which they
| turned upon each other and. when the
t@whspeople attempted to Interfere.
turned upon them. They quickly
drove the citizens to safety within
doors.
he summer folks living i'm the vari-
Gus cottages in the vicinity fearing
That The foreigners, knowing that there
was no large police force in town.
would take advantage Of their aunro-
teetea state, He'd from tue town bv au-
teme3ile and carriage and on foot
seeking shelter at farm houses and
hotels on the outskirts as far fro,o
the scene Of the rioting as they could
get
The farmers and storekeepers of the
town IN vain tried to curb the ItaI-
ians. Every time a citizen appeared
10 argue with the men they turned up-
on him. threatened him with their
knives or pistols and drove him in
side some house. They fought among
themselves and bullets began 10 ily
until PANE reigned in TIE place
The town constable and his assistant
were powerless. The rioters We're in
an ugly mood ana felt thai they had
tie situation in their own hands.
The situation hecame quickly so Sc
rieus that the town sselectaeh tele.
phoned to Gov. Bass at Concord to
send mp q company Of state militia.
As it would have been difficult to have
gathered the militiamen together
quickly enough in this district the
governor telephoned to Herbert Burke.
at Madison. the high sheriff of Carroll
county. The sheriff lost no time in
gathering his deputies Borrowing an
automobile he sped for the scene.
arousing his deputies along the
way and instructing them to gather
posse as they went alone Before they
reached here they numbered 70 men
armed mostly with the hunting rifles
that are to be found in nearly every
New Hampshire farm house.
Among the summer folks here the
eituation appeared especially danger
Gus. Most OF the cottages are tucked
away in the woods and by lake sides
lin lonely places Most Of them offer
few chances for protection against
even a sman-size mob and men and
women and children gathered up such
valuables as could be easily packed
into a small compass aud He'd the best
they could. Darkness added to the ter
rog of the scene and the pistol shots
and angry cries OF fighting men spur
red the fugitiQes along in headlong
haste
When the Italians had finished their
I,1aY's work nj the Plant estate and