New-York tribune., 1912-01-30
WOMAN SLAIN, OFFICER
STABBED, IN STRIKE RIOT
Armed Lawrence Mob 0verpOW-
ers Police and Fights Troops
Who Rush to the Rescue.
VICTIM KILLED BY A BULLET
Prominent Citizen Arrested for
Planting Dynamite - Gov,
Foss Orders More Troops
to Mill District.

Lawrence. Mass Jan. Gone woman
was killed and a police officer was
stabbed i'm the back by riotirg strikers
or their sympathizers, who gathered Z"
the number Of nearly one thousand ABOUT
the Everett mills, on Garden and Union
streets. tonight. Police and militia were
rushed To the scene. and free use OF
clubs and rife butts resulted In the
hrsakirg I'D Of the mob and the dispers-
ing Of the strikers.
The victim was Anna Lopizeo. thirty
four. and unmarried. A man nearby was
firing revolver into the ground when
the woman dropped. II is believed she
was struck by glancing bullet An am
hulance was summoned and the woman
was hurried to the Lawrence Hospital
but sbe died before reaching the institu-
ton
Police Headquarters was notified at
the beginning Of the trouble. At that
time the mob was charging up and down
Union street, yelling and shouting, with
some of the crowd dscharging revolvers
Police Sergeant Spranger and four Off
GERS went to the scene. but their pres
ence had little effect in quelling the dis
turbance. officer Oscar Benoit became
separated from his companions, and
while surrounded by nearly a hundred
angry. threatening men was stabbed In
the back. He was taken To the Law
renee Hospital. where IL was found that
his wound was not serious, and he was
later sent home.
Additional officers hurried to the
scene. but although they used their clubs
freely they made little impression on
the crowd until two companies of militia
arrived on the double-quick with fixed
bayonets. Upon coming up with the
leaders of the crowd, who seemed deter
mined to stand their ground, the militia
men used their rifle butts. Two of the
soldiers broke their rifles during the
rioters were seriously injured
Neither the police nor the militiamen
fired any shots. The rioters who were
discharging firearms could not be picked
out by the officers. and no arrests were
made. An hour after the trouble started
the streets were cleared at that point
Arrested for Bomb "PIant"
John j. Breen. a member Of the School
Board. a son of X-Mayor John Brecn
and one of the most prominent citizens
Of Lawrence, was arrested by the state
roice tonight. charged with con
spiracy to mar, deface and destroy prop
erty." The police alleged that he
planted" the dynamite which was found
i'm large quantities in different sections
of the city about ten days ago.
Twelve additional companies Of nfan |
try and two cavalry troops, ordered out
by Governor Foss to reinforce the nine
already here, arrived at mid
night. Colonel F.. Leroy Sweetser. com
mander of the military forces in the city. |
announced tonight that he would allow
no more parading and no more gather
ings of strikers, and that any person
i'm such demonstration
would he arrested and treated as a
rioter. The military lines which hereto
fore have inclosed only the mill district. |
will be extended to other parts of the
city Citizens have been advised II
keep off the streets. Fifty-five members
ot the metropolitan police force also
reached the city tonight and reported
to the city marshal.
Serious rioting began early to-day
when crowd of strikers attempted to
prevent operatives from entering the
various textile mills to resume work
In many cases the strikers were sue
cessful. and the mills that reopened
we're able to operate only on a greatly
reduced scale. Several persons We're
seriously injured during the trouble.
Later the rioters held up some twenty
or more electric cars headed in ne
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STOP THAT COUGH NOW
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