The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-17
Lawrence Mass.) Strikers
Clash With Militia.
ONE INJURED BY BAYONETS.
Manufacturing Town Sees Many Riots
In Which Operatives Defy Police.
Now Make Demands For Wags
lnorease-One Italian Gets
Prison Sentence.

Lawrence, Mass, Jan. 16.-This great
manufacturing city is almost an armed
camp as the result OF the turbulent az
tons OF the wooden operatives who are
now on strike to the number Of about
$4,000.
Practically all the mills in the city
are shut down because Of a lack OF Suf-
ncient help. and there are now more
than 800 militiamen under arms, FIVE
additional companies having been sent
here by Adjutant General Pearson
when Mayor Scanlon appealed to Gov.
ernor Foss
Bayonets were used when two local
companies of infantry and battery Of
artillery that had been waiting in the
armOry were called upon because the
rioters refused to be awed by bullets
fired over their heads by policemen and
had responded In kind. Only one per
son was seriously injured In the clash
This was Syrian boy, who received Il
bayOnet thrust in the side and may not
survive. Others OF the mob felt the
prick of the bayonets through the
backs of their coats when they fled be
fore "A charge by Captain Charles W.
RantellS company, L, Of the Eighth
regiment Captain Rantell is the mill
tary instructor in the Boston public
schools and was a student at West
Point for several years. Several peo-
pie were slightly wounded by bullets
fired by the strikers.
A great crowd of men, women and
children stormed the city hall, demand
ing an entrance in order that they
might hold a special meeting Of strik.
ers
At a conference with Mayor Scenlon
and city officials Joseph Ettor Of New
York declared the strikers demand an
increase of 10 per cent in wages, the
abolition Of the premium system and
double pay for all overtime work
The demands are something new, as
the strike was started as protest
against not being paid for fifty
hours work, although labor for but
tiftyfour hours was performed in con
sequence of the new law.
The conference with the mayor re
of city hail for meeting and per-
mission TO post pickets on the thor
Oughfares leading TO the mills. The
strike committee was informed that
if any attempt was made by the
pickets to use any force toward oper.
atiyes who desired to go to work they
would be instantly arrested by the sol
diers.
There was an attack made upon the
Champion paper mills, one of the In,
ternational Paper company's plants
by strikers from the wooden mills
Several gates were broken down and
windows smashed before the rioters
were dispersed. 1t appears TO be the
aim of the strikers TO induce, either
by force or otherwise, every man EN-
ployed in any industry whatever here
TO go out.
About 10000 people are practically
idle now, and it is a question if any
of the wooden mills will be able tC
resume operations for several days.
Many arrests have been made, and
most of the prisoners were found tC
have revolvers or knives In their
pockets One Italian was nabbed who
had an automatic revolver and two
knives on his person besides belt full
Of cartridges. He was given sen
tence Of two years by Judge Mahoney
who disposed OF the cases as fast a'
they were brought before him.
Police Commissioner Lynch passed
out word 'oday that there would be
shooting TO kill II the strikers con
tinued their tactics.