The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-24
BYRNES FEARED A RIOT.
POLICE RESERVES HELD READY TO
DEAL NTH THE STRIKER&

Tho mopotony Of the cloakmakers' stris'
.,,.,.A vos,e-dny By one serious assault
and severa, minor outbreaks on the DART Oh th
s,rtk,ra Inspector Byrnes had the police re
..rr.s In every precinct In the city waiting II
tbo station houses for any possible disturb
80. The strIkinR operators say that NOTHING
vould have happened aud that oil the tali
about n preconcerted outbreak was nonsense
Iosnector Byrnes says ho has positive knoWl
adFs that the men had made preparations lol
a riot and had he not made arrangements u
nreyent II thore might have been blood spilled
A, nm yate only one serious outbreak occurred
bnt whether that was only part of precon'
csrted schene could not be Rscertained. In
sn.ctor Dyrnes said to Sun reporter:
"I had definite knowledge last night thatt the
s,rIkers were going 20 all OF the cloak houses
This morning TO try to persuade those WHOM,
tbsy call scabs' to quit work. Had they not
succeeded by persuasion. they would have at
TEMPTED to compel them to do 1t by force. So
tImply sent word to all the precincts that the
reserves were to be kept In readiness at b
o'clock this morning until they were dis
missed. / am glad, however. that We hao no
occasion to call them out. l have known all
about their plans for more than week. Their
leader has made many speeches OF such an In
cendiary nature as to como under the law. but
Ihate 10 arrest him, "a it would appear that he
was suffering martyrdom, which he does not
deserve Besides. 1t might do more to infame
tho men than to quiet them. The evidence that
have secured against this man. however. will
he exc.sdingly useful. in case he openly VIC
lates the law.
This morning they held a secret meeting
and passed lot OF resolutions, which II they
carry out will result In broken heads for them.
The trouble with these men Is that their places
OF business arc scattered all over the lower
part Of the city. and even IL they should at
.empt to start general riot IL would be moro
difficult for us to handle them than similar
crowd OF 'longshoremen or car drivers. The
latter in case they should want to get point
by force. would concentrate their forces and
attack boldly. These men. however. haven't
enough courage to got UP decent riot. and
whom they do resort to force thoy wriggle about
like 20 many eels. and it Is the hardest thing in
the world to get your hand on them. Never
theless, think the police will be on hand In
any coakmakers' riot which may occur"
Tho Inspector would not say what loader he
referred to. but from other remarks which he
made, 1t appeared that he had Mr. Barondess
In his mind. lie refused also to give any
further Information in regard to the secret
meeting or what the resolutions were.
The enliyening incidents OF the day occurred
at small H..x shSp aR e. 2 Poss gp ps
daughter Rebecca, who is - and pretty, and
married daughter, who would not give her
on the ground floor. Just beneath their shop.
about noon yesterday Several operators were
at work UP sairs. suddenly the door OF the
room in which the family were sitting was
flung oreu. aud three men; each with diner-
emit weapon. in his hand. tumbied into the
room. The foremost man. who seemed to bo
ia lAQlar UnurISlHl a DRyOlet
European pattern. rusty from long disuse. but
ground down to a heedle point he PAUSED q
We have been told by Barondoss. our great
leader. 10 come here and kill you and burn
As he said this he sprang at Beck. and. hand
ling hi. weapon like dagger. sIashed him
across the scalp several times. The SECOND
was defending himself a, best he could from
the st okes OF the bayonet, the 70 low wharked
R M pssf1 6ap
With this weapon he attacked Mrs Beck. and !
HI sue held up her arm implorinR him not TO ,
right hand with it aud broke two Of her fingers. !
The stone slipped out OF his hand, and he
her Ba Of o snssf hs two Nc
md A pull her her ass aet away way. but, he
truck Mrs. beck on the head aEd knocked
GER down. At the iirst ciy OF Help" which |
an an to The Delaney strest Station house. which
S only short distance away. and gave the
alarm. section OF twenty-five POLICEMEN was
,ficers arrived they found crowd OF fully
thousand people in the etLeet before the house.
md women right and left, and burst iii. the
Dom where tho assault had taken place. They
ound only Ne. and Mrs. Beck looking after
heir wounds. and the two GauGhte.s crying.
The three rem had run away,
The policemen Gu! Ssy LETT The room and
ooE rapid surveT o; the crowd. Most OF the
nkt.T6 40 !
Ieneral principles each policeman coared a
nan and marched him OF to the station Louise.
ore the Captain. and Mr. Beck and his family
vere sent for t. pick out the three men il they
md the surgeon examined all the wounds aud
eclared them not serious. Mr.. Beck and his
vile, appeared In The station house pretty well
oW Of prisoners the latter made many
'rimaces and distorted their TEXTURES so as to
oniuse the observer and conceal their iden-
hree men who they swore We're the ones who
Hd assaul ted them. The other twenty two were
s Moritz Amsterdam OF a Ridge street. sam
el ltoemer of 50 suffolk street. and Max
lber OF "A Columbia street; They were re-
Oaded cane. and the milestone. Oher, by the
ray had in some mysterious way changed his
oat, aud 10 like manner Roemer had a differ
nj hat on. The three men were Immediately
ak0n TO the ESSEX Market Court aud ar
Sgssd beiGTS JudGe nS sS,a M Ga aos
rove that the men were ~ town when Il 10
ssau!t occurred. Judge Duffy made speech.
10 said:
hat a man can 10 what he likes. These mon
ave wrongs and are entitled to redress. but
hoy must obtain their redress according TO the
wv. The man who wants to work Tor u shii-
ng day IN his country can do II. he can |
oil his labor for whatever price he p!easrs. !
% man should 10 coercsd into working for
equation prices"
Then he told them lot about the Conspiracy
Nv. tut unfortunately all the Judges 90
uence wa, wasted, for the men didn't under
land a word. Ober was then held In sou and
DO Q! her Two In $500 bail for trial.
" lille this case was IN Progress Officer Null
n Of the Eleventh ecinct brought Max
brahams. q cloak operator. 10 court AS prs-
ner Nhen The fiji case was finished Judge
uny gave an order TO clear the court room
nd allow no visitors in. Officer Michael
ooney OF the court squad stationed himself at
10 street door to carry out tho latter part OF I
le order. AbrahamS was charged by Meyer {
oldberg x SON, q cloak lrm at ia East 7
roadway, with interfering with their om- I
oyees. The son said: 2
Several union men were working in our r
ACE this afternoon when this man, whom
ad never seen before entered the store and
anted to go uD stairs. 1 attempted to stop
I'm. but he brushed passed me and ran up to
70 workroom. In lew minutes all cur mon
Inc down and left the shop. One Of them b
d me that this man had entered the shop s
ID announced that the Executive Committee