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Show KILLING OF STRIKER'S SON FOLLOWED BY MARTIAL LAW Mob Breaks Into Hardware Store at Clinton, 111., Seizing Shotguns and Repeating Rifles; Guard Is Arrested i CLINTON. HI., July B;(By International Inter-national N"W8 Service) To prevent 'another Herrln" tragedy this little city was under martial law tonight A company of state troops, ordvred I here by Adjutant General Carlos Mack, following communication with Acting Governor Fred E Sterling, waa on guard in ih streets of the city and at the roundhouse of the Illinois Central railroad where a serious dis turbance. resulting In one death occurred oc-curred this afternoon. Just as was the case at Herrln. the mob broke- into the hardware utoro of Dare brothers and seized shotguns and repealing rifles, Sherhf J W I, r 6ons, of Dewltt county, informed the! International News Service. Tho mob formed immediately after James Fitzgerald, a striker, was' wounded and his son, James, 14 years, old, was shot and killed. STRIKER WILL LIVE YVoMey Davis, a guard employed by' the Illinois Central, was placed under arrest by Sheriff Persons following the shooting of Fitzgerald and his son. It waa said tonight that Fitz gerald would live. The sheriff took the guard to jail He was followed by a mob which steadily grew in numbers Becoming alarmed, the sheriff spirited Davis out Of the city It was reported that h-was h-was taken to Bloominglon. Foraging parties of armed railroad men searched Clinton and environ for sereraJ hours for the guard Reeling Reel-ing ran high. The arrival of the troops tonuh however, had a decidedly peaceful effect ef-fect Men who had been on the ram -j page immediately desisted In their efforts ef-forts to locate the man blamed as the actual Mayer of the Bltxgerald boy. j TROOPS TAKE CHARGE The troops marched down the street j ' of Clinton before a curious crowd, in ' which were many women and chll Art n They proceeded to the Illinois ' ntr.il roundhouse and took up their, positions. Shi riff Persons said tbat tho trouble-this trouble-this afternoon followed the importa 1 Hon of non-union workmen by tin-Illinois tin-Illinois Centra guards. ' I do not know who started tho trouble' Sheriff Persons said. "Both 1 sides tell a different story The guards I say thj strikers stoned them as they j were escorting the new workers to th-ir Jobs. The strikers say the guards dellheratdy picked a tiphf "The situation was critical. It Is still serious. I believe, though, that the pre-scner- o the iiuopM will prevent pre-vent further bloodshed "I sensed trouble several days ago. For that reason I went to all t h hardware stores Jn Clinton and told them to hide all-guns. This was not done, however. When the trouble broke out to-; day there was a rush for the Davoy i brothers hardware store There Lh. ; mob got the guns. When I heard of! this move, and, realizing what it j uiiht lead to, l ordered my deputies n disarm evert" person with a weapon I This was done, as far as possible The police force of Clinton assisted in the work. SINISTER UNDERCURRENTS "I am here to see that law and or-der or-der prevails," he said, "and I did rm best to cope with a critical situation Now that the troops are here I iun'' belli ve that there will he any further rouble although there is a sinister rumbling in the community " |