Norwich bulletin., 1919-09-11

Boston. Sept 10.-Two men were Killed tonight in riots growing out of the police strike and several were in- jured when the suardsmen opened fire ou q mob with a machine gun Prop rrry damage was slight compared to -hst inflicted by the wild rampage of hoodlums last night
 The south Boston district, which was SD turbulent last night. was con- sidered one of the worst danger spots. and large force Of troops was thrown n there early in the night For some lime they held in check the mobs of polyslot residents of the Peninsula section. but late at night conditions were so mcuacing that machine gun creW was rushed over to aid them
 So ncrce was the resistance of the mary crowd 10 the efforts of the -uarGSmeI to preserve some sort of order that guns were ievelled and the machine gun was put in position All sorts of missiles were hurled at the EuarGsnen- \ shower of stones so endangered inc soldiers that the ma chine gun crew was ordered to ire one man was killed and several were wounded At . late hour the mob was still uncontrolled
 Windows were broken in different parts Of the city. but there was little lootinE-
 Riotinc in and near ScoIlay square, in which an unidentified man was kill cd a woman shot in the arm and a police officer beaten into unconscious ness was the most serious occurrence of the carly part of Boston's first night under protection of the state guard. All day long the square. which is near police headquarters. and which is famous as tfls home of numerous cheap entertainment places. had been crowded
 This was one of the places where h0odlums. freed from restraint by the police strike. gathered last night and smashed windows and footed stores. When the first of the state guard
 ---,@ NF cavalry was sent to this danger point
 Officer Knocked senseIess.
 The mob steadily increased in size and attacked a police officer. Before the cavalry could rescue him and scatter the crowd the officer had been hurled orhe ground and was sense less At the same time shots rang out and the troopers found a man lying dead and a woman wounded The woman Mrs Gertrude Lewis, or the Roxbury district. was not. dangerously hurt The cavalry called for rein To-cements as the mob surged back, and 200 infsntrymen were hurried to the square
 Tn an earlier attempt to clear the crowd from SCollay square, Private | oral Mead of the First troop. state cavalry. was knocked from his horse, l unconscious by 2 bottle
 Ciusrdsmen stopped dice games on Avery street. near the theatrical dis ]. trict- Two thousand eamesters and | Iookers-on fed as the soldiers charged'l reh length Of the street
 Metropolitan park policemen who | pended when they refused to continue | The work tonight. They marched to i The Policemeu's union headquarters | and joined the union
 Bandit al Work.
 An armed bandit entered the Carle- 1 ton lunch on Columbus avenue carly in | 1T fc7I t7n n cashier at the point of a revolver. com | polling her to give him s156. the con tents of the cash drawer He then | "a imly walked out and disappeared
 Harvard students who are on the 1 volunteer police force have frequently l been the target of missiles. Three | were charged by mob tonight and. although armed with clubs and re- quarters after they had been hit by l eEEs and mud.
 Anticipating possible trouble in South Boston. where the first serious out break occurred last night, two mo or transport companies were des- ratched there tonight Early reports showed all quiet in that section
 Merchants Barricaded Doors
 Merchants not only barricaded their windows and doors tonight to prevent raids by hoodlums. but in some eases placed searchiights at advanta geous points and directed the beams over roofs and into dark alleys
 Among the volunteer policemen on duty tonight were former Rear Ad mirz1 Francis T. BOwles. Bernard J. Eothweli. former president of the rhzmber Of commerce General Francis Pea body Connie F-elton, the football star and Dick Harte. the baseball catcher
 Before the cavalry and infantry had | succeeded in clearing ScOllay square, one volunteer policeman and three -Jate guardsmen had been injured and taken to hospital All were hit on the head by flying missiles. mostly bottles
 4 few windows were broken in vari- sus parts of the city. but in most in- -reants away before they could do any ootIng-
 Under Military Rule.
 Boston was under military rule to- -i-ht After txenty-four hours of zwleSsness- a sense of security was a forded an outraged public by the ap- nearance in the streets of five thou d nd soldiers under orders at any cost .o restore order and protect life and property
 Action was taken at noon today. when Mayor Peters assumed control of what was left of the police department md called upon the commander of the , Tenth regiment of the state guard to assist him in preserving order. At the me time he asked Governor Coolidge , or additional troops from outside the , -ity The governor immcdia te1y call I .d out the Fourth briSade- comprising , nr lIth. 1eth and 18th regiments. from ties and towns in the metropolitan listrict and this evening he ordered ,ut the 14th infantry from the Cape i