The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-01
TURBULENT DAY IN
 LAWRENCE STRIKE.
 FIRST 0F ITS KIND
Hand to Hand Clashes Be- tween Rioters and Police
 During Entire Day
SYMPATHY STRIKE
 IS DECLARED OFF
Seven Thousand Answered Call and 5000 More Were Forced Out. Operatives on Way to Work
 Held Up and Assaulted

oVUO More were fOrced Out.
 Operatives on Way to Work
 Held Up and Assaulted
 Boston, Mass, September a0.-Fifteen thousand Massachusetts workmen struak today in protest against the imprison- ment of the three leaders of the Indus trial Workers of the World whose trial on murder charges in connection with last winters textile strike in Lawrence opened in Salem this morning. Repeated clashes between rioters and the police occurred in Lawrence, where 12,oo0 cot ton and woolen mill workers were out. There were many minor injuries, but. no one was seriously hurt. In Quincy be- tween one and two thousand men and women paraded the streets. calling oat workmen from the granite quarries. but there was no outbreak.
 Minor disturbances developed, where a few hundred shoe workers struck, and attempted to get others to join them. In Haverhill 300 shoe operatives anticipated d Btucrdi sympathy suihe Whieh 'au been planned for Wednesday. Their Ia rade about the city did not add any re- cruits to their ranks.
 The Barre Wool Bombing company. and the Nornay Worsted company, in South Barre, were crippled when TOO em- ployes went out, but no disorder was reported
 A n,,f lao Iaaa that the strike be of A hours only was needed, and the strikers agreed tonight to return to work tomorrow. The Lynn strikers voted to remain out indefinitely.
 Riots in Lawrence
 Lawrence, Mass, September s0.--A demonstration strike against the impris- onment of labor leaders, the first of i.,s kind in this col,ntrN took piace here today, After hand to hand clashes between rioters and police lasting all day the demonstration was declared off by the Industrial Workers of the World. The strike was called for "A hours, beginning this morning, in protest against the im- prisonment of Joseph J. Ettor, Arturo Giovannitti, and Joseph Caruso, whose trial in connection with the death of An na Lopizzo opened in Salem today.
 Seven Thousand Answer Call
 Seven thousand of the 25,00O operatives in the cotton and wooden mills here obeyed the call, forcing out 5000 others, each through intimidation or lack of work because of the closing down of depart ments. Then at d mass meeting late this sl.x {a11 back to work tomorrow, ready to come out again at the call of the Industrial Workers. if the leaders are not satisfied with the progress of the trial.
 The worst rioting occurred at the open ing of the mill gates this morning. Pick cts armed with revolvers, knives, sledge hammers, iron bolts and other weapons attempted to stop operatives from going into the mills. When police interfered to maintain order the pickets struggled with them desperately. Swinging their clubs with effect the bluecoats drove back the pickets A score of arrests were made Men, women and children on their way to work were held up and assaulted by strikers or sympathizers. But one hospi- tai case was reported, that of an opera tive who was thrown headlong from d street car and rendered unconscious. No policeman was wounded and no shots were fired.
 The decision of Industrial Workers leaders to call off the strike was made public at a mass meeting attended by 5o0o persons this afternoon. Miss Eliza beth Gurley Film, one of the organizers, told the gathering that the strike was ended There was no dissent. Miss Film told the operatives they were to hold themselves ready for another call to strike
 Demand Justice for Leaders
 If Ettor. GiovannItti and Caruso are not given justice said Miss Finn, you must demonstrate your solidarity again. so prepare yourselves for another holiday soon.''
 1t was announced at headquarters that 3 vote will be taken tomorrow among textile unions of Lowell on the matter of striking in the big cotton mills there. and that similar action will be taken at other New England mill centers this week The Industrial Workers are sending out circulars throughout the country asking individual mill operatives whether they are ready to go out on a general strike as protest against the trial of Ettor and GioVannitti. If it is not conducted properly
 The rlcting which continued at inter- vals ap morning after the first violence at the opening of the mills and broke out again at noon, flashed out once more at closing time tonight. A crowd of Italian operatives and sympathizers who were on strike clashed with Polish work men coming from the mills Police with ready clubs dispersed the crowd. No ar rests were made.
 Women Are Sufferers
 Women and children were sufferers in the evening riot. as they had been dur ing the morning. Several were knocked down hut none seriously hurt Dinner pails were snatched from hands of op- eratiyes returning from work and hurled pack into the faces of the owners. State police drew their revolvers when the crowd became more n1enacing, and at the point of the leveicd weapons the mob was driven in smlien retreat for several blocks before it finally dispersed.
 One of the addresses in Italian that aroused the crowd at the afternoon mass meeting was translated into English and given out tonight in the form of state ment by the speaker. Carlo Tresca, an editor of Pittsburg. It said:
 ''If Ettor, Giovannitti and Caruso are found guilty. or either of ther, Is found guilty. the Industrial workerb of the <r~~~~~-~~~~~~~ -~>~-~-~-~~~-1---~-~
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