The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-11
RI0TLNC AGAIN
BY BOSTON MOB
Boston Streets PatroIIed by
Militiamen-Three Dead
From Gunfire.
SECOND LAWLESS NIGHT

Boston, Sept. 11.-A fresh disturb.
anoe in tho police strike occurred to-
day when state guardsmen fired on
a crowd Of men and boys near the
subway entrance at fremont and
Boyston streets. Several fell pros.
trated. The gang had refused to
move on whom requested.
Don't arrest them; line them UP
and shoot them," bystanders shouted
to the soldiers.
Two men were found to have been
injured, a member of the merchant
marine and a sailor.
Another squad of guardsmen
charged gang conducting a crap
game on the commons. The crowd
started to flee, but the soldiers halted
them and ordered them to hold up
their hands. After rounding UP 15O of
, the gang the guardsmen marched
them to the police station.
The total casualties from last
nights riot In South Boston when
troops fred on a crowd, was increased
to four today by the death of Miss
Margaret Walsh. aged 20, who was
shot In the stomach.
State guardsmen with fixed bayo-
! nets patrolled the streets today.
Their advent on the scene last night,
| while preventing further looting and
| highway robberies on the city streets,
resulted in a heavier casualty list
than that of the first night of terror.
The three fatalities occurred at
South Boston when the guardsmen
fired into a mob numbering several
thousand. Three of those wounded
were women.
The city was quiet today and the
| authorities bent their energies to
averting general strike. The
guardsmen were unmolested and the
| numerous crap games which were in
| progress on street corners yesterday
| were not revived.
The South Boston shooting put a
! sudden end to lawlessness, which for
a time exceeded that of the previous
/ night. The mob had so thoroughly
| smashed windows and looted the
stores in this district that there was
| little for it do in that direction, and
! 1t gave itself up to attacks on the
| guardsmen.
The mob had previously stoned
and beaten three volunteers before
the arrival Of the guardsmen.
L. Mgr. George A. Patterson, rec
tor of st. Vincent's church, in an
address to the crowd pleaded with
the men to be orderly, but his efforts
were futile, for shortly afterward an
| organized gang, the members of
which We're armed with revolvers,
took the head of the mob and began
smashing windows.
While the confusion was at its
height members of the mob began
! firing revolvers at the skirmish line
of guardsmen from a nearby build
/ ing.
Ordered to Fire.
! Standing in front of his men with
his other officers, Capt. HadIey gave
the order:
"Ready; aim---'
| Then some one shouted "fre."
The skirmish line fired three VOL
Ieys, the first two over the heads of
the crowd and the third somewhat
lower. Five of those in the front
ranks of tho crowd sank to the
ground. The rest Of the mob scat =
/ tered wildly, screaming in terror.
Capt. Hadley and his men stated
afterwards chat he did not give the
| command to fire. 1t was his inten-
| ton, he explained, to try and frighten
| the mob by the same tactics he had
successfully used earlier in the eve
ming.
1t was claimed that some member
Of the crowd had cried fire" and
that the guardsmen had mistaken it
for a command from their officer.
| The dead are:
| Robert Sheehan, 81; L street, South
| Boston.
Anthony Carr, South Boston.
Unidentified man shot in Howard
street
| Dying:
Patrolman Richard Reemts, shot
! in back
| Brig Gen. Samuel D. Parker, COM
manding the state troops, called a
! today to consider the question of
| putting the city under martial law.
Not Under Martial Law.
| Gen. Parker explained that al
! though policed by state guardsmen,
! Boston is not technically under mar
! tial law, inasmuch as the guardsmen
are subject to the orders of the po-
! lice captains.
| Action by other unions affiliated
with organized labor was awaited to-
! day. officials of the f1remen's union
| had stated that they were ready to
| go out If called by the American Fed e
! Grafton of Labor, leaving the city
without fire protection.
| In anticipation of such an event It
I iS MANNED hava tho Of n rI
| men man the land forces and the
! navy department is said to have given
assurance that it will provide men
to operate the fire boats.
Early today several men jumped
from an automobile at Columbus
avenue and Buckingham street and
at the point of gun took the badges
guns and clubs from two young vol
unteers. Sergt. Mcdonald arrived
at this juncture. The men Jumped
into their machine and sped away.
Sergt. Mcdonald grabbed Arthur
D. Shea, striking police officer, who
IS being held pending an investiga =
ton. Several shots were fired.
The authorities claim Shea had a
revolver in his possession.
Suspend Ffty-three Police.
Refusing n call To do emergency
| service III Boston, 1lfty-three mem
bers Of the Metropolitan force were
| suspended by Chief West for dis
! obedience. Householders in all OF the
| Boston districts keep strict guard
over their homes throughout the
| night hundreds sleeping with guns
beneath their pillows, or within
I handy reach in the case of necessity.