Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1919 — STATE MILITIA CALLED TO QUELL STRIKE RIOT [ARTICLE]

STATE MILITIA CALLED TO QUELL STRIKE RIOT

Two companies of state militia were called to Linton, Ind., Monday night to quell a riot resulting from a strike of telephone operators at that place. During the rioting during the night a mob of 500 persons broke the doors and windows of the telephone PYchange and drove eight girl strikebreakers to the roof. The girls were later rescued and taken to a place ofsafety. - 1 — The operators strike began last Thursday, the fifteen operators of Linton, a mining community of about 12,000 inhabitants, demanding more pay and recognition of their union.