The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-12
BOSTON POLICE
STRIKE WILL BE
FIGHT To FINISH
Mayor Peters Says Union viii
Never Be Recognized
STATE TROOPS ON DUTY
City Takes On WarlikS Appearance
Navy Ready to Cooperate
with Army

Boston, Sept. 1.-THE government
and laws of state cannot be arbitrat-
ed, was the statement made at the
state house today in response to an
incessant public demand to know the
attitude of the state toward the strik-
ing policemen and suggestions OF
compromise.
THE men are deserters," said Gov.
ernor Coolidge. This isn't a strike.
These men were public officials. We
cannot think OF arbitrating govern.
ment or the form OF law. There can
lbe no opportunity for any compromise
in respect to either My personal
opinion is that they wouldn't be taken
back il they yielded to my view
Except for the presence of troops and
many boarded windows, the streets
appeared normal today
Boston, Sept. 12.-President Wilson
referred in his speech at Helena.
Mont, last night, to controversies re.
sulung from police strikes in the
East and said the strike of the police
men of great city, leaving that city
at the mercy of thugs, is a crime
against civilization"
The duty of policeman to his gov.
ernment, he asserted, was a direct
one which should be borne with re-.
sponsibiity. The president asserted
that no one could kill government by
killing those who conducted govern.
ment.
New York, Sept. 1.-THE main is.
sue in the police strike in Boston
has become the question of protect.
ing workingmen and women, declared
Meyer bloomfield, civic and social
worker and educator of that city, to-
day in an address at the industrial
conference here OF the national civic
federation.
TWO days ago." said Mr.. Bloom.
field, the issues were whether the
police should affiliate with an out.
side body, such as the federation of
labor; the issue over conditions and
whether the commissioner could give
his orders and have them carried out.
Over night all these were buried
and the primal, elemental issue OF
self-defense came to the front. Now
1t is the question of xprotecting the
workingmen and women of Boston,
for all the rioting and looting and as
saults took place in the sections of
the city where wage earners live.
| Boston, Sept. 11.-Robert Iallie
who was shot during a riot in South
Boston last night, died at the City
hospital late tonight. This brings ths
total death list to seven.
The sixth death growing out of the
strike disturbances occurred late to-
night when Richard D. Reems. a
striking policeman who was shot this
morning, succumbed to his wounds.
The death toll in lawlessness sol.
lowing the calling of Boston's police
strike Tuesday was increased tonight
when Henry Groat, 20 years old. was
shot and killed duringsa raid by state
guardsmen on a dice game in the
Jamaica Plain section. Two other
men were wounded in the raid
With Governor Coolidge, as com,
mander-in-chief of the state forces. in
complete charge of the situation, the
city tonight took on warlike appear
anee. Six machine guns were mount
ed at police headquarters and troon-
ers, wearing steel helmets by order of
AdJutant General Stevens, patrolled
the streets. The order followed in
jury to several soldiers by flying
missiles.
Meanwhile shopkeepers. supple.
mentlng police and military protection
by means of their own, barricaded
the windows of their places of bust.
ness as II TO withstand a siege.
Boards were nailed in front OF the
glass to protect it from the assault
or bands of hoodlums who have been
roaming the Streets
| A fight to the finish between the
constituted authorities of state and
city and the labor unions was indicat-
ed by developments in the strike to-
day. While Governor Coolidge was
exercising his authority as command
er-in-chief of the state forces to take
complete command of the measures
for protection of the city, Mayer
Peters was making it plain to labor
leaders who visited the city hall that
the policemen's union would not be
recognized.
The labor men were firm in their
| @ |ohNo ehab Inc ponce De permit
ted to affiliate with the American
Federation of Labor, and offered to
guarantee that the police never would
be called out on sympathetic strike.
Although the mayor said they had
told him that they wished to avert a
general strike, they proceeded after
their conference with him to a meet
ing of the executive committee and
past presidents of the Central Labor
Union called to make arran gements
for a meeting of the central body to-
night, at which action on the matter
of a general sympathetic strike was
to be taken.
The possibility OF strike OF car
men, telephone and electrical workers