The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-07-30

At present only about half dozen men
are in the camp
Crowd Threatens Wellman
Shortly after noon yesterday crowd
gathered around the line of officers In
charge of Sheriff Frank l.. Wellman of
Brattleboro, who are protecting the camp.
and became very, noisy and threatening.
Sheriff Nellman read the riot act and or
dered the strikers and sympathiZers to
disperse. One man, David Virgins of
Bellows Falls, failed to obey and was ar
rested by the sheriff and locked up. Last
evening he was arraigned before Judge
Thomas E.. O'Brien in the municipal
court on complaint of States Attorney
Whitney. He pleaded not guilty through
his attorney. Fred Il. Pingree of this place
and the case was continued to Aug. Il,
bail being fixed at $500. Al. Richards
became surety Cor Wiggins's appearance.
The captains Of the two military COM
panies were notified shortly after mid
night to report in Bellows Falls for duty
at 3 o'clock. Company / of Brattleboro
was the first to arrive, leaving Brattle-
boro at 6 O'Clock and reaching here at
80. They made headquarters at the
Bellows Falls armory. Company A ar
rived on time and was stationed at the
camp.
Company / was called to its armOry in
Brattleboro by fire alarm signal pre-
automobiles, including three trucks, with
an advance motorcycle guard consisting
of Mechanic Holt and Private William
Adams. A Reformer reporter was with
the company. On the way here Ford
car containing several men passed the
military men and yelled vile epithetS to
them. There are &c men in Company |
and slightly smaller number IN Com
pany n.
Three American Realty Co. truck
drivers who have been here since Mon
day have been told not to stay around,
otherwise their lives will not be worth
much Several evidences of "hOOch'
have been noted among the strikers. The
restaurants here have been notified by the
strikers not to serve food to any man
who may be imported by the American
| Realty Co. or the International Paper
Co. One restaurant proprietor refused
to serve food to American Realty Co.
men and when the fact came to the atten-
ton of States Attorney Whitney the
latter notified the restaurant man that if
he made any further refusal of that sort
he would be locked up. There has been
no further trouble on that score.
Sheriff Wellman has 81 men besides
himself on duty here, their headquarters
| being established near the Realty Go.
camp. They include the following regu-
lar deputies who have been on duty here
for some time !: Bert a. WhitTemure OF
Guilford. w. NJ. Sparks of Townshend
George +. Alexander of SaXtons River
and John @. Tucker, Merrill \. Stark,
George Bower. Il. H. Metcalf and w. II.
Thompson of Brattleboro. They include
also the following who We're sworn in
yesterday; Dana II. Stafford, Alton b.
Marsh Clyde w. Falby, Carlos +. Snow,
c. G. Wells. Ralph Aloquin, John Wake
man and r. G. Harris of Brattleboro. Al
bert Benson of Londonderry, E. 7.
Squires Of Guilford, Milton Ellison. c. b.
Hilliard and g. f. Tenney of Westmin-
ster. b. L.. Wood and y. c. Fellows of
Putney and W. T.. Edmonds of Spring
field. Vi There are also present Deputy
sheriff r. II. Wheeler of Jamaica.
Deputy Sheriff ". NJ. Hoslcy of London
derry. Deputy Sheriff Luther Bellows of
Wilmington, Constable William Higley
Of Guilford, Constable Harold Akley of
Vernon. and Constable II. o. Cobb of
Putney. Two Brattleboro officers who
have been on duty but are not here now
are Deputy Sheriff Fred Cressy and Po-
licoman w. II. Tyler.