Show Attempt Made to Fire Cotton Mill Operatives Operative and Sympathizers Protest t Use of Strikebreakers Strikebreakers Strike Strike- breakers I S MANVILLE R R. I I. I Aug 30 AP APAn APAn An An attempt to fire the cotton cottonmill m mil mill Il of ot t the e Jenckes l co company company com com- pany here early toda today was the trie cli climax climax cli- cli max of ora ofa a eer sert of disorders prompted prompt prompt- ed JY by the he af of Es rs I Im a a r yesterday and jeering a cro crowd d of 1000 striking operatives es and S sympathizers sym gathered outside the mill nill last night after the strikebreakers had been brought blought In with beds and stoves and quartered In the mill The appearance of men In the windows resulted In an avalanche of or stones and the destruction of ot scores of pan panes s before state and lo local local local lo- lo cal police r restored stored order The crowd reassembled strong several sec sev eral hoers later and soon after midnight flaming soaked kerosene d drags rags 1 were hurled through the shattered shattered shattered shat shat- windows Police Pollee Chief Michael Michael Mich Mich- ad ael Finn of Cumberland stamped out the fire and made an unsuccessful unsuccessful attempt to find indo those re responsible re- re Threats to break down the mill gates and hd go a after their tools were Continued on page 6 ATTEMPT ATTEMPT MADE DE TO I FIRE COTTON MILL Continued from page 1 1 hurled by strikers a as the chief made his way the crowd and then another throwing stone brigade of ot men and boys showered the opposite opposite opposite site side of the plant with missiles Chief Finn estimated damage would run to several hundred dollars The arson attempt was denounced by a striker speaking to a group of Idle operatives as a crazy stunt Why burn the mill down he shouted The Manville company wont won't build a new one If you ou do The They'll move down South The strike was called August 18 18 when most of the 1700 operatives ut In protest against the employment of union non-union loom fixers fix fIx- lx- lx ers era and a reported reported- lengthening of working hours In Woonsocket a I sympathetic strike was called by 1000 operatives es of ot the Manville l I plant thre there I |