St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-10-07

anG platforms. There were also
several shots fired from the train
The men attacked naturally retail
ated, and there were numerous hand
to-hand encounters and occasional
\ shots.
|g Almost miraculously the only
serious injury which resulted was
that sustained by Mr.. Montgomery
Whose skull was fractured by brcik-
pat thrown by one of the strike
breakers Several other McComh
citizens sustained minor scratches
and hurts.
rs "One of the features of the trouble
resented most strongly by our Deo-
Ole was the general use of profanity
and obscene epithets by the strike
breakers, heard, as it was, by sever
al ladies of the town.
S Soon after the clash a number of
the strikebreakers were arrested
Ii was not long after this that the
train pulled out, and when it reach
ed the outskirts of the city
oI IT WAS FIRED UPON
by some persons whose identity Is
unknown. The people of this town |
are naturally stirred deeply over the
loccurance, but believe that no law
llessness will be- committed hv nnr
people and that order will be main
tanned under the direction of the
sheriff and the police authorities.
McComb City is town of several
housand inhabitants, made up al
most entirely of employees of the Illi-
nois Central shops. 1t is claimed
that more than 900 of the shop-
men are on strike here,
The people of the town general ,
ly, OF course, take sides with the +,
issr1Eers, and the version of the
trouble at the depot as given by Mr..
Hewett is that generally expressed I
here. eN'''A :
Durant Has Visit. r
| sDurant, Miss Oct. 3.-seyerai t
persons We're Injured to-day in a =
clash between citizens of Durant and =
| party of strikebreakers destined
| Tor points south Eof Jackson on the t
illinois Central Railroad. b
The report of the attack on strike II
breakers appearing in the Jackson !.
newspapers is not based on facts, 10
They We're not attacked by the e.
citizen of Duranf The strike al
breakers attempted to enter stores n,
mere with the purpose of raid. but =.
were repulsed by citizens. VI
They did enter several negro If
houses on the right of way, taking
half-cooked food from the stoves la
vessels, etc., and all is quiet and Sc n,
rene here. Abeut twenty strike
breakers were consigned to Durant ne
to-day ON No. 3, but thought better wi
or the situation upon their arrival da
and refused to leave the train from :,
seeing a few citizens standing on the
station grounds. pr
Tr
Stop at Winona. > !
. Winona. Miss, Oct. 3.-strike- tus
breakers on train going south, The
shout $50 Tuesday, gtopped over in -, =,
The city and paid 4 isitlto the gro. q old 'l1
sffFE sfT9Eefa store Rf z ,SeprerKcrssrnss y y
won't MI to a watering trough on Front tic
street. where they secured water, rel
ben going across the street to Spen-
eEr's store two or three went in, and
&pon pretense of buying some
hing, engaged the attention of the to-
Jerk. when upon a whistle being q
Naown by one of the strikebreakers, ..
ek., whole crowd OF men, proDaDly VII
hout seyenty-five, rushed into the er
&orc, seizins whatever was near We
DIST to them.
| Mr. John Ward, who was in front 6.
3pf the store at the time, attcmped to III
Rdriye them back, knocking several
os them down, but he could not stop BIZ
Ethem. They seized somewhere be- or
Tween $40 and $25 worth of gro =,
Sceries from Mr.. Spencer. They ran ~ =,
to catch the train, which would nave u
left them in town to have been dealt tt
\ with had not the other srrlkebreak-
| ers on the ten cars. thrown on the
| emergency brakes, which stopped the
train until they could get on. In
! dignant over the lawless metnods
kof the men, telephone message was r
Issent to Durant to be on the LOOKOUT
lewhen the train should arrive lnele.
r. ;s understood that the citizens b
hook the warning, and when the S
rt r;ke kehreakers left the train with q
liseeming purpose of repeating their
lnrevions offense they were met by
u rain Of brickbats and other mis- e
Ns;,. and heat hasty retreat back to I
Tic cars. .A4 +ho I
ueant no harm by entering the store,
and that they meant to pay for what S
L.lay cot. They deny that they re- {
,,sed to pay for the food they got,
ID the railroad offers to make good
NV damages that prove to have been
.1Isnstained by citizens. f.
I ou Governor Noel Acts.
1.ekson. Miss, Oct. 3.-Late to-
4 ~ht information of disorder at NC
Z, rnnb city reached Governor Noel,
Who promptly took steps to mobilize
snnh mart of the National Guard as
: abt he available. After confer
= e nnee with Adjutant General Fridge 1t
aas decided to call out the two COM
s;os "as at Natchez and that OF Brook
> haven. haven with General Fridge IN charge.
,, nrders were sent out aceordsngly,
: ona General Fridge and Captain
u u eherman, % of the general staff, lett on
~ on ha1.ted train for the scene OF ac-
:. 1s.an Following is the text OF Gov
LII Noel's order tonight, copy
elhul uh;ch was wired General Fridge
Ia -, ~ ronte by Captain Edgar N. corey
q focting abiutant general:
L Il .1,o Arthur Fridge, Adj General;
y am in receipt OF information
y at . riot is in progress in McComo
II ssv Miss. and is beyond the controi
US ss'5 iha nower of the civil authorities
avou are hereby ordered at once
re re +aIe such action as may be neces-
no IN have such parts OF tfe Ma
- lnsyoI Guard as may be needed con-
VI aAod to MeComb City at the earhes.
e.;ce1 time. When there ana
81 on their way the troops are OF
'Ae 10 take such action and to use
force and arms as may be nee
hen ana