The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-05-01
GARNET. WORKERS
STRIKE PICKET
ARRESTED
First Arrest of Labor Conflict
at Cohoes
POLICE CHIEF THREATENED
When Arresting Picket Chief Was
Obliged to Threaten Crowd With
Revolver.

Troy, May 1.-The first arrest in con
nection with the strike of the garnet
workers in the bat shops and shoddy
mill of Cohoes was made late yester-
twenty-year old Italian, one of the
strikers. was taken into custody for
carrying a concealed weapon. Landri
reside at 113 Third street, East Side,
and was a garnet worker in the mill
of the Troy Waste Manufacturing
company when the strike was inaugu-
rated
Landri had been doing duty as a
strike picket in front of the mill of
the National Textile company on
North Mohawk street all day yester-
day and NJ. F. Sherry, one of the
members of the mill firm, saw the
shape of the revolver protruding
from the picket's pocket as the lat
ter paced up and down in front of the
mill. Mr.. Sherry telephoned to Chief
of Police Jameson about o'clock
and the chief went to the mill and
had the man pointed out to him.
Jameson then accosted Landri and
asked the picket TO take a walk with
him. Landri refused and then Jane
son ordered the Italian to give him
the revolver that he had in his peck
ct. The picket refused and made a
move as though TO reach for the gun.
The chief closed with the man and
grabbed the gun so that Landri could
not reach II, at the same time pinning
the striker against the fence in front
OF the mill
AT this point number of strikers
and strike sympahtizers, who were in
the vicinity of the mill, closed in on
Jameson and the latter pulled his
own revolver and threatened to shoot
the first man who laid his hands on
him. The crowd fell back and Jane.
son then succeeded in taking the gun
from Landri. Landri was taken to
police headquarters by Chief Jane
son and Policeman Anderson, who ap-
peared on the scene while the trouble
was in progress. followed by crowd
OF hundred of more people. Two
policemen did duty about the mills
all day yesterday, but the trouble hap
pened while the officers were patroll.
ing another part of the mill district.
After Landri was locked up some
or the strikers said that the revolver
had been placed in Landri's pocket
by an agent of the manufacturers
The prisoner, when questioned by De
tective Johnson after he had been
locked up, admitted carrying the gun
all day. He said he had been drink
ing little during the morning and
slipped the gun into his pocket with
no intention of using it,
After the incident Chief Jameson
detailed a squad of policemen in com
mand Of Sergeant Schofeld to the
vicinity OF the National Textile mill
10 dispense the crowd that had gath.
cred and prevent lettering on the
streets in that vicinity. There was
no further trouble. The mill district
was patrolled all night by the police
Business Agent Jesse Walker of
the Textile Workers of America. who
is in charge of the strike. deplored
the incident when interviewed and
stated that no such actions on the
part OF the strikers would be counter
anced by the union.
NO further attempt was made YES
terday to bring more strikebreakers
into the mills. The non.union men
In the mills of the National Textile
company. United Waste Manufactur
ing company, Star Wooden company
ana Enterprise Garneting company.
OF which there are thirty, were kent
In the plants all day. food being
brought into the buildings. The men
again slept in the plants last night
Inc strikers maintained pickets
about the mills all day and the rail.
road stations were also watched by
pickets.
One OF the manufacturers stated
last night that the strikebreakers
were doing little or no work in the
mills and were taken into the plants |
simply to show the operatives that
the manufacturers did not have TO de. |