The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-24

Ions by employers. Mlnnea polls
truck drivers refused to accept
w0Re arbitration through the re-
gional labor board, contending de-
mundB should BIO settled by con.
ference OF employers with union
repre-
Authorities feared n resumption
OF bloody riots unless employers
consented to the demand today.
Bayoncts In Toledo
Toledo, May "a -- tUP) - The
brIstllng bay0nets Of state troops
maintained guard over tho fire.
torn buildings OF the Electric Auto.
Lite plant today, after o night OF
terror In which 1000 maddensd
strikers besiesed 1900 strike.
breakers wItaM the plant, IN
armed conflict.
A state OF semi.mllitary law pre-.
vailed over the district whore,
through the dark hours, q mob OF
shrleking, cursing workers had
held Toledo'B police force Ut bay
and threatened hand.to.hand war.
fare.
A drenohing downpour, shortly
before dawn, cooled tho lnflamma.
bio situation ana drove several
thousand OF tho bclllgerentB from
the streets. Tho advance OF squads
OF heavily armed soldiery, swing
Ing into action after mobilization
In ncurby towns, cleared tho sroctH
OF tho remainder.
More than 400 persons were ro-
ported injured In tho nlght-lona
clnshos between strikers, police
and deputy sherlffs, and scores
moro were suffering from tho Of
fects OF tear gus used IN vain at
tomptB to dIspcrse tho mob.
Victims OF Iear Gas
Mnny others, held prisoners
foodioss, for h day and q nigh
within the boBicged walls OF I'M
plant, were Victims OF the tear gu
which, aimed at tho strikers, blew
back upon them through the fae'
tory windows.
| iuardsmon was TO free the evil
ian men and women who had been
Imprisoned since yesterday. Thss
marched out, haggared and fright.
ehed, nt 8 a., m. - 600 women and
1900 men 49, under the grim gum
Of tho youthful troopers.
IL was impossible TO estimate the
number OF causnlties. Throughout
tho night the hospitals received
patients with battered heads and
blood .strenkod faces.
Tho troops, concentrated heavi'
~ In tho streets Immediately sur
rounding tho plant, swept tho IT.
tered field OF battle clear, and dom.
mated the situation. Straggieri
remaining In tho Vicinity were
brusquely ordered away, and the
orders were enforced at tho point
OF tho bnyonet.
Mass OF Wrcckagc
Two days of sporadic fighting
had loft the big factory building
n mass OF wreckage. Bricks and
stones, hurled by rioters, had
broken nearly every window. Dam
age was estimated mt 100000
most OF 1t caused by fire which
flared up ut several points during
the night.
Tear gas, shot from the plan,
and blown back inside by O con.
trary wind, had taken Its toll
among the workers 1t was designed
to protect.
The riots eliminated labor dis.
putes between Electric Auto-Litt
and It's workers which had ben
ignored. and more than on0o po'
lice and deputy sheriffs had beer
hard pressed to maintain order.
Troop mobilization was ordered
late last night when II became ap.
parent local authorities could mol
cope with the situation. STRIKERS
made repeated attacks on the plan,
gates, only to be repulsed by pc.
lice and workers inside.
Many attempts were made to fire
the factory. Firebrands repeated.
ly were thrown through broker
windows. The mob closed In on