Canton, April 20, If the strikers have any symps-thiers to-day, it is certain that] the local police are not to be numbered among them. Almost daily we hear of some officer of the law being beaten by-the union men, who are so far out of control that they defy every mandate of the police department, and are certain to offer resistance if a police officer persists in seeing to it that the! aw is enforced.
The writer witnessed the other day the beating of the captain of the district in which he at present resides. Together with two of his men, this officer had gone to one of the kitchens where food for the strikers residing in this precinct is prepared, and called attention to the fact that the hanging of fowls Jor vegetables or in fact any produce over the sidewalks is contrary law, since it tends to inconvenience pedestrians. The precinct captain was severely beaten, and when, the following morning, those who attacked "him were placed under arrest by a squad of police, a large crowd of strikers surrounded the district station, and it was with difficulty that the police succeeded in getting their prisoners finally inside of the main station.
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