The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-25
Scores Of Men From
 Other Cities On Way
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Guard troops in streets surrounding the four square block plant. But today, apparently dominated l by tho rifles and machine guns, the mob thnt ones numbered B,00O had dwindled Co n few hundred. Ri0ting started T1ssdny The ri0ting first started Tuesday when the company replaced atrIk" CTS with strike. breakers ip 1D af- | fort Co keep the factory going. IL beGntns serious Wednesday af- tarno0n, ragged harcoly niI Wednsh. day night Thursday morning at dawn tho national guard arrived The plant had been devastated. The entire district terrorigad. All Thursday tba mObH were. his' perged repeatedly, only to reform again.
 The mob had grown to 5000 many of them women, At h street intersection n detachment of vol. diers came faes to face with the mob. Bricks rainsd down. A voiIey of shots rang out, ffed high, ft had no effect, 4 second voliay, this one directed into ths mob. I've men dropped dead. Ton weve ehrgiad away in An,buIanoes, wounded.
 Later at Blght troops again nrsd into the rioters. TWO more were wounded.
 No Orders TO Fire
 Commanding officers said the a0l. hiers had received no Hpselne Ofs dsrH Co frs into ths crowds, but wore told thoy might nre if their lives were endangered. No action. military or otherwise, would Do taken against those who fired tho shots, N was indicated.
 Practically all ths nelghborh0Od was avnGuated by residents wh0hs homes had bean made unliv1ble by saeping gas,
 The two rioters were killed and tsn were wounded by army rifles tn tho hands of soldiers who firGd without direct orders from military superior.
 An unknown number of soldiers and rioters, GOnHsryDtivsly sstimat' d at 100 for yesterday Afterno0n'H ana last nights sporadic fighting, suffered bruises from flying bricks
 oAIclhIs Of tho company, eonten. plating n wrecked plant which N VIII be impossible to operate tor A number of weeks. seemed willing t0 discuss peace.
 Officials Of tns United Aut0m0' bile Workers Federal Labor, m AFL affiliate. which e6lle the or" iginal strike. diHeIaimed rahp0nsl. bllity for the rioting and also were eager for barley.
 Taft Arrives 0n bceDe
 Charles r. Taft son Of the former president, appointed special medjhtOr by federal department 0f labor officials appalled, by tbs most serious labor riots since ths bluh eagle began waving over American industry, arrived from Cinolnnhti. With military authorities, he hr. ranged for an immediate confer
 Adjutsnt General Frank D. Hsn. dsvs0n, commander 0f the DB0 HOis dters who Fnopped up the TiotiDg, ofYieinls of ths company, 0nleaFh or the union, and Taft meet to-day. The chief contention is ths ques- ton Of union recognition, Com Dnny officials have sworn they would never recognize the union, Whs- thsr they had changed their minds could not be learned. The military arrested 70 or the rioters and turned them over to civil authorities.
 Floyd Bossier. president of the union blamed the ri0ting on com munist agitators. lie said only A few of the rioters were union members,
 The troops established fl mili- tary zone comprising six square blocks around the plant. In this S0ns military law prevailed. Tight. tipped commanding officsrs refused information 10 all.
 only about 100 men remained in the streets nt : a. ID. These were watched by f. detachment Of IG0 troopers from behind machine