Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1898 — MOBS HELD IN CHECK. [ARTICLE]

MOBS HELD IN CHECK.

The Militia Arrives In Oshkosh, Wls., and Prevents Farther Acts as Violence. Oshkosh, Wis., June 25. The city is in aft ver of excitement. The arrival of the militia from Milwaukee at four o'clock added to the tension, hut it prevented another outbreak. The strikers had planned an attack on the factory of the Paine Lumber company at six in the morning, but when they

reached the grounds soldiers stood ready to receive them and the mob faded into thin air. The troops here are companies P, G, F and H of the Fourth regiffient, the light horse cavalry and a battery of artillery with twoGatlitg guns,all from Milwaukee. They are in command of Brig. Gen. Boardman, who has opened headquarters at the city hall. He has issued an order to the troops directing them to protect life and property. If necessary they are to fire upon the mob, not w ithout warning them to desist and get out of the way. The Paine, McMillan, Badford, Morgan and Williamson factories, five in all, started up at noon under protection of the militia, and no further rioting was anticipated. Midnight.—The militia has the woodworkers’ strike well in hand. The death of a nonunion man assaulted on Thursday is reported. The casualties now number two dead and 12 injured. The factory of the Paine Lumber company, the largest in the world, was In operation all day with a reduced force and guarded by Roldiers.