Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1909 — MACHINE GUNS PROTECT MINES [ARTICLE]

MACHINE GUNS PROTECT MINES

Troops on Duty at the Cape Breton Collieries. THREE DAYS OF RIOTING j Company Expects That the Presence of Soldiers Will Encourage Men Who, Fearing Violence, Have Failed to Report For Work—Union Leaders Say Display of Arms Will Add to the Ranke of the Strikers. Glace Bay, C. 8., July 9.—Martial law prevails in the southern Cape Breton coal fields. Troops are guarding the collieries of the Dominion company and an attempt will be made today to operate the mines under military protection. Six hundred men from the Canadian permanent forces arrived here and at once went on duty. The men were divided into detachments and distributed among the various collieries and now the general feeling is that the scenes which attended the first three days of the strike are at an end. Sentries with fixed bayonets guard the approaches to all the collieries. At No. 2 and No. 6 collerie.., where the most trouble has taken place, machine guns command the approaches. Under the protection of the troops, it Is anticipated by the company that many men who have stayed away during the past two days will come back to work. On the other hand the United Mine Workers’ leaders declare that If anything the presence of the soldiers will tend to augment their ranks.