The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-24
Troops Are Forced
To HurL Gas Bombs
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blocks down the street NJ the point
OF bnyonstB.
Strikers began bnrricndinR
themselves behind improviBed en-
bnttiementg on DorcheS and homes
IN the district. Occasionally one
Of the rioters hurled % brick Ut
she troopers.
Battered walls, broken windows
and chnrrod remains Of numerous
small fires gave mute evidence "
the wrath which strikers turned
against the company which has re.
fused 70 recognize their union. tho
United Automotiye Workers.
The big plant VIVA empty ~ all
save militinmen, company officials
ana a small gang Of mon who
str0ve 10 repair the dam1ge from
men and women, held prisoner In
tho plant for almost ~ hours be.
cause they worked IN strikebreaks
ere, had been freed by the coming
0f che national guardsmen.
Many I3AndAgMde Heads
Nand9ged heads we're mum erOuB
among strikers and BympnthizerB
whO formed tho mob. More than n
score Of porsons--strike rs, strike
breakers and police--wers tfohtcd
for injuries from flying bricks and
suardsmen were equipped with
gas masks, and whom they lot 40 n
rms attack they advanced under
10 cloud, prOddinE right and left
with their bayonsts and shouting
orders for the mob 20 dlsperso. One
Ib-year old boy suffered y slight
bayonet wound.
There were many women In tho
crowd, most OF them not strikers.
Troopers pleaded with thoBc who
were obviously spectators 10 leave.
The mob grew steadily ~ mid
day approached. Strikers and heck
Iers refused 10 disperse. They with.
drew when gas was lo0Bed, but
showed quickly forward again. Men
swors Mt soldiers, called them "ycl-
low dogs,
Auto Traflc Banned
Mayor kioty issued an ordos
banning all auto traffic In the area,
IAeut. Col. r.. W. Fuhr OF tho mn.
tlonai guard could handle the
crowd N II was not necessary 10
contend with trafilc.
Soldiers we're given terse orders
10 rslense gas any time bricks were
hurled
n. ". Dunnlg1n, eOnciliator foi
The department ~ labor, called to-
gether labor officials, Thomas Ram
Aey, business agent OF tho union,
and members OF the regional labor
board Tor n conference looking
toward n truce, at least tenn 0rnry.
The first attempt Of the mob 10
yAtaiiate cnmo when troops were
snbjected 10 a shower Of brickbnW
shortly before noon when they
hurled tear gns into the ranks Of
an advancing group. The strike.
breakers retrented, throwing mlss-
Hes behind them. Bricks struck
the steel helmets OF several sol
diers. sputtering gas bombs were
picked up and tossed back Mt the
soldiers.
New Gas Was Used
The vomiting RaS had telling
effect on the rioters. Many OF them
were doubled up with nauBea' hut
few left the scene. Mob Instinct
held sway and strikers Beemed oe-
tarmined 10 remain near the big
piart which 10 them had becOm6
the EN- bOdiment OF all the Ills
which they considered they had
suffered,
Indication Of the extent TO which
the military commanded the situh-
ton came when Judge Roy stuart
refused 70 issue an order permit
ting pickets 10 enter troop lines. Hc
referred union Leaders 10 com
nnnding officers or the troops.
Police Chief Acts
Minneapolis, May a. (UP.--
Chief Of Police Michael j. JobanDeb
and Sheriff John Wall VI Hsnnepin
county announced today that truck
ing activity would be resumed ut
O'Clock tonight Of the conclusion OF
the truce between striking truck
drivers and their employers.
TWcnty.f0ur hundred troops. now
ynobiilzed In Minneapolis. VIII aci
az conveys for the trucks.
r h troops. according ~
Johannes and Wall, Will be ordered
20 repeI any attempt on the part
OF strikers 10 halt the truck move
meDts.
Fourteen hundred additional
troops we're mobIilzed iD ~. PauI,
rendy for instant call iU case o.
any outbreak that might occur with
the cessation Of the truce.
Strike leaders meanwhile l1ld
plaus 10 send thousands u pickets
tUfg TIE UihEF't HiH1f't W pNF-'h
t;te movement Of perisbsb is foods.
I'VE intend no violence" VIII
ian, Brown, president VI the Driv.
ors Union announced. But We viii
send 20 many piekets into the
area tbsf IL VIII be impossible 70
move fbfouab the crowd. This
policy 81 psssive resistance WI ~
observed Under strict orders.
Despite the announcement ~
Johannes and wall. Adj. Gen. f..
"A. Walsh, eommGnder-iB.c chief 81
afi state National Guar yDits. de.
nled that the troops would be used
- e6ee0ft for the trucks
sTne sunFdkmen sill not ast ~
aSBseye." ~ said. Eat least under
present. conditions aud clFeum
alAnneH THE guards aFs In the eifs
merely 10 insist On seeiDe that