The sun., 1891-01-15
BoYs STONE oyERsKER MONK.
First Act OF Disorder Connected with the
Clark Mills Strike.


First Act OF Disorder Connected with th,
Clark Mills Strike.
The first act Of disorder in any way connect
ed with the strike at the Clark Thread Work,
occurred on Tuesday night. Overseer william
Monk. who has been busy ever since the strike
trying to get the spnrers to desert their or
ganfzation. was out on hunt for boys who hat
acted as piecers and creeers for the spinnera
He found four ofthe boys. and thsy all refueeo
to 60 to work. Furthermore. they told othei
boys OF Monks errand. and when he got back
to the nsiehborhood OF the Newark mill at {
O'Clock In the evening a crowd Of boys was
following him and shouting "scab" and
monkey" He broke into run and the boys
chased him and hurled stones at him. Monk
ran across the Clay street bridge to Kearny
and lust rs he reached the Hudson county side
briokbat hit him on the back. He reeled
against the bridge railing and the excited boys
were closing In on him when Christopher
Hughes. leader. OF the striking spinners and
one one S, OF his CHuahessl eompanl lons came upon
nisea MoSt rom d me KSarnE side They recog
back tho boys, Monk said: Wv y ''''-' N'~''
rtt am thankful to escape with my life."
passed a resolution eensnrIng Monk. M"Ss Samuel nn
Grady, and John Healey, overseers. for work.
csrRsp ous os ,sss rd irving
declared a boycott against il. X. Xlberson, the
ressanIan nar keepes who has boon supplying the
lee to hun rst and be remarked sYaS t6at he Wns
sngaEed In plain business transaction, and
sss as I EesSsi st :s caiEs some Other
xa.ev several more more SINNERS arrived at the mill
MSdsy sed 81 the @sn wh9
maj ara the new movement in the mill is ANYTHING
mules we're put in motion yesterday en ana na tS.t
to ,d;a Do the work ne. Two Of ihs old spinDers
Samssyv svsss sons ass pSh so So1ds h
r. aas snd ssss .ss Is
an essn o, ,hey tbey YsIe engaged on Saturday by
towns Town Nob fb, Adams ns.9v and other New
tTuesasy morning and four coaches We're hired cd
Int, Int The min yard ana snar.srsd IN The
,;ts trestesarant tss Csyapagh said that he did NOT
SAID that eight mules were started yesterday,
m Tsss wsss Ssd ~ II
friend were deceived, he said. By the agent OF Of
trouble. and that. ali OF the Old spinners but
forty wero going back to work. The Newark
papere were Kept away from them on Tuesday
night and they saw only such New York
strike. Tho work was finer than they we're &C.
customed to doing. and before noon yesterday
tihey became dissatisfied and announced their
g. 40 EACH; and left tho mill. failing into The
bands q the strikers at once. Theirs was the
fret definite news from the interior Of the mill.
and the trikers eagerly Questioned thern and
then entertained them to the best OF their abil-
ioyn ~ ;aTi!anagh said that he and his compan-
truth about the state Of affairs In Newark, and
mat. II their report had been favorable. other
splnners would have followed. They will re-.
turn today and do their utmost to prevent
other spinnere going to Newark.
s,innins Srarks agents % have hesh in every cotton
the mills. and. after holding out strong Induce.
ments, have succeeded in getting only seven
tssn men 10 take the places OF moro than 800
employed about tho mules. In view OF this
Iact the spinners believe that tho fight is nearly
over and that they will win Ii.