The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-02
SITUATION THERE
is QUIET TODAY
Employees of Realty Co. Put
ting Up Machinery for
Removing Logs from Riv-
er Wires to Be Strung
= for Lights so Men Can
Work Day and Night =
More Men Soon
Especial to The Reformer.l
FELLOWS FALLS. An.

The fine soldierly qualities of the men
who compose Company /, Vermont Ma
tional Guard, of Brattleboro and the com
potency of the commanding officer, Capt.
E. w. Gibson, and the other officers were
demonstrated following the arrival of 81
men from Boston yesterday afternoon to
work for the Champlain Realty Co. in
removing pulpwood logs from the Con-
necticut river for the International Pa
per Co.'S use whenever the strike situa-
ton enables the latter company to re-
open its mills here.
An incident occurred after the men
had detrained and had left for the Realty
Co. camp at the Vermont end of the log
drive which required coolness and good
judgment in the face of a threatening
situation which was developing among the
strikers and strike sympathizers, and
these qualifications were not lacking in
any respect.
BY the time the imported employees had
reached the westerly end of the bridge
crossing the canal near the railroad sta
tion and had been taken under guard by
Company \ of Rutland crowd of nearly
500 persons had gathered on and near
the bridge. \ platoon under command of
1St Lieut.. Charles A. Il. Goodwin was
near the station, having guarded the en-
ployes as they proceeded from the train
, to two waiting auto trucks, and platoon
under command of I'd Lieut.. Alexander
EXner was on the canal bridge, having
formed in two lines through which the
new workmen passed.
Maneuver by Capt Gibson
| Capt Gibson was a little distance away,
on the street that leads up to the camp.
and after the truckloadS had passed the
crowd turned its attention to Company I
! and began crowding into the road and
calling the guardsmen vile names. Capt.
! Gibson say that a mob spirit was deyel-
oping and he signalled for the two
| platoons to consolidate. 4 platoon of
Company \ men stood some distance up
/ the road toward the camp and took in
/ the situation. The lieutenant in command
offered to consolidate with the Brattle-
! boro infantry, but Capt. Gibson preferred
! to put his men to the test alone
/ The double quick" command was
given and the soldiers with guns cooked
/ and at high port (Which would allow them
to be brought quickly into position for a
bayonet charge) started on a run toward
the crowd in the road. When the militia
men had approached within a few rods
the crowd separated in hurry and the
soldiers passed through. Then Capt. Glib
son had the men reverse and go back
through the crowd again in double quick
/ time He then halted the men in the
midst of the crowd and put them through
II to 20 minutes of drill
The operation served to disperse the
threatening element, and throughout the
| episode not man in the company
hinched or made word of reply to the
oathS and names hurled at them Incl
dentally the affair proved the need of
the presence of troops.
No more men were brought in today,
but it is probable that another consign-
ment from Boston will arrive before the
week is out. The situation today is very
lquiet
Operations are now directed toward
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