Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-25
DYNAMITE FOUND
IN THEE PLACES
Strike Leader at Lawrence. and
Hundreds of Followers De.
clare It a PLANT.
POLICE LOCATED IT EASILY
May Have Been Intended to In
jure Something beside Mill
Property-Plot against
the, Governor.
POLICE LOCATED 1T EASILY

! Lawrence. Mass Jan. with tho or
| Eani2atioi OF strikers committees 10 ar
ranc" fo- conferences OF employees with
| tho mi! agents. y feeling vns prevalent
tn-6aN thu a great step had been taken
toward ending The strike OF 1900 textile
operatives which has been In progress
In this oi', for the past 10 days. Col II
l.. Swectrer. commander of the rcgi-
m.n' 81 miit.anen which ia campcd ~,
the mill district, and Dudley NJ. iiol-
man. Governor tosa's secretary. both O.
whom attended conferences with tho
strikers to-day, oppressed their belief
that peace WIS probable in the no, very
distant future Colonel Swcetscr said
that tho attitude Of the strikers to-day
! appealed 10 HIM "a yer. favorable.
No further search was made to-day
for dynamite. three lots OF which were
found il, different parts Of the city yes-
tcrlay. According 70 police !nsrc-' :ors
who hav" hHon working hero and In
tho Italian Oisr.or o. Boston since the
report Of q dynamite plot against the life
OF Governor Foss tho tn by which the
explosives vas located with such appsr-
en-: easc came from members Of the
Italian squad Of the Bos.on police.
Special Officers Ca*aanaro and Fora ri
! who with Inspectors Rooney ami Nc
! Cau!ey have beer engaged In the search
| in Boston FOR strangers supposed 10 nave
| designs gainst III" Governor, occurred
| from acnc source he Information t,et
! tho dynamite would ba found in thrc,
places In Lawrence. Ferrari came to thc
city Yesterday and hunted among The
| Italians here for two men said to bs
professional dynamiters from Pennevl-
vania.
| Thea" men arrived in Lawrence Wi
/ daI wight. the police claim. They are
being shadowed Ferrari secured sutr.
! c!ent information bore to call FOR n visit
| from Rooney and ravac-aro and with tn,
assistance % maps in Rooneys posses.
! sion III" dynamite was found
! So easily did tho police locate The
explosive that /. caused Jos c. Ettor
tho strike lender. and hundreds Of tht
strikers TO brand the whole affair as
deliberate srarne-np ana plant
TO ruin tho cause Of the striking oper.
atives f.tor laid II to private detcc.
tivc>. In this connection nembe,
~ the state police force who had hoo
prominent in the Investigation OK.
pressed tho opinion Tonight that The
court proceedings Tomorrow in tbs
case - tho oigh' persons arrested a.
tho time tho dynamite vas rou,f
would devclo2 crnclarive tcstinnor,
that III" explosive Was not to be uset
against tho mill rropertv V-h,, !,
vas to be used TOY WAS no. made closr
! nconfrnled reports were rlre ton.9r,
that many or the large mills which hav.
! been operating Nth reduced forces 70,
the past wcrk would no, n,~n their gates
In the morning. The Evef.t mills irAusu
rated such lo"kou. soon after the str1k:
! co1lmehceu md rot vince, has ,i,rr a.
/ there siNce
When asked anout his plan. IN ,cz,rf
20 tho militia, Colonel Swretscr said TO-
night that condition would determine
how many companies would ne rotainet
during tho week