The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-02-08


fore noon, upon a mob of strikers,
John Rnmey, eighteen years old,
was bnyOnetted I'm the back by a
soldier and IL dying Mt the Law
renee General Hospital
LAWRENCE, MASS Special. Fo
the first time since the textile strike
| broke out, State soldiers fired upon
the strikers today. Shortly before
dawn patrol of soldiers from Com
| pany &, of the Eighth Regiment, of
| Cambridge, stationed at the bridge
! across the Merrimac River leading to
the mills of the United States Wooden
Company. detected a body OF men
crossing the river on the ice. The
men were making their way toward
/ the wooden companys mills, and the
soldiers suspicious were aroused.
An order was given to halt, but the
men kept on.
A volley was fired and the men on
When a platoon reached the spot
I the tracks in the snow led up the bank
and into trOdden alley.
| There were no signs of blood on the
snow, and IL is not thought that any
one was wounded.
The woman who was killed during
riots in the Lawrence streets has been
identified. She is A. PHO, unmarried
thirty-four years old. She is a striker
formerly employed in one of the mills.
oscar Bennert, the police officer
/ VINO was stabbed in the same ARRAY
in which the woman was killed. is re-
/ covering from the effects of the
wound.
There are now $500 soldiers on
| duty here. The new force Of soldiers,
which entered during the night, has
enabled the authorities to redouble
their guards throughout the town, and
/ Lawrence il in q state of practical
martial law, though technically mar
tial law is not permissible in this
State.
every bank and other public buildings.
Pedestrians were compelled to move
along the sidewalks IN single f1le to-
day. Colonel Sweeter. in command
has Issued an order that no parades,
m ass ceilings or crowds In any form
will be allowed, and no gatherings OF
strikers were permitted in any public
streets.
Groups of striker. gathered and at
| tempted TO hold up men on their way
| to work this morning. Four militia
men. called in double quick ordered
slow TO move the soldiers drew their
Oayonets and prodded them. they then
scattered. Cross streets OF Lawrence
were guarded by soldiers down each
side. watching for trouble and ready
20 prevent riotinE.
Seeking To Mediate.
The offer of Governor FOSs to
mediate providing a thirty-day truce
can Toe arranged. during which the
strikers shall go back to work on
pay. for the old fifty-siX hour sched-
ule. aroused much discussion and ia
vOrable comment in Lawrence today.
Joseph j. Ettor. of the strikers
committee, and leader of the strik-
ing operatives, replied in brief
statement TO the Governors offer. de-
no 60
siderrno offer which did not have full
authorization from the millmen as n
whole.
The strikers refuse to move one
finch from their original demands.
John j. frt"n. son of eN-Mayor Brecn.
and rlelaber of the school com
mittce. who was arrested for alleged
eufnHHcitN ia the dynamite plant.
I was scheduled To he arraigned this
afternoon. Five other men and two
women are I'm custody ON a similar
,narg" and they viii get a hearin-
tomorrow.
some of the mills opened today.
and although the OpeninE was de
lSt,d iatcr than usual. acctSSi,uS To-
,hc forces over Yesterday We're re-
ported. Trolley wires We're cut ON
( lines leading in from Methuon. Hav-
erhill and Lowell. delaying ira fife ON
those lines for half an hour until re-
pairs We're made.
Pickets were busy in the outlying
districts where many of the strikers
! live. II was learned today that threats
/ had been made against the Rev.
Father Raymond PlaSnans. who de
nounced Joseph J. Ettor and demand
ed his arrest. AS a result of his at
tack on Ettor he was condemned 10y
the strike committee. and the police
learned that his life had been threat
ened. He is now under close guard
by detachment of militia. who
watch his home continually.
Ettor Skips Town.
Strike Leader EtIOr left Lawrence
shortly after o'clock today Tor Bos-
ton.
Hc slipped out of the city without
many people knowing about il. He
had been at the Hotel Needham ANA
had left u call for II O'Clock. The
disappearance OF Ettor was heard af
ter the calling out OF twelve addi-
tional companies Of militia and the
summoning of nifty policemen from
the metropolitan Paris department.. II
had been rumOred that Ettor was to
be arrested.
Lawrence was tense with excite
mcut today following the tragic and
riotuuS acts OF the last twenty-four
hours. within which a woman was
shot and killed and policeman
stabbed.
y man was arrested today in con-
nection with the shooting OF the wo-
man. Threats were made that South
Law renee would be burned and that
the firemen would be shot while at
tempting 10 put out the fire.
/ Colonel SWeetZer said today that
the militia would not hesitate To
shoot from now on if it was neces-
sary. The presence of the mounted
soldiers had a quieting effect on the
strikers today. Colonel SweetZer de-
clared that he would allow no strike
meetings in the streets.
] The Arlington mills plan to open
ut noon. The Pacific. Washington,
! Wood, Aver, kuthardt. Prospect and
! CsWOco mills were opened as usual
This left only the Everett and Allan
tic mills closed.
The mills in operation opened
/ thrce-Quarters of an hour later than
the usual time. This was 10 give the
! operatives who wished to come to
work the benefit of daylight. so they
would be less open to attacks. All
the mills are running with greatly re
! duced forces.
Ii was estimated that the mill
! agents gained no accessiOns over the
] number that returned to work yester-
/ day.
Use Flag as Shield.
Henry ~ Musk, commander of