New Britain herald., 1916-05-19
ANSONIA PREPARED FOR MORE TROUBLE
 THROUGH STRIKERS
Girl and Woman Employes of
 Shop Where Fight Occurred sa Advised to Stay Home
MUTTERING HEARD AS NEWS OF DEATH BECOMES PUBLIC

Die-F4rst Victim Was Married Only Three Wceks-Coroncr Mix
 Goes to Scene to Make Investigation
 Mayor Declines to Swear in Im-
 ported Deputies.
 AnsOnia May 19.-Quiet prevailed In the strike district here today, fol- lowing the riot of yesterday, when five strikers were shot by armed guards during an attack on the plant of the Ansonia Mfg. Go. Charles Laepo, one of the men shot died early today. The other four are not seriously wounded. The authorities were on the alert for any further outbreak and a large force of deputy sheriffs and special officers, patrolled the plant and it's vicinity.
 - Laepo, the dead man, was said to have been one of the strike leaders and had a large following among the foreign born laborers here. The po- lice reported considerable uneasiness among the laborers when they learned of Laepo's death, but there was no demonstration, as was at first feared.
 Working On War Munitions.
 Most of the 150 to 200 men on strike are foreign born and were en- ployed in the fuse making rooms of the company which is engaged in making war munitions. A large number of them came here very re- gently. Few are said to be over 30 years old. The plant employs about 800, and the other departments are still in operation. Today, it was un- |. derstood, as a measure of safety, the girls and women, a large number of whom are employed by the concern, were advised to stay home.
 Throughout the forenoon there was entire absence of disturbance either upon the city streets or in the vicinity of the plant. The strikers did not congregate at any point.
 Who Gave Order to Shooto Prosecuting Attorney A. R. McOr- mond began an inquiry early to deter mine if possible who gave the order to the men inside the plant to shoot. He made little headway along this line, 1t being quite evident from the outset, that the shooting came through Individual initiative. He also made an effort to determine whether the men inside the plant aimed intention ally at the strikers or so handled their guns as to make bullets unintention- ally go into the crowd. It is under stood that most, If not all the guards In the plant yesterday, belong here.
 Today number of men arrived from Boston and New York to do guard duty for the company. They went to a hotel upon arrival and later came out in blue uniforms. The company's manager went to Mayor Schumacher and asked him to swear In these men as deputies but the mayor said he woudl have to look r-~ to this request closely as he did not feel like entrusting official auth orty to men he did not know. Moreover, as Sheriff Hugo had sent men here he was practically in charge of the defense arrangements and would have to be consulted. The imported would-be deputies therefore are await ing instructions which would assign them to duty or send them back.
 Another Death Expected.
 Charles Molles, one of the five men hurt yesterday is critically wounded and his death may occur during the day. A bullet passed through his chest, punctured a lung and was lodged behind the shoulder blade from which place it was extracted Coroner Mix will be here about noon and the plan was for him, with MT. McOrmond, to go over the scene of the riot and then visit the persons who are wounded to obtain their story.
 The impression holds that there gre more than five wounded men in town Bullets were rained down upon the crowd and numerous narrow escapes from injury are reported. Earl Rob- bins a Well-known basketball player, who was on the street, felt a bullet pass his face and embedded itself in a tree. He was standing only @ few inches outside the line of fire.
 The number of deputies on duty today Is fourteen. It was not known in the late forenoon whether this number be added to. Some are on guard while others are in reserve.
 Victim Married Three Weeks.
 The authorities ascertained during the morning that the striker who died at the Griffin hospital was Charles Lalco, aged 26, and married three weeks ago.
 Charles Jockmus head of the An sonia Mfg. Co.,, was not available to- day but A. R. Lemieux, the general manager, said that the company had TO statement to give out The trouble, he claimed was due to recent arrivals who seemed from the outset rather uneasy. The strike was
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