Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-03
Strikers Cause Trouble Trying to Prevent Workn1en Going to the Bleachery-Several Arrests.

IeacheFy-SeVeraI Arrests.
 Excitement prevailed at the plant of i the U. s. F. company all Wednesday 1 forenoon and for a time during the eral men employed in the plant mov- i ing machinery, etc, besides the office | force. When it came time for these
 men to go into the plant to begin their | days work Wednesday morning there were about 200 hundred strikers con- 1 gregated at the gate. One of the strikers stopped an employe as he was 1 entering the gate and after a brief 1 exchange of words one or the other struck a blow with his fist. This was the signal for a short but spirited l struggle between workmen and police | during which a number of stones, i large and small were thrown. Ser | geant Matthews and Policemen Hen 1 derson and Casey were on duty at the gate to prevent any trouble and at the i first indication of the outburst they 1 tried to quiet the men. During the struggle stone thrown from the edge 1 of the crowd struck Serg'!. Matthews l on the head but did not badly hurt him. He grappled with the strikers and two shots were fired in the air by Policeman Casey in an effort to frighten them. Louis H. Geer cleo trician of the finishing company who was present when the trouble broke out, saw that the strikers were over powering Sergt. Matthews and seiz-
  mans aid. He swung his weapon about with good result and struck one of the stone throwers in the middle of the back. Some of the strikers went to the aid of the stone throwers and succeeded in getting them away from the police, who immediately gave chase. Felix Kushmitter who was one of the d1sturhers ran into a house and was eornered by the officers and he with Andrew Krazmersk1. was taken in charge. When the prisoners were taken to the station house they were accompanied by quite crowd of their fellow strikers who attended the trial.
 At the session of the city court, tes- timony against the accused was given by Sergeant Matthews, Policeman Casey and Louis H. Geer. An old man named Ansburn Kazmierski was in the testimony that he had been involved in the fray and a warrant for his arrest was made out by City Attorney Hall, and his case went over to today (Thursday) under S200 bonds Mir. Kazmierski secured George Greenberger as bondsman and he was allowed to go free. Although Kaz- mitter denied his guilt Judge Brown the higher court and he was plac l under bonds of $200 on the charge of assaulting and resisting an officer in the performance of his duty. Court
  sworn out for other disturbers.
 kazinuskis case was put over till this morning and he was released under $200 bonds At noon about ten police officers including Sergeant Kane were stationed at the gate but there was no further trouble as the striking employees did not gather around. Soon after noon Andrew Ikob. Joseph Wisnewski and Samuel PrezleS were gathered in on the charge of having a part in the morn- ing trouble as it is said one of them struck John Dempsky while he was on his way to the plant The assault occurred near the Greeneville railroad station while Mir. Dempsky in com pany with an overseer of the Finish ing company were walking towards the plant The men were taken co the sta ton house and placed under bonds. on the charge of breach of the peace. James O'Connor went bonds man for Felix Kushmitter to tha amount of S200 and he was given his | liberty. The others also secured bondsmen and were allowed their l freedom It is not expected that there 1 will be further trouble in the plant | among the striking employees.
 GreeneviIie Players Won.
 Tuesday evening the second contest 1 in the cribbage tournament that is be- | ing played between team represent | ing the Taftville PinochIe club and | the Father Mathew T. A. society was | played in the Father Mathew rooms in ! Carpenters hall. The playing which i Was watched with intense interest by | members of both clubs resulted in a i victory for the GreeneviIIe team, theI score being 412S to 4O95 Individual 1 scores of the contest are given as fol- | lows: Father Mathew team-SulIivan | 1909, McMahon 1899, DevIin 875, Belle | feur 1045. total 412S. Taftville | Pinochle Club team-Benoit 114, Pha- l len 1016, Adams 1O07 Brodeur 958. to- i tai 40e5. The total score to date is Taftville 8055, Greeneville S037 This | gives the Taftvil1e boys lead of only Is points up to the present time The | next contest of the series will take i place in the Pinochle club rooms in i