Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1912-01-30

lturbances, City Marshal O'Sullivan
declared emphatically that Joseph ]
Ettor, the labor leader, was respon
sible for all of the trouble.
Are you planning to arrest Et-
tur?' the marshal was asked.
u do not know YET" answered the
officer.
Lunches Stolen from Children.
Thirty to forty school children car
| rying books and lunches were forced
to leave a car on Newbury street
Disorderly persons took the lunches
away from the children and trampled
the food into the snow and dirt in
the street The children were not
1 injured. 1t Is supposed that some of
the foreigners mistooh the young peo-
pie for mill employees on their way to
work.
Fifteen Arrests Made.
As a result of the rioting, eight per-
sons were arrested here and seven
were taken into custody in Methuen.
Children With Dinners Attacked.
The noon hour was generally quiet.
Z he strikers, however. were out in
large numbers and their especial prey
were children going to the mills with
dinners for their parents. In num-
ber of cases the strikers took the din
mel baskets away from the children
and trampled the food under foot.
Luigi Icona stopped a little girl with
basket on her arm in front of the
Iolice station and tried to get the food
away from the child. A loliceman
saw the act and arrested Icona.
Parades Now Forbidden.
There were no parades or mass
.T,-t.4 1,o
ed other evenings Of the strike. This
was due largely to an ultimatum issu-
ed by Colonel Sweetser, commander of
the military force in the city, who an
nounced tonight that he would allow
no more parading. With additional
militia Colonel Sweetser believes he
will be fully able to enforce his ulti-
matum. The military lines, which here
tofore have enclosed only the mill dis
trict, will be extended to other parts
Of the city, and while citizens general
ly will be allowed, when business re-
quires, to go into any section of the
city, they will do so at their own risk
The same conditions Will apply to to
any yho may be innocent onlookers at
gatherings or outbreaks on the
streets.
Extra Guard on Duty Last Night.
of infantry and two troops of cavIary
Of infantry and two troops of cavlary
| ordered out by Governor Foss today,
| fifty-five members Of the metropolitan
/ police force also reached the city to-
night and reported to the city marshal.
| Rumors that the strikers mighet at
! tempt to reach the mill district by
crossing the ice under cover Of dark
ness reached the military headquarters
! late tonight and as a result an extra
guard was placed on duty and every
thing placed in readiness to repeI such
an attack, should 1t develop.
School Committeeman Arrested.
Late tonight the state police, who
for more than a week have been in
vestigating the finding of dynamite
in different sections Of tho city, and
| who some time ago came to the con-
| clusiOn that the explosive was plant
| ed, and was nS5 intended for use by
| strikers, caused q sensation by arrest
! ing Schol Committeeman Breen, a son
of former Mayor John Breen, and one
Of the most prominent citizens of Law
renee.
Charged With Conspiracy to Damage
Property.
Breen was formally charged with
conspiracy to mar, deface and de-
| stroy' property. He was released un-
der $1,000 bonds, furnished by Al
drew B. Ahearn. Breen was a popular
man, and at the last city election re-
ceived the highest vote of any candi-
date for school committee. He is an
undertaken. The police tonight declin-
ed to discuss the arrest, except to say
that he will be in court tomorrow.
Militia Forced to Fire.
! Lawrence, Mass, Jan. 3o.--In repuls-
| ing an attempt of a body of strikers
to cross the Merrimack river into the
mill district, early this morning. the
militiamen fired their first shot of the
strike. No one was injured.