The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-02-01
MOB VIOLENCE
AT LAWRENCE
Aoman Slain and Police.
Tan Stabbed In The Back
TERROR REIGNS SUPREME

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seacy 70 Aectp, His Proposition
Lawrence. Mas Jan 90 with
one woman shot dead policeman
fhhbed in the hack. fan score Of
men seriously wounded. and al armei
moi OF freuzled strikers IN hand TO
hArd conflict With soldiery ia me
sitys streets, Lawrence realized the
iall import Of strike Leader Eitors
words In forty.eight hours this
Town Is not going TO be very happy
The riot that eliminated the day %
disorder and tnmult startes early last
evening shen. caught In crowd Of
more than 1909 maddened strikers, the
police attempted to fight their way
out sulleniy. slowly the crowd ien
bach
Then. suddcnly, the crisp. short |
bark of revolver broke In upon the
cries and shouting The mare OF that |
signal nnsheathcd hundreds OF guns.
knives flashed from hidden shenths. |
bullets screamed through the falling
darkness and IN an instant riot took |
tho place Of law and armed warfare
the place OF peace.
Standing on the sidewalk, shouting
encouragement TO the rioters, was an |
unknown Lithuanian woman Sud
denly she threw up her arms, reeled
and fen dying into the street A bull
iet from a strikers revolver had |
pierced her fatally.
Policeman Stabbed
patrolman Benoit. suddenly sep
arated from his comrades and sur
rounded by hundreds OF bowling striK-
ers. valianuy fought to regain his
place with the other officers A mo-
ment later he. too, pitched forward 10
the ground. where he lay until res
cued by brother officers. He had
been stabbed through the back by a
striker.
After this day OF riot and blood
shed Lawrence is In terror The on
cials have been notified that the con-
ficts which have taken place are only
the commencement of an Industrial
revolution.
All through last night the streets re-
sounded with the march OF soldiers.
Twelve companies. including the
Fifth regiment. and the troops OF
cavalry. with hundreds OF police, ar
rived at the railroad station, and
crunched through the snow to the
armory and the posts they are TO oc-
cupy
until after midnight great crowds
waited In the falling snow, watching
the passing OF the milltiamen In
tense excitement is felt throughout
ihis section.
The uncertainty Of what Is TO come
hangs like dread spectre over the
city
Not Under Martial Law
While Lawrence will not be under
martial law, the troops will aid the
police authorities In breaking up
meetings of strikers. Colonel Sweet
ser has issued an order warning all
persons not TO mingle with the strik-
ing bands This order Is Interpreted
that the soldiers today Will shoot on
the slightest proyocation. He has de-
clared that there will be no parades
and no mass meetings. Discipline,
rigid as that in war. is being en-
forced.
Fifteen arrests were made yester-
day. Wherever rioting occurred the
police darted In and out OF the crowd
and under cover OF the confusion
pulled forth as many OF the ringlead-
ers as possible.
Disturbances Begin Early
The disturbances OF the day began
in the early morning, when several
thousand strikers attempted 10 pre-
vent all workers from returning TO the
mllls. Gathering at their picket lines
long before daybreak, they waited the
coming OF the operatives who still
persist In attending 10 their daily
tasks. Before 6 o'clock thousands OF
strikers were abroad, roaming the
streets
Falling back from the picket lines
as soon AS the advance guard OF work.
ers put In an appearance. the whole
body fell upon them and wrested away
their dinner pals and. In many in
stances, beat and choked them,
The electric cars were the chief
point OF attack and the fighting around
these became indiscriminate Even
those Who were not mill workers we're
forced to yield their yaluables and
take their share OF the man handling
offered By the excited strikers
street traffic was blocked The
strikers disconnected the trolleys from
me cars and while they were In dark
ness snowbails we're hurled through
the windows. demolishing the glass.
which few In all directions, cutting
ana Inlurlng me passengers Who we're
panic stricken within
strIkrs Moves Kept seere,
There was an ominols silence In
the great tenement district last night
arier the turbulence OF the day Sc
erct meetings we're held, and at these
meetings The program OF today was ,
planned
Ia the crash OF yesterdays happen
ings. the leaders are believed TO be +
some move which has. as /,
yet. been kept secret from the public !
The police believe something is ,
Tfooi. and plain clothes men and de- !
Ieetises are everywhere Double