Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-12
TWO MORE DEATHS
OCCUR IN CLASHES
WITH ARMED TROOPS
Three Others Reported In
jured and $50 Are Under
Arrest.
CENTRAL LABOR UNION
TAKES SECRET BALLOT
Proposition to Call General Strike
of Workers Is Con-
sidcred.
MAY CALL OUT REGULARS
Soldiers Patrol Streets With Fixed
Bayonets and Machine Guns
Are Mounted.
(By Universal Servicc.)

tthE universal Serricc.)
BOSTON, Sept 11.-With several dis
tricts yet to be heard from, the toll
of toniEht's rioting is two dead and
three injured.
Al toniSht's meeting OF the Central
Labor Union a secret vote was taken
on the question of a general strike in
sympathy with the striking policemen
Inc result was not announced. Unions
that have not already voted on the
Central Labor Unions circular asking
for vote on the proposition of a gen
eral strike are to be urged TO do SO
Immediately and forward the result to
the Central Labor Union.
The committee OF seventeen of the
7. l.. u. has been given power to recoui-
mend a general strike if it is deemed
adrisabie TO resort to such a move.
nEh %ss EsntefaS Esrteus qSfs se
reported were In Jamaica Plains, where
one one man nan. was :.s killed when the guards
waited terminal In Roxbury. South Bos-
Threatened Strike Of Taf the eee9r,Ia e%pfoyes
of the New England Telegraph Com
pany has been ronnd ayer,ed by the granting
carmen of the Bay State Railway lines
also are reported to have abandoned
The situation became so grave to-
day that At, Governor , Coolidge took con
liol ol away from Mayor PeterS
and personally assumed full charge.
The Governor notified the War and
Navy Departments at Washington to be
city and maintenance of law and
lie also arranged to, call special
martial law, could be declared The
riot on Boston Common. when State
gmardsmen broke up crap shooting
crowd when 1t resisted arrest.
Sailor Dies of Wounds.
Two men were shot. one. sailor,
dying soon after. One hundred and
o n's s,aiam Persons hov we're arrested and taken
Tree. S no guard was able to identify
any, any paTtieuiar ar one as having been
Tonight the city Shoo,1nS is on 6isb ebaps srs,on
with thousands OF State Euardsmen
patrolling the streets with fixed bayo-
streets and Shooting when necessary
to enforce their commands Machine
points.
Its, u is Esnsrally regarded as the most
sritical rt al moment Of the strike to date
ments;, Friends and relatives Of those
shot by the .guardsmen are vowins
Mems hhenSennce ;.Ha ana m extra extra precautions havo
.lcnce.
The dice games were started close
crowd had formed a circle around the
pbIayeiTs; Pa ris. who W were on the inside of
broken through the ring and grabbed
Two Two" OF the dice rollers One was a
other was attired in the uniform az
sailor
Guns Drawn by Soldiers.
AS the suardsmen attempted to drag
one or the pair away the man attempt
n hs. ri n
OF several hundred persons collected
around the struggling pair and jeers
and hoots were hurled at the two. Sud
denly the arresting guardsnlen were
seen to draw gun. and there was a
Wild rush to the entrances of doorways
ana ,h su5way stations by the crowd. In
rang ont. and the dice shooter fell 10
Ey this time the guardsmen had
neen re.enforced by half a dozen men
ca man. shot in the head. was lifted
rom the ground and hustled into a
nearby automobile
Meanwhile the hundreds OF specta-
tors who gathered at the irst signs
OF disturbance had been augmented hv
thousands of others. Women. girls and
men and large number OF grown-up
youEg men, some OF whom had been
sathered @ in the dice game circle
comp,etelH eGm9n. pInd street fc traffic became
A.. Z,
the street being filled with machines
ana teams. The sailor under arrest
continued to struggle As he was being
dragged by another Suardsman toward
the corner OF Boylston Street along the
Mall.
Mnd Rush by Crowd.
The crowd followed up Hoots and
Jeers were mingled with the shouts OF
the men being arrested The arrest.
ing guardsman drew his revolver.
lwice there was mad rush on the
part OF the crowd to places of safety
o:her Suardsmen were now on the sp6t
ana lent hand in helping with tha
arresr.
suddenly. however. the sailor wa.
seen TO aim blow at the nearest
for tho thin line OF the crowd. running
IN IT., the direction OF the Boylston curb.
ms. AS he came into yIew from
around tho subway entrance structurs
onlookers saw guardsman who had
run down the Mall. on the other side
OF tho structure. raise his revolver
Then. as thousands looked on with
horror and alarm. there was sharp
DArk OF exDlOdiYN