The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1912-01-16
EIGHT COMPANIES OF NATIONAL
GUARD OF MASSACHUSETTS
ORDERED OUT.
RIOTERS ARE CHARGED
Strikers Attempt TO Storm Doors OF
Cotton and WooIen Mills Where EN-
ployes Remain at Work and Are
Driven Back by Soldicrs--only One
Person Seriously Injured.

Lawrence, Mass, Jan. l5.--Eight
companies of state militia. including
one field battery, placed the mill dis
trlct OF this city under martial law
tonight, after day Of riotIng duo %
the strike OF $4,000 operatives In tho
cotton and woolen mills.
At least $1,000 other mill hands were
thrown out of work BY tho stopping
of machinery and the attacks on the
mills by the strikers.
In one Instance a company Of mill
tia had to charge q mob with fixed
bayonets, one boy being probably
fatally hurt, Thirty-fivc arrests of
armed rioters were made today and a
fnw strikers and mill employees We're
treated for bullet wounds.
Most OF the mills are expected to
reopen In the morning anh the militia
men have been instructed to uso
drastic measures to prevent n repoti-
ton Of today's outbreaks Even IL the
mills reopen, II ia expected they can
run only with reduced force, as the
strikers have trcbcd their members
since Friday.
wow want wage lHcTcabe.
Although the strike was instituted
only In protest against q reduction IN
pay because of tho operation of the
5i-hour law, making the working wecl,
two hours shorter, the strikers now
assert they will not return without a
l5 por cent increase and other con-
cessions, including double pay for
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premium or bonus system,
This decision OF the strikers was
made known at conference between
strike leaders and city officials this
afternoon. IT was agreed that the
strikers be allowed 10 place plelSets
about the approaches 10 the mills to-
morrow with the understanding that
any signs Of violence on their part
will be the cause for arrests. At n
special session of court q rioters were
found guilty tonight. Three were sem
fenced 10 two years in tho house of
correction and the other "a were given
one-year sentences.
The strikers voted tonight to stand
by the demands for an Increase Of Is
per cent and other concessions.
Saloons to Stay Closed.
Mayor Scanlon has ordered all sa-
looms to remain closed tomorrow.
The troubles, which began last Fri
day when mob stormcd several of
the mills and injured employees and
property, are due to n general reduc-
ton IN wages, tho manufacturers say,
and by the cut In the working time
from Sc To "a hours = week, caused by
a now state law governing establish
ments where women ana children arc
employed
Tho mills closed are tho wood,
Ayrcs and Washington controlled by
the American Wooden company. ana
employing $1,000 persons; the cotton
mills Of the Arlington, Everett and
Pembertan corporations and the mills
Of the Lawrence Duck Milling COM
pany, employing 5000 more.
other woolcn and cotton mills, the
employees of which aggregate $4,000.
are running on n small scale.
1t was believed that practically ev-
cry mill In Lawrence would be forced
to close.
Police Renulse Mob.
The trouble today began with an at
tempt by strikers to rush the doors Mt
tho Wood Worsted mills and the Pros
pect Wooden mills. The attempts at
both places were repulsed by the po-
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