Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-11
ONE KILLED IN A DISASTROUS
STRIKE RIOT AT IPSWICH, MASS.
Woman Is Shot While Watching Fray-Seven Others
Victims OF Bullets when Police Attempt to Disperse
Foreign Strikers-=BottIes, Stones and Other
Weapons--Several of Leaders Are Arrested.

Ipswich, Mass, June leone woman
was shot and killed, seven other per-
! sons were wounded by bullets, and
many others. including several po-
lieemen, We're hurt by flying missiles
in a strike riot outside the Ipswich
Hosiery Mills, tonight. Fifteen persons.
including leaders of the Industrial
: Workers OF the World, were taken into
! custody.
The dead woman was Miss Nieoletta
Paudeloponlous aged q. who was a
spectator of the fight. Five of tire
wounded We're hurried at once to the
Salem hospital IA miles away. in an
automobile. They We're placed upon the
operating table before their identity
had been learned.
An appeal for help was sent to Salem
and after a riot call WAS sounded in
that city, Is officers We're rushed over
the road in automobiles. Order had
been restored, however, before their
arrival. The actual fighting did not
last over five minutes.
The disturbance started when 80
English speaking employees left the
mills at the end of their days WORK
They were met by groups of piekets
under the leadership of the Indust ria
Workers of the World, who have been
conducting a strike at the plant for a
20 per cent. increase IN wages. When
the pickets began to jostle the en-
ployts. the force of 80 policemen on
duty interfered, but were unable II re-
store order. In the midst of the con-
fusion Chairman Charles G.. Hall OF
The board of selectmen, began reading
a copy OF the riot act. The pickets, un-
able to understand English, became
more demenstrative.
Bricks and bottles began to fly as
the police charged the mob on Salton-
stall street. At this moment, according
to spectators shots We're fired from two
tenement houses overlooking the sceae,
occupied by mill hands. The officers in
the street began firing and the mohl
/ broke and fed.
Several figures were stretched on the
i pavements, Blood was trickling down
the faces of many of the officers
! whore broken bottles and bricks had
hit them.
Five of the victims motionless on the
4 street, were wounded by bullets, and
we're in a serious condition. Miss Pau
dalopouIous was removed to the office
OF a physician, DIR. Bailey, where she
died shortly before s o'clock, without
regaining consciousness. Physicians
who examined her said she had been
shot through the top of the head
i She was leaving her work at Browns
| & Essex mill when attracted by the
crowd in front of the Ipswich mill, she
4 came down the street TO see what was
the matter Standing on the outskirts
| of the crowd she was caught IN the
backward rush and before she could
Get away, was shot down. She lived al
| - Market street and mother, TOUR
sisters ond brother, survive. While
five of the injured We're bundled into an
automobile and sped over the ROAD TO
| salem for hospital treatment, three
others were taken care of by local PiS
siciars for bullet wounds.
Among the Is persons taken INTO
custody, during the disturbance Were
Nathan Hermann, an organizer Tor the
Industrial Workers of the World, VINO
conducted the recent strike at LietIe
Falls y. Y. and Mr.. and Mrs 4. L.
pineree. Pingree is secretary OF inc
Industrial Workers of the Noflo III
Lowell.
The strike of the Ipswich mil was
called hy the Industrial Workers OF
the World, over seven weeks ago
After minor outbreaks the workers re-
tnrned last week, without having any
settlement made. AT the same time
they repudiated the Industrial Work
ers, organization and trampled the
aae, of that body under foot.
4 week ago Hermann came to town
10 Toxic charge of the situation. lie
succeeded in getting out 800 Italians
ond 700 Greeks. The English-spea
ina emploves. numbering 500, remained
at work.
q,he charge against Hermann ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Pingree is lncltihs ~
riot resulting in murder. They were
held without bail until court OPENS 70
,,,orro morning. Medical Examiner Df.
IG. G. Bailey is expected 10 peitoi ~
tha o,,topsv. tomorrow, upon the body
lof Miss Paudelopoulous. Dlstrict AT
tarr,e,, Henry c. Atwill has been mott
fled of the rot
| From his CELL tonight, Pingree gave
out statement charging that the as
tnrhonce was frame up by the
police and certain of the toWlsfiiei'
to Justify the keeping of large force
of police on hand. The miils were uii-
: der police guard, tonight, and mofs
officers are expected by morning II
case more trouble develops.
> Thomas j. Halliday. national secre'
tarv of the Textile branch of the In
austrial Workers of the World arrived
from Boston. tonight, to take charss
of the situation.
FIVE WILL RECOVER.