The sun., 1888-06-11
MAY BE A RIOT ANY TIME.
PRIYATE DETECTIVES GUARDING A
VERPLANCK BRICK YARD
Non-Unton Men Gather n Hin for safety
Gases OF vioience-One Man Stabbed
Five TInes-A Long aud Bitter Fight.


Non-Unton Men Gather n Hin for safety
Gases OF vieience-One Man stabbed
Five Times-A Long aud Bitter Fight.
VERPIANcK. June 10.-The fight Of the
Knights Of Labor brickmakers and laborers
and the members OF the Brickmakers' Asso-
citation. which began fifteen months ago. Is
narrowing Its lines daily, and Detrick =. Her.
rick, counsel for the Brickmaksrs' Associa-
tion says he fears an outbreak Of violence.
He says there is proposition now before tho
association to ask Gov. Hill to send q company
OF militia to preserve order.
or all the labor fights Of recent times. this
one between the brickmakors and their employ
ers is tho most bitterly fought, and long drawn
out No arts Of the employers have succeeded
In getting tho workingmen to return to the
brick yards. In the middle OF last winter,
when the boss brickmakcrs announced It as
their decision that unless the workingmen re-
turned to the brick yards by Jan. 1 they would
shut down their works and not open them
until July 1889, the brickmakers. to the num-
Der OF 600, with their starving wives and chill
dren, many OF the latter wearing bundles OF
cloth upon their feet TO protect them from the
inclemoncy OF the weather. marched with
torches lanterns, and banners upon which
were written:
Shut down your yards II you will You will never get
us to work for you on your terms
It was a mystery to the employers how the
banners. The brckmakers' light mas been dis
esussed IN every organization Of workingmen
has always been that Il Was impossible to do
anything to help them. The Central Labor
tribute funds, and also to help by extending a
boyeott to buildings IN New York whore YER
ssn srSk sSt Srd
Ma!king delegates reported to the Central
MADE nSn that there was mot brick
brick made here Then the brick makers
h's hs aSs sna Sy as 0e TS
had Srek yards here This was too
The original cause of the trouble here was
men that knights Of Labor were being dis
hat tho
wns1 TnSh they h had entered into short time pre-
70 pS Be- in oy any shs eRSs s
the contract 1t was shown. however that two
away. and all the brickmakers in Verplanck
xSSitrstlop csnmissISnsr stepped IN At Ills
point and the difficulty was adjusted. 1t
sSea S the bosses 50 that this
fling, until the bosses made up. their minds
return only when they had ceased to be knights
General Executive Board OF the Knights Of
Labor came on from Philadelphia to talk the
TRen 9 .g hs fS wss
General E1ecutive Board left tie feid. saying
the kniahts headaaarters in Philsdelphia hi from
The boss brickmakers have several times
brought M hhunSsrsns from Castle Gsrden upon
rians were driven aboard tho the tugs So again his BY
showers Of missiles. Mon. women. and chill
ssks par. on th sds The
to seek work in tho brickyards; On one or two
morning we're at work IN ths brickyards; It
Workingmen. In turn at night. would raid the
HHinngarians, drying them toward the Hudson
Arrests of strikers have been made and in
dlctments have followed. and prosecutions. too,
put put +, never @ c9nyicti9n Il is almost imposs-
has won them the admiration OF the country
brick ,manuiacturers frequently have S"I been en
compelled to define their position and make it
sGs IL ha hSE o ow bs
forty persons under indictment. all walking the
streets ,;u under heavy bail The State Board Of
last time Florence F. donovan, State Arbitra-
Montrose to catch the Hudson River train by
9deiegatiTn 9esagSb nG OF the Torkingmen The leader
he o rs sad
ing Of the boss brlekmakers:
Meyer you mind them any moro, Mr.. Dono-
van. When We get mighty hungry some fine
evening we'll roast them and eat them"
at At recent meeting Of the brickmakers in the
YORK, called to discuss this trouble. u Ouorum
n IS poas 16f ns1 oree til Thh + in s sy m mhs ere
sheriff Of Westehester county sent force Of
deputies to keep order at a cost, to the county
resolved this year not to audit similar bills In
iuture future and the men now here guarding the
Rest assured, )" said a brickmaker to the re-
bSr[9r st nn az , We 40 not maks brick here. We'll
tinues, All to-day the 500 men discharged
dsd the 81 stFEeets to- and In groups discussed the
new hands George Lynch. 5S. Who oh has s. BEEN se
srrbs is' bssn snsn ey sx os
stabbed FIVE times. A, reporter saw Lynch at
his boarding house Rsa in the brskyards Hs
deep cut behind one ear, ono on the scalp five
inches long. and several others upon the neck
yard, about O'clock. when he passed a crowd sn 1i
waad bev h ds
jumped upon him and began to. uso their
knives. He did not recognize any Of them,
Yesterday afternoon, as the nom Union men
were lei leaving the Yards. they were mot on tho
wives, who P,eItsd them with eggs and rotten
vegetables, The women hooted and chased
man was seen bya reporter in his yard sur
rounded by thrty-siyy workingmen and the
York detective agency. When asked about the
II fear there will be more trouble whom I
bring the 100 men who intend shall work
here. I am determined to carry my point MY
yard is the only one that the union men, are
there are but So left. The union mon have
threatened them and driven them away /
brought 40 men here about two weeks ago, and
was set upon by the strikers and assaulted,
and the mon were forced 70 leave The Grand
ffaut and conspiracy@ nan and the warrants win be
young, men who have, lived at Verplancks ali
their lives. The trouble is that they say we
shall not have workmen who are non residents,
They say II I viii discharge those have en-
question OF wages, but the employment Of