The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-16
Militia Takes Charge of
Lawrence After Lay
OF hiotlng.
30, 900 MEN ARE OUT
Y + EMt LOY MENU
Mobs of Armed Strikers Dis.
pefsed Only Wnen Soldiers
Charge with FIXED bayo-
nets-tire Hose is used
With GOOD Enect-Mo1e
Trouble Expected.

Lawrence, Mass January l5-Eightj
companies OF state militia. inc.uune
one held battery comma nued By Coz.
ohel Eiiory SwItztr, placed the mill
district OF TINS city uIucr mur,IuI la.
Tonight, alter uay OIL riol.ne uue tu
tnc stIhe Oh lo.uvJ operatives III lnu
p'6 GVttoI anu WOODEN mliis.
AT ieast lo,UUU ulner nanda were
TN own out OIL "ork by the s.opplng Of
machinery ana the ATTACKS Ga the
mills uy the strikers. In one instance
company OF miitla HAD TO charge
MOB with fiNed bayonets. one boy uvius
probably fatally hurt. Thirty-Eve ar
rests OF armed rioters were maze our.
ing the day, and few strikers and
mill employees wno were defending the
mill gates were treated for bullet
wounds.
VIII Use Drastic Measures.
a majority OF, the mas are expected
TO reopen in the mutn,ns, anu the
iniiit.amen nave been Instructed 10 use
drastic measures 10 prrycn. repeli-
ton oil to-uays .utbreaEs
Even II the mills reopen 1t is expect
ed they can run onIy with q 'eouceu
force, as the strikers nave trepieu lneI1
strength since the beginning OF the
strike Friday.
Although the strike originally wat
Instituted in protest OF REDUCTION IN
pay because OF the operation OF the
new nifty -four-huur law. making the
working week tMo hours shorter. the
strikers now declare that they val not
return without u 10 per cent increas,
dho other concessions, including couois
pay Tor overtime work ana the polI
uon OF the premium or Dcnds system.
This decision OF the strikers was
made at 4 conference belm cen .trike
ma h.-ru M mn =
ernment this afternoon.
Throughout. the du, tnere were out
breaks in rapid SUCCESSION, the policu
.I:lutng the strikers'apd, their hJ mpar
! tnlzers particularly hard TO ueat Win
because OF the many nationalitles rep
resented. No less than forty-dve
tongues are spoken by employees Of
the Lawrence mills.
Storm the Gatea.
The opening OF the mills at o'clock
was the signal Tor the nrsl outbreak,
when strikers stormed the gates OF the
Wood, Washington, Prospect and other
mills. They we've repuIseu py police
and mill employees witn streams OF
water. but their tactics resulted IN the
closing COW OF nearly Iwo-tnIIds OIL
the plants Later there We're ,lasn,s
between strikers anu the soluleIs and
mill omcials ABOUT the Lower racinc,
in which shots were eArnanG d ami
several persons slightly injured. The
, police fired into the air to trlghten the
rioters. but the tire hose proved more
effective.
Unawed by the shower, however, the
strikers pressed forward. Captain Ill
lott told his men TO fix bayonets and
charge. In the charge several persons
were injured, a Sicilian boy, Dominic
Raprasa, being so badly hurt that he
probably Will die. Police from other
cities arrived tonight TO aid the forces
already here.
Three local militia organizations.
two infantry companies and Battery G,
Light Artillery, were called ouL carly
when it was seen the police could not
cope with the situation.
Rioters Sentenced.
Judge Mahoney, of the local court,
held a session to-nlgnt, when twenty
seven rioters Wee placed on trial and
founi guilty. Three were sentenced
To two years in the House of Correction.
and the other twentyIour were given
one-year sentences.
Fourteen hundred strikers attended
the mass meeting tonight III the city
RIAL, and twice mat humber assembled
outside, unable To gain admittance ia.
! speakers urged the strikers TO stnnu
together, TO AVOID riounS and TO do ali
IN their power to keep others from
reporting Tor duty in the morning
I he SAM speakers spoke OUTSIDE a.
an overflow meeting, and their sug
sestions OF peaceful methods were met
with Kisses. Before adjournment the
strikers voted 10 stand by the RI .maittls
Tor an increase OF % per cent. afd
otner concessions.
Mayor ocan,on tonight issued an
order that al saloons must remain
closed Tomorrow