The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-01
SOLDIERS GUARD ..-
STREETS AT NIGHT
Realty Co. Manager Plans
to Start Work at Once on
Removing Logs-Ten Po-
licemen from Manchester
on Hand to Assist Sheriff
Lord in Protecting New
Hampshire Side of River
Especial to The Reformer.)
BELLOWS FALLS. Aug

Fifteen men engaged by the Champlain
Realty Co arrived on the 1.35 train Sat
urday afternoon from Boston, and 30
more came on the same train this after
noon. On both occasions they were met
at the railroad station by Company |,
Vermont National Guard, of Brattleboro.
4 crowd of 100 or more was on hand
Saturday at the station and more than
double that number saw the men leave
the train today On Saturday the Com
pany | men formed an aisle from the
train to a truck waiting near the station,
and the workmen were piIoted to the
truck without any demonstration taking
place. as the strikers had voted not to
undertake any interference. y row of
Company / men guarded the street on
each side from the station across the
canal bridge and the truck passed
through flanked on each side by deputy
sheriffs From that point truck loads of
soldiers from Company A of Rutland es-
corted the Realty Co. employees to the
camp near the bridge.
This afternoon the same procedure was
carried out except that Company ] es-
corted the men the entire distance from
the station TO the camp, Company re
manning on duty at the camp.
Boats already had been placed on the
Vermont side, and it was the plan of Man
ager George 4. Chedel of the Champlain
Realty Co. 20 put the men at work at
once to remove the 10000 cords of pulp
wood from the Connecticut river on to the
New Hampshire side. where the log yards
are located. under the protection, at the
yards. of 10 policemen from Manchester
and Sheriff Lord and his deputies from
Cheshire county.
At the railroad station today people in
the crowd shouted, .'Strike on" Don
take our jobs" 4 number of automobiles
bore the placards. Strike breakers not
wanted here" Similar placards were no
ticed in several of the stores this fore
noon.
Gov James Hartness was in the vii
lage yesterday afternoon. being called
back by telephone from Plymouth. Mass,
where he was attending the Pilgrim ter
centenary celebration. He went to his
home last night. but returned here today
and expressed himself as satisfied with
the preparations which had been taken
for protecting the Realty Co. employees
and with the manner in which those pre-
cautions were being carried out.
Governor Hartness visited the Com
pany E armOry, where Company ] is To-
Gated He was halted by a guard who
did not know his identity, and was not
allowed to enter the armOry until the
guard had been directed by Captain f.
W. Gibson to allow him to pass. The
Governor compiimented the guard on his
soldierly conduct, saving that he was a
good soldier The Governor then visited
Company \ and the camps of the Realty
Go. employees and the Windham county
deputy sheriffs and conStables in charge
of Sheriff Frank l.. Wellman of Brattle
boro.
On the question of whether it was
wise move to send troops here the peo
pie of the village are divided. Some fee
that it is a disgrace to have the militia
ordered here, while others think it woulC
be much more of a disgrace to allow
continuation of conditions which existed
previous to their arrival. In the face o
automatic pistols and rifles with fixet
hayoncts the strikers are realizing thai
the state of Vermont intends to afforC
the protection to which the Realty Co
employees and property are entitled
Supt. James Meyers of the Interna
tional Paper Co. is under conStan
guard by Deputy Sheriff Bert A. Whit
temOre of Guilford on account of threat
which some of the strikers are ALLEGED
to have made against him. E.
The greeting accorded the members o
the Manchester police force was rathe
more cordial than they had expected. Th
people of North Walpole did not look OF
them with eyes of enmity, rather the,
seemed to think that they might be o
avail in helping to clear up an unpleas
ant situation.