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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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idents of the city to remain in their homes and avoid riotousgatherings. The presence of the militia did not appear to havemuch effect on the Pawtucket rioters early in the day. The chiefscene of disorder was at the junction of East and Pawtucket Ave-nues, where a crowd of 300 roughs gathered, and a car contain-ing about a dozen deputy sheriffs and a few passengers and sur-rounded by a squad of cavalry, was attacked. The car windowswere smashed and some of the deputies were injured, but thecavalry made no attempt to disperse the crowd and simplymarched on with the car. These scenes were repeated until Gov-ernor Kimball, hearing about the passive attitude of the militia,issued more stringent orders, and later in the day the crowds werekept on the move. Car service in Pawtucket was almost entirelysuspended. Next day order was preserved, but none of the lines of thePawtucket City system were in operation, and the lines in CentralFalls, Cumberland and Albion, suburban towns, were tied up.
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STREET SCENE IN PAWTUCKET DURING STRIKE — SCAB SIGNS AND EFFIGIES DISPLAYED as to what was expected of them. Meanwhile the business inter-ests of Pawtucket were suffering and the reputation of the citywas seriously impaired. But on Friday the militia took mattersin hand and rioting was brought to a speedy end. Meanwhile thedeputy sheriffs were withdrawn. On Saturday there was little orno disturbance of a serious nature, and on Sunday an attempt wasmade to reopen the lines, but this proved a signal for renewedoutrages. The scenes of disorder that had disgraced the city dur-ing the week were repeated every day until the mob would be dis-persed by the troops. The company has done everything in its power to furnishservice, and it has been prepared to operate its cars continuously,but the city has not afforded sufficient protection. Mayor Fitz-gerald and the police are in sympathy with the strikers and havetaken no effective measures whatever to prevent outbreaks; infact, their attitude

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