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Show STRIKERS ANGERED State Troops Displace Special Officers at Muscatine, Iowa Muscatine la.. April 14 Stato troops are preserving order In Muscatine Mus-catine today, following a disturbance last night, when enraged button workers, work-ers, angered by the presence of special Imported officers, surrounded surround-ed the Commercial hotel, where the I latter aro quartered, and threatened them with violence. This morning, Company C, the local militia organization, was mobilized and put Into service. Later Company B, of Davenport, arrived and also -tho militia company from Washington. Washing-ton. Tho militia company from Iowa City is enroute here. Everything is quiet in Muscatine this morning and the workers are inclined in-clined to welcome tho presence of tho militia in preference to the imported import-ed special officers, who left the city early today. At a union rally, held last night, the most vehement protests were made against the actions of the special officers, of-ficers, who, In disturbances at tho "factories yesterday afternoon, used their clubs, several bystanders being among those hurt. Ono of the victims, a little girl, who was severely hurt, when the special off.cers cleared the streets, was reported re-ported last night to be dying nnd this rumor greatly added to the anger of the crowds. nn |