The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-26

J. Inc clash came on Monday when large number of the New .Enoland
 workers assembled about the Scoville Iactory intent undoubtedly, to picket the snop- There was no trouble nor any oenonstration until a force of police men was hurried to the scene and at- tempted to disperse the crowd by riding over and through them, with the result lnat number of the more easily sin- named strikers of foreign origin, re- sented ana soon pitched battle was and soon an exchange of bullets was on with the result that, as is 11sualIv the case, a practical non-participaut in the outbreak was killed, and two of fine city offlcers badly wounded.
 F The person killed was only a yof1fI oi i8 years and not weapon of any kind, not even to penk1nife was on nm. He was one of--sthe strikers. LlDerto Liso by name, and was among the crowd and chanced to be 1T, ff1f xvav Of the flying bullets. Whether if was shot from the policemen or from among the strikers that killed him. can not be said Immediately in press dis patches sent broadcast, he was classed as the radical among radicals and was charged with making death bed con- Iesslons of gigantic plot to use arms to force the ends of the strikers. Even the authorities themselves now admit that as absurd but, following their usual policy, maintain a dignied silence.
 1Wo police officers, Lieut. Richard Leroy and John J. Bergin also fell in the fusilade. and are yet in the hosnitai III serious condition. The result If this end of the shooting was what the man ufacturers have been seeking since the strike started way back in the early days of April. The state forces were appealed to Major General Lucien Bur pee, cori1mander and himself a member of the Waterbury manufacturing class although lawyer and a judge by pro- fesslon, immediately responded. Water bury was put under military law and orders were issued by Commander Burpss as follows:
 Don't fire anless ,yoa absolnfely Hdye to. # yon do fire, don't fire in fhe air, but fire to kill"
 In this he was backed up by Cover nor Holcomb whose order was:
 Co the hniit to preserve order"
 several companies of militia were rushed to the scene, companies in other cities ordered to be ready and with a flock of machine guns that would have done credit to German battalion. Waterbury was put under martial law. Meetings even of regularly organized bodies who were out with the others but had not the slightest part in the disturbance were tabooed and while the skilled MachiHists' lodge managed to hold one daily meeting, as scheduled, they were promptly prohibited from holding another. They didn't try to.
 In excuse for the killing of Liso, stories were published about the state that he was seen with revolver in his hand. In contradiction of this is the fact that his body was weaponless and not even a policeman involved, after had seen the youth either with or with out gun. Trouble was expected when the funeral was held on Wednesday afternoon, and it was held under strictly military and police supervision. Great were the precautions taken but they were needless as, except for the thQus- ands of silent persons who lined the sidewalks and watched the procession wend toward the cemetery, there was no evidence that anything out of the or dlnary was going on. Close relatives and friends were even refused permis- sion to march in procession at the funeral, as IS the custom among his countrymen, it being feared that they might be considered strikers holding parade. They accepted the edict pas sive1y. The floral display, however, could not well have been prevented and the myriads of blooms that accompanied the body gave mute testimony to the feeling surging in the breasts of the crowd. Speeches were made at the grave and such solemnity given the occasion as has seldom been seen in this city evep at funerals of much more prominent than that of the young striker
 Mayor Sandland after the funeral issued a proclamation declaring that to his mind then the strike was practically settled. Policemen had been shot down by strikers and that ended it. Not a word about the youth whose life was forfeited.i The mayor was probably right in hat instance at least The
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