Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-09-27
YOUNG MEN AND
GIRLS On Strike
Two Thousand Mill Operat
ives Walk Out at Law
renee, Mass.
NO VIOLENCE AS YET.
Scream Down With the United
States in Bernc and Mob Attacks
United States Minister. :.

Lawrence, Mass, Sept. 2T.-
Scenes of disorder similar to those
during last winters great textile
strike here, were repeated today when
ten thousand mill operatives went on
strike. Benjamin Robinson, chief
engineer in the Wood Mill refused
to shut down the mill machinery. He
had to be taken home for medical
treatment.
Clashes between strikers and those
who refused to leave their looms and
spindles were frequent. The police
were rushed to the mill district and
restored quiet. Three men were ar
rested charged with assault and dis
turbing the peace One pleaded guilty
but the other two pleaded not guilty
and were held for trial, later.
Lawrence, Mass, Sept. 27.-Da-
spite the appeal Of Joseph Ettor and
Altura Giovanitti, the Lawrence
strike leaders in Jail here on charges
of accessory to murder of Annie Lo-
pizzo, against general strike, by
all members Of the Industrial Workers
of the World, two thousand young
men and girls at the Wood and Aver
mills walked out today.
Operatives went into the mills as
usual and shortly after o'clock
the young men and women left their
looms and spindles and walked out.
There was little violence as the
strikers went through other depart
ments urging workers t1 strike. Two
boys were arrested for assault on
fellow operatives.
Two hundred police were rushed to
the Wood and Aver mills and 1t was
an hour before order was restored. Or
ders to strike were in direct opposition
to l. W. w. leaders, who declare
none of their members were among
those who struck today.
About four thousand operatives are
out, including two thousand who
walked out last evening.
Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 27.-
Screaming Down with the United
States" 500 Italian workmen on
strike in sympathy with Ettor and
Giovannitti, tried to demolish the
American minister's house here to-
dav. Police and soldiers dispersed
them after brisk fight.
No serious damage was done to the
minister's residence owing to the
promptness with which the police
acted. For the civil authorities
alone the mob would have been
too much if the fight had continued
long. They were able to stand the
demonstrators off. however, until
military reinforcement arrived.
No diplomatic complications are
anticipated, speedy and effective pro-
lection having been given 20 the
United States representative.
Revolutionary sentiment is growing
and martial law is likely to be de-
clared.
London, Sept. 27.-News of an Et-
tor -Giovanitti demonstration against
the American minister at Berne caus
ed the London defense committee to
redouble their exertions today in
behalf of the two Italian prisoners
at Lawrence, Mass.
The agitations in the imprisoned
mems favor is more violent in Italy
than anywhere else in Europe but
there is hardly city on the contl-
nent where workmen are not striving
to stir up sentiment. The movement
is strong in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna.
Even in such remote localities as
Madrid and Lisbon resolutions of,
sympathy have been adopted.
In Rome, it is said, the feeling Is
so bitter that government will have
to take the matter up when parliament
meets.