Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-11
Two Men and a Boy Killed in
Turbulent Outbreaks Grow. /
ing Out of Police WaIkout In
Bay State Capital.
SYMPATHETIC STRIKES
FEARED BY OFFIClALSl
Woman Wounded, Middle
Aged Volunteer Policeman
Badly Beaten and Cavalry
men Assaulted.

Boston, Sept. 10-Two men and &
boy were killed tonight in turbulentf
outbreaks growing out of the police
strike. There were numerous iii-
juries of minor nature to members
of mobs, police officers and state
guardsmen.
One of the most serious elements
in the complicated outlook was the.
possibility of sympathetic strikes by
labor unions which have declared
their support of the policemen's
union. Like the patrolmen's organs
zatior most Of these unions are af4I
hliated with the American Federa-
ton CT Labor.
The crowd early became riotous
and cavalrvmen were sent to dis
perse it. The mob surged in and
out of the square. Shots were fred
and an unidentified man was killed.
A woman was wounded in the arm,
a middle-aged volunteer policeman
was so badly beaten up that he was
removed to hospital and three cav.
alrymen were hit over the head by
bottles and other missiles and also
were giver hospital treatment. After
infantry reinforcements arrived the
square was finally cleared.
A So fierce was the resistance Of thu!
angry crowd to the efforts of the
guardsmen to preserve some sort Ut
order that guns were leveled and
machine gun was put in. position.
All sorts of missiles were hurled at
the guardsmen. A shower of stones
so endangered the soldiers that MAJ
chine gun crews were ordered to
fire. One man was killed and sew
eral wounded.
Clear One Street.
A troop of state guard cavalry,
dashing at full speed in company
front with drawn sabers, cleared
Scollay and Adams Squares tonight
of thousands who had jammed those
places since early today. Both
squares had been the scenes of in-8
termittent rioting and when the cav
airy approached a small group Of
loyal police officers were maintain
ing a semblance of order with the
greatest difficulty.
Gangs of gamblers who have in-8
tested Avery street were criven out
at the point of the bayonet by =
company of state guardsmen to-
night. There were IS dice games in
progress, with about 1000 partici-s
pants and spectators. At double
quick time the soldiers drove the
crowd before them and then sta.
toned guards, closing the section.
Private Is Hurt.
Private Carl Mead of the First
troop, state cavalry, wher driving
the crowd out of Scollay Square to-,
night was hit on the head with
bottle and knocked from his horse.
He was taken to police headquarters
unconscious.
Fifty-three members of the Met
police force, who have
been on emergency duty during the
strike and who are ordered to pa
troll Scollay square, tonight refused
and were Immediately suspended.
They marched in body to head-|
quarters of the policemen's union at
Fay hall and took out applications
for membership.
1t was noon today when Mayor
Peters assumed control of what
was left of the police department.
and called upon the commander
of the Tenth regiment of the state
guard to assist him in preserving
order. At the same time he asked
Governor Coolidge for additional
troops from outside the city. The
governor Immediately called out the
Fourth brigade and this evening he
ordered out the Fourteenth and
Twentieth infantry. Boston also
furnished motor transport corps.
a troop of cavalry and an ambulance
May Call Regulars.
This force was believed sufficient
to cope with the situation imme-
diately resulting from the strike of
police last night. but the threat. that
sympathetic strikes might be de-
clared by the city firemen, street
car men, telephone operators and
electrical workers and other organ
lied bodies affiliated with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, was not
lightly regarded. Accordingly Gov
ernor Coolidge sent word to the
mayor tonight that he stood ready
to supplement the state guard by
an appeal to the president for regi-
lars.